Dream magic class / archetype

[LucyG92]

Is there a class or archetype that focuses on dreams? One that would get spells similar to 'dream travel' at a lower level, or class abilities which allow them to enter dreams?

[avr]

A psychic with the dream discipline sounds like it'd fit best. Dreamstalker mesmerists maybe too.

[Samasboy1]

Dreamweaver Witch (requires Changeling) with Mind, Nightmare, or Stars patron

[LucyG92]

Thanks for the suggestions. The psychic sounds like the best option. It's still not quite what I was going for, but I think that doesn't exist. I mainly just wanted to give an NPC the ability to enter dreamscapes, influence dreams, send messages via dreams, that kind of thing - and not too bothered about any other abilities - without needing to be high level, but that doesn't seem possible.

Do you think it would be reasonable to switch the casting stat to wisdom? It would suit the character more than high charisma... Then again, I'd want to give them the lucid dreamer feat which is also charisma based.

Dreamstalker mesmerist does look interesting (especially getting dreamscapes as favoured terrain) but there is too much mental manipulation for the character concept. I also like the changeling idea, but the character has already been introduced and is too obviously not a changeling :)

[avr]

Thinking outside classes - elves with the dreamspeaker alternate racial trait get dream as a spell-like ability, at level 1.

dreamspeaker wrote:

A few elves have the ability to tap into the power of sleep, dreams, and prescient reverie. Elves with this racial trait add +1 to the saving throw DCs of spells of the divination school and sleep effects they cast. In addition, elves with Charisma scores of 15 or higher may use dream once per day as a spell-like ability (caster level is equal to the elf’s character level). This racial trait replaces elven immunities.

Psychics actually use Int as their casting stat, the Cha/Wis is just used to determine the amount of points in their phrenic pool. Switching that last is pretty minor IMO. Also dreamspeaker requires Cha 15 if you give the NPC that.

[UnArcaneElection]

^Just realized that's a really high level spell for somebody to be able to cast at 1st level. It's probably assigned a bit too high a level in the spell lists, but even so . . . .

[avr]

It's whispering wind (which is 2nd level) but with an unlimited range. Come to that there's a gnome-only spell minor dream which is 2nd-3rd level and about the same as the dream spell aside from the racial limitation.