(General)
A fiend gains the ability to merge its physical form with another creature's body, spreading its foul influence from within a living vessel.
Prerequisites
Charisma 20, any evil outsider with 10 or more Hit Dice.
Benefit
Once per day, as a
Full-Round Action, a fiend can discorporate into a malign presence and target a creature within 15 feet. The creature targeted must succeed at a
Will Save equal to 10 + half the fiend's Hit Dice + the fiend's
Charisma modifier or be possessed (see below). Targets under the effects of protection from evil, or related spells, gain a bonus to this save. Should a target succeed at its
Will Save, the fiend is forced back into its natural form and is
Stunned for 1 round. A fiend that successfully possesses a target enters its space and merges with it. While possessing a creature or
Object, a fiend's body and abilities are unavailable. Once a fiend merges with its target it cannot be harmed until it leaves or is forcibly removed. While possessing a target, a fiend shares the senses of its host and can communicate with it telepathically. A fiend also gains a number of possession points per day equal to its total Hit Dice. These points can be spent to utilize special bodily possession actions detailed on the following pages. A fiend may expend these points as it pleases, with each possession action taking a
Full-Round Action. Each day, the victim of a possession is allowed a new
Will Save at the original DC to force the possessing fiend to leave its body-objects and areas do not receive daily saves. Should a victim make this save or be killed, the fiend is ejected, retakes its original form in an adjacent space, and is
Stunned for 1 round. A fiend may not possess a new target for 24 hours after being ejected from a victim. Dispel evil (or dispel chaos or dispel law, depending on the fiend) can eject a fiend, but the caster must succeed at a caster level check with a DC equal to 10 + the HD of the possessing fiend + the fiend's Cha modifier. Banishment and dismissal immediately eject a fiend from a target if it fails to save against the spell.
