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<blockquote data-quote="AdmundfortGeographer" data-source="post: 1293516" data-attributes="member: 4682"><p><strong>ueen</strong></p><p></p><p>Thanks for the thoughts on this. It looks like I'm not the only one who sees some unclarity in the ability. Understandably, IMO, because of the general aversion of D&D'ers to anything that smacks of blending <em>psionic-like</em> abilities with magic.</p><p></p><p>With my research on the Telepathy [Su] ability, I looked up other creatures with the same ability. The Formian Queen seems to be an important creature to consider, a creature that has no movement ability. From the Formian Queen flavor text, </p><p></p><p> "<em>The formian queen sits at the center of the hive-city, her bloated form never moving from the royal chamber. She is served and guarded by the most loyal myrmarchs.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em> "The formian queen cannot move. With her telepathic abilities, though, she can send instructions to and get reports from any formian within her range.</em>"</p><p></p><p>The Formian Queen's <strong>Telepathy (Su)</strong> ability reads thusly, "<em><strong>Telepathy (Su):</strong> The queen can communicate telepathically with any intelligent creature within 50 miles whose presence she is aware of.</em>"</p><p></p><p>"Whose presence she is aware of" introduces an amount of uncertainty for those seeking clarity on what the general Telepathy ability is meant to do. But if the flavor text states she can send and receive reports (within range) from her servants who do not have Telepathy, does this mean that it should work the same for all other creatures with Telepathy? Why, or why not?</p><p></p><p>If the Formian Queen doesn't leave her chambers, how is she ever <u>aware</u> of her servants' presence for her to communicate with?</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the rest of you can recognize why I'm wrestling with the meenlock's telepathy and rend mind. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Eric Anondson</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdmundfortGeographer, post: 1293516, member: 4682"] [b]ueen[/b] Thanks for the thoughts on this. It looks like I'm not the only one who sees some unclarity in the ability. Understandably, IMO, because of the general aversion of D&D'ers to anything that smacks of blending [i]psionic-like[/i] abilities with magic. With my research on the Telepathy [Su] ability, I looked up other creatures with the same ability. The Formian Queen seems to be an important creature to consider, a creature that has no movement ability. From the Formian Queen flavor text, "[i]The formian queen sits at the center of the hive-city, her bloated form never moving from the royal chamber. She is served and guarded by the most loyal myrmarchs. "The formian queen cannot move. With her telepathic abilities, though, she can send instructions to and get reports from any formian within her range.[/i]" The Formian Queen's [b]Telepathy (Su)[/b] ability reads thusly, "[i][b]Telepathy (Su):[/b] The queen can communicate telepathically with any intelligent creature within 50 miles whose presence she is aware of.[/i]" "Whose presence she is aware of" introduces an amount of uncertainty for those seeking clarity on what the general Telepathy ability is meant to do. But if the flavor text states she can send and receive reports (within range) from her servants who do not have Telepathy, does this mean that it should work the same for all other creatures with Telepathy? Why, or why not? If the Formian Queen doesn't leave her chambers, how is she ever [u]aware[/u] of her servants' presence for her to communicate with? Hopefully the rest of you can recognize why I'm wrestling with the meenlock's telepathy and rend mind. :) Regards, Eric Anondson [/QUOTE]
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