Mesmerist painful stare

[Hubbaman]

Hello, this might be a stupid question, but how much additional damage does a Mesmerist do if he attacks himself and trigger painful stare?

Painful stare(Su):

When an attack that deals damage hits the target of a mesmerist’s hypnotic stare, the mesmerist can cause the target to take an amount of additional damage equal to 1/2 the mesmerist’s class level (minimum 1). The mesmerist can use this ability as a free action, and can use it even if it isn’t his turn. If the mesmerist uses this ability to increase his own damage, the additional damage increases by 1d6 points for every 3 class levels the mesmerist possesses. This damage is precision damage and is not multiplied on a critical hit. A mesmerist can trigger this ability only once per round, but a single creature can take damage from multiple mesmerists’ painful stares in a round.

So, these are the scenarios I can see at level 3:

1.) 1d6
2.) 1d6 + 1
3.) 2d6
4.) 2d6 + 1

It does not say 1d6 + 1d6 for every three levels, so guess 3 and 4 is wrong. But I might have misunderstood something...

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Kaboogy]

The right answer is 2. You get your first +1d6 at level 3, and it's in addition to the regular damage.

[Hubbaman]

Thank you!

[maouse33]

OK. Now for the necro: Does this saying "CLASS LEVELS" include multiclass CLASS LEVELS? Because it does NOT say "MESMERIST CLASS LEVELS." or Spell Level. Or anything of the like restricting it to MESMERIST levels.

[Name Violation]

maouse33 wrote:

OK. Now for the necro: Does this saying "CLASS LEVELS" include multiclass CLASS LEVELS? Because it does NOT say "MESMERIST CLASS LEVELS." or Spell Level. Or anything of the like restricting it to MESMERIST levels.

EVERY ability in the game that says class levels or levels and DOESN"T explicitly say CHARCTER level, only counts levels in the class that gained the ability. thats one of the most basic Pathfinder rules.

[MrCharisma]

maouse33 wrote:

OK. Now for the necro: Does this saying "CLASS LEVELS" include multiclass CLASS LEVELS? Because it does NOT say "MESMERIST CLASS LEVELS." or Spell Level. Or anything of the like restricting it to MESMERIST levels.

Should have known the mouse would go for the cheese ;)