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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LazarusLong42" data-source="post: 1732391" data-attributes="member: 9620">I have to jump in on the side of 'viable' here.  I mean, I can even come up with a good backstory:The character in question is the son of a noble, and in fact his only heir; his wife died in childbirth while having X and, grieving his loss, he would not allow the doctors to take the child away "for its own good."  The noble bought his child a hand of the mage early in life, allowing the child to learn to manipulate at least small objects.  Although he couldn't lift heavy objects or learn to use a sword, he could still wipe his own butt, and learned to perform fine motor tasks relatively well with his feet.As he grew up, his father tried to shield him from the ridicule of the other children, but that shielding could only ever go so far.  X slowly realized, though, that his mind was more than a match for the brawn of other children, and he honed his psionic abilities slowly, hurting the bullies himself, or turning them against each other.Even as an adult, after inheriting his manor, the other lords and ladies found him repugnant--he was barely welcome at court, and those who were there would look away when he was around.  And his mind slowly turned to revenge.-----------Wow, that took all of ten minutes... I could probably do better.  The character's plenty viable.  Sure, -8 or -12 to a bunch of skills, auto-fail a bunch of other skills, but I'd give him +4 to Balance, +4 vs Bull Rush (bull rush does not require arms; it has everything to do with leg strength), and let him make the somatic components work with his feet.  (I can't remember if psionics has S components).He'll never be a rogue, but he makes a good psion or sorcerer.  Perhaps even a bard.</blockquote>

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