A highlord learns to use psionic power to connect willing minds through an internal network that strengthens their psychic bonds. As a standard action, a highlord can join any number of willing targets into his collective (up to his limit, see below). The highlord must have line of sight to each target, each target must have a Wisdom score of at least 1, and all targets must be within long range (400 feet + 40 feet per HD). The collective can contain up to his Charisma modifier or half his HD, whichever is higher, plus 2 more members. The highlord is always considered a member of his own collective, and does not count against this limit. Whenever the highlord is a member of a collective originating from an ally who is also both in his collective and possesses the Chain Collectives teamwork feat, both he and his ally may treat all members of both their collectives as members of their own collective, even if this would cause the normal limit on members and range to be exceeded.

The highlord can choose to remove a member as a free action on his turn, and any member can voluntarily leave the collective as a free action on their turn. Any member whose Wisdom drops to zero or who moves out of range of the collective is automatically removed. If a member enters a null psionics field, the connection to the collective is suppressed until the member leaves the field. A member who leaves the collective for any reason immediately loses any and all benefits they may have gained from being a member. A highlord is aware of the status of his collective and can, roughly, sense the presence of each member, although beyond telling if such a creature is still a member, this has no mechanical benefit until higher levels (see telepathy below).

A highlord can manifest certain powers through his collective. If a highlord power specifies one or more willing targets (or is harmless) and has a range greater than personal, he can manifest this power on a member of his collective regardless of the range of the actual power. All other non-range restrictions still apply. He may manifest any power with the Network Descriptor this way, regardless of their actual ranges or targets. If he is capable of manifesting powers or casting spells from a different class (as is the case for a multiclass highlord), any compatible spell or power with a range greater than touch can also be used through the collective.

If a member of the collective dies, the member is removed from the collective and the highlord must make a Fortitude save (DC 15) or lose 1 power point for every Hit Die of the fallen member and be sickened for an equal number of rounds.

• Cherished Gift: The cherished can always treat her highlord powers as having the network descriptor, but only for the purposes of manifesting them on allied collective members. When she manifests a power in this way, she can remove the mind-affecting descriptor from the power, and ignores the ally's power resistance (if any) against the power. This ability replaces conscription and gift of power.
• Favor: the cherished gains a second pool of power points, equal to that a normal highlord of her level would gain. These power points are referred to as her favor pool, and may only be used to manifest psionic powers and use abilities that affect other allied members of her collective. She may still include herself in effects that allow multiple targets, but can never use these power points on an ability that targets only herself.
• Highlord's Command: Activating this decree is a free action, and it lasts for a number of rounds equal to the highlord's Charisma modifier (minimum 1 round). When the highlord activates this decree, he chooses a member of his collective, and during this duration, he can give that creature orders as a standard action.
  
  When the highlord gives an order, he specifies a course of action (such as “attack your leader!”). Then the affected collective member takes a standard or move action to fulfill that order to the best of their abilities, even though it isn't their turn. A creature unwilling to follow the highlord's order can make a Will save to resist the orders and forgo actions granted by the highlord, ignoring the order and ending the decree on a success. Even if they fail the save against this ability, such a creature cannot be forced to use abilities with daily usages during this action, such as spells or class abilities such as wild shape. After taking an ordered action, the collective member becomes staggered until the start of the highlord's next turn.
  
  The cherished can instead give a specialized command to an ally in their collective, allowing that ally to make a single attack with a weapon they are wielding, at their highest attack bonus. The ally does not gain any additional actions from this effect, but unlike other uses of the decree, this does not stagger them.

A highlord's collective is more than just a link; when he touches the mind of another, he shares a part of himself, his core, driving goals and desires. To members of his collective, a highlord's psionic powers are unmistakably his, bearing sensory displays unique to the highlord instead of their normal appearances. The appearance of a highlord's powers is tied to what the highlord values—common displays are flowing streams of blood, coins, or other materials, sounds of the highlord's home and those he cares about, or similarly important things. Though these displays don't grant the highlord's collective members any unique insight into the effects of his powers, they do share knowledge of something important to the highlord.

Appointed Champion, Empathetic Connection, Vigor

Empathy, Detect Psionics

A vitalist learns to use psionic power to connect willing minds through an internal network that strengthens their psychic bonds. As a standard action, a vitalist can join a number willing targets into his collective equal to his key ability modifier or half his HD, whichever is higher, plus 2 more. The vitalist must have line of sight to each target, each target must have a Wisdom score of at least 1, and all targets must be within Long range (400 ft. + 40 ft. per HD). The vitalist is always considered a member of his own collective, and does not count against this limit.

The vitalist can choose to remove a member as a free action on his turn, and any member can voluntarily leave the collective as a free action on their turn. Any member whose Wisdom drops to zero or who moves out of range of the collective is automatically removed. If a member enters a null psionics field, the connection to the collective is suppressed until that member leaves the field. A member who leaves the collective for any reason immediately loses any and all benefits they may have gained from being a member. A vitalist is aware of the status of his collective and can, roughly, sense the presence of each member, although beyond telling if such a creature is still a member. A vitalist may take a swift action to gauge the relative health level of collective members, determining the amount of damage, in hit points, that an ally has taken. In addition, the vitalist may make a Heal check as a standard action, with a DC of 15, to determine if any of the members of his collective are afflicted by a disease or poison.

A vitalist can manifest certain powers through his collective. If a vitalist power specifies one or more willing targets (or is harmless) and has a range greater than personal, he can manifest this power on a member of his collective regardless of the range of the actual power. All other non-range restrictions still apply. He may also manifest any power with the Network descriptor this way, regardless of their actual ranges or targets. If he is capable of manifesting powers or casting spells from a different class (as is the case for a multiclass vitalist), any compatible spell or power with a range greater than touch can also be used through the collective.

If a member of the collective dies, the member is removed from the collective and the vitalist must make a Fortitude save (DC 15) or lose 1 power point for every Hit Die of the fallen member and be sickened for an equal number of rounds.

• Collective Healing: Whenever a willing member of the vitalist's collective could regain lost hit points or ability damage, the vitalist may choose to redirect any or all of that healing to one or more other willing members of the collective as a free action. This can transfer instantaneous healing (such as a body adjustment power), healing from ongoing healing effects, such as fast healing, and even hit points gained from rest (in which case, a member of the collective would rest for a period of time as normal, and the amount of hit points and ability damage healed would go to another).
  
  In any case, the original recipient of the healing effect chooses whether to allow the diverted healing, and does not gain the benefits of any healing he grants to another. The type of healing (positive energy, negative energy, construct repair, etc.) is unchanged from the original source for determining who or what can be healed.
  
  A vitalist may even heal wounds through collective healing if at full health. This may only be used with healing effects such as potions, powers, or other such effects. Healing from long term care or natural healing cannot be transferred in this way.
• Spirit of Many: A vitalist of 2nd level gains special abilities when manifesting powers with the Network descriptor. He can manifest these powers on any member of his collective, even if they are out of the power's range or would normally be immune to the power. Whenever a vitalist manifests a power with the Network descriptor targeting only members of his collective, the power loses the mind-affecting descriptor (if it had it) and bypasses any power resistance, although it still provokes an attack of opportunity to manifest as normal. Network powers manifest only on members of the collective never allow saving throws — their saving throw entry becomes “None,” although if the power specifies a subsequent saving throw, subjects attempt those saves normally.
• Universal Network Augment: The vitalist also adds the following augment to all powers with the Network descriptor:
  • Augment: For every additional power point you spend, you can choose an additional target, so long as the target is a member of your collective.
• Medic Powers: The following powers gain the Network descriptor when manifested by a vitalist: all powers of the {healing} subdiscipline, animal affinity, biofeedback, body of iron, endorphin surge, expansion, karak's, oak body, physical acceleration, sustenance, suspend life, timeless body, and vigor.

Prepare 2 Vitalist 1st level powers
plus Natural Healing

Disruptive Touch, Halt Death, Missive

As a full-round action, you may touch an intact dead body and spend a spell point to reanimate it as a zombie or skeleton (depending on the composition of the body in question) for 1 hour per caster level. This creature gains the zombie or skeleton template and obeys your commands, although only basic commands such as “go”, “stay”, “follow me”, “attack”, or “guard” are understandable. While specifics can be given (“guard this area against humans but let goblins pass”), undead are unintelligent and easily fooled.

• Empowered Reanimate: All creatures you reanimate gain a +4 enhancement bonus to their Strength and Dexterity.
• Unliving Chemister: You may expend any one formulae, alchemical item, potion, alchemist bomb, or scholar flashbang to grant the resultant undead the Alchemy-Implated template with that item as the implanted substance.

A reanimated body cannot speak and has no knowledge or ability to think and so cannot answer questions or reveal anything it knew in life. When the duration expires, the body collapses until reanimated again. It does not regain hit points between reanimations. If reduced to 0 hit points, the body collapses and is destroyed; it cannot be reanimated again.

You may have a total number of reanimated creatures active at any one time whose combined Hit Dice does not exceed twice your caster level. If you attempt to reanimate a creature that would push your total beyond this limit, you must choose which creatures cease to be reanimated or are released from your control. You cannot reanimate a creature with more Hit Dice than twice your caster level. Temporary increases to caster level (such as from implements or the thaumaturge’s forbidden lore class feature) do not increase the statistics, maximums, or number of undead the caster controls.

• Sustained: Reanimation can be performed without spending a spell point, however doing so makes the effect only last while the caster concentrates. such an undead only counts as half its HD against the caster's reanimation limit. A caster cannot sustain more than 1 undead in this manner at a time.
• Undead Whisperer: Undead you reanimate and control gain one skill rank per caster level. These skill ranks cannot be spent on a Knowledge skill, but otherwise any skill is valid as long as either you or the creature (when it was alive) possess ranks in the chosen skill. Undead cannot possess more ranks in a skill than either you possess in that skill or that it possessed in life, whichever is greater. You may command these undead to use their skills as a basic command.
• Unliving Chemister: Undead you create can assist you when creating alchemical items, formulae, brewing potions, or other similar tasks, granting a +2 bonus on the Craft (alchemy), Spellcraft, or other appropriate skill check when crafting such an item for each undead assisting you (maximum bonus 1/2 your character level).

• You can telepathically order and communicate with undead creatures you control within your dominion range. You do not need line of sight or effect to maintain this connection. Only targets completely under your control are valid; charmed undead are not truly under your control, and as such do not qualify.
• Giving basic commands to an undead is a free action, but your increased control allows you to master complex commands for your undead as well. Choose any 2 tricks + 1 per 5 caster levels that can be taught to an animal or the pose as scenery trick (see the Handle Animal skill). Mindless undead you control are able to perform these tricks when ordered to as a move action. This does not allow you to train undead for a purpose, “push” an undead to perform a task it normally would not be able to, or accomplish other effects of the Handle Animal skill.
• So long as an undead you control is within your dominion range, you may, as a 1 round action, concentrate on that undead to perceive that creature’s surroundings as if you were standing where that creature was. While you may use the creature’s special sense (i.e., darkvision, etc.), you must use your own Perception skill if attempting a check.
• Your undead may use your skill ranks in place of their own for any valid skill check, so long as they are within your dominion range.

Alignment: Always neutral evil.
Type: The creature’s type changes to undead. It retains any subtype except for alignment subtypes (such as good) and subtypes that indicate kind (such as giant).
Armor Class: Natural armor bonus changes as follows:

Size	<=T	S	M/L	H	G	C
Bonus	+0	+1	+2	+3	+6	+10

Hit Dice: A skeleton drops any HD gained from class levels and changes racial HD to d8s. Creatures without racial HD are treated as if they have 1 racial HD.
Saves: A skeleton has a good will save and poor fortitude and reflex saves
Defensive Abilities: A skeleton loses the base creature’s defensive abilities and gains DR 5/bludgeoning and immunity to cold and Undead Traits.
Speed: A winged skeleton can’t use its wings to fly. If the base creature flew magically, so can the skeleton. All other movement types are retained.
Attacks: A skeleton retains all the natural weapons, manufactured weapon attacks, and weapon proficiencies of the base creature, except for attacks that can’t work without flesh. A creature with hands gains one claw attack per hand; the skeleton can strike with each of its claw attacks at its full attack bonus. A claw attack deals damage depending on the skeleton’s size (see Natural Attacks). If the base creature already had claw attacks with its hands, use the skeleton claw damage only if it’s better.
Special Attacks: A skeleton retains none of the base creature’s special attacks.
Abilities: A skeleton’s Dexterity increases by +2. It has no Constitution or Intelligence score, and its Wisdom and Charisma scores change to 10.
BAB: A skeleton’s base attack bonus is equal to 3/4 of its Hit Dice.
Skills & Feats: A skeleton loses all skill ranks and feats possessed by the base creature, gains no skill ranks of its own, and gains only the Improved Initiative feat as a bonus feat.
Special Qualities: A skeleton loses most special qualities of the base creature. It retains any extraordinary special qualities that improve its melee or ranged attacks.

Alignment: Always neutral evil.
Type: The creature’s type changes to undead. It retains any subtype except for alignment subtypes (such as good) and subtypes that indicate kind (such as giant).
Hit Dice: Drop HD gained from class levels (minimum of 1) and change racial HD to d8s. Zombies gain a number of additional HD as noted on the following table.
Armor Class: Natural armor bonus changes as follows:

Size	<=T	S	M	L	H	G	C
AC Bonus	+0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+7	+11
Bonus HD	+0	+1	+1	+2	+4	+6	+10

Saves: A zombie has a good will save and poor fortitude and reflex saves
Defensive Abilities: A zombie loses the base creature’s defensive abilities and gains DR 5/slashing and the Undead Traits immunity.
Speed: A winged zombie can use its wings to fly, but reduces their manuverability to clumsy. If the base creature flew magically, so can the zombie, using the maneuverability of the base creature. All other movement types are retained.
Attacks: A zombie retains all the natural weapons, manufactured weapon attacks, and weapon proficiencies of the base creature. It also gains a slam attack that deals damage based on the zombie's size, but as if it were one size category larger than its actual size.
Special Attacks: A zombie retains none of the base creature's special attacks.
Abilities: Str +2, Dex –2. A zombie has no Con or Int score, and its Wis and Cha become 10.
BAB: A zombie's base attack is equal to 3/4 its Hit Dice.
Skills & Feats: A zombie loses all skill ranks and feats possessed by the base creature, gains no skill ranks of its own, and gains only the Toughness feat as a bonus feat.
Special Qualities: A zombie loses most special qualities of the base creature. It retains any extraordinary special qualities that improve its melee or ranged attacks. A zombie gains the following special quality:

• Staggered (Ex): Zombies have poor reflexes and can only perform a single move action or standard action each round. A zombie can move up to its speed and attack in the same round as a charge action.

Implanted (Ex) When an alchemy-implanted creature is created, the creator expends one alchemical item or potion as part of the creation process, such as a mundane alchemical item, Alchemy sphere formulae, alchemist’s bomb, or a compound, potion, or instilled liquid. If the implanted item is detonated or used, the alchemy-implanted creature loses any effects of this template until the item is removed from their body with a DC 30 Heal check.

The alchemy-implanted creature gains abilities depending on the item used, and, unless otherwise stated, any save DC is equal to the Implanted's substance's DC.:

• Implanted Splash Weapon: If the implanted item is a splash weapon, the alchemical-implanted deals an additional 1d6 points of damage of a type dealt by the splash weapon (if any) with its natural attacks, or may inflict 1d6 points on damage to itself as a swift action to coat a weapon it wields with the splash weapon’s fluids, oils or other substances, adding this additional damage to that weapon for the next minute.
  
  As an immediate action, the alchemy-implanted may make a melee touch attack against a target within its natural reach and detonate the implanted splash weapon. The alchemy-implanted is reduced to 0 hit points, exploding with the effects of the implanted item. If the melee touch attack is successful, treat the target as if they were hit by the splash weapon normally and affect any other creatures, excluding the alchemically-implanted, in the splash weapon’s radius as normal. If the alchemical-implanted dies, the splash weapon is detonated automatically, centered on its space. Exploding this way mangles the corpse, making it difficult to reanimate without repairing the body first (such as with the Death sphere Corpse Manipulation talent).
• Other Implanted Alchemicals and Potions: For any other implanted item, such as a Salve or Panacea (formulae) or a potion, the alchemy-implanted may expend the item to use it on a creature within its natural reach as a standard action or on itself as a swift action.

Unstable (Ex) The implanted item is fragile. Whenever the alchemy-implanted is subject to a critical hit, there is a 10% chance the alchemy-implanted immediately uses the implanted item as described in the implanted special ability. This chance goes up by 5% each time it occurs.

• Maximum Veils Shaped: 1[sphere]
• Essence Capacity 2
• Max Converted Essence: 1

Expensive Locus, Extended Casting

4+4(cha)+2=10
1+1(HD)=2 Destruction, Illusion or Mind sphere only

1{H}+4{cha}+6{V}+2{wis}=13
2+4=6 favorPP

1{class}+4{Essence Talents}+1{feat}=6

Class: Simple Weapons, Light Armor, Buckler
Armor Training: Medium & Heavy Armor

Power Spheres: CL2.25

• Blood: CL3.25
• Death: CL4
• Destruction: CL3.25

Might Spheres: BAB2.5

• Beastmastery: R4

CTrad) Base, Necromantic Limit (Reanimate) -> Tomb of Flesh, Sustained Necromancy
Sttchr1) Master's Presence
Sttchr2) Ranged Death
Schlr2) Undead Whisperer
Oath2) Empowered Reanimate
feat) Necromantic Constription

SPrmthn1) Base, Daevic Tradition
Drwbcks)Rigid Veils, Essence-Bound Veils, Essence-Bound Receptacles -> Extra Essence (x2), Invested Spheres

MTrad) Armor Training

MTrad) Handle Animal Package, Lions and Wardrobes, Broad Skills

TTrad) Adept Adventurer, Courtier, Guard, Orator, Spy
MSM) Adept Adventurer, Skill Acuity (Diplomacy)

TTrad) Base, Friend of a Friend
feat) Mediator's Mien

TTrad) Base, Impressionist -> Unrecognizable Mannerisms