Re: Character design Qs

From: JEFFREY KYER <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:09:28 -0000

> Adept wrote:
> > Lankhor Mhy followers can use the powers of the sharp mind of
their
> > God. LM is supposed to be battling Thanatar afterall, and I just
> > don't see him all that helpless. LM is the god whose followers
> > could develop Telepath/ESP/PSI/mentalist style feats, reading the
> > mind of an opponent is only that far of stunning it with a
powerful
> > tought. (This is totally different from the chaos power of the
> > lunar priestesses, as the LM follower readilly tells you)
>
> This I don't like - it's still crazy tampering with another's mind.
> Something like befuddle would work better, in my opinion - obscuring
> the knowledge of who's your friend and who's your foe.

That would be a workable feat -- certainly something that could be infprovised though I'd point out that destroying or obscuring knowlege is something that LM is NOT thrilled with.

I agree with the mental stuff though. I just don't want to see bald-headded Lankor Mhy sages in wheelchairs fireing psionic blasts, if you get my drift. And until I hear there's an Xavier subcult of LM, I'd not allow such sillynesses.  

> > If the LM doesn't want to try a mental-strike, he is also in an
> > excellent position to learn some of the more obscure feats of the
> > storm/earth pantheon. Afterall, he is the God that best
understands
> > magic, among the orlanthi.
>
> "May Lhankor Mhy the avenger bless this book, and rob thieves of
thir fingers
> and eyes forever."
> Related to the lawspeaker duty of LM, we can have subcults like LM
the
> Executioner, LM the Jailer, LM the Riot Cop... ;)
>
> -B

Charming. A bit extreme, I think.

Judge Lankor -- I AM THE LAW! -- somehow that's a bit far over the edge for me.

Jeff