As the stillness of the moon reflected upon a still pond, the spiritualist discipline of Veiled Moon is seen as a strange and esoteric art, whose mysteries are difficult to grasp, and even harder to practice! The practitioners of this discipline are said to be ‘half-in, half-out’ due to the fact that they seem to be living in two worlds; in fact, this is not far from the truth. Veiled Moon disciples have grasped connections to the Astral and Ethereal planes in their mind through intense meditation and a spiritual devotion to learning the ways of spirits and the natural world, and blended them seamlessly into a martial art so supernatural that it borders on the magical. A potent, yet passive, discipline, its esoteric abilities are often misunderstood. Maneuvers include short distance astral teleportation, ethereal abilities to become incorporeal or use incorporeal touch attacks to strike foes easily, force damage strikes, and the ability to cause foes to become incorporeal themselves. The key skill for Veiled Moon is Stealth, and its associated weapon groups are light blades, double weapons, and spears.
Associated Skills: Stealth
Associated Weapon Groups: Light blades, double weapons, and spears
Martial Tradition: The Wayward Path
Title Veil: The Ephemeral
Style Feats:
Combo Feats:
Special Note: The discipline of Veiled Moon and all of its maneuvers and stances are considered to be supernatural abilities and thus do not function in situations where supernatural abilities will fail. If the character is on an a plane that does not touch the Ethereal, then Veiled Moon maneuvers that specify that they use the Ethereal Plane do not function; all others function normally due to all planes connecting to the Astral Plane. Teleportation maneuvers require that the destination must be within line of sight to the initiator, and are usable with the Dimensional Agility line of feats. Also, maneuvers with the [Teleportation] tag only apply to the initiator himself, his gear and equipment, and up to 25 pounds of carried objects. Lastly, maneuvers with the [Mind-affecting] tag are considered enchantment effects for the purposes of saving throws and immunities.
Maneuvers and stances that cause the initiator to become incorporeal also cause the initiator’s equipment, and up to 25 pounds of carried items, to become incorporeal.
1st Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dimensional Strike | Strike | For a brief moment, the disciple becomes difficult to perceive; resolving the attack against the target as if they were flat-footed. |
| Disturbing Blow | Strike | Make an attack against a target; successful strike inflicts a -4 penalty to the target’s next d20 roll. |
| Ghost Hunting Blow | Boost | Momentarily grants the disciple’s attacks the ghost touch property. |
| Inner Sense | Counter | Spiritual senses grant a +2 insight bonus to a saving throw. |
| Leaping Spirit Dance | Stance | This stance grants the disciple a +2 to AC and a +2 to Reflex saves. |
| Spirit Sensing Stance | Stance | The disciple in this stance gains the scent special ability and can use it to sense incorporeal creatures that are hiding on the Ethereal plane nearby. |
2nd Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cursed Fate | Strike | Make an attack against a target, inflict +2d6 damage -4 to all d20 rolls for one round. |
| Fading Strike | Strike | Teleport up to your movement speed to an opponent and make an attack. |
| Half-Gone | Counter | As an attack targets you, make a Stealth check to become incorporeal to avoid it. |
| Resonance Strike | Strike | Strike inflicts 3d6 force damage + initiator level damage in lieu of normal damage, and may strike incorporeal creatures without risking a miss chance. |
3rd Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Altered Penumbra | Counter | Make an opposed Stealth check opposing your attackers Perception check after their attack roll, if you are successful, teleport to any spot within 10-ft. away and leave a minor image to be hit in your place. |
| Brilliant Moon | Strike | Make an attack against a foe, attack ignores armor bonuses to AC and inflicts an additional 4d4 points of force damage. |
| Formless Dance | Stance | Gain the benefits of a see invisibility spell and blur while the stance is in effect. |
| Ghostwalk | Boost | Become incorporeal until your next turn. |
4th Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Breath of the Moon | Strike | Make an attack against a target, target must make save or be confused for 1d4 rounds. |
| Ethereal Reminiscence | Untyped | Become incorporeal for one round, regain twice your ranks in Stealth in hit points or potentially being lost in the Ethereal briefly. |
| Fading Leap | Untyped | As a move action, the disciple may teleport to a spot up to twice his movement speed away. |
| Flicker Strike | Strike | Teleport to strike an opponent’s flat-footed AC and then teleport away. |
5th Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Essence Shattering Strike | Strike | Make an attack against a target which inflicts an additional 6d6 points of force damage, potentially dazes the target. |
| Stance of the Ether Gate | Stance | The disciple flows with dimensional power and may as a move action teleport up to his movement speed, or as a full-round action move up to twice his movement speed. |
| Twisting Ether | Boost | Switch places within 30-ft. via teleportation with target willing ally. |
| Warp Worm | Strike | Make a touch attack against up to three targets which must be no farther apart than 20-ft. from each other, teleport through them inflicting 10d6 points of force damage and appear up to 15-ft. from the final target. |
6th Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ether Wave | Strike | The disciple unleashes a potent wave of dimensional energy as a 40-ft. cone inflicting 12d6 points of force damage. |
| Phantom Penumbra | Counter | Make a Stealth check opposing the attackers Perception check, if successful, teleport up to 20-ft. away and leave behind 1d6 major images. |
| Spiritual Weapon Stance | Stance | In this stance, the character is treated as having ghost touch on offensive and defensive items and weapons, gains spell resistance, and attacks inflict an additional 2d6 points of force damage. |
| Vaporform Crash | Strike | Make a melee attack against an incorporeal target, if successful the disciple becomes incorporeal and the target suffers 12d6 points of force damage and becomes corporeal; the switch in body state lasts for 1d4 rounds. |
7th Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dispersal Strike | Strike | Target becomes incorporeal and takes 12d6 points of force damage, on a failed Will their gear does not become ethereal with them, duration until end of next turn. |
| Fade Through | Untyped | The disciple may teleport up to twice his movement speed as a swift action. |
| Flashing Ether Touch | Strike | Make a melee touch attack against a target, if successful teleport the target up to 60-ft. away, deal 10d6 points of damage and knocking them prone. |
8th Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anchoring Spirit | Stance | Disciple gains the incorporeal subtype; any attempt to teleport into or out of any space within 30-ft. of the disciple automatically fails unless he initiates the effect or willingly allows it. |
| Eclipsing Moon | Strike | As part of a full round attack, you may teleport up to your movement range between attacks, and continue the full round attack, adding +2 to hit and +4d4 force damage to each strike against a target’s flat-footed AC. |
| Lunar Penumbra | Counter | When targeted by a spell or effect, the disciple may make an opposed Stealth check against the enemy’s Perception; success indicates that the two switch positions through teleportation and the enemy suffers the spell or effect instead. |
9th Level Veiled Moon Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Banish to the Beyond | Strike | The disciple makes a melee touch attack against a target, and if successful then the foe is banished wholly to the Astral Plane, and they are barred from returning to the Material Plane for 1 hour. |