Illusory Image

Psionic Power

• Casting Time: 1 Action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You plant a construct in the mind of a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or be disoriented by the sudden appearance of the construct. The construct can take any appropriate form and affect any senses you wish, but doesn't affect the target except as described below. Select one of the following:

• The next attack roll against the target is made with advantage. If the attack hits, it deals an additional 1d12 damage.
• The target's next attack roll is made with disadvantage. If the attack misses, the target suffers 1d12 psychic damage.

You can spend Psi Points up to your per use limit to add the following modifiers to Illusory Image (you can add multiple modifiers). The points must be spent when choosing the target of the power.

Traumatizing (1+ psi points): If the target takes damage from this power, it takes 1d12 additional damage for each additional point spent.

Disorienting: (1 psi points): The target's speed is halved until the end of its next turn.

Enveloping (2 psi points): The target cannot make sense of the world beyond your illusory construct. It is blinded until the end of its next turn.

Intrusive: (1+ psi points): The advantage or disadvantage caused by the power lasts for one additional attack for each additional point spent.

Mirror Strike

At 9th level, your projections can inflict devastating damage, at least in the minds of your foes. When a creature fails a saving throw against your Illusory Image, you can cause the image to stab it, inflicting psychic damage equal to a roll of half your Sneak Attack dice. Once a creature takes this damage, it can't do so again until 24 hours have passed.

Defensive Duplicate

At 13th level, your psionic powers can create illusory clones of yourself. Anytime you use your Illusory Image, you create a mirror image of yourself which copies your movements. The next time a creature hits you with an attack you before the end of your next turn, it must roll a d20. On a roll of 10 or below, the attack instead hits the duplicate and does no damage.

Mass Illusion

At 17th level, you can reach into the minds of every creature you can see. Your Illusory Image power gains a new modifier which you can apply:

Mass: (1-4 psi points): You can target every creature of your choice within 15 feet of you. This range increases by 15 feet for each additional point spent.

You gain 4 special psi points which you can only spend on this modifier. You regain these special psi points after finishing a long rest.

Mesmerist quirks

The following are some optional quirks for a player of this archetype to choose from.

Appendix 1: 5e++

If you're playing with the 5e++ ruleset by KibblesTasty, it adds an additional subclass feature for rogues at 5th level. In order to make the Mesmerist compatible, make the following adjustments.

Appendix 2: Spell Sources

Spells used are available in these collections, all of which are free to use and reference for any purpose.

• Spells That Don't Suck is a set of spells by Omega Ankh and somanyrobots, creating replacements for problematic spells contained in first-party WotC materials. These are marked with ^SDS.
• So Many Spells is a set of wholly original spells written by somanyrobots. These are marked with ^S.
• Kibbles' Casting Compendium is the complete set of spells written by KibblesTasty. These are marked with ^K.

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