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    Birthright Psionics

    I have long been a fan of the psionicist class...I have been wondering, are
    there any psionicists or any individuals with psionic powers anywhere in
    Aebrynis?

    I know it says in the basic BR rulebook that "psionics are not suited to the
    feel of Cerilia" or somesuch and goes on to say that they officially do not
    exist, although individual DMs may use them in their own campaigns, and
    reminds
    them to create psionic villains and whatnot for a psionic PC to confront.

    I was wondering if there is ANY precedent or evidence for the existence of
    psionicists in Birthright. I was also thinking of ways to justify the
    existence
    of psionicists (why some people have such powers and some don't) and how a
    psionicist regent collects regency.

    This is an idea I came up with -

    Only rare individuals with Vorynn's bloodline can acquire a blood ability of
    great strength called "psionic potential." Psionic potential enables an
    individual to have the Psionicist class. I was thinking that the psionic
    potential blood ability should let a character have a wild talent, but I'm not
    sure how to adjucate this in conjunction with the class itself.

    As to the issue of regency, I am a bit baffled. Psionicists' power comes from
    inside, not from external sources. A wizard's power comes from ambient magical
    energy (sources). A priest's power comes from his god, and his god's power
    comes from how many worshippers he has (temples).

    I was thinking that maybe a psi could collect regency from guilds. My only
    reason for this is that the psionicist resembles the thief more than any other
    class. My other idea was that a psi could get regency from law, as law is a
    measure of how people think, and thinking is important to psionicists (as you
    can see, my reasoning is on very shaky ground :)

    Perhaps they could get half regency from both, or something.

    All ideas and comments welcome :)

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    Espen Andre Johnsen
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    Birthright Psionics

    >
    > I have long been a fan of the psionicist class...I have been wondering, are
    > there any psionicists or any individuals with psionic powers anywhere in
    > Aebrynis?
    >

    Yes! And to prove it, just take a look in blood-enemies, you know the
    one with all the baddies in it, there look up the Hydra and read. There you will
    find that one of it's head belonged to a femal who was a psionicist, and a
    wizard i belive( I don't have the book with me ).

    Just letting you know.

    Espen A. J.

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    Petras Astrauskas
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    Birthright Psionics

    > I was wondering if there is ANY precedent or evidence for the existence of
    > psionicists in Birthright. I was also thinking of ways to justify the
    > existence
    > of psionicists (why some people have such powers and some don't) and how a
    > psionicist regent collects regency.
    > This is an idea I came up with -
    > I was thinking that maybe a psi could collect regency from guilds. My only
    > reason for this is that the psionicist resembles the thief more than any other
    > class. My other idea was that a psi could get regency from law, as law is a
    > measure of how people think, and thinking is important to psionicists (as you
    > can see, my reasoning is on very shaky ground :)

    Well, I'm new here and I don't know the rules, but... Just correct me if
    I'm wrong.
    I think that psionic is used by the wizards every time when they're
    affecting other persons mind. Of course, there could be explanation that
    the power of magical source (land, for example) is used, but if the
    wizard has a weak will (hardly possible - I don't imagine one), he will
    not be able to affect other persons mind/will because of target
    resistance.
    About collecting regency from guilds and law. One thing - psi isn't a
    thief. I would say he's a wizard with the area of specialization. This
    would be more believable, I think. The second - if he collected regency
    from both guilds and law, there would kind of conflict inside of him
    because guilds and law should oppose each other, from my point of view.
    And the third - collecting regency from law. I understand, if regent
    collected regency from law, for the law is something that he writes and
    ensures, something that people obey. Obeying the law people obey the
    regent. And the regent doesn't have to be psi. And the law isn't always
    the way people think. If the regent declares military state in his
    province because he needs army to fight against his neighbor - does that
    mean that people think that they need army to conquer the other
    province? I think men want to stay with their families and friends (and
    beer, of course). And wives want to keep their men, kids - their
    fathers.
    Just my opinion -
    Petras

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    Gary V. Foss
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    Birthright Psionics

    Espen Andre Johnsen wrote:

    > >
    > > I have long been a fan of the psionicist class...I have been wondering, are
    > > there any psionicists or any individuals with psionic powers anywhere in
    > > Aebrynis?
    > >
    >
    > Yes! And to prove it, just take a look in blood-enemies, you know the
    > one with all the baddies in it, there look up the Hydra and read. There you will
    > find that one of it's head belonged to a femal who was a psionicist, and a
    > wizard i belive( I don't have the book with me ).

    The Wolf's ersatz girlfriend is a psionicist too, isn't she?

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    Daniel McSorley
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    Birthright Psionics

    >I have long been a fan of the psionicist class...I have been wondering, are
    >there any psionicists or any individuals with psionic powers anywhere in
    >Aebrynis?
    >
    >I know it says in the basic BR rulebook that "psionics are not suited to
    the
    >feel of Cerilia" or somesuch and goes on to say that they officially do not
    >exist, although individual DMs may use them in their own campaigns, and
    >reminds
    >them to create psionic villains and whatnot for a psionic PC to confront.
    >
    As others have pointed out, the Hydra has a psionic head, and it does
    imply that The Girl Who Loves the Wolf (how's that for a song title?) is
    empathic, though that need not be psionic IMHO. I prefer to think that
    slade, author of the wonderful Blood Enemies book, and his editors were
    tripping when they wrote these. I do not now and will never have psionics
    in a BR campaign. It doesn't fit. I have also seen it explained away as
    the hydra's head being from another plane, but I still don't like it, just
    my thoughts. And yes, I do like the psionics rules, they are fun (if
    sometimes cumbersome), but they don't go well with the atmosphere of BR, and
    I'm starting to repeat myself so I'm done now.
    Daniel McSorley
    mcsorley.1@osu.edu
    ICQ:5299865
    AIM:DanMcS

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    Kinetti@webtv.net (Kinet
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    Birthright Psionics

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    Well, what I did was allow my psionicist regent (he was originally from
    another world) to gain full RP from law holding, and half-RP from guild
    holdings, and none from temple or source holdings.


    Kinetti Nighthunter
    of the Fraternity of Order, in Sigil


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    > I was wondering if there is ANY precedent or evidence for the existence of
    > psionicists in Birthright. I was also thinking of ways to justify the
    > existence
    > of psionicists (why some people have such powers and some don't) and how a
    > psionicist regent collects regency.
    > This is an idea I came up with -
    > I was thinking that maybe a psi could collect regency from guilds. My only
    > reason for this is that the psionicist resembles the thief more than any other
    > class. My other idea was that a psi could get regency from law, as law is a
    > measure of how people think, and thinking is important to psionicists (as you
    > can see, my reasoning is on very shaky ground :)

    Well, I'm new here and I don't know the rules, but... Just correct me if
    I'm wrong.
    I think that psionic is used by the wizards every time when they're
    affecting other persons mind. Of course, there could be explanation that
    the power of magical source (land, for example) is used, but if the
    wizard has a weak will (hardly possible - I don't imagine one), he will
    not be able to affect other persons mind/will because of target
    resistance.
    About collecting regency from guilds and law. One thing - psi isn't a
    thief. I would say he's a wizard with the area of specialization. This
    would be more believable, I think. The second - if he collected regency
    from both guilds and law, there would kind of conflict inside of him
    because guilds and law should oppose each other, from my point of view.
    And the third - collecting regency from law. I understand, if regent
    collected regency from law, for the law is something that he writes and
    ensures, something that people obey. Obeying the law people obey the
    regent. And the regent doesn't have to be psi. And the law isn't always
    the way people think. If the regent declares military state in his
    province because he needs army to fight against his neighbor - does that
    mean that people think that they need army to conquer the other
    province? I think men want to stay with their families and friends (and
    beer, of course). And wives want to keep their men, kids - their
    fathers.
    Just my opinion -
    Petras- --WebTV-Mail-1614392506-5623--

  7. #7
    Brian Stoner
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    Birthright Psionics

    If I may ask, where did he get the bloodline necessary to be a regent and maintain
    holdings?

    Brian...aka, Dearnen (Dearnen the Mad, ...the Wise, ...the Mighty,... the Poached
    Egg)


    Kinetti the Flying Cat wrote:

    > Well, what I did was allow my psionicist regent (he was originally from
    > another world) to gain full RP from law holding, and half-RP from guild
    > holdings, and none from temple or source holdings.
    >
    > Kinetti Nighthunter
    > of the Fraternity of Order, in Sigil
    >
    >

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