Soul Weaver

Aid the Dead: The soul weaver may expend a soul to bolster an undead creature, granting it a +1 profane bonus to attack rolls, saving throws, and channel resistance, which increases by 1 for every 5 levels the soul weaver possesses. The creature also gains 1 temporary hit point per level. These bonuses last 1 hour.

Lovelorn Soul: The soul weaver may expend a soul to aid an ally who is at negative hit points, but not dead. The ally becomes stable and gains temporary hit points equal to twice the soul weaver’s class level for 1 minute.

Siphon Health: The soul weaver may expend a soul to siphon health from a living creature. The target suffers 1d6 damage per 2 levels (minimum: 1d6, Fortitude half), and the soul weaver gains temporary hit points that last one hour equal to the damage dealt. A creature cannot be damaged beyond what would kill them.

Curious Spirit: At 4th level, the soul weaver may expend one soul to commune with the spirit world, allowing her to speak with and question the ancestral dead. This allows her to make a single Knowledge check with an insight bonus equal to her Soul Weaver level + her Charisma modifier. This may be used to reroll a Knowledge check the soul weaver had previously failed, but no more than once per question. If the soul weaver is touching a body that has been dead for no longer than 1 day per level, she may summon and speak with that body’s spirit, which retains all knowledge it had in life but is under no obligation to answer any questions.

Summon Spirit I: At 4th level, the soul weaver may expend a soul to summon a poltergeist in the soul’s square or the nearest unoccupied square. This creature counts as a summoned creature and remains for a number of rounds equal to the soul weaver’s Charisma modifier.

Channel Mastery: At 8th level, a soul weaver may spend a soul in conjunction with channeling energy to add the benefits of any one feat which has channel energy as a prerequisite to that channeling. The soul weaver must meet all other prerequisites of that feat to gains its benefits in this manner.

Summon Spirit II: At 8th level, the soul weaver may expend a soul to summon either 1 shadow or 2 poltergeists in the soul’s square and/or the nearest unoccupied squares. Multiple creatures appear in adjacent squares to each other. A summoned creature cannot create spawn. These creatures last for a number of rounds equal to the soul weaver’s Charisma modifier.

Divine Soul: At 8th level, the soul weaver may expend a soul in conjunction with channeling energy to increase the die size to d10s instead of d6s.

Blessed Soul: At 8th level, the weaver soul may expend a soul as an immediate action to allow the target to reroll a saving throw it just failed.

Summon Spirit III: At 12th level, you may expend a soul to summon either 1 wraith, 2 shadows, or 4 poltergeists. This is similar in all other ways to Summon Spirit II.

Ghostpoint: At 12th level, the soul weaver may, when using a spell, spell-like ability, sphere ability, or soul weaver ability, target the effect as if she were standing in the same square as one of her souls. If the magic effect requires a touch attack, the soul may make the touch attack for the soul weaver, using her bonuses. This expends the soul.

Summon Spirits IV: At 16th level, you may expend a soul to summon either 1 greater shadow, 2 wraiths, 4 shadows, or 4 poltergeists. This is similar in all other ways to Summon Spirit II.

Temporary Resurrection: At 16th level, the soul weaver may expend a soul to bring a creature who has died within 48 hours back to life. This lasts for 24 hours, and the target is returned to full health (although they do not recover other things, such as spells or spell points already used), and the target gains 1 permanent negative level while under the effect of this ability. This negative level goes away when the target dies or is permanently raised from the dead. The target still counts as a dead corpse (but not undead) for the purpose of effects that revive dead creatures. Once a creature has been revived with temporary resurrection, this ability cannot be used on it again until it is permanently raised from the dead.

Trap Soul: At 16th level, if a target is at negative hit points or has died within 1 round, the soul weaver may expend a soul to trap the target’s soul. The target must succeed at a Will save or their soul is taken and added to the soul weaver’s bound nexus as a new soul, which they may expend and summon as normal (so long as the soul weaver possesses the trapped soul, the soul expended to use this ability is released from service and returns to the nether). This does not increase the soul weaver’s total number of souls. The subject of this ability cannot be resurrected unless the soul weaver is killed or voluntarily chooses to release the soul from service. While the soul is in the soul weaver’s possession, the soul weaver may speak with and question the soul, which retains the knowledge it had in life, but is under no obligation to answer questions (although bargaining for a peaceful release into the afterlife is usually enough to get a spirit to talk).

Summon Spirits V: At 20th level, you may expend a soul to summon either 1 banshee, 1 dread wraith, 2 greater shadows, 4 wraiths, 4 shadows, or 4 poltergeists. This is similar in all other ways to Summon Spirit II.

Blight: At 2nd level, the soul weaver may touch a target and expend a use of Channel Energy to place a blight on them. The target is allowed a Fortitude save, and on a failure, grows a patch of festering undead flesh where he was touched (this patch may be hidden under the skin if the soul weaver chooses, so a target might not even know he’s been infected). Blight is considered a magical disease and is permanent until removed by magic or with the Heal skill. A blessing counters and dispels a blight, leaving neither blessing nor blight in place.

A creature with blight suffers a -2 penalty to all saves against necromancy spells, Death sphere abilities, bound nexus powers, or blight abilities. A soul weaver may concentrate at any time to discover what creatures within Close range possess blight.

Lesion: At 6th level, a soul weaver may target a creature within Close range already suffering from a blight and expend a use of Channel Energy to cause that blight to rupture. This deals 1d6 damage per soul weaver level to the target (Fortitude half). Using lesion consumes and removes their blight.

Mind Blight: At 10th level, the soul weaver may use lesion to take control of a target instead of damage it. The blight spreads to their brain (Fort negates), giving them 4 points of ability drain to all mental ability scores and giving the soul weaver control over them for 1 hour per level or until the blight is cured. For the duration of this effect, the target can make only a standard action or move action on their turn, but not both.

The target obeys all verbal commands (without a shared language, only basic commands such as come, fight, or stand still may be communicated) and does anything asked to the best of its ability, including self-destructive commands (a target command to hurt or kill itself deals its weapon damage + its Strength damage to itself per round until dead). Effects such as protection from evil or the hallow word from the Fate sphere do not end this effect, since it is the result of a physical malady rather than a mind-altering or possession effect.

Unlike the standard lesion ability, mind blight does not consume the target’s blight when used, and the target may be subject to another lesion or mind blight, even while already under the effects of a mind blight. If another soul weaver attempts to use mind blight on a target already under the effects of mind blight, the two soul weavers make opposed checks (d20 + soul weaver level + their Charisma modifier) to determine who wins control of the target. Drain from multiple mind blights are cumulative.

Consume: At 14th level, the soul weaver may use lesion to kill a target rather than damage it or take control of it. The target dies instantly (Fort negates) and raises the next round as a zombie under the soul weaver’s control for 1 hour per level. After the time is up, the body collapses and becomes simply another dead body. On a successful save, the target still suffers 1d6 damage per soul weaver level.

Detonate: At 18th level, when using your lesion ability to kill a target, you may also cause their blight to burst on a failed save, dealing 1d6 damage per soul weaver level to all adjacent targets (Reflex half).

Blessing: At 2nd level, the soul weaver may touch a target and expend a use of Channel Energy to place a blessing on them (unwilling targets may make a Will save to resist). A blessing lasts for 24 hours and grants a +1 luck bonus to all saving throws.

Heal: At 6th level, a soul weaver may target a creature within Close range already under the effects of a blessing and expend a use of Channel Energy to heal that target for 10 hit points per soul weaver level. Healing a target in this way consumes and removes their blessing.

Restore: At 10th level, when you use your heal ability, the target is also cured of ability damage, blinded, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, diseased, exhausted, fatigued, feebleminded, insanity, nauseated, poisoned, sickened, and stunned.

Revive: At 14th level, you may use your heal ability to bring targets back to life if they died while under the effects of a blessing, so long as the blessing has not yet expired. The target is restored with one permanent negative level.

Renew: At 18th level, when you use your heal ability, the target is also cured of all temporary and permanent negative levels (including the one gained if revived), as well as all ability drain.