Purge the Body of Sediment

Cultivation

Physical Purification

Level

1

Rivers bring sediment; this is unavoidable. But the river of Heaven brings the sediment that forms its banks, while the river of red dust brings only trash that clogs its flow.

Upon taking this feat, you gain no benefits. To gain its benefits, you must spend 8 hours a day for at least 60 days undergoing breathing practice. During this time you may not engage in other strenuous activity. The practice does not need to be continuous; however the final five days must be continuous, and the whole process can not be spread out for more than a year. At the end of the process you must attempt a DC 20 Fortitude save. By burning focusing incense during the last five days that costs no less than 500 gp, you may reduce the save DC to 15.

Failure deals 1d6 Wisdom damage and the attempt is wasted (you may make a new attempt at any time by repeating the purification ritual, including paying the price again, if any).

By doubling the amount of time and/or wealth required, the DC of the save can be lowered by 2 per doubling (you may not double the wealth required if you are not using incense to begin with). This doubling, unlike most Pathfinder doubling, is exponential (doubling twice results in a fourfold increase, not a threefold increase).

You may also increase the HD of your Heart Demon by 1d3 and the Heart Demon’s minimum HD by 1 to gain the benefits immediately, with no check or preparation required.

During the last five days you emit a fine-grained silt made of countless microscopic insects with every breath, and from the corners of your eyes. On success, you violently cough for an hour until you breathe out a cloud of dust the size of a small barn that disperses with the wind. Afterwards, you spasm violently for a few minutes as every limb alternately goes hot and cold.

You gain the following benefits:

You gain a +2 competence bonus to Will saves; if your base Will save was Poor, it becomes Good instead (you do not gain the competence bonus in this case).

You ignore the effects of thin air, choking smoke, and foul or dust-laden air. You gain a +2 bonus on saving throws against inhaled effects, and on concentration checks made to keep your composure. You also can hold your breath for five times as long.

In addition, your breathing is silent and even; you never gasp, pant, wheeze, hiccup, snore, or yawn against your will. Smoke and stench and dust no longer make you cough or gag. You are immune to dizziness, vertigo, and motion sickness, and you may sit in stillness for a full day without a limb falling asleep. Your sleep is always perfect and you never wake up in the middle of the night unless you want to. Also, food and drink taste better.

You can now feel an empty qi channel in your lower abdomen. Connecting it will allow you to transcend the realm of physical purification.