Muse-Touched (Summoner Archetype)

A muse serves much the same role as an eidolon to any other summoner—inspiring them and protecting them in all their endeavors. Attracted by the summoner’s most passionate interests, they make up in intellectual curiosity and force of personality what they lack in physical might.

Skills: A muse-touched summoner adds three skills of his choice to his list of class skills. He must share at least three skills with his eidolon. He removes all knowledge skills other than Knowledge (planes) and Knowledge (arcana) from his class skill list.

Eidolon: A muse-touched summoner’s eidolon starts with a –2 penalty to both its starting Str and Dex. The eidolon starts with Int 11, Wis 10, and Cha 13. It chooses either Str or Dex and one mental (Int, Wis, or Cha) ability score. These increase by +1 at 2nd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 15th, 17th, and 20th level. These are chosen at 2nd level and may not be changed. This ability modifies the eidolon’s initial statistics and replaces the normal Str/Dex increases of the standard eidolon.

Protective (Su)

Whenever the muse-touched summoner takes enough damage to render him unconscious, his eidolon can sacrifice any number of hit points to him. Each hit point sacrificed in this way prevents 1 point of damage done to the summoner. This alters life link.

Inspiring (Su)

At 4th level, whenever a muse-touched summoner is within his eidolon’s reach, he gains a +2 morale bonus to his attack rolls and a +2 circumstance bonus on his skill checks. This bonus does not apply if the eidolon is grappled, helpless, paralyzed, stunned, or unconscious. These bonuses increase to +4 at 12th level. This ability replaces shield ally and greater shield ally.

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Additional Feat (Ex)

The eidolon gains one additional feat, but must meet all prerequisites for that feat. This evolution can be selected once plus 1 additional time for every 6 levels the summoner possesses.