Re: MirrorSpace: Psionics (rough)

> Here is a stream of consciousness piece that came to me. The inspiration
is
> our new Bard (the one I mentioned who has Melodyans in his ancestry). He
has
> a feat from the Expanded Psionics Handbook called Hostile Mind. Anyone
using
> a  telepathic power on him must make a save or take damage from psionic
> feedback. I got to thinking about what sort of environmant this would be a
> survival trait in.  So here goes,

    You know, this is what I love about this project: incorperating
something in D&D I would have *never* have considered, and do so in an
interesting and unique fashion.  :)  In a way, it fits.  Psi is usually
associated with crystals, and in a city named Mirror (undoubtely with lots
of mirrors & crystals and such), you'd almost expect to find lots of Psi.
Plus, Myth Drannor was very magic rich, so having a city inspired by it be
Psi-rich is very fitting.

> The Psionics of Mirrorspace

    Rules-wise, not sure how it all balances.  Perhaps psionic critters get
a +1 to CR?  Although I don't know if its worthy of a +1 CR, but I'll let
others with better rules-knowledge than I figure it out :)


> The Elear (elven for Vissionary)- the Elear are those amongst the native
> elves that evince "talent." It is little know, but the Elven Navy recruits
> it's psioncs mostly from this sphere.

    Interesting...:)

> The Pirates of Gith- Haunting the Fiendish Forest around Mirror itself the
> Gith unlike many of thier kinsmen are more protectors than pirates. They
> live in an eternal chessgame with the Illithids of Melodya who constantly
> assault the ruins in hopes of finding the psionic artifacts they belive to
> exist in the fromer capital.

    Fits.  I do see them as raiding and pirating whenever they get the
chance, but when it comes to dealing with illithids, they could act as
"protectors" of the ruins (afterall, they want to keep the illithids from
getting their slimy tentecals on anything in the ruins).  Of course, they
want to get to it first! :)

> Cult of Ilsensine- worshipers of the Mind Flayer Goddess Ilsensine are
> mostly looked upon as abberrations by their fellows. Any "true" Illithid
has
> no need for a Goddess since it will attain immortality when it merges with
> it's community's Brain Pool. Yet followers of this Goddess make up almost
a
> third of the Illithids in this sphere. Many of them possess powers far
> beyond normal Illithids, as well as a measure of divine magic to call upon
> when psionics won't be effective.

    Ilsensine as female...a new twist.  :)

> Cerebreliths- making up half the population of demons roaming the ruins of
> Mirror Prime, these psionic demons have been know to carve out small
> kingdoms for themselves amongst the Fiendish Plantlife that infests the
> asteroids. Dominating lesser entities, and sometimes other demons, they
rule
> with thoughts of fire. Several stories are told of a succubus dominated by
a
> Cerebrelith who lures explorers to their bloody dooms.

    Hmmm, I did want to use something other than a Balor for the head of the
Throne of Vanity, and a Cerebrelith might make more sense.


Adam