[OOC] Academy of Drell, Part II

novyet · Jun 18, 2002

Three more levels and then it's a race to see who'll smack the psicrystal around first!

Jeremy · Jun 18, 2002

"Dragons like to eat gems right? Shut up, bub, or you're lunch."

Lichtenhart · Jun 18, 2002

As one of the only two characters without a familiar or a psicristal I'm beginning to feel a little lonely. At least Keith has Charlotte!

Sorry, long time no post. One exam is gone, three to go.

A little question: are non-psi PC supposed to notice the displays and to know what they mean? Do they have to roll on psicraft? on spot?

Jeremy · Jun 18, 2002

Very smooth. Though it's "syllable".

I think?

Dalamar · Jun 18, 2002

A little question: are non-psi PC supposed to notice the displays and to know what they mean? Do they have to roll on psicraft? on spot?

As far as I know, everybody sees the displays from psionic powers and considering that psionics is very common in Drell, it would seem that anybody who saw them would know they mean psionics. But as psicraft is a trained only skill, I don't think everybody would know what powers are in question. It's the same thing as with spellcasting: you see somebody waving hands and chanting and throwing bat guano in the air and know that you're seeing a spellcaster, you just don't know what kind of spell is being cast.

Lichtenhart · Jun 19, 2002

Jeremy said:
Very smooth. Though it's "syllable". I think?

Poor roll on my English check. Thank you.

Zhure · Jun 19, 2002

Lichtenhart said:
As one of the only two characters without a familiar or a psicristal I'm beginning to feel a little lonely. At least Keith has Charlotte!

Sorry, long time no post. One exam is gone, three to go.

A little question: are non-psi PC supposed to notice the displays and to know what they mean? Do they have to roll on psicraft? on spot?

-Sixth level isn't so far away and Bards are one of the best characters to take Leadership. A level of Psion, Sorcerer or Wizard wouldn't be a complete waste and leads to a familiar/psicrystal. Since Victor is NG, one level of Druid could get an Animal Companion.

It's not much consolation, but at least Victor has healing spells and no one else does. (Lesser Body Adjustment isn't nearly as useful, even in conjunction with Empathic Transfer.)

- It's ok. We all get busy. It's been very hectic for me this week as well, so I've been paying far less attention than I normally do.

- Non-psionic characters can notice when they're within the effect range of the display. I.e., a 100' range for an auditory display, as detailed in the PsiHB. No Listen check is needed within the specified range. I tend to gloss over displays, but they're always there.

A psicraft roll is needed to determine which psionic effect is being used.

I also allow all displays to be customized, so unless the non-psionic PC sees one used over and over, there's no way other than having Psicraft of knowing what specific Power is being manifested. Even if a non-psionic observes the same Power being manifested multiple times, his knowledge only applies to that Power from that particular psionic character.

Zhure · Jun 19, 2002

Dalamar said:
As far as I know, everybody sees the displays from psionic powers and considering that psionics is very common in Drell, it would seem that anybody who saw them would know they mean psionics. But as psicraft is a trained only skill, I don't think everybody would know what powers are in question. It's the same thing as with spellcasting: you see somebody waving hands and chanting and throwing bat guano in the air and know that you're seeing a spellcaster, you just don't know what kind of spell is being cast.

Succinctly put and exactly correct.