Page 78: Even more Psionics

(Sorry for the prolonged break- other projects have been keeping me busy.)

We’ve still got a page of Psionics tables…

IV.C Psionic Blast Attack Upon Non-Psionic creature

A.K.A. The Mind Flayer table.  Total your INT and WIS.  The higher your total (and the farther away your attacker is, the great chances you have to avoid any effect.

Examples-

Droog the Dull- Attacked at medium range, his INT and WIS total is 16.  His save is a 13 (no modifiers).

Mogran the Mediocre- Attacked at medium range, her total is 28.  Her save is 5 (base 7, +2 for being a cleric).

Baerlyn the Brilliant- Attacked at medium range, his total is 36.  His save is -2 (base of 1, +1 for a magic-user, +2 for being an elf).

One important note- the combination of the spell feeblemind and psionic blast is deadly as even at long range the feebleminded character has a save of 18.

Depending on your INT and WIS total, you suffering differing effects of a psionic blast.  Poor Droog might end up in a coma, be stunned, confused, or enraged.  Mogran might be confused, enraged, panicked, feebleminded, or permanently insane while Baerlyn might be feeblminded, permanently insane, temporarily insane, or suffer a “mild insanity”.  Be careful if your total is 30-33, you’ll be feebleminded 75% of the time.

Our other table is IV.D- Psionic Attacks Ranges and Damage Adjustments

This is pretty much what it says it is… something I never used.

One thing I do note with enjoyment is how much thought has gone into these tables and their modifiers.  Helm of Telepathy?  Check.  Hopeless foe?  Check.   Dwarf?  Check.

For the curious, here are the spells and powers that are “psionic related”:

Astral projection, augury, charm monster, charm person, clairaudience, clairvoyance, confusion, detect evil/good, detect magic, dimension door, divination, empathy, enlarge, ESP, etherealness, feeblemind, feign death, geas, invisibility (any sort), know alignment, levitation, locate object, magic jar, plane shift, polymorph self, quest, shape change, suggestion, symbol, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, true seeing