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<blockquote data-quote="Nevvur" data-source="post: 7550367" data-attributes="member: 6783882"><p>I'd lean toward permissiveness on this one, but that's mostly because I wouldn't expect it to be used with great frequency, because I wouldn't let it imbalance social game play. A key point [MENTION=6801845]Oofta[/MENTION] makes is that telepathy is a known phenomenon in most settings, and many of its users have evil reputations in my particular homebrew. When an NPC suddenly hears an unbidden voice in their mind, the most common response is extreme suspicion that a hostile agent is in the vicinity, not that something is wrong with their own head. There's a fair chance telepathy could autofail a social ability check. It varies, though. A country bumpkin is much more likely to be susceptible to this form of chicanery than an archmage.</p><p></p><p>I would rule that deception and performance checks are fine, but the 'sound' is definitely in their head. One couldn't project an illusion like a thrown voice, such as a captain calling a guard away from his post, or trick someone into believing a person they look at is speaking when their lips aren't moving. Just doesn't jive with how I conceive of the ability operating from a narrative point of view.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nevvur, post: 7550367, member: 6783882"] I'd lean toward permissiveness on this one, but that's mostly because I wouldn't expect it to be used with great frequency, because I wouldn't let it imbalance social game play. A key point [MENTION=6801845]Oofta[/MENTION] makes is that telepathy is a known phenomenon in most settings, and many of its users have evil reputations in my particular homebrew. When an NPC suddenly hears an unbidden voice in their mind, the most common response is extreme suspicion that a hostile agent is in the vicinity, not that something is wrong with their own head. There's a fair chance telepathy could autofail a social ability check. It varies, though. A country bumpkin is much more likely to be susceptible to this form of chicanery than an archmage. I would rule that deception and performance checks are fine, but the 'sound' is definitely in their head. One couldn't project an illusion like a thrown voice, such as a captain calling a guard away from his post, or trick someone into believing a person they look at is speaking when their lips aren't moving. Just doesn't jive with how I conceive of the ability operating from a narrative point of view. [/QUOTE]
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