====== Empathy (Talent) ======
===== Empathy (Wis) =====
You can sense the emotional states of other creatures.

**Requirements:** [[telepathy_feat|Telepathy]] feat, can be used untrained

**Check:** An Empathy check allows you to determine the emotional state of the subject. The target gets to make a Will save to resist your attempt. Whether you succeed or fail, the subject does not know that you are reading his emotions. If the target’s save fails, you get a general idea of his emotions and mood. This grants you a psionic bonus on the next skill check you make against the subject within the next 10 rounds (1 minute) using any of the following interaction skills: [[bluff_skill|Bluff]], [[diplomacy_skill|Diplomacy]], [[handle_animal_skill|Handle Animal]], [[intimidate_skill|Intimidate]], [[perform_skill|Perform]], or [[sense_motive_skill|Sense Motive]].
|**Result**|**Bonus on Interaction Skills**|
|Up to 4|+1|
|5–14|+2|
|15–24|+3|
|25–34|+4|
|35+|+5|

**Retry:** You can only use Empathy on a subject once during the same encounter or scene.

**Special:** You can take 10 when making an Empathy check, but you can’t take 20.

**Time:** Empathy is a free action. The bonus lasts 10 rounds (1 minute) or until you make an interaction skill check against the target.

**Strain:** 1. 
{{tag>psi telepathy wisbased}}