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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1641674" data-attributes="member: 177">Okay, by strict reading - the telepathy power says that the creature can communicate with others.&nbsp; Note, that is &quot;with&quot;, not &quot;to&quot;.&nbsp; If I speak to you, I say words at you.&nbsp; If I speak with you, we have a conversation back and forth.&nbsp; Seems to me that the communication is supposed to be two-way.Couple that with the flavor text about reading minds, and you've got a case for two-way communication.&nbsp; The counter, though, is that being able to read minds willy-nilly, without saving throws or the like, is really powerful stuff.&nbsp; The couatl may be a bit misleading.&nbsp; It seems that the thing that makes a couatl distinct is not that the communication is two-way, but that the communicating creatures don't need to share a language.&nbsp; The couatl can communicate with anything.&nbsp; The pseudodragon is limited to those who can speak Common or Sylvan.In the end, the question is - how do you want it to work?&nbsp; If you want two-way telepathy, you may want to limit the pseudodragon to reading those thoughts that are intended as communication to it, rather than allowing it to fully read the mind of another as if it were an open book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1641674, member: 177"] Okay, by strict reading - the telepathy power says that the creature can communicate with others. Note, that is "with", not "to". If I speak [i]to[/i] you, I say words at you. If I speak [i]with[/i] you, we have a conversation back and forth. Seems to me that the communication is supposed to be two-way. Couple that with the flavor text about reading minds, and you've got a case for two-way communication. The counter, though, is that being able to read minds willy-nilly, without saving throws or the like, is really powerful stuff. The couatl may be a bit misleading. It seems that the thing that makes a couatl distinct is not that the communication is two-way, but that the communicating creatures don't need to share a language. The couatl can communicate with anything. The pseudodragon is limited to those who can speak Common or Sylvan. In the end, the question is - how do you want it to work? If you want two-way telepathy, you may want to limit the pseudodragon to reading those thoughts that are intended as communication to it, rather than allowing it to fully read the mind of another as if it were an open book. [/QUOTE]

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