Trompe l'oeil & projectionist (mesmerist)

[Waldham]

Hello, I have a question about implant consciousness ability from the projectionist.

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Implant Consciousness (Su): At 4th level, a projectionist can spend one use of his mesmerist trick ability to create a psychic link between himself and one object that bears his likeness, such as a painting or a statue. This functions in all ways like implanting a mesmerist trick in a creature, except the target is an object. The projectionist can trigger the trick as a standard action at any time—upon doing so, his consciousness leaves his body and fills the target object, functioning as described by the “filling an image with your consciousness” use of the enter image spell (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide 219). Use the projectionist’s mesmerist level as the spell’s caster level. While filling an image with his consciousness, the projectionist can use and maintain his hypnotic stare on opponents, and can also trigger his painful stare. At 8th level, he can also use any purely mental action (including casting psychic spells) while filling an object with his consciousness.

Once he implants this trick in an object, the projectionist can fill the target with his consciousness whenever he pleases, regardless of distance or whether he is on the same plane as his target. Once he stops concentrating on maintaining the enter image effect, his consciousness returns to his body and he cannot fill the target with his consciousness again until he implants another mesmerist trick in that object.

This ability replaces the mesmerist tricks gained at 4th and 8th levels.

Does it function a a trompe l'oeil ?

Can the character use the abilities of Trompe l'oeil in addition to its hypnotic/painful stare ?

Thanks for your future help.

[willuwontu]

You cannot use it on a trompe, as a trompe is a creature and not an onject.

You could perhaps use it on the canvas that the trompe comes from, but it would not allow you to use the abilities of the trompe. Even in this case it may not work, as when the trompe leaves the painting there would no longer be your likeness depicted in the painting.

[deuxhero]

You can use Psychic Inception and 18 levels in Psychic to True Mind Swap with it. This is better used on the Tarrasque or something of comparable power however.