Pathfinder Codex

Phantasmal Killer

Illusion ( Phantasm) [ Emotion, Fear, Mind-Affecting]

PFS Legal

Available to

Classes Arcanist 4, Bloodrager 4, Magus 4, Medium 3, Mesmerist 4, Psychic 4, Red Mantis Assassin 4, Sorcerer 4, Spiritualist 4, Witch 4, Wizard 4
Domains Madness 6, Nightmare 4, Shadow 4
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S
Range
medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target
one living creature
Duration
instantaneous
Saving Throw
Will disbelief, then Fortitude partial; see text
Spell Resistance
yes
You create a phantasmal image of the most fearsome creature imaginable to the subject simply by forming the fears of the subject's subconscious mind into something that its conscious mind can visualize: this most horrible beast. Only the spell's subject can see the phantasmal killer. You see only a vague shape. The target first gets a Will save to recognize the image as unreal. If that save fails, the phantasm touches the subject, and the subject must succeed on a Fortitude save or die from fear. Even if the Fortitude save is successful, the subject takes 3d6 points of damage.

If the subject of a phantasmal killer attack succeeds in disbelieving and possesses telepathy or is wearing a helm of telepathy, the beast can be turned upon you. You must then disbelieve it or become subject to its deadly fear attack.

Variants