One-trick pony: Squinty the Halfling Will-Ripper

[Douglas Muir 406]

Halfling Mesmerist 1/Witch 4

1: Malicious Eye (lets him add Halfling Jinx to the Evil Eye Hex. Hex now gives -3 to all saves)
3: Iron Will
5: Bolster Jinx makes his Jinx Hex strip another -2 from target Will saves. Hex now strips -5 Will, -3 Fort and Reflex.

Evil Eye as a standard action + Hypnotic Stare as a swift action = target is at -7 Will and -3 to the other two. IIUC, none of these debuffs are subject to saves or SR... the halfling just scrunches up one eye for a few seconds and, bam, your Will goes all wobbly sideways.

As noted on the label, a one-trick pony... but if you pair him with a an enchanter, or anyone who specializes in save-or-sucks that target Will, there are some amusing possibilities.

Doug M.

[Darkbridger]

*imagines a wizard with the Leadership feat using this*

Say hello to my little friend...

[Saldiven]

This sounds like the perfect little buddy for the Kitsune Fey Sorceress.

[Deadmanwalking]

That's really not all that much of a one-trick pony. Int 16-18, Cha 12-14, and that seems like a perfectly workable build. A lost level of casting for -2 Will Save on enemies is maybe not the best trade ever, but it's still fairly workable as a standard Slumber Witch IMO.

[mln84]

Douglas Muir 406 wrote:

IIUC, none of these debuffs are subject to saves or SR... the halfling just scrunches up one eye for a few seconds and, bam, your Will goes all wobbly sideways.

Evil Eye has a save against it. I am unfamiliar with the other things, such as Malicious Eye, but I would be shocked if one of them took away the save.

[Rogue Eidolon]

Mesmerist wrote:

The penalties from multiple mesmerists' stares don't stack, nor do they stack with penalties from witches' evil eye hexes.

-5 is still pretty great though, and you save the dip.

[Deadmanwalking]

mln84 wrote:

Evil Eye has a save against it. I am unfamiliar with the other things, such as Malicious Eye, but I would be shocked if one of them took away the save.

Evil Eye still works for a round even if you save, though. Add in Cackle and it might as well not have one for most practical purposes.

Rogue Eidolon wrote:

Mesmerist wrote:

The penalties from multiple mesmerists' stares don't stack, nor do they stack with penalties from witches' evil eye hexes.

-5 is still pretty great though, and you save the dip.

Someone clearly saw this trick coming. :)

But yeah, that's hardly a build-breaker. And it really does go to -7 at 8th level going straight Witch. So there's that.

Of course, Halfling Jinx-Witches are hardly a new idea. Still shiny and effective, though.

[plaidwandering]

The extra stacking from malicious eye only factors in when they fail the save, per the text of the feat.

[Deadmanwalking]

plaidwandering wrote:

The extra stacking from malicious eye only factors in when they fail the save, per the text of the feat.

Ah! True. Still nice though.

[SmiloDan]

Can you get that malicious eye from VMC? So, no loss of caster/hex level.