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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9231227" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Why is this telling? <em>Psychic</em> has a very specific meaning in the Babylon 5 universe in ways that are incompatible with the Shadows. This is a very specific worldbuilding detail.</p><p></p><p>And I don't think that all B5 psychics are GOOlocks. Just Lyta Alexander and possibly Bester. Talia Winters, for example, I'd say is best represented by a Soulknife; she can make psychic attacks but they aren't that strong and most of what she does is skill based. And the Mimbari psychics we see I'd call Aberrant Minds.</p><p></p><p>And Great Old Ones aren't all Cthulhu; although Great Cthulhu is mentioned by name in the GOOlock suggested patrons section there are others; the exact quote is:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Entities of this type include Ghaunadar, called That Which Lurks; Tharizdun, the Chained God; Dendar, the Night Serpent; Zargon, the Returner; Great Cthulhu; and other unfathomable beings.</em></p><p>And the Shadows I would say are more like The Elder Eye, the Night Serpent or the One Who Wants to Drown The World In Ooze than they are Cthulhu.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to try to make her a PC then she's definitely a GOOlock. But one of the key things about warlocks is that they are much more unique than members of other classes because of their invocations.</p><p></p><p>For Bester I can't agree. If you're going for an orthodox caster I could be sold on Aberrant Mind Sorcerer. He's good at convincing people to do what he wants - but is much better at deception than diplomacy. He just hasn't trained diplomacy, considering non-psis beneath him - but he has incredible force of personality and skill at intimidation; he's just not itnerested in being liked. And I really don't see him as a magical researcher or able to switch up his spell list. (I just think the mix of at will abilities and being able to bring some really big guns probably works better).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 9231227, member: 87792"] Why is this telling? [I]Psychic[/I] has a very specific meaning in the Babylon 5 universe in ways that are incompatible with the Shadows. This is a very specific worldbuilding detail. And I don't think that all B5 psychics are GOOlocks. Just Lyta Alexander and possibly Bester. Talia Winters, for example, I'd say is best represented by a Soulknife; she can make psychic attacks but they aren't that strong and most of what she does is skill based. And the Mimbari psychics we see I'd call Aberrant Minds. And Great Old Ones aren't all Cthulhu; although Great Cthulhu is mentioned by name in the GOOlock suggested patrons section there are others; the exact quote is: [INDENT][I]Entities of this type include Ghaunadar, called That Which Lurks; Tharizdun, the Chained God; Dendar, the Night Serpent; Zargon, the Returner; Great Cthulhu; and other unfathomable beings.[/I][/INDENT] And the Shadows I would say are more like The Elder Eye, the Night Serpent or the One Who Wants to Drown The World In Ooze than they are Cthulhu. If you're going to try to make her a PC then she's definitely a GOOlock. But one of the key things about warlocks is that they are much more unique than members of other classes because of their invocations. For Bester I can't agree. If you're going for an orthodox caster I could be sold on Aberrant Mind Sorcerer. He's good at convincing people to do what he wants - but is much better at deception than diplomacy. He just hasn't trained diplomacy, considering non-psis beneath him - but he has incredible force of personality and skill at intimidation; he's just not itnerested in being liked. And I really don't see him as a magical researcher or able to switch up his spell list. (I just think the mix of at will abilities and being able to bring some really big guns probably works better). [/QUOTE]
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