| From: | "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: resubmission: psionic entities |
| Date: | Sun, 20 Nov 1994 13:06:49 -0600 |
> I have no problem with "levels" of metapowers personally. Either
> a skill or a "level" might work here.
IMHO, level of meta-abilities is going to add just another bookkeeping
dimension to things and make things even more difficult and rules-bound.
There's a LOT of numbers in the game, adding in a dozen or so more for
somethinge FEW people are going to get is a potential nightmare. Use
Psionic Projection (skill) as the answer.
> >Force^2 miles? (just a guess, comments?)
>
> What's the range of TK? (And it should be in M or km) And I think it
> should be a constant, which is the range of the Esper's TK... (Actually,
> it might increase as force goes down, as an Esper can probably project
> force 1 further than force 6.)
We haven't really discussed the issues relating to psionic TK and
telepathy.
Force can also represent the effectiveness of the "antenna" on the
entity, extending range.
What about using Willpower^3 km? (willpower of the psi).
> >Based on quickness.
>
> Even when not manifested? (But then, force 6 is 6km/min, 360km/hour)
>
> However, I'd suspect they could teleport when not manifested. (Or at
> least use Astral travel speeds.)
Point taken. We'll use astral speeds when not manifested.
> >They can be killed the same as any non-manifested magical being. Astral
> >combat will whonk them. Psionics will whonk them. Standard stuff does,
> >I believe, 1/4 damage aganst all normal immune beings.
>
> They don't exist in the astral, according to your post. (i.e. you
> can see them but they aren't there.)
I'll fix it. They can be whonked as normal from astral.
> And when not manifested they are on the "Psionic Plane", I assume, and
> just simply aren't there. (An elemental that isn't manifest is in
> Astral Space and can't be hurt by mundane weapons at all.)
Being a being of thought, they exist astrally as well.
> Immunity to Normal Weapons gives you double your essence against ordinary
> weapons. Magical weapons aren't effected.
>
> However, Entities have no Essence, and I don't see why magical weapons
> should be more effective (except for their damage bonuses) against PSI
> creations.
Well, magical weapons extend beyond the physical dimension, and can
effect entities.
> This needs fixing. No good ideas right now.
I know. Comments are appreciated.
> Also, if an Entity gets "killed", there might should be some feedback
> to the caster.
Probably.
> >Keep in mind how much that one dice is going to effect things. Thats a
> >dice you no longer have for ANY other psionic tests. Also, the Psi will
> >be using his divided attention meta-ability to offset sustaining
> >penalties, further reducing his pool. If you have six entities, that's
> >six dice you have to allocate.
>
> But six entities can take most 6 samurai pretty easily. Force 6, 40
> quickness, 21 Reaction, 14 combat pool... Immune to normal weapons...
There are no limitations on watcher, and comparable limitations on
elementals or spirits, and you don't have to allocate dice. As written,
the penalties are comparable to mages.
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