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A psychic assassin is much like a mundane assassin except they prefer to kill people with mysterious strokes, heart failure and by liquidizing their brain instantly. While some are still skilled assassin even without their psychic power, psychic assassin can often lack real stealth skills, instead relying on their psionic powers to move around unseen.
  
 
===Becoming a Psychic Assassin===
 
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'''{{Anchor|Hide Mental Presence}} {{Su}}:''' As a swift action a psionically focused 1st level psychic assassin may hide her psychic presence for 1 minute. Doing so require her to spend a single power point and make her and all her equipment resistant to any divination or clairvoyance-effect as per [[SRD:Nondetection|''nondetection'']] as well as hiding her from mindsight and touchsight.  
 
'''{{Anchor|Hide Mental Presence}} {{Su}}:''' As a swift action a psionically focused 1st level psychic assassin may hide her psychic presence for 1 minute. Doing so require her to spend a single power point and make her and all her equipment resistant to any divination or clairvoyance-effect as per [[SRD:Nondetection|''nondetection'']] as well as hiding her from mindsight and touchsight.  
  
'''{{Anchor|Psychic Death Attack}} {{Su}}:''' This ability work as the [[SRD:Assassin|assassin]]'s death attack except with the following changes: Firstly it require the psychic assassin to expend it psionic focus as she start observing the creature, she may recover her psionic focus without disrupting her death attack. The psychic assassin may only her death attack with either a [[SRD:Mind Thrust|''mind thrust'']] or [[SRD:Recall Agony|''recall agony'']] power (that she manifest normally), instead of a melee attack and the Save DC of the death attack is the same as the DC of the manifested power. If the creature succeed on it fortitude save it is allowed a will save against the power as normal. If the power fail to penetrate power resistance the death attack fail.
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'''{{Anchor|Penetrating Mind Thrust}} {{Su}}:''' A psychic assassin's [[SRD:Mind Thrust|''mind thrust'']] now deal minimum damage on a successful [[Will]] save rather than being completely negated.
  
'''{{Anchor|Cloaked Manifesting}} {{Ex}}:''' A 2nd level psychic assassin gain a +1 bonus to her manifester level and to her DCs when manifesting a power against a flat-footed creature. At 4th level and 6th level this bonus increase by 1 point.
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'''{{Anchor|Psionic Death Attack}} {{Su}}:''' This ability work as the [[SRD:Assassin|assassin]]'s death attack except with the following changes: Firstly it require the psychic assassin to expend it psionic focus as she start observing the creature, she may recover her psionic focus without disrupting her death attack. The psychic assassin may only her death attack with either a [[SRD:Mind Thrust|''mind thrust'']] or [[SRD:Recall Agony|''recall agony'']] power (that she manifest normally), instead of a melee attack and the Save DC of the death attack is the same as the DC of the manifested power. If the creature succeed on it fortitude save it is allowed a will save against the power as normal. If the power fail to penetrate power resistance the death attack fail.
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'''{{Anchor|Cloaked Manifesting}} {{Ex}}:''' A 2nd level psychic assassin gain a +1 bonus to her manifester level and to her DCs when manifesting a non-harmless power against another unwilling flat-footed creature. At 4th level and 6th level this bonus increase by 1 point.
  
 
'''{{Anchor|Memory Recall}} {{Ex}}:''' A 2nd level psychic assassin gain the [[Suppress Memory (3.5e Feat)|suppress memory]] feat. She can regain any memory she has forgotten through the [[SRD:Call to Mind|''call to mind'']] power, either form her psionic power or her [[Total Recall (3.5e Feat)|Total Recall]] feat. Regaining her memory this way is based on an extremely complex mental process and leave the psychic assassin [[SRD:Fatigued|fatigued]], she do not need to remember having the memory to recall it (making it a player decision rather than a character decision).  
 
'''{{Anchor|Memory Recall}} {{Ex}}:''' A 2nd level psychic assassin gain the [[Suppress Memory (3.5e Feat)|suppress memory]] feat. She can regain any memory she has forgotten through the [[SRD:Call to Mind|''call to mind'']] power, either form her psionic power or her [[Total Recall (3.5e Feat)|Total Recall]] feat. Regaining her memory this way is based on an extremely complex mental process and leave the psychic assassin [[SRD:Fatigued|fatigued]], she do not need to remember having the memory to recall it (making it a player decision rather than a character decision).  

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Psychic Assassin[edit]

That scary chick looked at him and he fell over dead. Im sure she has something to do with it, but alas, no proof.
—Officer Douffy, Cleric of the Law

A psychic assassin is much like a mundane assassin except they prefer to kill people with mysterious strokes, heart failure and by liquidizing their brain instantly. While some are still skilled assassin even without their psychic power, psychic assassin can often lack real stealth skills, instead relying on their psionic powers to move around unseen.

Becoming a Psychic Assassin[edit]

Entry Requirements  
Skills: Autohypnosis 8 ranks, Psicraft 8 ranks. 
Feats: Total Recall and two additional [Psionic] feats.. 
Manifesting: Must be able to manifest the mind thrust and recall agony power..

Table: The Psychic Assassin

Hit Die: d6

Level Base
Attack Bonus
Saving Throws Special Manifesting
Fort Ref Will
1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Hide Mental Presence, Penetrating Mind Thrust, Psionic Death Attack +1 level of existing manifesting class
2nd +1 +0 +3 +3 Cloaked Manifesting +1, Memory Recall +1 level of existing manifesting class
3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Thought Ravage +1 level of existing manifesting class
4th +3 +1 +4 +4 Cloaked Manifesting +2, Death Urge +1 level of existing manifesting class
5th +3 +1 +4 +4 Greater Thought Ravage +1 level of existing manifesting class
6th +4 +2 +5 +5 Cloaked Manifesting +3 +1 level of existing manifesting class

Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level)
Autohypnosis (Wis), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Control Shape (Wis), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Psicraft (Int), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Speak Language (None), Spot (Wis), Tumble (Dex).

Class Features[edit]

All of the following are class features of the Psychic Assassin.

Manifesting: At each level, you gain power points per day, an increase in manifester level, and new powers as if you had also gained a level in a manifesting class to which you belonged before adding the prestige class level. You do not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained. If you had more than one manifesting class before becoming a psychic assassin, you must decide to which class to add each level for the purpose of determining powers, manifester level, and powers known.

Hide Mental Presence (Su): As a swift action a psionically focused 1st level psychic assassin may hide her psychic presence for 1 minute. Doing so require her to spend a single power point and make her and all her equipment resistant to any divination or clairvoyance-effect as per nondetection as well as hiding her from mindsight and touchsight.

Penetrating Mind Thrust (Su): A psychic assassin's mind thrust now deal minimum damage on a successful Will save rather than being completely negated.

Psionic Death Attack (Su): This ability work as the assassin's death attack except with the following changes: Firstly it require the psychic assassin to expend it psionic focus as she start observing the creature, she may recover her psionic focus without disrupting her death attack. The psychic assassin may only her death attack with either a mind thrust or recall agony power (that she manifest normally), instead of a melee attack and the Save DC of the death attack is the same as the DC of the manifested power. If the creature succeed on it fortitude save it is allowed a will save against the power as normal. If the power fail to penetrate power resistance the death attack fail.

Cloaked Manifesting (Ex): A 2nd level psychic assassin gain a +1 bonus to her manifester level and to her DCs when manifesting a non-harmless power against another unwilling flat-footed creature. At 4th level and 6th level this bonus increase by 1 point.

Memory Recall (Ex): A 2nd level psychic assassin gain the suppress memory feat. She can regain any memory she has forgotten through the call to mind power, either form her psionic power or her Total Recall feat. Regaining her memory this way is based on an extremely complex mental process and leave the psychic assassin fatigued, she do not need to remember having the memory to recall it (making it a player decision rather than a character decision).

Thought Ravage: A 3rd level psychic assassin's mind thrust and recall agony powers lose the [mind-affecting] tag. She may also remove the [mind-affecting] tag on any power she manifest by spending 6 additional power points on it (count as an augment and thus increase the DC by 3).

At 5th level this ability extend to death urge, id cascadeHyper and recall death.

Death Urge: A 4th level psychic assassin add death urge to her power known as soon as she learn 4th level power, this does not count against her maximum number of power known.



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Article BalanceVery High +
AuthorLeziad +
Base Attack Bonus ProgressionModerate +
Class AbilityPsionics +
Class Ability ProgressionFull +
Fortitude Save ProgressionPoor +
Identifier3.5e Prestige Class +
Length6 +
Minimum Level5 +
RatingUnrated +
Reflex Save ProgressionGood +
SkillAutohypnosis +, Balance +, Bluff +, Climb +, Concentration +, Control Shape +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Diplomacy +, Disguise +, Escape Artist +, Forgery +, Gather Information +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Perform +, Psicraft +, Profession +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Speak Language +, Spot + and Tumble +
Skill Points6 +
SummaryA psychic assassin kill people with her mind. +
TitlePsychic Assassin +
Will Save ProgressionGood +