Domain:
Level: Mesmerist: 1; Psychic: 1
Components: V
Casting time: 1 round
Range: touch
Duration: 1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throws: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: yes (harmless)
Target: living creature touched
Description: Replace surface thoughts with a mental echo.
When you cast this spell, you establish a mental echo of up to 25 words. Any attempt to read the surface thoughts of the target creature reads only this mental echo unless the caster succeeds at a caster level check (DC = 11 + your caster level). If you cast thought echo on yourself, the DC is instead equal to 15 + your caster level. In addition, when casting this spell upon yourself, you can change the echoed thoughts by taking a standard action and concentrating.
Each time you change the words echoed by the spell in this way, you reduce the spell's remaining duration by 1 minute. Thought echo does not interfere with telepathy or mind reading effects that are capable of reaching thoughts deeper than surface thoughts.