How would I make a great Kitsune Mesmerist?

[Gun Dragon]

I have been told to do a 25 point buy build. We are level 9. And go by pc wealth by level. I want my kitsune to use a sword cane with a metal fox head on the top of the cane. What feats, spells, and items do I want? What tricks are great? Will the kitsune magic ability with its enchantment bonus work with the Mesmerist class?

[Gun Dragon]

So no one have advice?

[Galatina91]

About Occult Adventures, it seems to me that most players are interested only in the Kineticist and Occultist classes. Mostly Kineticist class actually. It is a real shame. I have had very little help with the Spiritualist.
I think the Mesmerist is a very nice class. Being a natural enchanter, the Kitsune race was the first I thought of, too, for a Mesmerist character. I would advise you to get a Cha of at least 18 at first level. I like very much the feat that allows you to intimidate a gazed foe as a swift action. That would make it take another -2 at saving throws. Combined with the -2 from the gaze and the +1 at enchantment of the kitsune, you easily get a really nasty Will-based debuffer. That said, I would get also the feats that allow you to enchant also the foes that would normally be immune to mind affecting spells. And at level 9 you might have to fight also foes with SR so Spell Penetration can help too.

I'm not an expert, far from it; I hope that these suggestions can help you anyway... If no one else answers, late tomorrow I'll try to build something...

[Delnoro82]

Dip heavens oracle for awesome display maybe? It would stack wEll with their level 5 feature and let you spam color spray to no end. If you are going for more of a melee build I think vexing daredevil would be the way to go.

[Delnoro82]

You have a trick to intimidate a foe as a free action too.

[Delnoro82]

Between compel hostility and various tricks you can tank pretty well too. What is it you want to do?

[Serisan]

I slapped something together quick in Hero Lab. Nothing terribly unexpected here, I think, but there are lots of choices you could change in that outlay. A lesser persistent rod would be a very welcome addition to the gear, for instance, but you'd have to find 9k somewhere. That's probably dropping the amulet and jingasa, but you come out with a giant screw you to enemies.

[Vaellen]

Your google doc is not public.

From what I've done with the Mesmerist, I can make a great SoS caster/Debuffer and party face but that's about it (although that's awesome enough to make me want to play it).

I played around with some melee builds and can't find anything that makes me happy.

I played a witch once and I can see the Mesmerist playing very similarly - short range caster and back-up tank using Mirror Image when fighting nasty stuff like Dire Wraiths.