Telekinesis Sphere
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You can lift and move objects through magic.
Telekinesis
Telekinesis
As a standard action you can use telekinesis to lift one unattended object or willing creature within Close range and move it up to 20 ft, + 5 ft per 5 caster levels.
The object levitates as long as you concentrate, have line of sight, and the object remains within Close range.
The objects and creatures you may lift are restricted by size; the largest object you can lift is given in the chart below:
| Caster Level |
Object Size |
Sample Object |
Bludgeon Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fine | Marble | 1 |
| 1st | Diminutive | Dagger | 1d2 |
| 3rd | Tiny | Candelabra | 1d3 |
| 5th | Small | Heavy Shield | 1d4 |
| 8th | Medium | Cage | 1d6 |
| — | Large | Statue | 1d8 |
| — | Huge | Wagon | 2d6 |
| — | Gargantuan | Catapult | 3d6 |
| — | Colossal | Ship | 4d6 |
Your telekinesis is simple and cannot perform dexterous actions (tying a knot, opening a book, turning a key, etc.).
Any object you control with telekinesis has a touch AC of 10 + your casting ability modifier + any size modifier, and a CMD of 10 + your caster level + your casting ability modifier + the object’s size modifier.
You gain the following special uses of telekinesis when you gain this sphere:
Sustained Force
You may, as a free action, spend a spell point to no longer need to concentrate to maintain lifting a particular object for up to 1 minute per caster level.
You may give a sustained force simple orders (float in the air, go north, follow a target) that it obeys to the best of its ability.
Changing a sustained force’s orders is a move action.
You cannot sustain combat-related uses of telekinesis (combat maneuvers, bludgeons, etc.), nor complicated tasks (make a wagon load itself with stones and move them to another location, etc.).
Hostile Lift
You may spend a spell point to lift an unwilling creature with telekinesis.
The target is allowed a Will save to negate this effect, plus an additional Will save each round the effect is maintained. If a hostile lift is sustained with Sustained Force, it only lasts until the target succeeds at its save.
A creature may suffer falling damage if they successfully save while floating high in the air.
Bludgeon
When you use a lifted creature or object to strike another creature or object (moving the object into the target’s square and ramming them), you must succeed at an attack roll using your base attack bonus plus your casting ability modifier against the target.
On a successful hit, the target and the bludgeon take damage depending on the bludgeon’s size. If the bludgeon is a weapon, the attack deals appropriate damage for that weapon (bolts and arrows are treated as daggers for this purpose). Since weapons are designed to deal damage, it does not suffer damage if used as a bludgeon.
Catch
If using telekinesis on a projectile or thrown object within your size limit (often as a readied action), you may stop the attack from dealing damage. The originator of the attack (the creature who threw the projectile, etc.) is allowed a Will save to negate this ability.
After catching an object, you may move it as normal for your telekinesis.Base Talents
Telekinesis Talents (Combat)
Dancing Weapon
When using telekinesis to lift an object, that object counts as a melee weapon under your control.
Allies may use it to flank, and if you possess the Flair talent, you may apply melee feats such as Power Attack to your actions with that bludgeon (you cannot treat a bludgeon as both a melee and a ranged weapon at the same time; you may apply either melee attack feats or ranged attack feats to an individual bludgeon, but not both).
In addition, you may also add your casting ability modifier to all damage rolls made with a bludgeon.
Homing
When you miss with a Bludgeon attack, you may spend a spell point as an immediate action to make the bludgeon home back in on the target.
For a number of rounds equal to your caster level the object single-mindedly moves towards the target without you needing to concentrate on it, taking the shortest path as it attempts to attack them each turn.
A bludgeon directed this way can only make one attack per turn, and once it makes a single successful attack it stops pursuing the target and drops to the ground unless you begin concentrating on it again.
If you possess the Divided Mind talent you may pay a single spell point to make multiple objects pursue a target, but as soon as any one of them makes a successful attack, they all stop pursuing.
Mobile Bludgeon
When you use your telekinesis to make a bludgeon attack, you may continue to move the object after the attack roll is made if it has any movement remaining.
Alternately, you may choose to forfeit any remaining movement in order to make a full attack with a single bludgeon, making as many attacks as your base attack bonus allows, including extra attacks gained from feats if you possess the Flair or Dancing Weapon talents.
If you are lifting multiple bludgeons with Divided Mind you are still limited to one full attack, but may divide your attacks among your bludgeons in any way you desire.
Telekinetic Crush
When using your telekinesis on a target, you may crush it with your grip.
Every round you maintain concentration you may deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage and an additional 1d6 per 5 caster levels.
Alternately, you may make a Strength check to break an object you are holding with your telekinesis, using your casting ability modifier + 1 per five caster levels as your bonus on the check instead of your Strength modifier.
You may use this on sections of a larger object than you can lift with your telekinesis, allowing you to punch holes through walls or rip down doors so long as you can lift the targeted section.
Telekinetic Maneuver
You can use telekinesis to manipulate a target.
As a standard action, you may perform a bull rush, pull, reposition, trip, dirty trick, or grapple (and Pin as if possessing the Greater Grapple feat) combat maneuver against a target.
Use your caster level -5 plus your casting ability modifier as your CMB.
These maneuvers do not provoke an attack of opportunity from the target.
If grappling, your CMD is your CMB +5 and the target is allowed to make a new Will save each round to negate the effect.
If grappling, you do not gain the Grappled condition, and you cannot be knocked prone by failing a trip check.
Weaponize
You may attack your enemies with pure telekinetic force.
By using your telekinesis as if you were lifting an object, you may make bludgeon attacks and deal bludgeoning or slashing damage, dealing damage as a bludgeon of the size you specify, up to your telekinesis size limit.
If you possess the Dancing Weapon talent, you may treat this bludgeon attack as if it was made with a weapon you have proficiency with.
Telekinesis Talents (Finesse)
Call to Hand
As a swift action, you can call a single unattended object that you can see within 20 ft + 5 ft per 5 caster levels instantly to your hand.
The object must fall within your telekinesis size limit, and the object must be no more than a light load for you.
Finesse
You may use telekinesis to perform fine manipulations, such as turning a key in a lock, unrolling a scroll, or tying a knot.
You may make appropriate skill checks (such as Craft, Profession, or Performance checks that involve objects or instruments) at a distance, as well as Heal checks to perform first aid.
When performing a skill at a distance you may use your casting ability modifier in place of the normal ability modifier, but you also suffer a -5 penalty to the skill check.
You may use Sustained Force to maintain complicated, non-combat procedures such as making knives prepare dinner, make a lute play itself, or making a shovel dig a ditch.
When combined with the Flair talent, you may also perform Disable Device checks at a distance. When combined with the Steal talent, you may also perform Sleight of Hand checks to steal objects at a distance.
Flair
You may use telekinesis with a greater degree of detail.
If you possess the Finesse talent, you may perform Disable Device checks at a distance with a -5 penalty.
You may add the effects of feats you possess to the actions you perform with telekinesis (adding the benefits of Point-Blank Shot or Weapon Focus to bludgeons, using improved trip or improved steal to maneuvers made with the Telekinetic Maneuver talent or Steal talent, etc.).
Bludgeons count as ranged weapons for this purpose.
Steal
You may use telekinesis on attended objects. The owner is allowed a Will saving throw to negate this effect.
If they fail, you may perform a Steal or Disarm combat maneuver against them at a distance, using your caster level -5 plus your casting ability modifier as your CMB.
On a successful maneuver, you may move the object up to your telekinesis distance in any direction.
Telekinetic Tools
You may use your telekinesis to mimic simple tools, such a shovels, hammers, or scissors by using your telekinesis as if manipulating an item of the appropriate size.
If you possess Finesse talent, you may mimic tools associated with any of the listed skills, allowing you to Perform without an instrument or pick a lock without thieves tools if you also have Flair.
In addition, if you possess the Telekinetic Maneuver talent, and has a target pinned you may choose to tie up your opponent with telekinetic force instead of a rope. A creature successfully tied up this way is bound and helpless, and must follow the tie up rules to escape their bonds.
This restraining force lasts until broken by a successful CMB check, until they receive help from an outside force as a full round action, or until you dismiss it. A target cannot attempt a Will save to negate the effects of these bonds, or a strength check to break them.
Whirlwind Assembly
As a swift action you can use your telekinesis to ready yourself for any given situation.
You may draw up to two sheathed weapons or items you are carrying (even if it is stored in a backpack or similar container) and put away up to two objects you are holding in your hands.
In addition, you may don a single set of armor or robes and put away any robes or armor you are currently wearing, or swap out any number of smaller worn items (such as gloves, hats, or rings).
Each individual item equipped or put away must fall within the size limit of your telekinesis.
Telekinesis Talents (Force)
Acceleration
When you move a target with telekinesis you can double the distance you can move it that turn by having all of its movement be in a straight line.
An object that moves at least 10 ft this way before being used as a bludgeon is counted as having made a Charge and gains the related +2 on its attack roll.
If you also possess the Flair talent, you may apply Charge related feats to your Charge with that bludgeon.
Forceful Telekinesis
When you using an object or weapon as a bludgeon, it is effectively one size larger for determining how much damage it deals.
In addition, any time you would perform a combat maneuver using telekinesis (such as with Steal or Telekinetic Maneuver) you add a +2 bonus to your CMB and CMD.
Powerful Telekinesis
Increase the maximum sized object or creature you may affect with telekinesis by 1 size category
Telekinetic Push
You may throw your telekinetic power at an object, aiding or impeding its natural movement.
As a readied action, you may push a projectile, creature, thrown object, or another caster’s bludgeon up to one size larger than your telekinesis limit.
If aiding, you may increase a weapon’s range increment by half your telekinesis speed and increase its effective size by 1 size category +1 per 5 caster levels for the purposes of dealing damage or determining if another caster may catch the object with their own telekinesis.
If aiding a creature, you may choose to instead grant it an enhancement bonus to its movement equal to 1/2 your telekinesis speed.
You may also add 1d6 damage + 1d6 per 5 caster levels to the falling damage a target suffers. This ability may be used to cause damage to a target that was successfully tripped.
Alternately, you may slow down a creature or object, cutting its movement speed and damage in half.
If the target is falling, this decreases their falling speed to 60 ft per round, allowing them to fall great distances without being hurt.
Telekinetic pushes don’t require a spell point even when used on hostile targets, but do allow a Will save to negate.
Telekinesis Talents (Gravity)
Gravity Shift
By concentrating your telekinetic powers on an area you may effectively increase or decrease the area’s gravity.
As a standard action you may alter the gravity of a 10 ft radius + 5 ft per five caster levels area anywhere within range of your telekinesis. As long as you concentrate, the area becomes either an area of heavy gravity or an area of light gravity.
You may also change the type of gravity in the area as a move action.
This talent can be used to alter areas that are already heavy or light gravity, either altering them to normal gravity or doubling their effects, but cannot be used in areas of no gravity or subjective gravity.
You may spend a spell point to sustain this effect with Sustained Force.
Gravity Ward
As a standard action, you can create a 5 ft radius emanation anywhere in your telekinesis range that resists entry as your telekinetic force attempts to push targets out.
Entering the area requires a Will save, and a creature that fails its save must wait until their next turn to make another attempt.
This area lasts so long as you concentrate on it, or you may spend a spell point to sustain it with Sustained Force.
If you wish, this area can be centered on yourself instead of an area, allowing it to move with you.
Gravity Well
You can create a compact point of telekinetic force that draws everything towards it as a standard action.
Select a point within range of your telekinesis. When you first use this ability and each time you spend an action to concentrate on it, all unattended objects and creatures of up to your telekinesis limit within a 10 ft radius + 5 ft per five caster levels of that point are drawn in a straight line to the unoccupied space nearest to the center of the effect.
Unwilling creatures are subjected to a drag combat maneuver that pulls them towards the center, using your caster level -5 plus your casting ability modifier as your CMB.
A creature in the area of this effect may attempt to escape it on its own turn by attempting the drag combat maneuver as a move action against a CMD equal to your caster level plus your casting ability modifier + 5, moving the indicated distance away from the center of the gravity well.
You may spend a spell point to sustain this effect with Sustained Force.
Orbit
When you lift an object with your telekinesis and move it into your square or drop an item you are holding, you may place it in a passive orbit around you.
An object in orbit drifts slowly around you, moving with you when you move as if you carried it, and does not require concentration to remain in orbit, though it does nothing except drift passively.
At any point you may begin concentrating on it again, directing it and using it normally with your telekinesis, or you may pick up an item in orbit as a free action.
You may have multiple objects around you at one time so long as their total size does not exceed the size limit of orbit, shown below.
| Caster Level | Size Limit |
|---|---|
| 1st | Fine |
| 4th | Dimunitive |
| 8th | Tiny |
| — | Small |
| — | Medium |
If you possess the Powerful Telekinesis talent, your orbit limit increases by a single size category.
If you possess the Dancing Weapon talent, you may use a single object in orbit of you to make attacks of opportunity on your behalf.
Items caught with Catch may immediately be placed into orbit.
You may not use Hostile Lift in conjunction with Orbit.Tether
You can create a telekinetic connection between two objects of any size, tethering them together.
As a standard action you can tether two targets within 30 ft of each other, preventing them from moving further than 30 ft from each other without either breaking the tether or dragging the other target with them.
An unwilling creature gets a Reflex save to avoid being tethered.
A creature dragging an object follows the normal carrying capacity and encumbrance rules, but must use the drag combat maneuver to drag an unwilling creature.
The tether may be broken as a move action with a Strength check equal to the tether’s save DC.
A tether lasts as long as you concentrate and an additional number of rounds after that equal to your caster level. You may spend a spell point to maintain a tether with Sustained Force.
Heavy Gravity: Acrobatics, Climb, Ride, and Swim checks incur a –2 circumstance penalty, as do all attack rolls. All item weights are effectively doubled, which might affect a character’s speed. Weapon ranges are halved. A character’s Strength and Dexterity scores are not affected. The damage dice for falls are d10 instead of d6.
Light Gravity: Characters in the area take a +2 circumstance bonus on attack rolls and on Acrobatics and Ride checks. All items weigh half as much, and weapon ranges double. Strength and Dexterity don’t change as a result of light gravity, but what you can do with such scores does change. The damage dice for falls are d4 instead of d6.
Telekinesis Talents (Movement)
Flight
When using telekinesis to lift a creature or creatures and spending a spell point to create a Sustained Force on them, you may grant that creature the ability to control their own movement for the duration of the Sustained Force.
They gain a fly speed equal to your telekinesis speed, with maneuverability (perfect).
An affected creature does not need to remain within your telekinesis range while flying in this manner.
Friction Field
By flooding an area with your telekinesis you may increase friction and make it more difficult to move.
As a standard action you may flood a 20 ft radius + 5 ft per five caster levels area anywhere within range of your telekinesis. As long as you concentrate, all squares in the area become difficult terrain, even the air; flying or hovering over the ground does not avoid the effect. In addition, a creature that begins its turn in the area takes damage equal to your caster level. You may spend a spell point to sustain this effect with Sustained Force.
Greater Speed
The distance you can move things with telekinesis increases to 30 ft + 5 ft per 2 caster levels per round.
Momentum Line
As a standard action you can create a line with a length equal to 25 ft + 5 ft per 2 caster levels, centered anywhere within range of your telekinesis.
Movement within this area is doubled, allowing creatures to move two squares for only 5 ft of movement.
This effect lasts so long as you concentrate, or you may spend a spell point to maintain it with Sustained Force.
Telekinesis Talents (Protection)
Catch Shield
By spending a spell point as a standard action, for one round plus one round per three caster levels you may use Catch on projectiles once per round without readying an action.
Any objects you catch in this way drop to the ground at the beginning of your next turn if you do not concentrate on them normally or spend a spell point to maintain telekinesis with Sustained Force.
You cannot have more than one catch shield active at any one time.
Cohesion
Your may use your telekinetic force to protect and stabilize objects that you are lifting.
An object lifted with your telekinesis gains a +1 bonus to hardness and a +1 Deflection bonus to AC, and an additional +1 per 5 caster levels.
In addition, it takes no penalties from the broken condition as telekinetic force holds it together, and it does not take damage from being used as a bludgeon.
Objects lifted with Sustained Force do not gain these benefits. Creatures, even constructs, never gain the benefits of this talent.
Dampening Field
As a standard action you can wrap a willing creature or object within range of your telekinesis in cushioning force, granting them DR/Piercing equal to half your caster level.
This effect lasts as long as you concentrate, or you may spend a spell point to sustain it with Sustained Force.
Deflect
When you use the Catch function of your telekinesis, you may choose to simply deflect an incoming projectile or thrown object instead of catching it, causing it to simply miss instead of being lifted with telekinesis.
Due to this briefer contact and more indirect force, the originator of the attack does not gain a Will save to negate the ability when you exercise this option.
Floating Shield
When using your telekinesis to lift a shield, you may apply its shield bonus to the armor class of anything in its square, though this does not stack with any shield bonus they already possess.
A shield sustained with Sustained Force still grants its shield bonus, and may be directed to follow a given individual or target.
If you possess the Orbit talent, you may choose a single shield in orbit of you and add its shield bonus to your armor class.
If you possess the Flair talent, you may apply shield related feats (such as Shield Focus) to any shield you are lifting.
Kinetic Field
By spending a spell point as a standard action you can use your telekinesis to create a stationary flat plane of kinetic energy that stops incoming projectiles and thrown objects.
Any such object with a size one less than what you can lift with telekinesis that strikes the field immediately loses momentum and drops to the ground if the originator of the attack fails a Will save.
This field is created adjacent to you and has a length equal to 20 ft + 5 ft per 5 caster levels and lasts so long as you concentrate, or you may spend a spell point to maintain it with Sustained Force.
Quick Catch
You may spend a spell point to make a telekinetic catch as an immediate action.
If you possess the Telekinetic Push talent, you may spend a spell point to perform pushes as an immediate action.
Parry
You may use the Catch function of telekinesis to block attacks with melee weapons, though they retain their hold on their weapon even if you successfully block their attack.
However, if you possess the Steal talent as well, you may immediately use it on that weapon as part of a successful catch.
Your telekinesis must be specially tuned towards the task, so when you ready an action to Catch (or when you spend a spell point on the Catch Shield talent, if you possess it) you must specify whether your telekinesis can intercept melee or ranged attacks.
Return
When you stop a ranged attack with telekinetic catch, you may immediately fling it back at the attacker if they’re in range of your telekinesis. Resolve this as a standard bludgeon attack using the object you were attacked with.
Return may not be used in conjunction with Catch Shield.
Telekinesis Talents (Modifiers)
Divided Mind
You may lift multiple targets at once (up to 1 + 1 per caster level) whose combined size does not exceed your maximum telekinesis size.
You may treat these objects as one effective object for the purpose of bludgeoning a creature, or you may make multiple bludgeons per round (although you cannot make more attacks in a round than would otherwise be allowed with your BAB and any respective feats if you possess the Flair or Dancing Weapon talents).
If you spend a spell point to use Hostile Lift or Sustained Force, it may apply it to as many of these objects as applicable.
You may also spend a spell point when using the Steal, Telekinetic Maneuver, or Telekinetic Push talents to affect multiple targets at once (up to one additional target per 2 caster levels, minimum: 1), although you cannot affect an individual target more than once per round with any combat maneuver.
Idle Concentration
You may choose to maintain concentration on your telekinesis as a swift action.
However, targets of your telekinesis remain motionless while you concentrate on them this way, hovering in place. You cannot move them, use them to bludgeon, or direct them to perform tasks.
Dancing Weapons that hover do not threaten their range or provide flanking bonuses, and you may not apply the benefits of Telekinetic Crush to hovering targets. In addition, this talent cannot be used to concentrate on a Hostile Lift.
Increased Range
Increase the range of your telekinesis by one step (Close to Medium, Medium to Long).
You may select this talent multiple times. The effects stack.
Kinetic Sense
You no longer need to see to levitate objects or creatures with your telekinesis.
As long as you target the correct space the target is in, you may lift it without needing line of sight. If you target an incorrect square your action is wasted, though you retain any spell points you would have spent.
In addition, you may spend a spell point to gain 30 ft blindsense for one minute per caster level.
Advanced Talents
Telekinesis Talents
Effortless Telekinesis
Prerequisite: 10th caster level or higher.
When you use your telekinesis to lift creatures or objects and spend a spell point to create a sustained force on them, the sustained force persists for 1 hour per caster level instead of 1 minute per caster level.