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'''{{Anchor|Quick Wits}} {{Ex}}:''' An esoteric investigator add her [[intelligence]] modifier on [[autohypnosis]], [[diplomacy]], [[SRD:Gather Information Skill|gather information]], [[listen]] [[SRD:Sense Motive Skill|sense motive]], [[spot]] as well as on [[survival]] check when tracking in addition to her [[wisdom]] and [[charisma]] modifier.
'''{{Anchor|Investigate}} {{Ex}}:''' An esoteric investigator greatest skill is her ability to follow clues and make deduction. She may as a full-round action declare a 'case', doing so prevent her from declaring other case until she complete it or abandon it (see below). The case can be as simple solving a riddle, solving a murder or discovering of a spy. While in her case she gain gains half her class level (minimum 1) as a bonus on all skill checks made with the purpose of directly solving her case.
Each hour she actively pursue the case or whenever she discover a major clue (DM's discretion) she gain gains 1 evidence point. She may only have a number of evidence point on any particular case equal to her class level. On the other hand each day she do not follow the case at all or if she is obfuscated (DM's Discretion as well) an outside source she lose one evidence point. She may use her evidence points on her insightful deduction ability (see below).
If she solve a case she may take another as soon as she wishes, if she abandon it however she cannot take another case for 24 hours and suffer a -4 moral morale bonus on all d20 checks.
'''{{Anchor|Insightful Deduction}} {{Ex}}:''' By spending 10 minute thinking and studying her clues the esoteric investigator is capable of making an incredible accurate deduction. She may spent any number of evidence point to replicate one of the effect on the table below, while some replicate spells they are extraordinary and based purely on the investigator's insight using her character level as caster level. She may only use her insightful deduction to answer questions pertaining to her case.
'''{{Anchor|Partial Class Advancement}}:''' The esoteric investigator class gives advancement to pre-existing class features, such as sneak attack, bardic songs per day (but not bardic music known), caster level (but not spells known), and initiator level (but not new maneuvers). It does not grant new class features, nor does it grant spells per day, spells known, or similar abilities.
'''{{Anchor|Insightful Recall}} {{Ex}}:''' At 2nd level when a an esoteric investigator possess a perfect photographic memory, she remeber remember everything with perfect clairty and gain her class level as a bonus on any memory-altering effect. Additionally she gain gains [[Total Recall (3.5e Feat)|total recall]] as a bonus feat even if she does not meet the prerequisites.
'''{{Anchor|Sleepless Nights}} {{Ex}}:''' A 2nd level esoteric investigator need to spend a lot of her night studying her case, she ignore the penalties of being [[SRD:Fatigued|fatigued]] but not exhausted and she gain gains a +5 bonus on all saving throw against sleep-effects. Additionally whenever she drink coffee or tea, she may replicate the effect of [[Holt's Energy Booster (3.5e Spell)|''Holt's energy booster'']], knowing how to maximize energy gain from these substances.
'''{{Anchor|Insightful Detection}} {{Ex}}:''' A 3rd level esoteric investigator can through her sheer deduction, replicate the effect of any detect spell (such as [[Detect Alignment (3.5e Spell)|''detect alignment'']], [[SRD:Detect Magic|''detect magic'']], [[SRD:Detect Thoughts|''detect thoughts'']] or [[SRD:Detect Undead|''detect undead'']]) as a standard action.
'''{{Anchor|Impeccable Memory}} {{Ex}}:''' A 9th level esoteric investigator become immune to any personality or memory-alerting effect (such as the ''mindrape'' spell or the water of the Styx). She may resume or suppress this ability as a free action.
'''{{Anchor|Eureka!}} {{Ex}}:''' At 10th level esoteric investigator may use [[SRD:Hypercognition|''hypercognition'']] as a an extraordinary ability. She must use it to learn something related to her current case. Her [[SRD:Hypercognition|''hypercognition'']] cannot directly solver her case (she cannot ask who is the killer by example) but it may reveal a major clue. She may use this ability once per case.
