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Say I have my hypnotic stare on an enemy and my allied barbarian hits them with an attack. Would I be able to trigger painful stare for the one damage per 3 levels and make them save against
Demoralizing stare? Or can I only proc demoralizing stare if I personally hit an enemy 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.
If this ability only worked when you dealt damage, then this bit wouldn't be in there. So Painful Stare can trigger.
And Demoralizing Stare says it triggers anytime Painful Stare triggers.