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Advice building some psychic sisters?
« on: July 22, 2011, 12:21:07 AM »
So, I was trying to stat Satori and Koishi Komeiji from Touhou.

The story is that Satori is a, er, satori, a type of humanoid creature that reads minds. She was shunned for this ability, even in the equivalent of the Underdark. However, animals were drawn to her and she took them in as pets. Eventually these animals became sentient and capable of taking human form (because that's normal in Japan when they live too long) and a few are actually stronger than she is.
In combat, apart from the obvious benefits of reading your mind, Satori can read your memories to use attacks you've faced in the past (though this requires inducing trauma via a hypnosis spell first).

Her younger sister Koishi couldn't take the fear and hatred people around her felt, and forcibly closed her third eye. This removed her mindreading abilities (and prevented others from reading her mind), but gave her the more powerful ability to read and manipulate the subconscious. Not that she minds, what with the brain damage that came as a side-effect. She can make people paranoid, or move without thinking about it (meaning she can do the "Batman in Commissioner Gordon's office" trick better than Batman).
In combat, she has attacks based on Freudian psychology, roses and love. Which appear to have an effect on the target's mind, if this battle video is any indication. :p

Here's what I have so far. Any thoughts on improving it? For Satori I'd like to get detect thoughts as an at-will ability somehow.
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Satori Komeiji
N Lesser tiefling Psion (telepath) 5/Thrallherd 10/Mindbender 1/Mindspy 4
Feats: Inquisitor, Mindsight, Practiced Manifester (psion)
Powers: Mind probe, Read thoughts, Thieving mindlink

Koishi Komeiji
NE Vecna-bloodedMM5 lesser tiefling Psion (telepath) 19
Feats: Darkstalker
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More info:
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Satori
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Koishi
« Last Edit: July 22, 2011, 12:40:21 AM by Prime32 »
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Re: Advice building some psychic sisters?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2011, 01:54:49 AM »
How about Dvati as the race?
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Re: Advice building some psychic sisters?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2011, 03:03:23 AM »
The Charming Veil soulmeld (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20060217a). Requires two feats (Open Chakra and Shape Soulmeld, see Magic of Incarnum), Con 15, and character level 12 and takes up your Face magic item slot. Bonus: two more feats (Shedu Crown) will net you 100' telepathy if there is somehow more room in your build for that than the level of Mindbender.

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Re: Advice building some psychic sisters?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2011, 03:47:41 AM »
How about Dvati as the race?

They don't ever work as a team, so it doesn't fit.


To the point, here is what I've come up with. I hope you're alright with hyperconscious.
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--Satori--
Elan Telepath 6
1-Linked Power
1B-Psicrystal Affinity
3-Metapower (Mind Thrust, Linked Power)
5ACF-Telepathic Communication
6-Mindsight

Powers (ML 6):
1- Psionic Charm, Detect Psionics, Sense Link, Stone Mind, Mind Thrust
2- Brain Lock, Read Thoughts, Recall Agony, Inflict Pain
3- False Sensory Input, Hostile Empathic Transfer, Mindful Aura, Solicit Psicrystal

Notes: Satori is used to following multiple trains of thought in other peoples' heads, so she plays the action economy with linked power and solicit psicrystal (reflavor the psicrystal as her third eye). Recall Agony fits the bill for her "flashback" spellcards.


--Koishi--
Human Wilder 2/Aberrant ParagonDragon 332 3/Wilder 1
1-Willing Deformity
1H-Deformity (madness)EE
3-Darkstalker
6-Enervation Endurance

Powers (ML 5):
1- Psionic Sleep, Attraction
2- Ego Whip

Notes: Immunity to mind-affecting effects (but pays for it with -4 wisdom) from level one, hide and diplomacy as class skills (with regards to maximum ranks, anyway) and a more subtle ability set. +2 to charisma and constitution from Aberrant Paragon.
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Re: Advice building some psychic sisters?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 04:50:25 PM »
Mindbender has a psi adaptation.

High Handle Animal checks as animal only diplomancing.

Detect Thoughts, psi Hypnosis with Linked meta to something,
sounds like even something a Divine Mind with recharge could do.

rot42's link has the moi/psi dual caster too.


Oops ... didn't read Jelvoden's post 'til now. We're in the same ball park (technically).


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Left behind Freudian stuff is part and parcel of 1e psi.
Closest thing to it in 3e, is Mental Pinnacle spell.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/spells/mentalPinnacle.htm

Psychoport "ought" to move people around rather well.