Can you interrupt a Psionic Manifestation (power) as a readied action?

[FlufferNutterEater]

a) If the psionic power has a display?
b) If the psionic power's display(s) have been suppressed?

The question is, can a PC that suspects/knows the enemy uses Psionics "ready an interrupt" action vs. a psionic power (like you can "ready" to interrupt a spell)?

Or is this yet another way Psionics has fewer drawbacks (apparantly) than spells?

 

[Piratecat]

As far as I know, yes. When the psion begins to concentrate, manifesting the ower, the readied actions would go off. In this regard it works just like interrupting a spellcaster.

 

[Spatula]

Yes. The presence of displays doesn't matter. A psionic power without displays is essentially the same as a spell-like ability, and a SLA provokes AoOs and can be interrupted.

 

[Timeboxer]

...although the one thing that you can't do is counterpsi -- that is, manifest a power to negate another power. Whether this is an advantage or disadvantage is probably up to you. Though you can always interrupt a power with a damaging spell and force a Concentration check.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

As the others say. He will let his guard down, after all (or even if not - if he casts defensively, he will have to concentrate). That should suffice to activate (it's practically like a spell-like ability).

 

[Thanee]

The only problem would be to actually notice that the power is being manifested (with display, that should be fairly obvious, but without?). That would probably not be automatic.

Bye
Thanee

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

No check is required to know that the psion is doing something, even without a display.

When a psion uses the Concentration skill, they look sort of like they're doing mental math and have a headache at the same time - the psychic grimace, if you will.

 

[Piratecat]

When a psion uses the Concentration skill, they look sort of like they're doing mental math and have a headache at the same time - the psychic grimace, if you will.

The "I have to make a doody" look.