Brutality Blade

Soulknives find a variety of ways to train to bring out
their signature weapon, the mind blade. Some must
calm their minds, some visualize the weapon, and
others recall a moment in time where they most wished
they had the blade. Brutality blades conjure forth rage
and hatred as their triggers for their weapons, and this
reflects in their blade skills and the very nature of how
they influence their blade - and how it influences them
in return.

A brutality blade can choose to manifest his rage
blade whenever he forms his mind blade or he may empower his already formed mind blade with this
incredible wrath. A rage blade is always a single weapon
and is never split like a normal mind blade can be - the
brutality blade needs to keep his focus (if the brutality
blade has used his form mind blade class feature to form two mind blades, he releases one of these to focus his power into the remaining mind blade). Rage blades may
not be thrown and cannot be disarmed as the weapon
is almost fused with the brutality blade’s body. When
he manifests his rage blade, he increases the mind
blade’s enhancement bonus by +1 (even if the mind
blade normally does not have an enhancement bonus).
The enhancement bonus boost gives him the ability to add special weapon properties (such as *flaming* or
*keen*), or push the enhancement bonus of the weapon
beyond its normal maximum from the enhanced mind
blade class feature. For example, a 7th level brutality
blade (+2) with a normally *+1 keen mind blade* using
this ability on his mind blade would be able to add +2
to his enhancement mind blade class feature (increasing
the mind blade’s enhancement bonus from +2 to +4),
allowing him to increase the enhancement bonus to hit
by +1 and adding *flaming* to make it a *+2 keen flaming*
*mind blade*. Whenever the rage blade is manifested,
the brutality blade may freely reconfigure the blade’s
enhancements as if they had used the Improved Fluid Form blade skill (without suffering the penalties of using
this blade skill), and when the rage blade is dismissed it
returns to its usual form. If the brutality blade has the
ability to manifest a mind shield or mind armor, the rage
blade’s enhancement bonus increases do not affect their
enhancement bonuses, and the formation of multiple
items reduces each item’s enhancement bonus by 1.

At 7th level, a brutality blade increases this
enhancement bonus to his mind blade by two instead
of one. At 13th level, he increases this enhancement
bonus to his mind blade by three. These bonuses to the enhancement bonus of the rage blade equal a total
bonus of +10 (not to exceed the +5 enhancement bonus maximum for attack and damage rolls). The brutality
blade’s rage blade always is enhanced for the maximum
amount possible, for unleashing such rage and hate in
this fashion does not lend itself to using self-control.

The brutality blade can manifest his rage blade for a
number of rounds equal to 4 + his Constitution modifier.
At each level after 1st, he can maintain his rage blade for
2 additional rounds. Temporary increases to Constitution,
such as those gained from powers like *animal affinity* or
spells like *bear’s endurance*, do not increase the total
number of rounds that a brutality blade can maintain
his rage blade per day. Once a brutality blade dismisses
his rage blade, he loses psionic focus and is fatigued for 1d4+1 rounds and may not regain psionic focus
during this time. A brutality blade can manifest his rage
blade as a free action as part of manifesting his mind
blade normally. The total number of rounds per day is
renewed after resting for 8 hours, although these hours
do not need to be consecutive.

This replaces the throw mind blade class feature and
the bonus feat gained at 1st level.

**Psychic Enervation (Ex)**: Pushing oneself by
manifesting a rage blade is dangerous to one’s mind and body. Immediately following the manifesting of the rage
blade, a brutality blade may be overcome by the strain
of her effort, causing him to take 2 hit points of damage
per brutality blade level. The chance of suffering psychic
enervation is 10%.

This ability functions identically to the
wilder’s psychic enervation class feature and qualifies
for prerequisites and requirements using this ability.

**Enhanced Mind Blade**:The brutality blade’s mind
blade is improved like a standard soulknife’s mind blade,
including if the brutality blade creates two mind blades,
except the enhancement bonus increases at a reduced
rate, rather than every odd level, as indicated on Table:
Brutality Blade Progression.

This replaces the Enhanced Mind Blade class feature,
but counts as Enhanced Mind Blade for prerequisites or
requirements.

### **Wrath Augments**

Starting at at 2nd level, a brutality
blade may take a special, rarified form of blade skill they
refer to as wrath augments. These abilities function as
blade skills, may be selected by brutality blades when he
would otherwise select a blade skill.

This ability does not
cause the brutality blade archetype to be incompatible
with other archetypes that alter the blade skills class
feature.

*Blade Geyser:* While manifesting a rage blade, the
brutality blade may expend his psionic focus as a full
round action and drive his blade into the ground at his
feet, causing the blade to split beneath him and erupt into
circle of blades around him. This blade skill functions as per the Whirlwind Attack feat. The brutality blade must be at least 4th level to select this blade skill.

*Body of Rage:* While manifesting a rage blade, the
brutality blade with this wrath augment subsumes his
rage blade as a swift action and grows in size as if he had
used the *expansion* psionic power (using his class level
as his manifester level to determine its effects). While in
this form, his hands radiate raging psychic energy in the
form of crude claws or knives. These claws are treated
as light weapon forms of his mind blade except that
they count as both natural and manufactured weapons. Bloody ectoplasm also forms blades on his body, which
count as armor spikes. The rage blade takes a –1 to its
overall enhancement bonus while manifested this way,
but his both of his rage blades and his armor spikes share
the same enhancement bonuses and weapon properties.
This infusion of wrathful power is maintained as long as
the rage blade is manifested. The brutality blade must be
at least 10th level to select this blade skill.

*Destroyer’s Will:* While under the benefits of a raging
surge, the brutality blade channels his boundless anger
to shrug off magics and afflictions alike. The brutality
blade may expend his psionic focus to reroll a failed
Fortitude or Will saving throw as an immediate action.
The brutality blade must be at least 4th level to select
this blade skill.

*Fountain of Blood:* With this wrath augment, the
brutality blade’s rage blade inflicts bleeding wounds when he activates his psychic strike or upon making a
successful critical hit on a target creature. The target
suffers 1d4 points of bleed damage for each psychic
strike die the brutality blade possesses. This target
creature bleeds each round until the wound is bandaged
properly (DC 15 Heal check) or until magical healing
(such as a *cure* spell) has been applied. The target can be
subject to multiple bleeding wounds. The brutality blade
must be 6th level to select this blade skill.

*Hand of Hatred:* The brutality blade’s wrath can be
infectious, spreading to his allies and inspiring them to acts of rage. While in a raging surge, the brutality blade
may expend his psionic focus as a swift action and share
his raging euphoria bonuses with allies within 30 feet of his
position while his rage blade is manifested. The brutality
blade must possess the raging euphoria wrath augment to
select this wrath augment.

*Raging Euphoria:* The brutality blade is capable of
churning forth great anger and turmoil when his rage blade has manifested. While his rage blade is manifested,
the brutality blade’s innate psionic energies empower
his physical form with surging forces. This surge of rage
and anger provides a +1 morale bonus to his attack and
damage rolls. This bonus improves by +1 at 14th level
and again at 20th level. These bonuses persist while the
rage blade is manifested and end when the rage blade is
dismissed. The brutality blade must be 8th level to select
this blade skill.

*Rend the Body:* While under the benefits of a raging
surge, the brutality blade with this wrath augment may
unleash furious blows upon his target. When attacking a
foe and unleashing his psychic strike ability upon them,
he may expend his psionic focus to make a second attack
at the same attack bonus upon the target.

### **Raging Surge (Su)**

At 4th level, the brutality blade
channels his emotions into a physical boost of energy
that strengthens his body. A brutality blade can invoke
a raging surge while manifesting his rage blade, and
this surge is maintained while the rage blade is
manifested. The brutality blade gains a +4 morale bonus
to his Strength after invoking a raging surge. At 8th
level, the brutality blade also gains a +2 morale bonus
to Constitution during a raging surge. At 12th level, the
morale bonus to Constitution increases by +2. At 16th level, the morale bonus to Strength increases to +6. At
20th level, the morale bonus to Constitution increases to
+6. Hit points gained by increasing his Constitution score
through a raging surge are lost first.

Invoking a raging surge when manifesting his rage
blade increases the risk of psychic enervation from 10%
to 20%.

This replaces the blade skills gained at 4th level
and 12th level.

### **Instantaneous Wrath (Su)**

At 5th level, the brutality
blade may manifest his mind blade as a free action if he
manifests it as a rage blade.

This replaces the quick draw
class feature.

### **Wrath Perfected**

At 20th level, a brutality blade
reaches the pinnacle of his wrath and his connection to
his unending rage is so strong that it cannot be quenched.
He no longer requires a Will save to maintain his mind blade in a null psionics field so long as his rage blade
is manifested and it retains all enhancement bonus and special abilities. Additionally, the brutality blade’s
hatred is so perfect with its purity that he no longer
suffers a risk of psychic enervation when manifesting
his rage blade.

This replaces the mind blade mastery
class feature.