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In addition, you may detect your opposite alignment (good and evil oppose one another, just as law and chaos oppose one another) as if using the detect alignment Divination ability. To use this ability, you must spend a move action and focus on a single item or creature within 60 feet. You do not detect alignment in any other object or creature when using this ability in this way.

Note that some oracle curses (such as haunted) grants a benefit that is not easily translated to the Spheres of Power system, and would most likely not be an advisable choice.

To create a poppet, you must personally collect a specimen directly from the creature body, such as a hair, a nail cutting, or drop of blood. Within 24 hours of collection, you must create a small poppet that incorporates the entire specimen, a process that takes 1 full minute and requires common materials of negligible cost (such as a handful of straw, mud, or wood). The poppet lasts indefinitely once created.

When you use a sphere ability, you may target the poppet to affect the creature it was made from, allowing you to affect them regardless of distance or line of sight, though they must be on the same plane. The sympathetic link makes the creature immediately aware of the incoming effect and allows them to defend against it without being surprised or asleep, though they are not made aware of the magic’s precise nature or source. After conveying magic once the poppet crumbles, becoming useless.

You may only possess a number of poppets equal to your casting ability modifier at one time, and only one poppet at a time for any given creature. If you collect a sample for a new poppet that would put you over these limits, an older poppet crumbles (either the already existing poppet for the creature targeted if you have one, or one of your choice if you don’t).

With a successful Diplomacy check, the rogue can treat the settlement as two sizes larger. If the settlement is already a metropolis and she succeeds at the check, all magic items are for sale. If the settlement is already a large city and she succeeds at the check, all minor and medium magic items are for sale, as well as 3d8 major magic items.

With a successful check, the rogue can also sell stolen items on the black market. If the check fails by 5 or more, the rogue does something to spook the market, and treats the city as normal for 1 week. Furthermore, those in control of the black market may alert the authorities to the rogue’s presence in an act of reprisal for spooking the market or to divert attention away from their illicit activities. The DCs of the checks are by settlement size and are given in the table.

When you successfully sneak attack a creature, you may spend up to half your sneak attack dice to reduce the creature’s natural armor class by 1 for each die spent, to a minimum of 0. You may do this multiple times with multiple strikes. The loss of natural armor lasts until the creature heals at least 5 hit points per point of natural armor lost.

First, she may use it to lower the ambient temperature in an area, protecting herself and every creature within 30 ft. from the effects of extreme heat, such as heat exhaustion and nonlethal damage for 10 minutes; this cooling effect can even protect the scholar and her allies from the heat of lava, cooling molten stone within the radius of the effect and allowing the scholar and her allies to safely traverse it. Creatures within the radius of this effect also gain fire resistance equal to the scholar’s class level, or increase any fire resistance they currently possess by the same amount.

Secondly, she may make a single ranged touch attack against an opponent within 30 ft.; on a successful attack the opponent takes 1d8 cold damage for every five class levels the scholar possesses (rounded down, minimum 1d8), and must make a Fortitude save or be frozen solid in a block of ice for 1 round, plus 1 round per class level. (this ability can affect objects and undead). While trapped in the ice, the creature is paralyzed but does not need to eat or breathe for the duration of the effect, and any physical attack or damaging spell deals damage to the ice first and cannot harm the trapped creature until the ice is destroyed, which ends all other effects of this ability. The ice has 20 hit points and hardness 0.

Glacial Percussion [explosive]: Mixing various freezing compounds into her flashbangs, the scholar allows them to deal an additional 1d6 cold damage per two class levels she possesses, and creatures that fail their Fortitude save are staggered for 1d4 rounds in addition to the flashbang’s normal effects. If the scholar hits a target that is already staggered with this effect, the target is instead paralyzed for 1 round.

container, such as a bottle or potion vial.

When this imposition is chosen, the scholar selects one of the following: air, earth, fire, or water. The scholar may grow a small elemental of this type during an 8 hour rest; at 5th level, the scholar increases the size and power of the elemental she can grow in this way to a medium elemental.

The scholar may activate this imposition to release the elemental from the vial, allowing it to aid her on and off the battlefield. The elemental understands the scholar and follows her commands to the best of its ability. If the elemental moves more than 100 ft. away from the scholar, it disperses 1d4 rounds later, regardless of whether or not it returns to the scholar’s side during that time. The scholar cannot have more than one elemental active with this ability at a time, and activating another imposition dismisses the elemental, causing it to return to its vial.

As long as the elemental is not destroyed, banished, or dispersed, it can be reclaimed into its vial as a swift action.

Elementals conjured in this way are treated as summoned creatures for spells and effects.

Elemental Enhancement [explosive]: As long as the scholar is adjacent to an active elemental from this imposition’s primary effect, she may use it to augment her flashbangs with elemental power, allowing them to deal damage of the type matching her elemental. Targets must make a Reflex save instead of the normal Fortitude save; in addition to the normal effects of the flashbang, the scholar deals an amount of additional damage of the chosen element type (air deals electricity damage, water deals cold damage, earth deals acid damage, and fire deals fire damage) equal to 1d6 per scholar level. Creatures who succeed on their Reflex save take 1/2 damage and are not subject to the flashbang’s normal effects.

Special: The scholar may choose this imposition more than once, selecting a different element each time.

First, the target is immune to lycanthropy; if the target has already been afflicted with lycanthropy, they cannot be affected by or benefit from any of its effects for the duration of this ability.

Secondly, the target gains a circumstance bonus to their armor class against all natural attacks equal to the scholar’s Intelligence bonus. These effects last for a number of rounds equal to the scholar’s Intelligence bonus.

In addition, her work with belladonna has made the scholar particularly adept at treating and preventing poisoning; whenever the scholar uses her medical training or advanced medical training on a creature, the subject becomes temporarily immune to poison. Any poison in its system or any poison to which it is exposed during the effect’s duration does not affect the subject until the effect’s duration has expired, though the duration of the effect continues to expire as normal; this does not reverse instantaneous effects of poison that have already occurred, such as hit point damage, temporary ability damage, or effects that don’t go away on their own.

Belladonna Bursts [explosive]: The scholar may enhance her flashbangs with crushed belladonna, causing targets who fail their save to take 1d6 points of Strength damage in addition to the normal effects. This is a poison effect, and creatures with resistance to poison apply that resistance to their save against the flashbang’s effects.

Familiars belonging to scholars with this ability always take the form of a black cat and cannot be exchanged for other creatures with the Improved Familiar feat or large animal training knack unless that creature is also feline in appearance in its natural form (such as a cait sith or panther); if the scholar had an animal other than a cat as her familiar before gaining this imposition her connection with it is broken and the black cat drives it away.

The scholar can activate this imposition to cause her black cat to set off a series of minor events that result in remarkably bad luck for anyone affected; all creatures within 20 ft. of the black cat other than the scholar take a -2 penalty on attack rolls, Dexterity-based skill checks, and Perception checks for a number of rounds equal to the scholar’s Intelligence bonus (minimum 1); this penalty increases by an additional -1 at 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter.

The scholar may activate this imposition by snapping a small piece of brimstone in two and placing it in a vest pocket or pouch resting between the nose and heart of a target creature within reach, granting a +1 competence bonus to Fortitude saves, increasing to +2 at level 5. This bonus lasts for a number of minutes equal to 1 + her Intelligence modifier.

While a creature is benefiting from this imposition, any time a creature attempts a bite or swallow whole against them, that creature must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw or be nauseated for 1 round.

Sulfuric Detonations [explosive]: The scholar may enhance her flashbangs with large doses of brimstone, causing them to smoke and burn. In addition to the flashbang’s normal effects, the target also takes 1d6 points of fire damage per 2 class levels the scholar possesses; creatures who succeed on their Fortitude save against the flashbang take 1/2 damage from this effect. In addition, noxious smoke fills a radius around the target equal to 5 ft. + 5 ft. per four class levels the scholar possesses, causing any creature that is in the smoke to make a Fortitude save against the flashbang’s original DC or be sickened for as long as they remain in the effect and for 1d4 rounds thereafter. The smoke dissipates naturally after 1 minute, and is dispersed in 1 round by strong or stronger winds.

As long as the scholar or an ally is wearing this amulet, they gain an insight bonus to concentration checks and Sense Motive checks equal to 1/2 the scholar’s class level (minimum 1), as determined at the time the amulet or charm was created. The scholar may rework a crystalline focus after leveling up to increase its bonus based on her current class level by paying the difference between its original crafting cost and the cost of creating one based on her current level. These charms do not occupy an item slot, but wearing more than one has no additional effect.

The exact cleanliness, positioning, and presentation of the crystals to receive these benefits is very important, and extremely distressing events that would jostle or damage the charm, such as the wearer failing a Reflex saving throw or suffering a critical hit, have a 50% chance of throwing the charm out of alignment, breaking it and ending its benefits until the scholar spends at least 1 hour re-attuning it. A scholar who would lose a crystalline focus she is wearing in such a manner may expend her martial focus as an immediate action to prevent the charm from breaking. The scholar may create a purposely weaker foci, in which case the cost and bonuses are both reduced.

The scholar must have seen the thing she seeks or an accurate representation of it (such as a detailed portrait) in order for this ability to work. If searching for a non-specific type of thing (such as the nearest body of water, the nearest city, etc.) the scholar need not have seen it or a representation before, but the rod becomes much less accurate, and may lead to something other than what she seeks (for example, a scholar seeking the nearest body of water could be led to a puddle or the ocean, and one seeking the nearest city could be led to a bustling metropolis or the ruins of an ancient civilization).

Once activated, the dowsing rod will always point towards the desired target, though it gives no indication as to the target’s distance and always points directly towards it, regardless of obstacles. If the target is protected by a nondetection spell or similar effect, the scholar uses her class level as her caster level when determining if her dowsing rod can pierce the effect. This is a supernatural effect, except for when using it to locate the nearest body or source of water, in which case it can be used as an extraordinary ability

In addition, any undead creature attempting to enter the protected radius of the structure must succeed on a Will save or find itself prevented from entering. The structure can be destroyed if it takes a number of points of damage equal to 5 times the scholar’s class level; as long as the structure is not destroyed, the scholar can retrieve it and recoup the gold used in its construction as a move action.

Purifying Detonations [explosive]: The scholar learns how to mix small amounts of gold flakes and holy water into her flashbangs, allowing her to damage undead with positive energy in addition to the flashbang’s normal effects, though the target must make a Will save instead of the Fortitude save normally granted. Undead creatures targeted by this ability take 1d6 points of positive energy damage per class level the scholar possesses. This ability has no effect on living creatures, unless they are also damaged by positive energy, such as most dhampirs. Undead who succeed on their Will save take 1/2 damage from this effect.

By ingesting a small portion of ground mandrake root mixed with various catalyzing agents, the scholar is able to unleash a piercing scream that deals an amount of sonic damage equal to 1d4 per class level to all creatures within a 30 ft. radius (Fortitude save for half). This ability affects objects and undead. The scholar herself is immune to the damage from this effect.

Sonic Shriekers [explosive]: Scholars with the howling herbology material imposition may enhance their flashbangs with mandrake root, granting them thunderous power. In addition to the flashbang’s normal effects, the target also takes 1d6 points of sonic damage per class level the scholar possesses, and the DC for Fortitude saves against flashbangs modified with this imposition increases by 1 or by 2 at 5th level. Creatures who succeed on their Fortitude save against the flashbang take 1/2 damage from this effect. The damage and effects from this ability apply to objects and undead.

firstly, the scholar may draw one primarily metal item or creature within 60 ft. + 10 ft. per class level directly towards herself. This item or creature cannot weigh more than 50 lbs. per class level the scholar possesses, and if it is a living creature or an item held by a living creature, the scholar must succeed on a combat maneuver check against the opponent’s CMD, using her class level in place of her base attack bonus and her Intelligence modifier in place of her Strength modifier for the check. Upon a successful use of this ability, the targeted creature or item is moved up to 10 ft. per class level directly towards the scholar; if this ability is used on a creature, this movement provokes attacks of opportunity.

Secondly, the scholar may use this ability to repel all metal creatures or objects within a 30 ft. radius; this ability cannot effect a single item or creature whose weight is more than 50 lbs. per class level the scholar possesses. Any unattended metal objects within the radius of this effect are immediately moved directly away from the scholar to the first legal square outside of the effect’s radius; when the scholar activates this ability, she makes a single combat maneuver check using her class level in place of her base attack bonus and her Intelligence modifier in place of her Strength modifier and compares the result against the CMD of all metal creatures or creatures wielding metal equipment within the area’s effect, moving any creature whose CMD her check exceeds directly away to the first legal square outside of the effect’s radius. Creatures wielding metal weapons may choose to drop them rather than be subject to this ability’s effects, but creatures wearing metal armor are treated as metal creatures for determining this ability’s effects.

Magnetic Bursts [explosive]: Scholars with the lodestone material imposition may enhance their flashbangs with lodestone flakes that cling to the target, making it easier for metallic weapons, or weapons whose primary damage-dealing apparatus is composed of metal, such as spear or arrowheads, to hit the target. For the next 1d4 rounds, any attack made with a metal weapon against a target who has failed their save against a flashbang modified with this explosive gains a +1 circumstance bonus to the attack roll, +1 for every 3 class levels the scholar possesses.

Activating this imposition gives the scholar a brilliant magnesium torch that can be wielded as a light weapon the scholar is proficient with, dealing 1d6 fire damage with an 18-20/x2 critical range and multiplier. This torch sheds bright light to a range of up to 30 ft., +5 ft. per 2 class levels, and increases the light level by one step within twice that range.

This effect automatically dispels any darkness effect within its area whose spell level is equal to or less than half the scholar’s class level (rounded down), as well as any darkness effects from the Dark sphere whose effective caster level is lower than the scholar’s class level.

Whenever the scholar confirms a critical hit against a target with this weapon, they catch fire, taking 1d6 points of fire damage each round. A creature ignited by this ability is entitled to a Reflex saving throw at the start of their turn each round to attempt and extinguish the flame. If the fire is not extinguished, it burns out naturally after 1 minute.

The scholar must have a hand free when she activates this imposition, otherwise the torch falls to the ground in an adjacent square, causing any unattended flammable items or substances in that square to catch fire.

Sun Flare [explosive]: The scholar mixes a blend of magnesium and phosphorescent materials into her flashbangs, allowing them to cause targets who fail their save against them to be blinded and shed bright light out to 30 ft. +5 ft. per two class levels for 1 round per class level. This effect automatically dispels any darkness effect within its area whose spell level is equal to or less than half the scholar’s class level (rounded down), as well as any darkness effects from the Dark sphere whose effective caster level is lower than the scholar’s class level. If the scholar’s flashbangs would normally be capable of blinding due to the scholar having at least 5 ranks in Craft (alchemy), the duration of this effect is doubled.

The scholar may grow a simple garden ooze in a specially prepared vial during an 8 hour rest; at 5th level she learns to cultivate an ochre jelly instead.

The scholar may activate this imposition to release the ooze from the vial, allowing it to quickly reconstitute and aid her on the battlefield. The ooze understands basic commands such as “attack”, “defend”, or “move” from the scholar and follows them to the best of its ability. If the ooze moves more than 100 ft. away from the scholar, it begins to lose cohesion and dissolves 1d4 rounds later, regardless of whether or not it returns to the scholar’s side during that time. The scholar cannot have more than one ooze active with this ability at a time, and activating another imposition dismisses the ooze, causing it to return to its vial. The scholar can only have a total number of prepared or captured oozes equal to 1 + her Intelligence bonus. If an ooze is split by an attack, the scholar retains control of one of the oozes (chosen at the time the split occurs), but the other ooze becomes its own creature and acts according to its own impulses, as do any future oozes split off such an independent ooze.

As long as the ooze is not destroyed, banished, or dispersed, it can be reclaimed into its vial as a swift action. Oozes conjured in this way are treated as summoned creatures for spells and effects.

Alchemical Solvent [explosive]: The scholar mixes special solvents into her flashbangs that dissolve the flesh of non-ooze creatures. In addition to the flashbang’s normal effects, the target takes 1d4 acid damage per class level the scholar possesses; creatures who succeed on their saving throw take half damage from this effect. When a flashbang modified with this explosive is used against a creature of the ooze type, instead of dealing additional acid damage the target takes a -5 penalty to its saving throw and is stunned for 1d4 rounds if it fails its saving throw. If the scholar does not have an ooze currently active through this imposition, she may spend a full-round action to attempt to capture the ooze inside an alchemical vial, though the ooze is entitled to a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 scholar level + Intelligence modifier) to resist this effect; oozes whose CR is greater than the scholar’s class level are immune to this effect. Oozes who fail their saving throw are captured and may be used as though they were cultivated through the primary use of this imposition.

While within this circle, the scholar and protected allies gain a circumstance bonus to saving throws against spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural effects equal to the scholar’s Intelligence bonus (minimum 1). Whenever the scholar succeeds on a saving throw against such an effect while protected by the circle, she immediately regains her martial focus if it is currently expended.

In addition, while within the circle, the scholar and affected allies are also protected from bodily contact by summoned creatures and incorporeal undead. This causes the natural weapons and touch attacks of such creatures to fail and the creatures to recoil if such attacks require touching the warded creature.

The protection ends if the warded creature takes any hostile action against a blocked creature, and that creature may pass through the barrier (though other creatures are still warded as normal). If a protected ally moves outside of the square they occupied when the circle was created, the protective energy is disrupted and the effect immediately ends.

Dispelling Detonations [explosive]: The scholar adds a mixture of silver, salt, lead, and other materials which naturally disrupt magical energies to her flashbangs. Creatures that fail their save against the flashbang’s initial effect are also subject to a targeted dispel magic spell, using the scholar’s level as the caster level. This cannot be used to target a specific spell effect. If the scholar also possesses the silver material imposition, this instead acts as a targeted greater dispel magic effect.

As long as the scholar or an ally is wearing this amulet, they gain spell resistance equal to 10 + the scholar’s class level. These charms do not occupy an item slot, but wearing more than one has no additional effect. Because they are not true magic items but rather science and geometry applied in a way that interferes with magical energies, these amulets are exceedingly fragile, and they cease to function after they have forced casters to attempt a caster level check to overcome the granted spell resistance a number of times equal to the scholar’s Intelligence modifier (minimum 1), as determined at the time the amulet was crafted.

Once this limit has been reached, the amulet ceases to function until the scholar spends at least 1 hour re-attuning it. As an immediate action, the scholar may expend their martial focus to quickly realign the amulet, causing a caster level check to not consume one of its uses.

Dispelling Detonations [explosive]: The scholar adds a mixture of silver, salt, lead, and other materials which naturally disrupt magical energies to her flashbangs. Creatures and objects that fail their save against the flashbang’s initial effect are also subject to a targeted dispel magic spell, using the scholar’s level as the caster level. This cannot be used to target a specific spell effect. If the scholar also possesses the circle of salt material imposition, this instead acts as a targeted greater dispel magic effect.

It takes the scholar 1 hour to assemble the glider, and it has a number of hit points equal to the scholar’s class level, hardness equal to twice her Intelligence bonus (minimum 2), and weighs 10 lbs. The scholar may attach the glider to her or an ally’s pack or clothing as a standard action; while it is attached, the character can make a DC 15 Fly check to fall safely from any height without taking falling damage. When falling safely, they may make an additional DC 15 Fly check to glide, moving 5 ft. laterally for every 10 ft. they fall.

Allies may use a glider in this manner once for a maximum number of rounds equal to 1 + the scholar’s Intelligence modifier before it breaks, and the scholar can use the glider in this way a total number of times per day equal to her Intelligence bonus (minimum 1) for the same duration; any attempt to exceed this usage results in failure and causes the glider to break, forcing the scholar to spend an hour building a new one before it can be used again.

Only one glider can be attached to a single creature at a time.

At 6th level, the scholar and any ally given a glider are able to fly with a speed of 30 ft. and average maneuverability. The duration that the glider lasts during a single use increases to a number of minutes equal to 1 + the scholar’s Intelligence bonus.

In addition to using the glider to fall safely, the scholar can use the glider to fly a total number of times per day equal to 1 + her Intelligence bonus; any attempt to exceed this usage or remain in flight after the glider’s normal duration results in failure and causes the glider to break, forcing the scholar to build a new one before it can be used again. Allies using a glider still suffer breakage after the first usage.

The scholar’s familiar takes the form of an animal companion of her choice, using her scholar level as her effective druid level. The animal retains the special abilities and the Intelligence score of the scholar’s familiar, but also has the statistics and abilities of an animal companion. If the animal is dismissed, is lost, or dies, it can be replaced in the same way as a normal familiar can be.

If a familiar is dismissed, lost or dies, it can be replaced 1 week later through a specialized ritual that costs 200 gp per scholar level. The ritual takes 8 hours to complete.