TheAlkaizer
Game Designer
Hi!
One of my players is interested in playing a Kalashtar which is part of Eberron: Rising from the Last War. I'm entirely fine with it, but she asked some details regarding one of their feature: Mind Link.
The description is explicit concerning certain details, but I'm unsure of the ruling I want to make about it. It doesn't work exacly like the 8th level spell Telepathy, but I read a bit on debates over the spell. However, I'd be interested to see what are your opinions on it.
So, in the Eberron book, Mind Link feature has the following restrictions:
So here are my uncertainties:
One of my players is interested in playing a Kalashtar which is part of Eberron: Rising from the Last War. I'm entirely fine with it, but she asked some details regarding one of their feature: Mind Link.
The description is explicit concerning certain details, but I'm unsure of the ruling I want to make about it. It doesn't work exacly like the 8th level spell Telepathy, but I read a bit on debates over the spell. However, I'd be interested to see what are your opinions on it.
So, in the Eberron book, Mind Link feature has the following restrictions:
- You must see the creature.
- It must be within a certain range.
- The creature must be able to understand a language.
- You can give them the ability to answer back, but to do so the creature must be able to see you and be within range.
So here are my uncertainties:
- Hearing a voice in their head, obviously the creature knows it's being spoken to. But does it know who is speaking to it? Regarding Telepathy, I've seen plenty of debate on the internet and I kind of agree with the ruling that if they knew your voice or had met you before, they could recognize you. That opens the door to Deception rolls during the telepathic conversation which I like. But I'm curious to see what others think about this.
- The spell Telepathy has a verbal component, a somatic component and even uses materials. Do features have such components? Could a Kalashtar speak telepathically to someone within his sight while staying perfectly still?
- I'm also curious about the "to any creature you can see". English is not my mother tongue, so things might get lost in translation, but does this imply that you would have to be looking at the creature or that the creature should just be in your general view field? Could a Kalashtar telepathically speak to someone somewhere to his right because that person is somewhere in his peripheral vision?