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2023-01-24, 05:47 PM
The following are feats for the Shards of Power playtest, the whole google doc can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jJ4Rdjjb7N22aNZwvEeva8UcRaQLjCMOwb_pnAlyWSM/edit?usp=sharing)
New Feats
[Shard] Feats
Shard feats are a special type of feat that grants benefits to the user when they have veils shattered, growing in power with the more veils the user has shattered. The first time you learn a shard feat you gain the ability to shatter your veils. You can shatter a single veil as a swift action as part of reallocating your essence. When shattered, a veil is normally suppressed for 10 minutes unless otherwise specified by the veil or one of your abilities. You can choose to keep your veils shattered for longer than 10 minutes, if you wish. After this 10 minutes has passed, you can unsuppress a shattered veil as part of investing your essence. If one of these veils grants a benefit while it is shattered, or if shattering the veil produces an ongoing effect, those effects or benefits end when the veil is unsuppressed.
Unless otherwise specified by the veil, shattering a veil burns the essence invested in it. This essence cannot be recovered while the veil is suppressed, and is automatically recovered when the veil is unsuppressed. Minor Veils cannot be shattered.
Akashic Demolitionist [Akashic, Combat]
Your personality isn’t the only thing that lights up a room
Prerequisites: Throw Anything
Benefits: You can invest essence into this feat. When using thrown weapons that deal splash damage you gain an insight bonus to any saving throw DCs of their splash damage (but not any other effects) equal to the essence invested in this feat, and an insight bonus to damage and splash damage equal to twice the essence invested in this feat.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Blessed of the Harrow [Akashic]
Truth is in the cards, if you have but the the gift to see it
Prerequisites: Harrowed
Benefits: You may bind essence to this feat. For each point of essence bound in this feat, the bonuses granted by the Harrowed feat increase by +1 and you may use the effects of that feat one extra time each day. You may still only have one card drawn by the Harrowed feat at a time; if you draw a card while you have an unused card, the benefits of the unused card are lost.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Blessings of Fate [Akashic]
You may tap into the powers of fate more often than normal.
Prerequisites: Draw the fates class feature
Benefits: You may use your draw the fates class feature an additional 3 times each day.
Special: This feat may be selected multiple times, granting an additional 3 uses of draw the fates each day for each time it is selected.
Cage the Beast [Akashic, Heritage]
Attaining mastery over your inner beast has reaped its rewards
Prerequisites: level 11, Ability to shape the Beastblood Transformation veil as a racial trait
Benefits: You treat the Beastblood Transformation veil granted by your racial trait as if it were bound to the Blood chakra for the purpose of determining its abilities. In addition, you may as part of a full-round action a number of times per day equal to your veilweaving modifier, change the animal form chosen for the effects of this veil to another valid choice.
Clarify Fate [Akashic]
Tapping into the power of fate allows you to clarify your essence.
Prerequisites: Draw the fates class feature
Benefits: When you activate your draw the fates class feature you may reinvest your essence.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Deck of Chosen Fate [Akashic]
By shaping your deck as a veil you have learned a method of choosing your fate.
Prerequisites: Path of the augur, ability to shape the Deck of the Fates veil
Benefits: While you have the Deck of the Fates veil shaped, you can choose to merge your deck of spectral cards with the deck produced by that veil. If the veil is suppressed, you may draw cards from your spectral deck as normal.
Whenever you draw a card from the Deck of Fates as part of using a path of the augur class feature, you may bind 1 point of essence to that veil to to draw an additional card and choose which to use to determine the ability’s effects. If the ability causes you to draw multiple cards, you draw an additional card for each of those cards individually when determining their effects. For example: if you use the ascension ability you would draw two cards to determine the effects of draw the fates (choosing one to determine the exaltation or descension) and then two cards to determine the effects of ascension (choosing one to determine the ascension effect).
You gain 1 point of essence.
Fractured Entropy [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power leak deathly energy
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting necromancy spells.
If you have at least 1 veil shattered, whenever you cast a necromancy spell you gain an aura of entropy that extends outwards 5 feet from you until the end of your next turn. Whenever an enemy first enters the aura on their turn or begins their turn in the aura, they must make a Fortitude saving throw or become sickened for a number of rounds equal to the number of veils you have shattered. The DC of this saving throw is equal to 10 + your veilweaving modifier + twice the number of veils you have shattered. If you shatter a veil as part of casting a necromancy spell, it is considered as among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, the target becomes nauseated for 1 round in addition to being sickened on a failed Fortitude saving throw.
Fractured Figment [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power create delusions in others
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting illusion spells.
While you have a veil shattered you gain a single illusionary image as per the mirror image spell, using your veilweaving level as your caster level for its effects. You gain one additional illusionary image for each veil you have shattered (to a maximum of 8 images). This ability does not stack with the mirror image spell, casting that spell causes any images granted by this feat to be destroyed, and they only reform 1 minute after the effects of the spell expire. Should these images be destroyed by being dispelled or by being struck with an attack, they reform 1 minute later.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, these images become hostile to those who would strike them, dealing your veilweaving modifier in damage when they are destroyed. This damage is the result of a pulse of pure akashic power and is not subject to energy resistance or damage reduction.
Fractured Form [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power manifest in your physical form.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting transmutation (polymorph) spells or for determining the effects of Wildshape or Change Shape.
When you shatter a veil you may pick one of the following fractured forms and gain its benefits:
Fury- +1 competence bonus to melee damage rolls per shattered veil.
Mobility- +1 competence bonus to Acrobatics checks per shattered veil.
Toughness- +1 increase to Natural Armor per veil shattered.
Vigor- gain temporary hit points equal to your veilweaving modifier (minimum 1) multiplied by the number of veils you have shattered.
These benefits last as long as the veil remains shattered, and each time you shatter a veil you may choose a new benefit to replace the previous one.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered you may choose to gain a second fractured form benefit and all benefit durations are reset to the duration of the most recent shattered veil.
Special: If you possess the Wildshape class feature, the Change Shape racial ability, or Alternate Form racial ability you may choose new benefits to replace the old ones as part of the action of using those abilities. You are treated as if you had one additional veil shattered when determining the power (but not the number) of the benefits you are granted by this feat.
Fractured Panacea [Akashic, Shard]
Your fractured power is a balm to those you aid.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefit: While you have a veil shattered, add your veilweaving modifier to the amount healed by healing effects you create. If the healing occurs over time (such as by granting fast healing), this bonus healing only occurs once at the beginning of the effect. If you shattered a veil as part of activating a healing effect, that veil is counted among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, you instead increase this healing to twice your veilweaving modifier.
Fractured Spellfire [Akashic, Shard]
Your shards of power burn those who would see you harmed
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting evocation spells.
If you have at least 1 veil shattered, whenever you cast an evocation spell you gain an aura of flared power that extends outwards 5 feet from you until the end of your next turn. Whenever an enemy first enters the aura on their turn or begins their turn in the aura, they take untyped damage equal to the level of the evocation spell cast multiplied by the number of veils you have shattered. If you shatter a veil as part of casting an evocation spell, it is considered as among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, the range of this aura increases by 5 feet.
Fractured Summons [Akashic, Shard]
As your soul fractures, your ability to summon magical beings grows
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting conjuration (summoning) spells.
While you have at least one veil shattered, creatures you summon gain a bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to the number of veils you have shattered and bonus temporary hp equal to the level of the spell multiplied by the number of veils you have shattered. If you shatter a veil as part of summoning a creature, it is considered as among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, you may reduce the casting time of conjuration (summoning) spells with a level equal to the number of veils you have shattered or lower with a casting time of 1 round to a standard action.
Fractured Visions [Akashic, Shard]
Your shards of power reflect visions of what could be.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known, Alertness
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting divination spells.
While you have at least 1 veil shattered, once per round you may gain a bonus to a single d20 roll equal to the number of veils you have shattered as an immediate action. You may use this feat to modify a roll after the results have been revealed but before their effects have been applied, potentially changing the results of the roll.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, this ability is instead usable once per round as a free action that can be used even outside of your turn.
Fractured Warding [Akashic, Shard]
Your fractured power defends you against those who would bring harm
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting abjuration spells.
While you have at least 1 veil shattered you may gain DR/- and Energy Resistance to acid, cold, electricity, and fire equal to twice the number of veils you have shattered for 1 round as an immediate action. This may be activated after the triggering effect has been announced but before its results have been revealed.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, you gain DR/- and Energy Resistance equal to the number of veils you have shattered, and may use the immediate action effect to increase the DR and Energy Resistance to twice the number of veils you have shattered for 1 round instead.
Fractured Whispers [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power sway those around you
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting enchantment spells.
If you have at least 1 veil shattered, you can cause whispers and doubts to enter the mind of another as an immediate action, causing them to take a -2 penalty on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check. You must be aware this action is taking place to affect it, and you may choose to inflict this penalty after they have rolled, but before the consequences of the roll are revealed.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, this ability is instead usable once per round as a free action that can be used even outside of your turn.
This penalty increases by 1 for every veil you have shattered after the first.
Fragmented Mageglyph [Akashic, Shard]
Your fractured being fuels your powers, increasing their versatility
Prerequisites: ability to cast spells, manifest psionic powers, or spherecasting.
Benefits: Choose one class that provides spellcasting, manifestation, or spherecasting when you gain this feat; once chosen this cannot be changed. When you have a veil shattered, you increase your effective caster/manifester level for that class by 1 for each veil you have shattered for the purpose of determining one of the following aspects of the spell, power, or talent chosen when you activate it:
Range
Duration
Area of effect size (radius, diameter, length, number of cubes, and so on)
If you shattered a veil as part of using that ability, that shattered veil is included when determining the effects of this feat.
Special: You can gain this feat multiple times, affecting a different one of the feat’s prerequisites each time it is selected.
Fragmented Soulward [Akashic, Shard]
Your power not only heals, it defends
Prerequisite: Fractured Panacea
Benefits: When a target benefits from your Fractured Panacea feat, you can choose to reduce the bonus healing granted by that feat by ½ (rounded down, minimum 1) to grant the target a +1 bonus to Armor Class and Saving throws for each veil you have shattered for a number of rounds equal to your veilweaving modifier.
While you have at least 3 veils shattered, you may apply the effects of this feat without reducing the effects of Fractured Panacea.
Minor Spellshard [Akashic, Shard]
Your shards of spent power amplify the effects of your minor magics
Prerequisites: Ability to use Cantrips, knacks, orisons, or psionic talents
Benefits: Your minor magics benefit from the power of your connection to the akashic record. For each point of essence invested in this feat, any 0th-level spell or power you cast or manifest that deals damage deals an additional point of damage.
If the ability does not deal damage but grants a numerical bonus or penalty, those bonuses and penalties instead increase by 1 step on the following progression for every 2 points of essence invested in this feat: 1->1d2->1d3->1d4->1d6->2d3->2d4.
Shattering your veils further increases these effects. For every veil you have shattered, this feat is treated as if it were invested with an additional 2 points of essence. This effective invested essence may bypass this feat’s normal essence capacity limit.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Example: Ioric has this feat and invested 2 points of essence into it. When they cast acid splash they increase the damage dealt by 2. If Ioric casts Guidance on themselves they gain +1d2 to the next attack roll, saving throw, or skill check they make.
Minor Veilshard [Akashic, Shard]
Through the broken shards of your greater gifts, your weakness becomes strength.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape at least 1 minor veil.
Benefits: For each veil you have shattered, treat your shaped minor veils as if they were invested with an additional point of essence. This additional essence may exceed your normal essence capacity.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Shards of Expertise [Akashic, Shard]
By discarding that which would distract you, your power grows.
Prerequisite: At least 1 other Akashic feat that can be invested with essence, character level 3rd
Benefit: You may now shatter akashic feats that can be invested with essence in place of veils to power [Shard] feats. Feats must have at least one point of essence invested in them to be shattered and while shattered the essence invested in these feats is burned, and the feat cannot be invested with essence.
You cannot shatter feats that have essence bound to them. The feats remain shattered for 10 minutes, though you may choose to have the feats remain shattered after this time period (as per a shattered veil). Shattered feats are considered to be shattered veils when determining the effects of [Shard] feats.
Due to the strain that this feat puts on your body and mind, you can only shatter a limited number of feats at a time. You can have a single feat shattered at a time at 3rd level, gaining the ability to shatter another feat every 5 levels thereafter.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Bloodline Synergy [Akashic, Heritage]
Your inherent nature empowers those veils that reflect it.
Prerequisites: Racial trait that grants a veil
Benefits: You treat the veils you shape as part of your racial traits as if they were invested with 1 additional point of essence, and treat your veilweaving level with those veils as if it were 2 higher (this essence does not count against the veil’s essence capacity).
Truth in the Mask [Akashic, Heritage]
Your form is ever shifting and your mutable nature has reached its peak
Prerequisites: Level 9, Ability to shape the Visage of the Faceless veil as a racial trait
Benefits: You treat the Visage of the Faceless veil granted by your racial trait as if it were bound to the Head chakra for the purpose of determining its abilities. In addition, as part of the alter self at-will ability this veil grants you, you gain any subtypes of the form you assume for as long as you remain transformed.
Note: You do not gain any additional traits from that chosen form beyond those granted by either your Visage of the Faceless racial veil or those specifically granted by the subtype from this ability.
New Feats
[Shard] Feats
Shard feats are a special type of feat that grants benefits to the user when they have veils shattered, growing in power with the more veils the user has shattered. The first time you learn a shard feat you gain the ability to shatter your veils. You can shatter a single veil as a swift action as part of reallocating your essence. When shattered, a veil is normally suppressed for 10 minutes unless otherwise specified by the veil or one of your abilities. You can choose to keep your veils shattered for longer than 10 minutes, if you wish. After this 10 minutes has passed, you can unsuppress a shattered veil as part of investing your essence. If one of these veils grants a benefit while it is shattered, or if shattering the veil produces an ongoing effect, those effects or benefits end when the veil is unsuppressed.
Unless otherwise specified by the veil, shattering a veil burns the essence invested in it. This essence cannot be recovered while the veil is suppressed, and is automatically recovered when the veil is unsuppressed. Minor Veils cannot be shattered.
Akashic Demolitionist [Akashic, Combat]
Your personality isn’t the only thing that lights up a room
Prerequisites: Throw Anything
Benefits: You can invest essence into this feat. When using thrown weapons that deal splash damage you gain an insight bonus to any saving throw DCs of their splash damage (but not any other effects) equal to the essence invested in this feat, and an insight bonus to damage and splash damage equal to twice the essence invested in this feat.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Blessed of the Harrow [Akashic]
Truth is in the cards, if you have but the the gift to see it
Prerequisites: Harrowed
Benefits: You may bind essence to this feat. For each point of essence bound in this feat, the bonuses granted by the Harrowed feat increase by +1 and you may use the effects of that feat one extra time each day. You may still only have one card drawn by the Harrowed feat at a time; if you draw a card while you have an unused card, the benefits of the unused card are lost.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Blessings of Fate [Akashic]
You may tap into the powers of fate more often than normal.
Prerequisites: Draw the fates class feature
Benefits: You may use your draw the fates class feature an additional 3 times each day.
Special: This feat may be selected multiple times, granting an additional 3 uses of draw the fates each day for each time it is selected.
Cage the Beast [Akashic, Heritage]
Attaining mastery over your inner beast has reaped its rewards
Prerequisites: level 11, Ability to shape the Beastblood Transformation veil as a racial trait
Benefits: You treat the Beastblood Transformation veil granted by your racial trait as if it were bound to the Blood chakra for the purpose of determining its abilities. In addition, you may as part of a full-round action a number of times per day equal to your veilweaving modifier, change the animal form chosen for the effects of this veil to another valid choice.
Clarify Fate [Akashic]
Tapping into the power of fate allows you to clarify your essence.
Prerequisites: Draw the fates class feature
Benefits: When you activate your draw the fates class feature you may reinvest your essence.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Deck of Chosen Fate [Akashic]
By shaping your deck as a veil you have learned a method of choosing your fate.
Prerequisites: Path of the augur, ability to shape the Deck of the Fates veil
Benefits: While you have the Deck of the Fates veil shaped, you can choose to merge your deck of spectral cards with the deck produced by that veil. If the veil is suppressed, you may draw cards from your spectral deck as normal.
Whenever you draw a card from the Deck of Fates as part of using a path of the augur class feature, you may bind 1 point of essence to that veil to to draw an additional card and choose which to use to determine the ability’s effects. If the ability causes you to draw multiple cards, you draw an additional card for each of those cards individually when determining their effects. For example: if you use the ascension ability you would draw two cards to determine the effects of draw the fates (choosing one to determine the exaltation or descension) and then two cards to determine the effects of ascension (choosing one to determine the ascension effect).
You gain 1 point of essence.
Fractured Entropy [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power leak deathly energy
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting necromancy spells.
If you have at least 1 veil shattered, whenever you cast a necromancy spell you gain an aura of entropy that extends outwards 5 feet from you until the end of your next turn. Whenever an enemy first enters the aura on their turn or begins their turn in the aura, they must make a Fortitude saving throw or become sickened for a number of rounds equal to the number of veils you have shattered. The DC of this saving throw is equal to 10 + your veilweaving modifier + twice the number of veils you have shattered. If you shatter a veil as part of casting a necromancy spell, it is considered as among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, the target becomes nauseated for 1 round in addition to being sickened on a failed Fortitude saving throw.
Fractured Figment [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power create delusions in others
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting illusion spells.
While you have a veil shattered you gain a single illusionary image as per the mirror image spell, using your veilweaving level as your caster level for its effects. You gain one additional illusionary image for each veil you have shattered (to a maximum of 8 images). This ability does not stack with the mirror image spell, casting that spell causes any images granted by this feat to be destroyed, and they only reform 1 minute after the effects of the spell expire. Should these images be destroyed by being dispelled or by being struck with an attack, they reform 1 minute later.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, these images become hostile to those who would strike them, dealing your veilweaving modifier in damage when they are destroyed. This damage is the result of a pulse of pure akashic power and is not subject to energy resistance or damage reduction.
Fractured Form [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power manifest in your physical form.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting transmutation (polymorph) spells or for determining the effects of Wildshape or Change Shape.
When you shatter a veil you may pick one of the following fractured forms and gain its benefits:
Fury- +1 competence bonus to melee damage rolls per shattered veil.
Mobility- +1 competence bonus to Acrobatics checks per shattered veil.
Toughness- +1 increase to Natural Armor per veil shattered.
Vigor- gain temporary hit points equal to your veilweaving modifier (minimum 1) multiplied by the number of veils you have shattered.
These benefits last as long as the veil remains shattered, and each time you shatter a veil you may choose a new benefit to replace the previous one.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered you may choose to gain a second fractured form benefit and all benefit durations are reset to the duration of the most recent shattered veil.
Special: If you possess the Wildshape class feature, the Change Shape racial ability, or Alternate Form racial ability you may choose new benefits to replace the old ones as part of the action of using those abilities. You are treated as if you had one additional veil shattered when determining the power (but not the number) of the benefits you are granted by this feat.
Fractured Panacea [Akashic, Shard]
Your fractured power is a balm to those you aid.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefit: While you have a veil shattered, add your veilweaving modifier to the amount healed by healing effects you create. If the healing occurs over time (such as by granting fast healing), this bonus healing only occurs once at the beginning of the effect. If you shattered a veil as part of activating a healing effect, that veil is counted among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, you instead increase this healing to twice your veilweaving modifier.
Fractured Spellfire [Akashic, Shard]
Your shards of power burn those who would see you harmed
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting evocation spells.
If you have at least 1 veil shattered, whenever you cast an evocation spell you gain an aura of flared power that extends outwards 5 feet from you until the end of your next turn. Whenever an enemy first enters the aura on their turn or begins their turn in the aura, they take untyped damage equal to the level of the evocation spell cast multiplied by the number of veils you have shattered. If you shatter a veil as part of casting an evocation spell, it is considered as among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, the range of this aura increases by 5 feet.
Fractured Summons [Akashic, Shard]
As your soul fractures, your ability to summon magical beings grows
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting conjuration (summoning) spells.
While you have at least one veil shattered, creatures you summon gain a bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to the number of veils you have shattered and bonus temporary hp equal to the level of the spell multiplied by the number of veils you have shattered. If you shatter a veil as part of summoning a creature, it is considered as among your shattered veils when determining the effects of this feat.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, you may reduce the casting time of conjuration (summoning) spells with a level equal to the number of veils you have shattered or lower with a casting time of 1 round to a standard action.
Fractured Visions [Akashic, Shard]
Your shards of power reflect visions of what could be.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known, Alertness
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting divination spells.
While you have at least 1 veil shattered, once per round you may gain a bonus to a single d20 roll equal to the number of veils you have shattered as an immediate action. You may use this feat to modify a roll after the results have been revealed but before their effects have been applied, potentially changing the results of the roll.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, this ability is instead usable once per round as a free action that can be used even outside of your turn.
Fractured Warding [Akashic, Shard]
Your fractured power defends you against those who would bring harm
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting abjuration spells.
While you have at least 1 veil shattered you may gain DR/- and Energy Resistance to acid, cold, electricity, and fire equal to twice the number of veils you have shattered for 1 round as an immediate action. This may be activated after the triggering effect has been announced but before its results have been revealed.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, you gain DR/- and Energy Resistance equal to the number of veils you have shattered, and may use the immediate action effect to increase the DR and Energy Resistance to twice the number of veils you have shattered for 1 round instead.
Fractured Whispers [Akashic, Shard]
The fractures in your power sway those around you
Prerequisites: Ability to shape 1 veil or 1 other Shard feat known.
Benefits: You gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting enchantment spells.
If you have at least 1 veil shattered, you can cause whispers and doubts to enter the mind of another as an immediate action, causing them to take a -2 penalty on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check. You must be aware this action is taking place to affect it, and you may choose to inflict this penalty after they have rolled, but before the consequences of the roll are revealed.
If you have at least 3 veils shattered, this ability is instead usable once per round as a free action that can be used even outside of your turn.
This penalty increases by 1 for every veil you have shattered after the first.
Fragmented Mageglyph [Akashic, Shard]
Your fractured being fuels your powers, increasing their versatility
Prerequisites: ability to cast spells, manifest psionic powers, or spherecasting.
Benefits: Choose one class that provides spellcasting, manifestation, or spherecasting when you gain this feat; once chosen this cannot be changed. When you have a veil shattered, you increase your effective caster/manifester level for that class by 1 for each veil you have shattered for the purpose of determining one of the following aspects of the spell, power, or talent chosen when you activate it:
Range
Duration
Area of effect size (radius, diameter, length, number of cubes, and so on)
If you shattered a veil as part of using that ability, that shattered veil is included when determining the effects of this feat.
Special: You can gain this feat multiple times, affecting a different one of the feat’s prerequisites each time it is selected.
Fragmented Soulward [Akashic, Shard]
Your power not only heals, it defends
Prerequisite: Fractured Panacea
Benefits: When a target benefits from your Fractured Panacea feat, you can choose to reduce the bonus healing granted by that feat by ½ (rounded down, minimum 1) to grant the target a +1 bonus to Armor Class and Saving throws for each veil you have shattered for a number of rounds equal to your veilweaving modifier.
While you have at least 3 veils shattered, you may apply the effects of this feat without reducing the effects of Fractured Panacea.
Minor Spellshard [Akashic, Shard]
Your shards of spent power amplify the effects of your minor magics
Prerequisites: Ability to use Cantrips, knacks, orisons, or psionic talents
Benefits: Your minor magics benefit from the power of your connection to the akashic record. For each point of essence invested in this feat, any 0th-level spell or power you cast or manifest that deals damage deals an additional point of damage.
If the ability does not deal damage but grants a numerical bonus or penalty, those bonuses and penalties instead increase by 1 step on the following progression for every 2 points of essence invested in this feat: 1->1d2->1d3->1d4->1d6->2d3->2d4.
Shattering your veils further increases these effects. For every veil you have shattered, this feat is treated as if it were invested with an additional 2 points of essence. This effective invested essence may bypass this feat’s normal essence capacity limit.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Example: Ioric has this feat and invested 2 points of essence into it. When they cast acid splash they increase the damage dealt by 2. If Ioric casts Guidance on themselves they gain +1d2 to the next attack roll, saving throw, or skill check they make.
Minor Veilshard [Akashic, Shard]
Through the broken shards of your greater gifts, your weakness becomes strength.
Prerequisites: Ability to shape at least 1 minor veil.
Benefits: For each veil you have shattered, treat your shaped minor veils as if they were invested with an additional point of essence. This additional essence may exceed your normal essence capacity.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Shards of Expertise [Akashic, Shard]
By discarding that which would distract you, your power grows.
Prerequisite: At least 1 other Akashic feat that can be invested with essence, character level 3rd
Benefit: You may now shatter akashic feats that can be invested with essence in place of veils to power [Shard] feats. Feats must have at least one point of essence invested in them to be shattered and while shattered the essence invested in these feats is burned, and the feat cannot be invested with essence.
You cannot shatter feats that have essence bound to them. The feats remain shattered for 10 minutes, though you may choose to have the feats remain shattered after this time period (as per a shattered veil). Shattered feats are considered to be shattered veils when determining the effects of [Shard] feats.
Due to the strain that this feat puts on your body and mind, you can only shatter a limited number of feats at a time. You can have a single feat shattered at a time at 3rd level, gaining the ability to shatter another feat every 5 levels thereafter.
You gain 1 point of essence.
Bloodline Synergy [Akashic, Heritage]
Your inherent nature empowers those veils that reflect it.
Prerequisites: Racial trait that grants a veil
Benefits: You treat the veils you shape as part of your racial traits as if they were invested with 1 additional point of essence, and treat your veilweaving level with those veils as if it were 2 higher (this essence does not count against the veil’s essence capacity).
Truth in the Mask [Akashic, Heritage]
Your form is ever shifting and your mutable nature has reached its peak
Prerequisites: Level 9, Ability to shape the Visage of the Faceless veil as a racial trait
Benefits: You treat the Visage of the Faceless veil granted by your racial trait as if it were bound to the Head chakra for the purpose of determining its abilities. In addition, as part of the alter self at-will ability this veil grants you, you gain any subtypes of the form you assume for as long as you remain transformed.
Note: You do not gain any additional traits from that chosen form beyond those granted by either your Visage of the Faceless racial veil or those specifically granted by the subtype from this ability.