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<blockquote data-quote="HeavyG" data-source="post: 177055" data-attributes="member: 431">Re: easy..No.&nbsp; When you're fighting a psion and he manifests a power (ditto with any spell-like ability), your character doesn't say &quot;Mmm, he's manifesting, l337&quot; and strikes.&nbsp; It's just that the act of manifesting means he's not concentrating on defense so you get an AoO.&nbsp; Your character doesn't necessarily knows if the other guy's 'casting', just that he gets an opening and takes it.However, to ready an action would require a visible action.For example, you can't ready an action to strike a guy if he thinks nasty thoughts.And it would seem to me that manifesting powers is not detectable visually because you can do it while magically held.However, you could always rule that as soon as the psion starts manifesting, the power's displays start happening too, which would let you ready an action against it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavyG, post: 177055, member: 431"] [b]Re: easy..[/b] No. When you're fighting a psion and he manifests a power (ditto with any spell-like ability), your character doesn't say "Mmm, he's manifesting, l337" and strikes. It's just that the act of manifesting means he's not concentrating on defense so you get an AoO. Your character doesn't necessarily knows if the other guy's 'casting', just that he gets an opening and takes it. However, to ready an action would require a visible action. For example, you can't ready an action to strike a guy if he thinks nasty thoughts. And it would seem to me that manifesting powers is not detectable visually because you can do it while magically held. However, you could always rule that as soon as the psion starts manifesting, the power's displays start happening too, which would let you ready an action against it. [/QUOTE]

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