| Base Attack Bonus | Fort Save | Ref Save | Will Save | Special | Aura Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | Shiftweave aura | 1 |
| 2nd | +1 | +0 | +0 | +1 | Weave aura | 2 |
| 3rd | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | Bind aura | 3 |
Class Skills (2 + Int modifier per level): Arcane Lore, Insight, Profession, and Theology.
Entry Requirements
Skills: Arcane Lore 3 ranks.
Veilweaving: Ability to weave three veils.
Essence Pool: 2.
Class Features
Weapon and Armor Proficiency
A Shiftweaver gains no proficiency with any type of weapon, armor, or shield.
Veilweaving
If you have levels in a veilweaving class, your levels in shiftweaver stack with that class to determine your effective veilweaver level. You do not, however, gain any other abilities of that class, such as additional veils, essence, or unlocked chakras.
Shiftweave Aura
You gather an intangible aura around yourself composed of threads of akashic energy. These threads have the potential to be woven at a whim, giving a shiftweaver unparalleled flexibility among veilweavers.
At 1st level, you gain 1 aura point, which functions as if it were essence and can be invested into akasha receptacles normally; however, aura points cannot be bound into any receptacles that lock the essence in place. You gain 1 additional aura point at each class level.
Your aura points cannot be lost to essence damage, negative levels, or other effects which reduce your essence total, unless they specifically affect aura points.
If you take the Extra Essence feat, you may choose to gain 1 aura point instead of the normal essence granted by that feat.
Weave Aura
As a full-round action, you can condense your shiftweave aura, weaving it into a veil. The veil cannot occupy a chakra that already hosts a veil. The veil can be targeted by abilities that affect veils normally.
If you weave veils through a class feature, such as by being an vizier, you can only weave your shiftweave aura into veils available to your class. If you gained the ability through the Weave Veil feat, then you must instead choose three veils selected from the same class list and can only weave your aura into those three veils plus any available to you through the Weave Veil feat. You cannot weave your aura into a veil with the title descriptor.
Once woven, the shiftweave aura remains as a veil for 1 minute (10 rounds) and then unravels harmlessly. Your aura points are immediately removed from any other essence receptacle and invested into this veil when you weave your aura into a veil, even if this would exceed your normal essence capacity. Your aura points cannot be reinvested until this veil is unraveled. If this veil is unraveled early—whether by an effect used against you, an ability of the veil, or any other cause—the aura points remain unavailable for the full minute, and a new veil cannot be woven during that time.
You may invest essence in this veil as normal, but you must observe your normal essence capacity. If you weave a veil with limited uses per day, unraveling that veil and weaving it again does not regain those uses.
Weaving your aura into a veil provokes attacks of opportunity. If you are damaged while attempting to weave your aura, you must make a successful concentration check (DC 10 + damage dealt) or fail to weave the veil.
Bind Aura
At 3rd level, you can choose to bind your shiftweave aura to a chakra when you weave it into a veil. The chakra must be open to a chakra bind through a class feature, feat, or other ability before you can bind your woven aura it.
When your aura is woven into a veil bound to a chakra, your aura points become unavailable until that veil is unraveled. The aura energy is used to bind the veil to the chakra, temporarily making it unavailable for use.