Psionic disguise self?


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Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

Is there anything equivalent to or that would have similar utility to the spell disguise self?


Disguise Self is on the psionic spell list.

What exactly are you asking here? Would a Hat of Disguise help?


Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

That's the psychic spell list, which is the answer to a slightly different question.

Liberty's Edge

So far as 'official' Pathfinder rules are concerned, Psychic spells ARE psionics.

For third party, Dreamscarred Press is the most common source / most in line with earlier AD&D psionics. From there it somewhat depends on what you are looking for. The Everyman, Chameleon, and Minor Metamorphosis powers are likely closest.


Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

So it's looking like a big fat no.

Silver Crusade


Metamorphosis, Minor
is like Alter Self plus Disguise Self.


Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

I was looking for something illusory.

Liberty's Edge

No, old style psionics didn't include actual illusions at all.

You might be able to rework Cloud Mind to simulate how those psionics would handle a 'Disguise Self' type effect.


I would go with No...
An illusion is around you to change your appearance, so Chameleon and things that change you physically would work.

Psionic is about placing a image in the mind of others, which is were most games get things wrong at this point. They get it wrong as they think it along the lines of magic and it is not. So direct attacks work but how many minds can on effect then becomes the real issue. Psionics would be more like professor-X or the Jedi Mind trick.


The only "illusions" that psionic powers have are those in the minds of targets of the power, which limits their effectiveness for things like Disguise Self or Invisibility. Psionic powers are much more effective in physically altering the manifester in ways that can work similarly as Disguise Self.


Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

Disguise self is a glamer, and therefore allows a saving throw when you interact with it. So I didn't see a problem with a metacreativity or telepathic version.

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