Improved Mind Mantle - Alhoon

This spell creates a cloaking web of random mental impulses that screens the mind of a single protected being against all mind reading and influencing spells of 5th level or less (wizard school of enchantment/charm magics and priest spells of the charm sphere). The creature is also immune to magical item effects that duplicate the aforementioned spells, and to all psionic telepathic devotions.

Psionic telepathic sciences (such as the five commonly-known psionic attack forms) can affect a being protected by an improved mind mantle, but their contact cost is doubled. Also, if the protected being is psionic and uses ejection (a telepathic science) to force away a psionic attacker, no side effects are suffered.

The mantle-wearer is also protected against all telepathic attack modes (ego whip, id insinuation, mind thrust, psionic blast, and psychic crush) as follows: no “power score” effects are possible against the mantle-wearer, and the initial costs of these attacks are doubled when used against the mantle-wearer. In other words, unless the psionic attacker knows of the protection and doubles the psionic strength points (PSPs) used in the attack, the initial attack fails.

An improved mind mantle is invisible, and is unaffected by subsequent spellcasting on the part of a protected being (which also won't affect it). The caster can end it instantly by silent act of will, and a dispel magic spell will also destroy it.

Notes: Restricted to alhoon (undead illithids); common.