Mesmerized

Condition Severity: Moderate

   Your attention has been seized by an enemy. You can meet his gaze unflinchingly, or open yourself up to his attacks.

Effects

• At the start of your turn, you must choose to either meet the gaze of the creature who Mesmerized you, or tear your attention away, exposing yourself to harm.
• Meet its gaze:

• You expend your standard action meeting the gaze of your aggressor. You may only take a move action and a swift action during your turn.

• Look away:

• You are vulnerable to all attacks made against you by the creature which mesmerized you, meaning you take 50% more damage than the attack would normally deal.
• Because you are avoiding the gaze of the creature, any attacks you make grant the creature Total Concealment (you miss on a Natural 12 or less). Your attacks against other creatures do not suffer this miss chance.
• You have your normal allotment of actions for the round (Standard, Move and Swift).

Ended By

If the ability, trap, or effect description includes specific directions for how the condition is ended, then that is the primary means of ending this condition. In many cases, it is the only way to end the condition. If nothing is specifically listed for ending the condition, then the following methods can be used to end it, instead:

• Mesmerized is ended when the creature who inflicted it upon you is slain.
• Alternatively, if you can break line of sight and line of effect from the creature which mesmerized you for 1 full round, the Mesmerized condition ends.
• If not cleared, Mesmerized automatically ends at the end of the encounter.

Array

Distracted → Mesmerized → Fascinated