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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 140215" data-attributes="member: 707">Well, it seems like several others believe differently than I do.&nbsp; Since this is really not a rule question, but a matter of how a particular DM would adjudicate it, I'll make a last comment, then let the others discuss the finer points of the opposing view.I still stand by the view that a trapped psion does not have the capability to affect the outside world with his psionic powers.&nbsp; He's not trapped in his own psicrystal but rather a spell focus, so his psicrystal's powers and abilities (and the psion's own feats such as Improved Psicrystal) are moot.&nbsp; And even if he were trapped in his own psicrystal, being Magic Jar'd isn't the same as having his mind simply put in a box.&nbsp; I liken it to being placed in a bag of holding.&nbsp; The spirit is present, but has no connection to the surrounding world.&nbsp; As such, it can't simply start firing off psionic powers blindly, any more than a wizard could use a silent dimension door to move the crystal he's trapped in.But that's all IMO, of course.&nbsp; Having said that, I'll take my leave. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 140215, member: 707"] Well, it seems like several others believe differently than I do. Since this is really not a rule question, but a matter of how a particular DM would adjudicate it, I'll make a last comment, then let the others discuss the finer points of the opposing view. I still stand by the view that a trapped psion does not have the capability to affect the outside world with his psionic powers. He's not trapped in [i]his own psicrystal[/i] but rather a spell focus, so his psicrystal's powers and abilities (and the psion's own feats such as Improved Psicrystal) are moot. And even if he [i]were[/i] trapped in his own psicrystal, being [i]Magic Jar[/i]'d isn't the same as having his mind simply put in a box. I liken it to being placed in a [i]bag of holding[/i]. The spirit is present, but has no connection to the surrounding world. As such, it can't simply start firing off psionic powers blindly, any more than a wizard could use a [i]silent dimension door[/i] to move the crystal he's trapped in. But that's all IMO, of course. Having said that, I'll take my leave. :) [/QUOTE]

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