I'm building a Psi power... ish - Vocal Stun Effect, Affects everyone who can hear it

[evileeyore]

So I'm looking to build it off of Rapier Wit, the differences: It will require Concentration, it will affect everyone who can hear him, and everyone who shares a language with him (but not necessarily the non-language that he is speaking), swapping from Public Speaking to IQ (Public Speaking is too easy to raise).

I'm tentatively calling it Glossolalia, but in actuality it is the language of the Elder Things, the pure thought forms manifested in vocal sounds (and colors, smells, ASMR, it's a partially Telepathic power).


So... my question is how do I build it? Specifically the "Effects everyone who can hear him", I've got the rest.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

So... my question is how do I build it? Specifically the "Effects everyone who can hear him", I've got the rest.

Umm, that's like a standard Sense-Based/Hearing-Based attack/affliction (p. B109).

[awesomenessofme1]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Umm, that's like a standard Sense-Based/Hearing-Based attack/affliction (p. B109).

Not quite. I don't believe there's a way to build an Area Effect attack that affects "everyone who sees/hears/smells/whatever me". You need to build it with enough Area Effect to affect whatever you think is a reasonable max radius and slap Sense-Based on it.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Umm, that's like a standard Sense-Based/Hearing-Based attack/affliction (p. B109).

I'm avoiding Affliction as that path is insanely expensive. And there has to be a way that goes from "affects one target" to "affects multiple targets" easily that I'm just missing.

[awesomenessofme1]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

I'm avoiding Affliction as that path is insanely expensive. And there has to be a way that goes from "affects one target" to "affects multiple targets" easily that I'm just missing.

Really the only way to do it, like I said, is to buy a high level of Area Effect and add Sense-Based.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1

Really the only way to do it, like I said, is to buy a high level of Area Effect and add Sense-Based.

Add in Emanation too, since the Area of Effect emanates from the person speaking.

[Daigoro]

You might want to check Sound Spells. I haven't got it, but I noticed Fatal Frequency in the contents, which might be a similar build.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Daigoro

You might want to check Sound Spells. I haven't got it, but I noticed Fatal Frequency in the contents, which might be a similar build.

Huh.. I don't have Sound Spells yet... hang on a moment.


And that spell is not only an Affliction, it shatters the target.

[Refplace]

I dont see a fair way way to do this without adding Area Effect.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Refplace

I dont see a fair way way to do this without adding Area Effect.

I can see that. Start with Rapier Wit as the base, add Area Effect, Emanation... some other stuff... something to make it... eh.

I think I'll also dig into Afflictions again despite my dislike for them.