Medium

Medium

(Class)

Region

Any

Races

Any

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Iconic character

Erasmus

Images of mediums

Source: Occult Adventures, pg(s). 30

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Pathfinder First Edition content This article covers a class that is relevant to the Pathfinder campaign setting only in the context of the first edition of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

The bodies of mediums act as vessels for astral entities, including spirits of the dead. Mediums channel these spirits through ritualistic seances and can grant spirits even greater influence over their bodies by going into a trance. They are often confused with necromancers or undead-possessed people due to their links to the deceased, and dismissed by arcane and divine scholars due to the prevalence of fraudulent mediums.

Regions

Mediums are widely misunderstood on Golarion, and outright persecuted in Ustalav and Mendev for fears that mediums' psychic powers are drawn from evil sources.

One exception is Nex, which prizes mediums for their ability to channel the nation's namesake archmage. Likewise, mediums are hated and hunted in Geb in fear of the medium potentially being an agent of Nex.

Ulfen and Varisians both have strong traditions of storytelling and view mediums as capable of bringing their legends to life. Among samsarans, ghorans, and other races and societies that believe in reincarnation, mediums are important conduits of communication with past lives and spirits.

Nexian channelers

Even though the archmage Nex simply disappeared, he created an astral reflection capable of serving the same role as a channelable spirit. Such mediums are renowned for mastering their third eye and gaining access to fragments of Nex's powers.

Notable mediums

See also: Category:Mediums

• Aspexia Wintrish, co-leader of the Council of Thieves
• Bakten Shengrah, Pathfinder Society venture-captain in New Oppara
• Prince Carrius II, heir and briefly emperor of Taldor

References

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