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I’m thinking that in many campaigns, having undead around, even chained in a cell, would have consequences. Nature spirits would avoid the area. Disease and decay would increase. Misfortune would increase. None of that is written in to the spell as a consequence. Nevertheless, such...

So, this has all gotten me thinking about Wisdom as the base stat for perception. Wouldn't Charisma be a better fit? Charisma is in part projection and in part perception. Having a character spot "opportunities" (Perception) faster than they can decide if availing themselves of that...

Merry and Pippin would seem to be burglars. They weren’t particularly brave or wise. Frodo had the advantage of Gandalf’s tutelage, as well as a rather more learned upbringing. Samwise is the only one who seems to have exuded wisdom. But, his class seems to have been “stalwart companion”...

There are Kitsune. Perhaps too niche, though. TomB

While none too common, hound archons are very cool - IMHO. TomB

I'm thinking Picard was needed because of what comes after. And possibly, "speaking to Picard" was just our limited comprehension of "borg multi-temporal non-linear communication". (I just made that up.) The queen implies in other borg stories that there are deeper ways of perceiving time...

I don't think most campaigns would allow either Firbolg or Gith. They would be hard to fit into most campaign worlds. And players would ultimately be disappointed if they were, as they would lose most of their strengths (which, I admit, would be unbalancing). Shifters suffered in 3.5E from a...

That theater space in the bottom rear looks great for a hover bay. Hovercraft don't need a flight deck, they need a ramp down to the water, like a marine assault ship, or a whaling ship. All those decks with cabins lining the exterior seem great as drone berths. They each would have a...

How literally should “you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of the weapon” be taken? Can the weapon attack a creature that is within 5’ but is behind a thick glass pane? What happens if the caster can barely see the creature, but has positioned the weapon such that...

Here is a good thread that suggests 1.5 lbs/day plus or minus 0.5 pounds/day. https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/66734/ You’ll need to specify an effort level and fitness. People can survive a long time on fat and muscle: On the other hand, for strenuous activity in cold weather...

Two points: (1) With what can be done with software, this seems a missed opportunity. I'm thinking of an application which presents a potential opponent, which has the full internal crunch for the creature, and which has several different views of that crunch. Each view would be tailored to a...

As far as I know, ceasing to publish copyright material does nothing to put it in the public domain. Outside an actual release of the copyright, the copyright remains in effect. One of the copyright holder‘s rights is to not publish the material. See Welcome to the Public Domain for a good...

One of the differences is that Psionics doesn’t have Casting, in the sense of casting a spell in D&D. One concentrates and causes an effect. Perhaps there is a step to aid in concentration (say, as is shown with Vulcan mind melds.). There are at most simple requirements: touching an object to...

The thing is, there are different qualities of mechanics that can be invoked, and that does make a difference. For example, compare Niven‘s teleportation disks with basic D&D teleportation. Niven adds one magical step, then binds it to physics as much as possible. Conservation of energy and...

Musing on psionics in various books, movies, and TV shows ... The Vulcans, and Betazoids in Star Trek, and the Empath ("The Empath"). Also, the Telosians ("Menagerie", "The Cage"). I'm not sure what to make of the Medusan's madness effect, or whether to consider as psionic Gary and Elizabeth's...

Except, the fluff matters! The character wasn't just imbued with psionic power: The character was imbued with psionic power by a surgical procedure. There might be in-game consequences to the fluff: Scars from the surgery. Side effects, such as head-aches, occasional black outs, or tremors...

Nod. My sense is that "ESP" was taken seriously as a possible actual ability until about the middle of the 20'th century. (Does anyone have a more concrete sense of this? I'm going by memory of things read and vaguely remembered.) TomB

There seems to be a difference in that "scientific" psionics describes both the mechanism and the effects with scientific terminology. Also, psionic abilities and effects can be created and amplified by technology: Alien experiments can imbue you with a particular psionic ability. An exotic...

I’d rather prefer that psionics not be a skinning of existing classes. For me, the use of pseudoscience and the psycho babble gave psionics a distinct feel. Those also tied psionics into different literary tropes. Different abilities result. I don’t mind much if a class chassis or spell...

I prefer the 1e pseudo-science and early 20th century psychbabble lingo feel. With spell points. I don’t mind if there is overlap with some magical abilities. The campaign is was in several years ago use the 3.5E psionics (updated) and we liked it a lot. TomB