Half-Phantom (3.5 Base Class PEACH)

[AkazilliaDeNaro]

Half-Phantom

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Half-Phantom

Preferred Stats
Half-Phantom's Ecto-Powers are fueled by their Charisma, as such it should be their highest score. A Half-Phantom requires a high dexterity score, as they need it for ranged attacks and defense.

Alignment
Any.

Hit Die
d10.

Class Skills
The class skills for a Half-Phantom (and the key ability for each skill) are Balance(Dex), Craft(Int) Disguise(Cha), Hide(Dex), Intimidate(Cha), Jump(Str) Knowledge (Religion)(Int), Knowledge (The Planes)(Int), Listen(Wis), Move Silently(Dex), Profession (Wis), Search(Wis), Spot(Wis), Survival(Wis), Swim(Str),

Skill Points at 1st Level
(4+Int)x4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level
4+Int

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Special	Ray Dmg	Fly	DR #	DR Type	Energy Resist	Undead Traits
1st	0	0	2	2	Inner Core, Phantom Form	1d4	-	1	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 5	Darkvision 30'
2nd	1	0	3	3	Ghost Ability	1d4	-	2	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 5	Immune to Stunning
3rd	2	1	3	3	Ghost Power	1d4	-	3	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 5	Immune to Non-lethal damage
4th	3	1	4	4	Inner Core	1d6	-	3	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 5	Darkvision 60'
5th	3	1	4	4	Ghost Ability	1d6	-	4	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 10	Fortification 25%
6th	4	2	5	5	Ghost Power	1d6	30 ft. (Clumsy)	5	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 10	Detect Undead, Immune to Mundane Diseases and Poisons
7th	5	2	5	5	Inner Core	1d8	35 ft. (Clumsy)	6	Magic, Ecto, Silver	Cold/Fire 10	Undetectable Alignment
8th	6/1	2	6	6	Ghost Ability	1d8	40 ft. (Poor)	6	Magic, Ecto	Cold/Fire 10	Darkvision 90', See Invisibility
9th	6/1	3	6	6	Ghost Power	1d8	45 ft. (Poor)	7	Magic, Ecto	Cold/Fire 15	Does not Eat Breath or Sleep
10th	7/2	3	7	7	Inner Core	1d10	50 ft. (Poor)	8	Magic, Ecto	Cold/Fire 15	Fortification 50%
11th	8/3	3	7	7	Ghost Ability	1d10	55 ft. (Poor)	9	Magic, Ecto	Cold/Fire 15	Non-Detection
12th	9/4	4	8	8	Ghost Power	1d10	60 ft. (Average)	9	Magic, Ecto	Cold/Fire 15	Darkvision 120'
13th	9/4	4	8	8	Inner Core	2d6	65 ft. (Average)	10	Magic, Ecto	Cold/Fire 20	Immune to Paralysis
14th	10/5	4	9	9	Ghost Ability	2d6	70 ft. (Average)	11	Ecto	Cold/Fire 20	Immune to Death Effects
15th	11/6/1	5	9	9	Ghost Power	2d6	75 ft. (Average)	12	Ecto	Cold/Fire 20	Fortification 75%, True Seeing
16th	12/7/2	5	10	10	Inner Core	2d8	80 ft. (Good)	12	Ecto	Cold/Fire 20	Darkvision 150'
17th	12/7/2	5	10	10	Ghost Ability	2d8	85 ft. (Good)	13	Ecto	Cold/Fire 25	Immune to Ability Drain
18th	13/8/3	6	11	11	Ghost Power	2d8	90 ft. (Good)	14	Ecto	Cold/Fire 25	Detect Living
19th	14/9/4	6	11	11	Inner Core	2d10	95 ft. (Good)	15	Ecto	Cold/Fire 25	Immune to Energy Drain
20th	15/10/5	6	12	12	Forever Phantom	2d10	100 ft. (Perfect)	15	Ecto	Cold/Fire Immunity	Fortification 100%, Darkvision 180 ft.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
A Half-Phantom is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, light armor, and shields (except tower shields).

Phantom Form (Su)
A Half-Phantom can, as a Full-round action, turn into a Phantom. He can stay in this form for a number of rounds equal to his Charisma modifier x his Half-Phantom level x 10. These rounds need not be consecutive. While in this form he gains access to a number of abilities, and undead traits.
In addition his Charisma determines his bonus HP/level instead of his Constitution.

Ghost Ray (Su) - While in Phantom Form a half-Phantom can fire a ray of Ecto-Energy from his hand as a standard action, dealing damage as shown on the class table, with bonus damage equal to his charisma modifier. This ray is a ranged touch attack and has a range of ([10' x level] +[10' x Charisma modifier]), and scores a critical on a hit of 19-20, with a x2 multiplier. This ray deals double damage to undead and bypasses their damage reduction.
Damage Reduction (Ex) - While in Phantom form a Half-Phantom gains damage reduction as shown on the class table. (Ecto-Energy damage is produced by any attack from an undead source or made specifically to hurt an undead)
Invisibility (Su) - While in Phantom form a Half-Phantom can, as a standard action, turn invisible for a number of rounds per day equal to his charisma modifier x his level, these rounds need not be consecutive. If he chooses he may share his invisibility with an number of touched creatures equal to his charisma modifier.
Intangibility (Su) - While in Phantom form a Half-Phantom can, as a standard action, become Incorporeal for a number of rounds per day equal to his charisma modifier, these rounds need not be consecutive. If he chooses he may share his incorporealness with an number of touched creatures equal to his charisma modifier.
AC Bonus (Ex) - While in Phantom form a Half-Phantom adds his Charisma Bonus to his AC as a dodge bonus.
Darkvision (Ex) - While in Phantom Form a Half-Phantom gains darkvision as shown on the class table. He may also share his darkvision with a number of creatures equal to his charisma modifier, provided they are within 30'.


Fortification (Ex) - While in Phantom Form a 5th level Half-Phantom gains a resistance to critical hits and sneak attack damage, as shown on the class table.
Flight (Ex) - At 6th level while in Phantom form a Half-Phantom gains a fly speed equal to 5 x his Half-Phantom class level. if he chooses so he can divide his speed among himself and a number of touched creatures equal to his charisma modifier, they must remain in direct contact for this to work.
Detect Undead (Su) - While in Phantom Form a 6th level Half-Phantom can detect undead, as per the spell, at will.
Undetectable Alignment (Ex) - While in Phantom Form a 7th level Half-Phantom is under the constant effect of undetectable alignment.
See Invisibility (Su) - While in Phantom Form an 8th level Half-Phantom can See Invisibility, at will.
Nondetection (Ex) - While in Phantom Form an 11th level Half-Phantom is under the constant effect of a nondetection spell.
True Seeing (Ex) - While in Phantom Form a 15th level Half-Phantom is under the constant effect of True Seeing.
Detect Living (Su) - While in Phantom Form an 18th level Half-Phantom can use its detect undead ability to detect living creatures instead.

Inner Core (Ex)
At 1st level a Half-Phantom chooses his Core type; Chill of the Grave(Cold), or Heat of the Inferno(Fire). This choice is permanent and cannot be changed.
At 1st level he gains Energy resistance to the type of core he choose as shown on the class table.
At 1st level and every 3 levels thereafter (4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, etc) he gains an ability from the table below.
All inner Core abilities are Spell-like abilities, take a standard action to use, and can be used a number of times per day equal to his Half Phantom level + his charisma modifier unless specified otherwise.

Chill Of The Grave	Heat Of The Inferno
Polar Ray	Scorching Ray
Freezing Sphere	Fireball
Cold Shield	Fire Shield
Orb of Cold	Orb of Fire
Freezing Touch	Burning Touch
Freezing Spray	Burning Spray
Cone of Cold	Cone of Fire
Ice Weapon	Fire Weapon
Ice Defense	Fire Defense
Frosty Blade	Toasty Blade

Polar Ray / Scorching Ray - Ranged touch attack deals 1d6 Cold/Fire damage per level to a single target.
Freezing Sphere / Fireball - Deals 1d6 Cold/Fire damage per two levels to all targets in 20 ft radius (Reflex dc 10 + 1/2 level + charisma modifier for half damage)
Cold Shield/ Fire Shield - Creatures succeeding in melee attacks against the caster take 1d6 + 1/lvl Cold/Fire damage You take ½ damage from Fire/Cold attacks. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + charisma modifier.
Orb of Cold / Orb of Fire - Ranged touch attack orb does 1d6/level Cold/Fire damage per level to a single creature, other creatures with in 10 ft. of impact take 1d4/level Cold/Fire.
Freezing Touch / Burning Touch - Melee Touch attack does 2d6/level Cold/Fire damage.
Freezing Spray / Burning Spray - Four 5 ft squares within 30 ft. are covered in Ice/Fire and deal 1d6/level Cold/Fire damage per round. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + charisma modifier.
Cone of Cold / Cone of Fire - 60’ Cone-shaped Burst deals 1d4/lvl Cold/Fire damage (Reflex dc 10 + 1/2 level + charisma modifier for half damage)
Ice Weapon / Fire Weapon - Creates a weapon that you are proficient with out of Ice/Fire that deals an additional 1d6+1/level(max +5) Cold/Fire damage. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + charisma modifier.
Ice Defense / Fire Defense - Covers you in a layer of Ice/Fire that give you a Deflection bonus to your AC equal to your level divided by 2 (min +1/max +10) This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + charisma modifier.
Frosty Blade / Toasty Blade - Enchants a single touched weapon with cold/fire causing it to do 1d4+1/level (max +10) cold/fire damage for 3+ charisma modifier rounds.

Ghost Ability (Su)
At 2nd level and every 3 levels there after(5th, 8th, 11th etc.) he gains one of the following abilities.
Duplication - As a full round action create a clone of yourself by draining your health. as you activate this you lose 1/2 your max hp, this hp is then used to create a copy of your self. This copy can only do one standard action's worth of actions per round. Its max HP is equal to half the amount used to create it. It does not get a copy of any equipment that is not mundane, any equipment created this way disappears as it does. 3/day.
Vampiric Touch - Drain 1d6 hp from target creature with a successful melee touch attack. You gain the health drained. 2/day
Overshadow - As a standard action Possess a creatures body and take control of it. The target creature is allowed a will save (DC 10 +1/2 level + cha mod) if the creature passes you are flung out of the creatures body 15' in a random direction. The target creature must have at least 5 less HD than you. You control the creatures actions. At will.
Energy Shield - Create a shield that blocks incoming damage. As a Full round action you create a sphere around yourself (and anyone you chose within 15' up to your charisma modifier) capable of stopping attacks. The sphere's can block a number of points of damage equal to [(6 + your charisma modifier) x your level] per day. After the shield has blocked all the damage it can it shatters, dealing 1d4 damage to all creatures (including you) with in 10 ft. While the shield is up you are able to make a single move action per turn. You may prematurely drop the shield if you wish. At will.
Repulsion Blast - As a full round action release a wave of force that causes all creatures within 30 feet to pushed back 10 ft. 3/day
Physical Drain - Deal 1d4 damage to Strength, Constitution and Dexterity with a successful melee touch attack 3/day
Mental Drain - Deal 1d4 damage to Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom with a successful melee touch attack. 3/day
Paralyzing Touch - Paralyze a target that fails a fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 level +Cha Mod) after a successful melee touch attack. 2/day.
Empowerment - As a move action temporarily increase your Strength, or Dexterity by +2 for a number of rounds equal to 3+ your charisma modifier. 3/day.

Ghost Power (Sp)
While in Phantom Form a Half-Phantom can cast any spell on his spell list as a Spell-Like Ability. These are called Ghost Powers, and they can be used a certain number of times per day. He gains bonus uses per day equal to his charisma modifier. 0th level Spells have unlimited uses.

Spells per day
Lvl	0th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3rd	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
4th	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
5th	0	3	-	-	-	-	-
6th	0	4	1	-	-	-	-
7th	0	4	2	-	-	-	-
8th	0	4	3	-	-	-	-
9th	0	4	4	1	-	-	-
10th	0	5	4	2	-	-	-
11th	0	5	4	3	-	-	-
12th	0	5	4	4	1	-	-
13th	0	5	5	4	2	-	-
14th	0	6	5	4	3	-	-
15th	0	6	5	4	4	1	-
16th	0	6	5	5	4	2	-
17th	0	6	6	5	4	3	-
18th	0	6	6	5	4	4	1
19th	0	6	6	5	5	4	2
20th	0	6	6	6	5	4	3

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Light
Dancing Lights
Prestidigitation
Ghost Sound
Mage Hand

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Alter self
Charm Person
Cause Fear
Comprehend Languages
Confusion, Lesser
Disguise Self
Disrupt Undead
Hypnotism
Obscuring Mist
Ventriloquism
Silent Image
Sleep

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Alter Self
Blur
Continual Flame
Darkness
Fog Cloud
Halt Undead
Hypnotic Pattern
Nondetection
Scare
Spider Climb
Spectral Hand
Suggestion
Tongues

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Bestow Curse
Confusion
Charm Person
Crushing Despair
Deeper Darkness
Daylight
Displacement
Deep Slumber
Fear
Geas, Lesser
Gaseous Form
Hold Person
Major Image
See Invisibility

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Break Enchantment
Dominate Person
Dream
Hold Monster
Rainbow Pattern
Shout
Telekinesis

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Hold Person, Mass
Nightmare
Persistent Image
Suggestion, Mass
Undeath to Death

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Astral Projection
Charm Monster, Mass
Geas/Quest
Hold Monster, Mass
Permanent Image
Project Image
Shout, Greater
Wail of the Banshee

Forever Phantom (Ex)
At 20th level a Half-Phantom can go in and out of Phantom Form at will. He can also enter a stronger Phantom Form 1/day called True Phantom Form. He may be in this form for a number of minutes equal to his Charisma modifier x 1/2 his Half-Phantom level.

While in True Phantom Form he gains bonuses to the following abilities.
Touch Attack Bonus - Add Charisma Modifier to all touch attack rolls.
Invisibility - Duration is Doubled, Can also spread it to anyone in a 10 ft. radius.
Intangibility - Duration is Doubled, Can also spread it to anyone in a 10 ft. radius.
Ghost Ray - Ignores concealment, can turn a number of corners equal to your Charisma modifier. He can also gains the following ability. After he uses this ability he can't use it again for 1 week, during the first 24 hours of which his Ghost Ray does half damage.

Phantom Laser (Su) Activate this ability as a Full-Round action.

You use both hands to channel your Ecto-Energy into a laser vaporizing any in its path, while emitting waves of Ecto-Energy from your body.

A beam Ecto-Energy erupts from your hands dealing 1d8/level to each target in a 200 ft. line (Reflex Halves DC 10 + 1/2 level + charisma modifier). You may do this 3 times per round. Additionally waves of Ecto-Energy expand from your body out to 10 ft. this causes any creature near you to take 1d6 damage per 2 levels and be pushed 10 ft. away from you. While this ability is active you can't move. This ability last for a number of rounds equal to 3 + your charisma modifier.

Inner Core - Grants 10 ft. Fire or Cold aura that deals 1d6 damage per round, to all inside. Also grants one of the following abilities depending on which Core you choose. After you use this ability you can't use it again for 1 week, during the first 24 hours of which you can't use your Inner Cores abilities. The ability lasts for a number of minutes equal to 10 x your charisma modifier.

Chill of the Grave (Su) - After preparing for a full round, spend a Full-Round action to activate this ability.

You call upon the Chill of the Grave inside you and force it to present itself, causing the air to freeze, the ground to crack, and the dead to rise.

The temperature in a 200 ft. radius drops 50 degrees Fahrenheit (to a minimum of -20).
Then great magical hailstones pound down, dealing 3d6 points of bludgeoning damage and 2d6 points of cold damage to every creature in the area. A -4 penalty applies to each Listen check made within the storm’s effect, and all land movement within its area is at half speed.
After that an intense but highly localized tremor rips the ground and each creature standing within a 200 ft. radius of you must make a DC 15 Reflex save or fall down. The tremor lasts for 1 round, during which time creatures on the ground can’t move or attack. A spellcaster on the ground must make a Concentration check (DC 20 + spell level) or lose any spell he or she tries to cast. Fissures open in the earth, and every creature on the ground has a 25% chance to fall into one (Reflex DC 20 to avoid a fissure).
After that any dead bodies left on the battle field rise as either Zombies or Skeletons. Then the fissures begin to spit out random Undead. In the first round they spit out 2d4 CR 4-5 Undead Creatures(Chimera Skeleton, Ettin Skeleton, Wyvern Zombie, Minotaur Zombie, Wraith, Mummy) then 10 minutes later they spit out 1d4 CR 6-7 Undead creatures (Advanced Megaraptor Skeleton, Cloud Giant Skeleton, Gray Render Zombie, Spectre) then 10 minutes after that they spit out a CR 9 Undead creature( Bodak, Mohrg, Greater Shadow, Young Adult Red Dragon Skeleton). You cannot command any of the Undead, nor can anyone else, but they will not attack you or any one you deem an ally.

Heat of the Inferno (Su) - After preparing for a full round, spend a Full-Round action to activate this ability.

You call upon the Heat of the Inferno inside you and force it outward, burning anyone unlucky enough to be close to you, igniting the ground farther away, and causing fire to come to life.

A massive sphere of fire expands from you and anything within 20 ft. of you takes 1d8 per level fire damage.
Then you choose two contiguous 10 ft. cubes per level within 200 feet. They are filled with sheets of roaring flame. Any creature within the area takes 1d6 points of fire damage per level.
They then begin to spit out Fire Elementals as per the spell Elemental Swarm. You cannot command any of the Fire Elementals, nor can anyone else, but they will not attack you or any one you deem an ally.

Second Core (Ex) At 20th level you gain a second, less powerful, core. This core is the opposite of the one you chose,(Fire if you chose Cold, and vise versa).
You gain the benefits of this core as if you were 19 levels lower.
Additionally if you were to die you may instead have you primary core take the hit for you and lose all of its abilities for 24 hours. If you were to die again in these 24 hours you die normally.

[jiriku]

I like the idea of the class, and you've provided some hints of a very interesting backstory (where do the elemental abilities come from? What is the source of the character's power?). So this is a great premise, but it still needs some development. Let's organize what you need to do here to fill in the gaps:

ADD DETAIL/CLARIFICATION: Some entries are incomplete or conflicting.

• Phantom form grants intangibility, which is etherealness. However, ethereal characters can't easily interact with creatures and objects on the material plane, and etherealness is normally a high-level effect. Did you mean incorporealness?
• What is DR/ecto?
• Are the various abilities extraordinary, spell-like, or supernatural?
• What kind of action is required to activate the various activated abilities, such as phantom form, ghost ray, intangibility, invisibility, the inner core abilities, etc?
• What are the ranges on abilities like ghost ray, freezing spray, overshadow, etc?
• Why is see invisibility gained twice, at both 8th and 15th level?
• How do the phantom form, inner core, and ghost abilities really work? For example,

• How long do the abilities last?
• What are the statistics of the weaker copy created by duplication?
• How much damage is blocked by energy shield?

• Is being fatigued after using true phantom a real drawback considering the character can just assume phantom form to become immune to fatigue?
• How often can the inner core abilities be used? Are they at-will or do they have some daily limit?
• Which abilities offer saves? What formula determines the saving throw DC? (You provided this in some places, but not all)
• What bonus type is used for the abilities that grant bonuses?

HOW WILL THE CLASS CONTRIBUTE: What's your function?

• Which ability scores are important for a half-phantom? With some melee abilities that suggest Strength, rays that suggest Dexterity, low hit points and Fort saves suggesting Constitution, utility functions suggesting Intelligence, and save DCs that benefit from Charisma, it's not obvious where a character should put his ability score points.
• What do you do in combat? You've got melee abilities, but poor hit points and AC. You can select ranged attack capabilities, but they generally deal poor damage and there's no obvious way to improve them. You have many defenses and immunities, but no way to protect other party members with them. You have some limited battlefield control with burning spray, repulsion blast, and deeper darkness, but those three abilities aren't enough to be a full-time controller.
• What do you do out of combat? You've obviously got great utility as a scout, but the limited duration of phantom form prevents extended scouting missions, and you don't really have enough skill points or class skills to compete with a utility class like rogue, bard or factotum.
• What will you do at high levels? The class gets some great immunities at higher levels, but most of its offensive, defensive, and utility abilities scale very weakly, and it doesn't get many useful new options at higher levels.

CONSIDER GAME BALANCE: Are the abilities too good or not good enough for the level at which they're gained?

• Some of the most powerful abilities are gained at very low levels, like flight, etherealness, immunity to mind-affecting and death effects. Some very weak abilities are offered as high-level effects, like not sleeping (which comes later than immunity to sleep effects, oddly), undetectable alignment, and extended-range darkvision.
• Flight and etherealness can be disruptive at level 1, when most character have few abilities that let them bypass barriers. Perhaps you should start with something weaker, like scorn earth, levitate, or even just slow fall.
• True phantom is a heavily unbalanced ability, offering the character horribly unbalanced bonuses (+15 to hit and three extra attacks per round, +6/+12/+12 to saving throws, massive damage reduction) in exchange for then being badly debilitated (and thus a hindrance to the rest of his party) for the rest of the day. A power-up mode with both smaller bonuses and smaller penalties might make more sense. Or you might consider discarding the ability entirely and instead granting better fundamentals throughout the class.
• Ghost abilities like duplications, overshadow, paralyzing touch, and empowerment are extremely strong if selected at 2nd level. Perhaps these abilities should have a high minimum level requirement.
• An intelligent half-phantom could potentially get more skill points per level than he has class skills to spend them on. You may need more class skills.

[AkazilliaDeNaro]

I like the idea of the class, and you've provided some hints of a very interesting backstory (where do the elemental abilities come from? What is the source of the character's power?). So this is a great premise, but it still needs some development. Let's organize what you need to do here to fill in the gaps:

ADD DETAIL/CLARIFICATION: Some entries are incomplete or conflicting.

• Phantom form grants intangibility, which is etherealness. However, ethereal characters can't easily interact with creatures and objects on the material plane, and etherealness is normally a high-level effect. Did you mean incorporealness?
• What is DR/ecto?
• Are the various abilities extraordinary, spell-like, or supernatural?
• What kind of action is required to activate the various activated abilities, such as phantom form, ghost ray, intangibility, invisibility, the inner core abilities, etc?
• What are the ranges on abilities like ghost ray, freezing spray, overshadow, etc?
• Why is see invisibility gained twice, at both 8th and 15th level?
• How do the phantom form, inner core, and ghost abilities really work? For example,

• How long do the abilities last?
• What are the statistics of the weaker copy created by duplication?
• How much damage is blocked by energy shield?

• Is being fatigued after using true phantom a real drawback considering the character can just assume phantom form to become immune to fatigue?
• How often can the inner core abilities be used? Are they at-will or do they have some daily limit?
• Which abilities offer saves? What formula determines the saving throw DC? (You provided this in some places, but not all)
• What bonus type is used for the abilities that grant bonuses?

HOW WILL THE CLASS CONTRIBUTE: What's your function?

• Which ability scores are important for a half-phantom? With some melee abilities that suggest Strength, rays that suggest Dexterity, low hit points and Fort saves suggesting Constitution, utility functions suggesting Intelligence, and save DCs that benefit from Charisma, it's not obvious where a character should put his ability score points.
• What do you do in combat? You've got melee abilities, but poor hit points and AC. You can select ranged attack capabilities, but they generally deal poor damage and there's no obvious way to improve them. You have many defenses and immunities, but no way to protect other party members with them. You have some limited battlefield control with burning spray, repulsion blast, and deeper darkness, but those three abilities aren't enough to be a full-time controller.
• What do you do out of combat? You've obviously got great utility as a scout, but the limited duration of phantom form prevents extended scouting missions, and you don't really have enough skill points or class skills to compete with a utility class like rogue, bard or factotum.
• What will you do at high levels? The class gets some great immunities at higher levels, but most of its offensive, defensive, and utility abilities scale very weakly, and it doesn't get many useful new options at higher levels.

CONSIDER GAME BALANCE: Are the abilities too good or not good enough for the level at which they're gained?

• Some of the most powerful abilities are gained at very low levels, like flight, etherealness, immunity to mind-affecting and death effects. Some very weak abilities are offered as high-level effects, like not sleeping (which comes later than immunity to sleep effects, oddly), undetectable alignment, and extended-range darkvision.
• Flight and etherealness can be disruptive at level 1, when most character have few abilities that let them bypass barriers. Perhaps you should start with something weaker, like scorn earth, levitate, or even just slow fall.
• True phantom is a heavily unbalanced ability, offering the character horribly unbalanced bonuses (+15 to hit and three extra attacks per round, +6/+12/+12 to saving throws, massive damage reduction) in exchange for then being badly debilitated (and thus a hindrance to the rest of his party) for the rest of the day. A power-up mode with both smaller bonuses and smaller penalties might make more sense. Or you might consider discarding the ability entirely and instead granting better fundamentals throughout the class.
• Ghost abilities like duplications, overshadow, paralyzing touch, and empowerment are extremely strong if selected at 2nd level. Perhaps these abilities should have a high minimum level requirement.
• An intelligent half-phantom could potentially get more skill points per level than he has class skills to spend them on. You may need more class skills.

Suggestions added to the best of my ability.

[Melayl]

Not a bad interpretation of Danny. Seems to be close to T2 in terms of power.

The class table lists "Ghost Power" several times, starting at 3rd level. The text and table under the description seem to indicate they are gained at 1st level. Can you clarify?

[AkazilliaDeNaro]

Not a bad interpretation of Danny. Seems to be close to T2 in terms of power.

The class table lists "Ghost Power" several times, starting at 3rd level. The text and table under the description seem to indicate they are gained at 1st level. Can you clarify?

Yeah I really messed that up didn't I. Well its fixed now.

[Melayl]

Does a Half-Phantom gain all spells of that level when he gains access to them, or only a certain number? Can he only use them in Phantom form or at any time?

[AkazilliaDeNaro]

Does a Half-Phantom gain all spells of that level when he gains access to them, or only a certain number? Can he only use them in Phantom form or at any time?

He can use all the spells on his list, when he gains access to them but only in Phantom Form. Hope that answers your question.