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The Empath: a leaderish build for the Psion
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<blockquote data-quote="DevP" data-source="post: 5376000" data-attributes="member: 84571"><p>My goal: create a Disciple Focus that allows it to perform minor healing and ranged Leader support while sticking mostly to its controller role.</p><p></p><p>(On the other hand, I'm happy to minimize the amount of custom work or content creation necessary. It will be mostly a drift from the telepathic psion.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Discipline Focus: Empathy</strong></p><p></p><p>As an empathic psion, you are somewhere between the telepathic psion and the euphoric ardent. You wield a calm mastery of the mind, but dare to tap into the emotional maelstrom around you.</p><p></p><p>You gain Sense Aura and Empathic Surge.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sense Aura * Encounter * Free Action</strong></p><p><strong>Target</strong>: One Creature * <strong>Ranged</strong> 20</p><p><strong>Attack</strong>: Arcana vs Will or Custom DC</p><p><strong>Hit:</strong> You can perceive the target's emotional state. A target consciously hiding their emotions will incur a more difficult DC. Success here may provide a bonus to a followup skill roll.</p><p></p><p><strong>Empathic Surge * Encounter * Minor Action</strong></p><p><strong>Target</strong>: One ally; must be conscious. * <strong>Close Burst</strong> 5</p><p><strong>Effect:</strong> Target may spend a healing surge.</p><p>(TODO: scale this power at 15th level?)</p><p></p><p><strong>Possible powers:</strong> we can alter existing powers to give them a more leader-y feel. Suggestions:</p><p></p><p><em>Force Shield</em> Like "Force Shard", but the shard provides +1 AC to allies instead of charming enemies.</p><p></p><p><em>Memory Splice</em> Like "Memory Hole", but granting invisibility to an ally instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DevP, post: 5376000, member: 84571"] My goal: create a Disciple Focus that allows it to perform minor healing and ranged Leader support while sticking mostly to its controller role. (On the other hand, I'm happy to minimize the amount of custom work or content creation necessary. It will be mostly a drift from the telepathic psion.) [B]Discipline Focus: Empathy[/B] As an empathic psion, you are somewhere between the telepathic psion and the euphoric ardent. You wield a calm mastery of the mind, but dare to tap into the emotional maelstrom around you. You gain Sense Aura and Empathic Surge. [B]Sense Aura * Encounter * Free Action[/B] [B]Target[/B]: One Creature * [B]Ranged[/B] 20 [B]Attack[/B]: Arcana vs Will or Custom DC [B]Hit:[/B] You can perceive the target's emotional state. A target consciously hiding their emotions will incur a more difficult DC. Success here may provide a bonus to a followup skill roll. [B]Empathic Surge * Encounter * Minor Action[/B] [B]Target[/B]: One ally; must be conscious. * [B]Close Burst[/B] 5 [B]Effect:[/B] Target may spend a healing surge. (TODO: scale this power at 15th level?) [B]Possible powers:[/B] we can alter existing powers to give them a more leader-y feel. Suggestions: [I]Force Shield[/I] Like "Force Shard", but the shard provides +1 AC to allies instead of charming enemies. [I]Memory Splice[/i] Like "Memory Hole", but granting invisibility to an ally instead. [/QUOTE]
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