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DrMario 11-09-07, 04:01 AM	Hi. I've never really felt the need to post here, considering most of my knowledge from D&D comes from reading & just going from a RP concept, but I do have one considering I FINALLY (after like 5 years of d&d gaming) got a DM that will let me play a Psion... Anyway, my questions (2) are from a totally RP base. I'm building a Psion of the Telepathy Discipline, and I've kinda got a cool concept I'd like to play, however, I play with rules lawers so, I want to see if this concept is bunk before I bother building him.. 1.) Is it possible to make the Psion a "non-talking" character? ie: he chooses not to talk, however due to his telepathic nature this doesn't hinder him. [if so, what does it cost etc...] 2.) This one is regarding the PsiCrystal. Now, in the ExPsi it says that the Psicrystal gains telepathic speech blah blah blah.. thats all fine and dandy, but is their anyway or thingy or anything to give it true speeking abilities? [cmon, tell me you havnt watched cartoons and saw the crystals glow when they talk and tell me this isnt a neat little idea!] Thats pretty much all i got, just random questions for more of a "RP" basis more than anything. I just don't want to do either of these if the rules-lawers go "you can't do that" [insert snotty-kiddish tone here]... thanks
Salla 11-09-07, 04:10 AM	Hi. I've never really felt the need to post here, considering most of my knowledge from D&D comes from reading & just going from a RP concept, but I do have one considering I FINALLY (after like 5 years of d&d gaming) got a DM that will let me play a Psion... Anyway, my questions (2) are from a totally RP base. I'm building a Psion of the Telepathy Discipline, and I've kinda got a cool concept I'd like to play, however, I play with rules lawers so, I want to see if this concept is bunk before I bother building him.. 1.) Is it possible to make the Psion a "non-talking" character? ie: he chooses not to talk, however due to his telepathic nature this doesn't hinder him. [if so, what does it cost etc...] Check the Mind's Eye Archive ... there's a class feature substitution for the Telepath subset that gives them the 'Telepathy' special ability. 2.) This one is regarding the PsiCrystal. Now, in the ExPsi it says that the Psicrystal gains telepathic speech blah blah blah.. thats all fine and dandy, but is their anyway or thingy or anything to give it true speeking abilities? [cmon, tell me you havnt watched cartoons and saw the crystals glow when they talk and tell me this isnt a neat little idea!] None I'm aware of ...
Lokiyn 11-09-07, 04:26 AM	Psicrystals can speak naturally, or rather Supernaturally, its one of their granted abilities. A psicrystal can speak one language of its owner’s choice (so long as it is a language the owner knows). A psicrystal can understand all other languages known by its owner, but cannot speak them. This is a supernatural ability.
CrimsonDeath 11-09-07, 06:10 AM	Check the Mind's Eye Archive ... there's a class feature substitution for the Telepath subset that gives them the 'Telepathy' special ability. Alternatively, the Mindbender (Complete Arcane) has a psionic variant in the Adaptation section. Or you could just manifest Mindlink repeatedly (that's the expensive version).
InkBlot 11-09-07, 11:43 AM	Bellow is the ability Salla mentioned. It's from The Mind's Eye: Expanded Classes, Part Three. (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070411a) This Mind's Eye article also has great roleplaying tips for telepaths. Telepathic Communication You gain the supernatural ability to communicate with any creature with your telepathy. Level: 5th. Replaces: The bonus feat at 5th level. Benefit: You gain the supernatural ability telepathy from page 316 of the Monster Manual. You can communicate telepathically with any other creature that has a language within 5 feet per manifester level. You can address multiple creatures at once telepathically, although maintaining telepathic conversation with more than one creature at a time is just as difficult as simultaneously speaking and listening to multiple people at the same time. The Mind's Eye is an official web enhancement for the Expanded Psionics Handbook (XPH). In the fan community it is regarded as the one of the best psionics splatbooks never published. Until Complete Psionics, it was the only official psionic-centric source available outside of the XPH. Anyway, if you don't want to wait until fifth level, and you don't want to constantly be manifesting mind link, then you could take Psicrystal Affinity and have your psicrystal telepathically relay your messages. It should work most of the time, but they psicrystal will always be free to color your words with it's own views. Also, if your party believes it's telepathic voice is your's, then it can impersonate you flawlessly. A careful choice of personality can cut down miscommunication to nill. Meticulous, sage, or single minded personality in particular sound right. If you take Improved Psicrystal, then look out for weird personality shifts; the paranoia of a single minded coward could prevent it from relaying your messages.
CrimsonDeath 11-09-07, 01:31 PM	Single-Minded is, in my opinion, one of the best Psicrystal personalities out there anyway. It's like Skill Focus: Concentration that's also a pet.
DrMario 11-09-07, 11:01 PM	sweet. the minds eye seems to be exactly what i need to pull that off in a "rules" sense.:D
Zathress 11-10-07, 08:30 PM	My 6th Level Telepath took the Telepathy option then I got mindsight as my 6th level feat. Now I got a telepathic blindsense In my opinion hero is THE best psicrystal personality eventually that +3 bonus on concentration checks fades from usefulness but a +2 bonus to fort saves is never a useless asset for a psion.
Lycanthromancer 11-11-07, 05:43 PM	I like artiste for a shaper. That +3 bonus goes for ALL Craft skills, not just one or two or three. :D Crafting poisons is so much easier when you can boost your Craft checks into the stratosphere.
Lokiyn 11-11-07, 06:37 PM	Add the Cartouche of Imhotep (+5 untyped) for a total of a +8 untyped bonus to ALL craft checks