Questions tagged [psionics]
For questions about psionics, a pseudo-scientific term referring to unnatural mental powers, including telekinesis, psychometry and telepathy.
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Are psionics overpowered or especially exploitable?
My DM is very picky about what materials we're allowed to use, pretty much PHB only, and we can't multiclass until level 6. I really like psionics, and would especially like to play a psionic warrior ...
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What are the limits to the genesis power?
As part of some fairly silly nonsense, I've suggested the use of the genesis power to a colleague.
The power, as stated, allows the caster to:
You determine the environment within the demiplane ...
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Does Psionic Meditation allow a psion to psionically focus his psicrystal as a move action?
The feat Psicrystal Affinity grants the psion a psicrystal. The feat Psicrystal Containment allows the psion to take a full-round action to make a Concentration skill check (DC 20) to have the ...
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Is your own soulless clone a valid target for mind-swapping?
If an appropriately preserved but soulless clone of oneself is available—probably created through the use of the spell clone but maybe generated some other way—is that body a valid target for the ...
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How many Astral Constructs may exist at one time, created from the same manifester?
I can find nothing in the Expanded Psionics Handbook mentioning a limit on the number of astral constructs that can be manifested at one time. The duration of the Astral Construct power is 1 round / ...
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Can a Psion become a Thrallherd, then drop Diplomacy with Psychic Reformation?
I have a Psion(Egoist)/Thrallherd with Psychic Reformation. I'm wondering whether I can use Psychic Reformation to drop the points in Diplomacy and the Inquisitor feat, and reassign the points to ...
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Is the Psionics handbook from 3.0 compatible with D&D 3.5
My local gaming shop has an old copy of the Psionics handbook from D&D 3.0, I know the name of the book for 3.5 is Expanded Psionics but I'm really a big fan of supporting local businesses and I ...
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Is Aegis a Manifesting psionic creature?
Is Aegis a Manifesting psionic creature? And so, can he use Psionic powers? From Ultimate Psionics I believe the answer is "no" but I'm not completely sure. Is there a "feat" or other way that ...
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What ways exist for a creature using the XPH to get psionic attack and defense modes?
Are there one or more ways for a creature in a campaign that usually uses for its psionics rules the Expanded Psionics Handbook to gain psionic combat attack and defense modes from the Psionics ...
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Was psionic combat removed from Pathfinder?
I have the 3.5 edition of the Psionic Handbook that covers psionic combat. But reading through the Pathfinder I have found nothing so far.
If changing to Pathfinder, will I no longer need psionic ...
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Can Conjuration spells that conjure permanent objects penetrate Antimagic barriers?
I've seen some stuff in the 3.5 community that suggests if a spell is of the Conjuration type, has an instantaneous duration, and is of the Creation sub-school that the items created are not ...
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How much like a whip is a fire lash?
Regarding the pyrokineticist’s fire lash from Expanded Psionics Handbook,
It says that the fire lash is a “15-foot long whip of fire,” but is it a whip for the purposes of other things such as trip, ...
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How can an epic spell-to-power erudite manifest 9th-level spells?
Is there a way that an erudite (Complete Psionic 153-6) with the expanded class option convert spell to power (The Mind's Eye Web column "Expanded Classes, Part Four: Ardent, Divine Mind, Lurk, ...
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Can magical enhancement bonuses and weapon special abilities be added to a fire lash?
Can a pyrokineticist's fire lash be made magical so that, for example, it's a +1 shock fire lash?
If so, can a pyrokineticist have multiple fire lashes, each of them different? (For example, can a ...
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Why are psionics controversial?
I have recently had a conversation with some of my friends about psionics and their place in the D&D universe, both lore-wise and gameplay-wise. We were discussing the psionics as an optional part ...
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Why did WotC release Psionics under the OGL?
Wizards of the Coast released the core rules of D&D 3.5 under the OGL, but only added a small amount of material after that point.
Was there some historical reason that the rules for psionics ...
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Deck of Many Things vs. Forced Dream
Is there a mechanical reason why a creature who activates the Magic of Eberron psionic power forced dream (104-5) can't reset his turn to before he drew a card from the deck of many things (DMG 278-9),...
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Need help finding a mind-controlling parasite
I need help finding a creature to play as a player in D&D 3.5. The idea is that it inserts itself into the brains/head/control center of other creatures. I was not able to find any stats for such ...
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How many power points do I gain from Psionic Talent?
Psionic Talent, in Dreamscarred Press's Psionics Unleashed, is a feat that grants bonus power points.
Benefit: When you take this feat for the first time, you gain 2 power points.
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Are a Mystic's psionics (UA) affected by an antimagic field?
Unearthed Arcana has taken up the concept of Psionics several times now. At first, with some basic rules for a Mystic class up to level 5 (which I can't seem to find online anymore, they seem to have ...
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Can the Ardent's Unhinging strike cause a creature to target itself?
The power reads:
At-Will Augmentable, Charm, Psionic, Psychic, Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: Charisma modifier psychic damage, ...
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Permanently gain extra Psionic powers
I am aware of the ability to temporarily gain Psionic powers from other users as well as the Expanded knowledge feat.
I am looking for an ability or ritual that allows a Psionic to learn extra powers ...
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How to defend from Mind Flayer's psionic blast
Is there an efficient way to defend from illithid's psionic blast except with an high will save? Item, spell...?
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What are the consequences of the retargeting aspect of the Battlemind's Lightning Rush power on enemy area or close blasts or bursts?
Lightning Rush is one of the battlemind's featured powers:
It's augment 2 (as an immediate interrupt) states:
Hit: 2[W] + Constitution modifier damage, and you become the target of the triggering ...
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What is psionics?
Psionics is a source of power that originates from
within a creature’s mind, allowing it to augment its
physical abilities and affect the minds of other
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Does Psionic Minor Creation require material component?
The arcane (A) Minor Creation spell notes that in order to create stuff, you need a little bit of it as a Material Component. The psionic (P) one tells that it OS the same as arcane except some stuff ...
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Can Psi-like abilities be augmented with power points?
The rules on Psi-like abilities says they behave the same as powers aside from the lack of initial costs, but does that rule out the ability to spend power points on them to augment them? I'm mostly ...
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Can a psion hide in his personal space or regrow his body from there?
Can a psion that possesses the psi-like ability personal space himself enter that personal space when it's big enough to accommodate him?
If a psion uses the 8th-level shaper power astral seed [...
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Can "x'/level" area effects be set at smaller sizes?
For example, a 12th level character produces an effect that has "x'/level" area of effect. Can the character control the size of the area of effect, or not? It would be nice to have a quote of where ...
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Are psionic powers considered extraordinary, supernatural , spell-like abilities or spells?
Even my experienced D&D GM never had a clear answer to "are psionic powers considered magic?". It led to some very ridiculous situations, like our ninja being unable to use his ki powers inside a ...
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What determines the power level of a power an ardent can pick?
The standard class ardent (Complete Psionic 5-8) on Powers Known, in part, says
At each additional level, an ardent learns one new power from her available mantles. She must be able to manifest the ...
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Are there any other Psionically-active metaloids?
Are there any other Psionically-active metaloids besides Riedran crysteel? From what I remember and have been able to find, besides crystals, Riendran Crysteel is the only metal that allows the use of ...
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Does Manifester Level count as "pertinent decision" about a power?
Under Manifesting Time in Psionics Unleashed p. 60 is written:
You make all pertinent decisions about a power
(range, target, area, effect, version, and so forth) when
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Weapon afire on fire lash
Regarding the pyrokineticist’s fire lash from Expanded Psionics Handbook,
Can you use weapon afire on a fire lash and does the 2d6/4d6 stack with or replace the normal 1d8 damage?
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Does the bonus-action shove from the (UA) Telekinetic feat move the target through the air, or only on the ground? [duplicate]
Imagine a party of PCs exploring a dungeon inside a volcano. After a climactic confrontation with the Big Bad, the volcano begins to erupt, and the PCs must flee for their lives. Unfortunately, one of ...
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Can Athasian psionicist/druids evolve into "advanced beings" like the other caster classes?
In Athas, there are options for high level Psionicist / Clerics or Psionicist / (Defilers | Preservers) to become advanced beings.
Is there such an advancement path for high level Psionicist / Druids?...
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What would be a potential balanced Mythic version of psionic power Mind Thrust
Introduction
Pathfinder's Mythic Adventures sets out rules for so-called Mythic characters. Within this ruleset is also an definition of Mythic spells. They say the following about this:
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Does Meld Into Stone prevent Intellect Devourer attacks?
Intellect Devourers have Detect Sentience, which lets them psychically know where someone is through walls. They have Multiattack for Claws and Devour Intellect. The latter requires sight, and their ...
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Is it a standard action to obtain/replace a psicrystal?
Psicrystals have no penalty on death. Literally none. Which stands to reason, unlike familiars, have no cooldown or have no xp loss.
Psicrystal Affinity, being a Psionic feat, is a supernatural ...
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Kineticist with several Energy Lashes
The Kineticist class from Expanded Psionics Handbook and Mind's Eye archive is, basically, a "trade your power progression for a number of specific energy power-like abilities at will". That is, ...
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How many spellpoints would a duskblade have under Ernir's Psionic mechanics, Arcane flavor variant rule?
I am in the middle of helping answer a question about helping a player create a Duskblade. I would be using @Ernir’s Psionic mechanics, Arcane flavor variant. I was wondering how different ...
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Psionics/Magic Transparancy and PrC Qualification
So, I'm in a campaign that is running full (aka, 100%) Psionic-Magic Transparency. I'm a Divine Caster with not psionics classes, but am interested in taking Thrallherd. So, for purposes of ...
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Is there a way to create a magic item at less than its absolute minimum caster level?
Without using psionics, is there a way to reduce the absolute lowball minimum caster level of a spell completion magic item or spell trigger magic item? Likewise, is there a way to brew a potion at a ...
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Aegis, customization points, and power points
When the Aegis levels up and gains more basic powers for the suit, he can form, change type and dismiss the suit if he likes or needs it. This takes a specific action depending on the new type of suit ...
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True Mind Switch and Dragons
Suppose you managed to cast True mind switch in a juvenile golden dragon. As with a polymorph you don`t get supernatural or spell-like abilities. But then you remain a badass psion in a large dragon ...
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Combining both Magic and Psionics in the same Craft feat
So, let's say we've got a character with a Craft Wondrous Item or Craft Universal Item feat, and said character for some reason can both cast spells and manifest powers.
So, said character crafts ...
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Racial HD and Meditant Prestige Class Qualification
If I understand it correctly, Racial HD count as character levels for how many ranks you can have in a skill. Does this mean that a psionic character with 4 racial hd could qualify for the meditant ...
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Is a bound elemental or elemental construct a valid target for psionic mind-swapping?
In a similar vein as this question, can an elemental bound item, such as would be created by the Bind Elemental Feat or other related concept, such as a Nimblewright (a construct possessed by an ...
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Pathfinder Spells/Psionic Talent Managers [closed]
Related Is there a spell managing program app for dnd 3.5
I am looking for Spell managers that allow me to easily track spells, create spellbooks, and mark if a spell has been used.
I am also using ...
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Can an Actual Cognizance Crystal be used as Reality Revision's Material Component?
From Reality Revision:
Manifesting reality revision requires channeling psionic power through specially-treated crystals similar to cognizance crystals that cost 25,000 gp.
Does "same" overpower "...
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