Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 01-12-08, 06:07 PM	Hey, I'm just wondering, what's everyone's favorite psionic powers? Not necessarily the ones you like to use the most, but the ones that just sound awesome to you. Powers with style. Personally, I love baleful teleport and assimilate. The images these powers arouse in me are just awesome. They capture the feel that I like best about psionics. You just can't do this with arcane or divine.
Tedronai 01-12-08, 06:30 PM	Psionic Divination FTW No need to predict how many times you might need it in a day, instead able to adapt to the situation as it develops. Ask a question, get an answer. Not a 'yes'/'no' answer, but one or more sentences. Never lies, never wrong.
Subtle 01-12-08, 07:49 PM	Astral construct. Words cannot describe the versitality and fun this power offers. You can do just about anything with this
Salla 01-12-08, 08:25 PM	Direct damage may suck, but I loves me some Crystal Shard.
SkipSandwich 01-13-08, 12:43 AM	Astral Constuct + Anathemic Carapace, Charge + Power Attack + Smite followed by self destruct on the following turn = joy. Mind thrust is also very fun, as my DM has ruled that death versus mind thurst = jour head esplode! (okay, not really, but thier brains do leak out of thier head in a bloody gooey mess)
Slagger the Chuul 01-13-08, 11:07 AM	My single favourite for overall entertainment would have to be clairtangent hand. There's nothing quite like causing trouble from an unlimited safe distance. One of my favourites for pure style is cranial deluge. There is no better way to show off your mental powers than making someone's head explode.
Moosh Nailo 01-13-08, 03:37 PM	One of my favourites is Dimension Twister. It's just awesome! If a nasty is in your face, get it out of your way quick-like, with a rather nasty smack on the bottom. To add death to injury (potentially), warp the enemy off a cliff :D Or straight up. Or into a bonfire.
Lycanthromancer 01-13-08, 04:37 PM	I love powers with incredible versatility outside of their 'standard' use. Astral construct and psionic minor/major creation top the list, followed shortly by time hop. The more imaginative I can be with a power, the better I like it. I also like touchsight, especially if I can convince the DM that touchsight + Burrowing Power = XRAY VISION...
AntiDjinn 01-14-08, 02:53 AM	Time Hop. Such a great utility power and so good for battlefield control that they may as well have named it Disintegrate, Temporary. Nothing, in all of D&D is more fun than facing a mounted, charging opponent and Time Hopping the mount right out from under him. The look on his face as he plows into the turf is priceless. If it is a flying mount then all the better. If the hapless rider gets trampled by his own mount as it returns (still in motion) a few rounds later, then the DM may not be able to restore order at the table. The power is also good for bypassing locked doors, removing other obstacles, and messing with opponent's combos. When an enemy party's mage and cleric are stacking buffs on their combatants (you know the drill: A fighter comes charging at you with Haste, Bull's Strength, Heroism, Dolorous Blow, etc., because the casters decided to pool their efforts into a single champion) just hop that guy out, kill the casters, then be ready to dispel the pumped thug when he returns without caster support.
Rhyvurg 01-14-08, 03:34 AM	I've always liked the classic telekinesis powers. IMO, incoporiality is only half the reason to take Uncarnate. The other half is free TK force. Maybe it's becuse I'm a Jedi fanboy, but I have more fun with these than any other power. Useing Force to levitate a monster, then Thrusting it from the maximum height of the lift? That's a lot of falling damage.
sijigs 01-14-08, 03:36 AM	I like the a lot of the above mentioned.. but I also like.. Energy Push - fry and push them back.. Emperor Palpatine FTW :D
DracoPhoenix 01-14-08, 04:42 AM	TK Force, Plane Shift & Genesis. I always take Plane shift, despite not doing any planar travel. Genesis likewise - a stone of it is probably more cost effective.
Zippis 01-14-08, 06:29 AM	Psionic Blast is iconic to me and Detect Hostile Intents is ... very useful :)
Count Nerindil Van Seraph 01-14-08, 06:45 AM	Death Urge. "Stop impaling yourself. Stop impaling yourself." I'm a psionic Nelson.
CrimsonDeath 01-14-08, 11:49 AM	Psychic Crush. I know it's suboptimal. I just like the idea.
InkBlot 01-14-08, 12:30 PM	I think mine is sensetivity to psychic impressions. It's tough to decide. There are so many clairsentient powers that just make me go "ooooh, wow!" The chances of putting some of them to good use in any given game is kind of slim, but I love them anyway. Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions Clairsentience Level: Seer 2 Display: Auditory and material Manifesting Time: 1 hour Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Area: Spread with a radius of 25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels, centered on you Duration: Concentration, up to 10 min./level Saving Throw: None Power Resistance: No Power Points: 3 Rooms, streets, tunnels, and other discrete locations accumulate psychic impressions left by powerful emotions experienced in a given area. These impressions offer you a picture of the location’s past. The types of events most likely to leave psychic impressions are those that elicited strong emotions: battles and betrayals, marriages and murders, births and great pain, or any other event where one emotion dominates. Everyday occurrences leave no residue for a manifester to detect. The vision of the event is dreamlike and shadowy. You do not gain special knowledge of those involved in the vision, though you might be able to read large banners or other writing if they are in your language. Beginning with the most recent significant event at a location and working backward in time, you can sense one distinct event for every 10 minutes you maintain concentration, if any such events exist to be sensed. Your sensitivity extends into the past a maximum number of years equal to 100 x your manifester level. Just imagine being able to glance thousands of years into the past! If you can make this persistant (Persistant Power is in Hyperconcious, right?) then there would be nothing to stop you from seeing everything important that happened in a given area. And for a detective... forget about it.
GuyrtheadamantineOne 01-16-08, 02:11 PM	I choose Mind Thrust. It may be a Save-or-Suck power, it fits perfectly to my vision of psionicists. (I think therefore you die.) ''Remember kids! Bullying is wrong. Crushing people's brains with psychic powers is a-okay!''
Lycanthromancer 01-16-08, 02:36 PM	I love LittleKuriboh.
Racinante 01-16-08, 05:52 PM	Genesis and using Metamorphosis to turn into an object.
ReaderOfPosts 01-17-08, 12:37 AM	Dimension Hop off of Freedom Mantle. I'm playing an erudite with it right now, and the ability to reposition yourself as a swift action is really nice. Crystal Body from Dragon Magic is nice, giving a decent lot of immunities. (Other favorites already mentioned are time hop, touchsight, vigor)
Count Nerindil Van Seraph 01-18-08, 03:24 PM	''Remember kids! Bullying is wrong. Crushing people's brains with psychic powers is a-okay!'' In America!
Ekko 01-18-08, 06:12 PM	TK Thrust. Psion's don't go to alleys to bowl, they do it in dungeons.* Also, Control Body on yourself, followed with Solicit Psycrystal. It lets you use INT for nearly everything, and attack at the same time as manifesting. Laslty, Metamorph shared with your Psicrytal. *I know it doesn't work that way, but it should.
forrestfire15 01-18-08, 07:12 PM	Psionic Minor Creation: Remember, most poisons in D&D are made out of natural products. Take Black lotus extract for example. 1 cubic foot is equal to 998.84736 ounces of water, or 998.84736 full vials, or 998 doses of the Black lotus extract. At level one.
Slagger the Chuul 01-18-08, 09:33 PM	''Remember kids! Bullying is wrong. Crushing people's brains with psychic powers is a-okay!'' In America! You don't stand a ghost of a chance!
GuyrtheadamantineOne 01-18-08, 10:31 PM	''Remember kids! Bullying is wrong. Crushing people's brains with psychic powers is a-okay!'' In America! You don't stand a ghost of chance! Attention duelists! My hair declares any quote from such a famed show is full of win!
TheKeyofE 01-18-08, 11:26 PM	Attention duelists! My hair declares any quote from such a famed show is full of win! "That guy is really obsessed with his hair!" "That guy is really obsessed with America!"
TheKeyofE 01-18-08, 11:27 PM	Psionic Minor Creation: Remember, most poisons in D&D are made out of natural products. Take Black lotus extract for example. 1 cubic foot is equal to 998.84736 ounces of water, or 998.84736 full vials, or 998 doses of the Black lotus extract. At level one. The DC35 Craft (Poisonmaking) check can be a b****, though.
The_Mess 01-18-08, 11:31 PM	Attention duelists! My hair declares any quote from such a famed show is full of win! I have no idea what you all are quoting.
CrimsonDeath 01-19-08, 12:48 AM	I have no idea what you all are quoting. Yu-Gi-Oh, the Abridged Series (by Littlekuriboh) The DC35 Craft (Poisonmaking) check can be a b****, though. Screw the rules! I have money! (Sorry, but as long as people were quoting YGO:TAS, I wanted to use that one.)
Count Nerindil Van Seraph 01-19-08, 11:42 AM	I have no idea what you all are quoting. Educate yourself! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbje6396LVY)
Lycanthromancer 01-19-08, 12:07 PM	You can get a surprisingly large Craft check if you think about it a bit. +4 - Int 18 +3 - Skill Focus: Craft (Alchemy) or Craft (Poison) +3 - Psicrystal Affinity: Artiste +2 - Aid Another (Psicrystal) +2 - (MW) My Little Book o' Poisons +4 - Ranks in Craft (Alchemy) or Craft (Poison) ------- +18 on Craft checks at level 1. Of course, you can also use other things to help, as well. +2 - Animal affinity +2 - Precognition Reroll Once - Second chance +4 - Greater precognition +2 - Aid another (schism) +2 - Skill synergy with Survival? Also, aren't the Craft checks just for extraordinarily complicated items, such as crossbows? I wouldn't think that a simple chemical would require one.
Drenack 01-19-08, 12:14 PM	I'm fond of Crisis of Life, there's just something neat about causing people to die of heart attacks. Also its an important power in my campaign, the campaign is roughly based on death note.
The_Mess 01-19-08, 03:56 PM	Educate yourself! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbje6396LVY) Despite having never seen a single episode of Yu-Gi-Oh, that was very funny. I am now educated.
CrimsonDeath 01-19-08, 08:03 PM	Also, aren't the Craft checks just for extraordinarily complicated items, such as crossbows? I wouldn't think that a simple chemical would require one. In general, a "common task" is around DC 10. (I say 10 because that's the cutoff for untrained Knowledge checks, and also what a character with a +0 ability score bonus can get by taking 10-- in other words, what an average person could be expected to do on a daily basis.) Since crafting a Masterwork weapon is DC 20, higher DC tasks probably wouldn't be considered "common". DC 35 is right out.
forrestfire15 01-19-08, 08:57 PM	*Checks Complete Adventurer* Poison-Craft DC Arsenic-15 Black adder venom-15 Black lotus extract-35 Bloodroot-15 Blue whinnis-15 Burnt othur fumes-25 Carrion crawler brain juice-15 Dark reaver powder-25 Deathblade-25 Dragon bile-30 Drow poison-15 Giant wasp poison-20 Greenblood oil-15 Id moss-15 Insanity mist-20 Large scorpion venom-20 Lich dust-20 Malyss root paste-20 Medium spider venom-15 Nitharit-20 Oil of taggit-15 Purple worm poison-20 Sassone leaf residue-20 Shadow essence-20 Small centipede poison-15 Striped toadstool-15 Terinav root-25 Ungol dust-20 Wyvern poison-25
ZeroSpace9000 01-19-08, 11:45 PM	Granted, it's debateable whether you could Psi. Create, Minor some arsenic, since it's elemental, and more notably semi-metallic. At least, I think so. I know it's similar to Carbon.
Nibbler 01-20-08, 12:04 AM	Decerebrate: "You ain't got no brainstem! You ain't got no brainstem!" (accompanied by little dance)
AtsuiShoto 01-20-08, 01:15 AM	Vigor. I have a fond memory burned into my mind of leaping off of a cliff onto a boat (at 3rd level, mind you) to take the pirates by surprise and kill them all. Without vigor, the fall would have been too much of a risk. Without vigor, I could not have survived the hail of spears and crossbow bolts that greeted me after I got in my first 2 rounds of killing. It may not be the coolest power ever, but it gives low-level nobodies the chance to be the coolest low-level heroes ever. :cool:
Filurmanden 01-23-08, 11:03 AM	Beast claws, what could look more terrifying than standing before a half giant fighter, and then claws as long as short swords suddenly stick out of his hands? :D
JimProfit 01-23-08, 01:56 PM	Egowhip; 0 in any stat=dead. Makes you almost wish you didn't make it a dump stat.
InkBlot 01-23-08, 02:31 PM	That's not quite right, JimProfit. 0 in Con means you're dead. 0 in Dex or Strength means you're paralyzed. 0 in Wis, Int, or Cha means you're in a coma. So, technically, the coup de grace that comes a round or two after one of your stats is zeroed means your dead.