Marionette Possession

School necromancy; Level alchemist 3, mesmerist 3, psychic 3, sorcerer/wizard 3, summoner/unchained summoner 3, witch 3

CASTING

Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, F (a piece of paper with the target’s name)

EFFECT

Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target one willing creature1
Duration 10 minutes/level or until you return to your body
Saving Throw none2; Spell Resistance yes

DESCRIPTION

You project your soul out of your body and into the body of a willing creature. This possession is blocked by protection from evil or a similar ward. The target’s soul shares its body with you; it is helpless but can still use its senses. You and the target’s soul can communicate telepathically as if using a common language.

You keep your Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, level, class, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, alignment, and mental abilities. The body retains its Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, hit points, natural abilities, and natural attacks (such as a bite or sting). A body with extra limbs does not allow you to make more attacks (or more advantageous two-weapon attacks) than normal. You can’t choose to activate the body’s extraordinary, spell-like, or supernatural abilities.

As a standard action, you can return to your own body, ending the spell. While your soul is possessing the target, your body is helpless. If the host body is slain, you return to your own body if it is within range, and the life force of the host departs (it is slain). If the host body is slain beyond the range of the spell, both you and the host die. Any life force with nowhere to go is treated as slain.

Editor’s Note

 

1 This spell can not target unintelligent undead.

Source

2 The saving throw should be “none.” but this has not been added to an official errata at this time.

Source

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Magic. © 2011, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors: Jason Bulmahn, Tim Hitchcock, Colin McComb, Rob McCreary, Jason Nelson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Sean K Reynolds, Owen K.C. Stephens, and Russ Taylor.

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