Mantis Form (Su)

At 6th level, a Red Mantis assassin can transform into a blood-red giant praying mantis once per day as a standard action, as if using vermin shape IIUM (caster level equals her class level). In addition to the normal adjustments to Strength, Dexterity, and natural armor provided by this spell effect, she gains the giant mantis’s darkvision 60 feet; its grab ability; and its lunge, mandibles, and sudden strike extraordinary abilities, but not its immunity to mind-affecting effects or its racial modifiers to Perception and Stealth. If she wields a magical sawtooth sabre in her hand when she transforms, the magical enhancements on that weapon apply to her corresponding claw attack—if she wields two of them, then the enhancements each apply to their respective Red Mantis Red Mantis claw attacks. As she gains levels, her mantis form gains additional powers, as detailed below.