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  1. Michael Tree

    My psionics house rules for the XPH

    I've been tinkering with some ideas for the psionic equivalents of spell focus and spell penetration, tailored to not require expending focus. Here's what I've come up with: Discipline Endowment [Psionic] You can use meditation to focus your powers in a discipline you choose. Prerequisites...
  2. Michael Tree

    looking for psionic rules that don't look like spells

    The product's page is here. It has some sneak peeks inside the book, and links to a couple of reviews.
  3. Michael Tree

    looking for psionic rules that don't look like spells

    The Psychic's Handbook by Green Ronin is almost exactly what you're looking for. It's a skills and feats system, somewhat like the Star Wars Force system. It's simple, and really focuses on the archetypal psychic powers you've mentioned. The powers scale naturally, by buying more ranks in the...
  4. Michael Tree

    My psionics house rules for the XPH

    I just wrote up my house rule for Dominate Dominate, Psionic Add the following Augmentations. 4. If you spend 2 additional power points, this power’s duration against humanoids increases to 1 day/level. 5. If you spend 6 additional power points, this power gains the benefit of augment...
  5. Michael Tree

    My psionics house rules for the XPH

    I'm definitely like this idea, but your suggestion still is overly weak compared to the magical versions. Besides, for combat purposes there's very little difference between 1 hour, 1 day, and 1 day/level. Chances are the thing you dominate will be killed in the first fight or two you use it...
  6. Michael Tree

    My psionics house rules for the XPH

    If you don't mind driving almost an hour, Beyond Books just across the DE border has copies. :D I guess that would be a FGS, not a FLGS.
  7. Michael Tree

    Your favorite "jump scenes"

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bilbo grasping for the ring in Fellowship of the Ring. From TV, there's one in the Buffy episode Conversations with Dead People. Dawn is being haunted by... something, and they do a full pan through the room, and then you suddenly realize that her mother...
  8. Michael Tree

    D&D rules don't do books?

    I read a few of the original Conan stories a little while ago. I was amazed at just how well the D&D armor class system emulated the feel of the stories. Regularly conan was saved from his injury by blows deflecting off his armor, helmet, and so on. They weren't partially stopped by his...
  9. Michael Tree

    Celtic Dreams

    Eofyn didn't ask them for their names. He asked what we could call them. There's a huge difference, mythologically. Admittedly it was a somewhat reckless for him to give his own name, but it would be impolite to ask them what he might call them without introducing himself first.
  10. Michael Tree

    Celtic Dreams

    (For the sake of convenience, lets say that we already know each other. As a youth, Eofyn was fostered in the tribe you all are from and fought as a part of this warband, before returning home several years ago.) With his otherworldly sight, Eofyn sees the Sidhe in all their terrible glory. He...
  11. Michael Tree

    PC race with a +2 Cha?

    One of the Nezumi (ratling) sub-races in the Rokugan setting has a +2 Charisma. Aside from that and the Star Elf, I can't think of anything.
  12. Michael Tree

    Legacy of Ebonring Keep PC's

    (Here's the stats. Character background to follow as soon as I crystalize it.) Amon-Tol El-Adan Medium Giant Greenbond 1 / Wolf Totem Warrior 1 Hit Dice: 1d10+1d6+4 (20 hp), dying/dead -3/-15 Hit Dice (in Chi-Julud): 24 hp, dying/dead -5/-18 Initiative: -1 Speed: 40 ft. Armor Class: 14 (Dex...
  13. Michael Tree

    Legacy of Ebonring Keep (Full)

    My Character's up on the other board. (I accidentally posted it here first)
  14. Michael Tree

    "Players Roll all the Dice" and M&M

    Of all the new variants in Unearthed Arcana, the simple "players roll all the dice" is my favorite, especially as a GM. How would that work in Mutants and Masterminds? Players already roll their damage save vs. the power of the attack, but how could I reverse that so that they roll a attack...
  15. Michael Tree

    [EN World Book Club] The Anubis Gates [April 2004 Selection]

    I'm still in the middle of reading it. I'll probably post next weekend.
  16. Michael Tree

    divine spontaneous caster questions

    They don't get domain slots at all, but they do get one extra spell/day at each level. For spontaneous clerics it works out to be the same number of spells/day, but spontaneous druids end up with more spell/day. Since spontaneous clerics add their domain spells to their "spells known" they can...
  17. Michael Tree

    Bane Weapon spell?

    Right. I knew it had something to do with drow. :) Thanks!
  18. Michael Tree

    Celtic Dreams

    On the fifth day of his journey, Eofyn hears the sounds of battle, as heroes battle misshapen formori around a despoiled farmstead: Eofyn strides forward toward the farmstead, to see the battle laid out before him. He does not hide his actions, but charges firmly toward the closest fomori with...
  19. Michael Tree

    Celtic Dreams

    In the morning of five days past, Eofyn awoke in his camp-tent, his kin and tribe-friends still asleep in their bedrolls, with a vision aching at the edge of his sight: A powerful young mare, her coat shining moon-silver, stood in a forest glade, her limbs strong and lithe, her head proud and...
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