Re: Character design Qs

From: Markus Battarbee <battery_at_...>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:22:01 +0200

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.

> 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