ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 5
  con_mod: 2
  dex_mod: 4
  int_mod: 0
  str_mod: -5
  wis_mod: 3
ac: 21
ac_special: null
alignment: CE
automatic_abilities: null
description: 'For performers who die before their time and whose love of the theater
  is stronger than death''s grasp, the show does indeed go on. Such actors rise from
  the grave to become muse phantoms—undead spirits that haunt opera houses or auditoriums
  and possess the bodies of living actors to continue their art.




  A host is often utterly unaware of being possessed by a muse phantom. Like egotistical
  parasites, muse phantoms assume command of their unwitting thespian shells only
  during big shows with packed audiences, and even then the host might chalk up their
  sudden lack of control to the transcendence of performance, not the nefarious influence
  of some paranormal entity. In time, a performer''s mind can become utterly warped
  by the spirit''s domination, twisting artistic temperament and vanity into evil
  selfishness and tireless obsession.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Spirit__ (__Occultism__)**: DC 22


  **__Recall Knowledge - Undead__ (__Religion__)**: DC 22'
hp: 50
hp_misc: negative healing
immunities:
- death effects
- disease
- paralyzed
- poison
- precision
- unconscious
items: null
languages:
- Common
- Necril
level: 5
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d6+5
    type: negative
  name: phantom hand
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 13
  traits:
  - agile
  - finesse
  - magical
name: Muse Phantom
perception: 10
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: Three Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: The muse phantom's thespian aura is active
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Grand Finale
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Grand Finale** [Three Actions]  (__mental__, __occult__) **Requirements**
    The muse phantom''s thespian aura is active; **Effect** The muse ceases its thespian
    aura and deals 4d8 mental damage to creatures in a 30-foot burst, including the
    creature it is possessing, if any (DC 22 basic Will save). Creatures that fail
    their Will saves are __fascinated__ by the muse phantom for 1 minute. The muse
    phantom can''t use Grand Finale again for 1d4 rounds.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - mental
  - occult
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The phantom muse attempts to possess an adjacent corporeal creature.
    This has the same effect as the possession spell (DC 20), except the duration
    is 1d4 hours, and since the phantom muse doesn't have a physical body, it is unaffected
    by that restriction of the spell. If the target is at least trained in __Performance__,
    the DC of this ability is 24.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Muse Possession
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Muse Possession** [Two Actions]  The phantom muse attempts to
    possess an adjacent corporeal creature. This has the same effect as the possession
    spell (DC 20), except the duration is 1d4 hours, and since the phantom muse doesn''t
    have a physical body, it is unaffected by that restriction of the spell. If the
    target is at least trained in __Performance__, the DC of this ability is 24.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
ranged:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d4+5
    type: sonic
  name: resonating note
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 15
  traits:
  - magical
  - range 60 feet
  - sonic
rarity: Uncommon
resistances:
- amount: 5
  type: all damage (except force
- amount: null
  type: ghost touch
- amount: null
  type: or positive
- amount: null
  type: double resistance vs. non-magical)
ritual_lists: null
saves:
  fort: 9
  fort_misc: null
  misc: null
  ref: 13
  ref_misc: null
  will: 14
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: '30 feet. The muse phantom inspires a supernatural emotional response—either
    comedy or drama. Each creature that begins its turn in the aura must attempt a
    DC 20 Will save; on a failure, the creature is affected as long as it remains
    within the aura. If the muse phantom is emitting a comedic aura, affected creatures
    become __clumsy 1__; if it is emitting a dramatic aura, affected creatures instead
    become __stupefied 1__.


    The muse phantom can change its aura from comedic to dramatic or vice-versa, or
    cease or activate this aura, by spending a single action, which has the __concentrate__
    trait. A creature possessed by a muse phantom is immune to this aura.'
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Thespian Aura
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Thespian Aura** (__aura__, __emotion__, __mental__, __occult__)
    30 feet. The muse phantom inspires a supernatural emotional response—either comedy
    or drama. Each creature that begins its turn in the aura must attempt a DC 20
    Will save; on a failure, the creature is affected as long as it remains within
    the aura. If the muse phantom is emitting a comedic aura, affected creatures become
    __clumsy 1__; if it is emitting a dramatic aura, affected creatures instead become
    __stupefied 1__.


    The muse phantom can change its aura from comedic to dramatic or vice-versa, or
    cease or activate this aura, by spending a single action, which has the __concentrate__
    trait. A creature possessed by a muse phantom is immune to this aura.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - aura
  - emotion
  - mental
  - occult
  trigger: null
senses:
- Perception +10
- darkvision
size: Medium
skills:
- bonus: 14
  misc: null
  name: 'Deception '
- bonus: 14
  misc: null
  name: 'Diplomacy '
- bonus: 13
  misc: null
  name: 'Occultism '
- bonus: 16
  misc: null
  name: 'Performance '
- bonus: 11
  misc: null
  name: 'Theater Lore '
source:
- abbr: 'Pathfinder #152: Legacy of the Lost God'
  page_start: 81
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 25
  type: fly
spell_lists:
- dc: 22
  misc: ''
  name: Occult Spontaneous Spells
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 2
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: hideous laughter
      requirement: null
    - frequency: at will, self only
      name: invisibility
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 1
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: charm
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: fear
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: mindlink
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: 2
    level: 0
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: ghost sound
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: telekinetic projectile
      requirement: null
  to_hit: 14
traits:
- Uncommon
- CE
- Medium
- Incorporeal
- Spirit
- Undead
type: Creature
weaknesses: null