Query: Two-Headed Psi

[Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2]

Okay, a character has the following:

Compartmentalized Mind 1 [50]
Extra Head 1 [15]
Split Personality (Always On) [-60]

And appropriate psionic powers.

Here's the question: given the appropriate psionic abilities, can this character form a psionic gestalt with himself?

[Captain-Captain]

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

Okay, a character has the following:

Compartmentalized Mind 1 [50]
Extra Head 1 [15]
Split Personality (Always On) [-60]

And appropriate psionic powers.

Here's the question: given the appropriate psionic abilities, can this character form a psionic gestalt with himself?

Yes and he can do so without the second head. A compartmentalized mind personality is technically a second characters. B.43 exact text "completely separate minds".

[Captain-Captain]

Incidentally this is one of the reason the Mind Warper from DF is so utterly scary. CM 4. it has FIVE working Psionic Minds!

[Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2]

Originally Posted by Captain-Captain

Yes and he can do so without the second head. A compartmentalized mind personality is technically a second characters. B.43 exact text "completely separate minds".

Much thanks. The "second head" is part of the character concept; the two heads annoy everyone around them by arguing all the time.

[fschiff]

This sounds a bit like a Perry Rhodan character, the mutant Ivan Ivanovich Goratschin, who could make nuclear explosions. Inspiration?

[Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2]

Originally Posted by fschiff

This sounds a bit like a Perry Rhodan character, the mutant Ivan Ivanovich Goratschin, who could make nuclear explosions. Inspiration?

No - while I got the bulk of the Perry Rhodan series online last year, I never got around to reading more than a couple. I sincerely don't know where the inspiration came from.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by fschiff

This sounds a bit like a Perry Rhodan character, the mutant Ivan Ivanovich Goratschin, who could make nuclear explosions. Inspiration?

Didnt think anyone was left who remembered that series!

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

Okay, a character has the following:

Compartmentalized Mind 1 [50]
Extra Head 1 [15]
Split Personality (Always On) [-60]

And appropriate psionic powers.

Here's the question: given the appropriate psionic abilities, can this character form a psionic gestalt with himself?

How did you derive that value for Split Personality? If you have two characters sharing one body, but are generally cooperative and both personalities are in play all the time, I would contend it's more of a quirk than a 60 point disadvantage. The arguing among themselves all the time would be an OPH.

Even if one controls the body at any given time, it doesn't seem any more disadvantageous than regular Split Personality.

[knarf]

Sure he's got multiple minds to focus, but does he have multiple powers? Are both minds psionic? Can both minds be psionic? Will both minds ever agree to a gestalt? You might want to charge him for each "copy" of a power he wants to use at once, just to tone down the Munchkin potential of this one.

[Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2]

Originally Posted by GnomesofZurich

How did you derive that value for Split Personality? If you have two characters sharing one body, but are generally cooperative and both personalities are in play all the time, I would contend it's more of a quirk than a 60 point disadvantage. The arguing among themselves all the time would be an OPH.

Even if one controls the body at any given time, it doesn't seem any more disadvantageous than regular Split Personality.

The value for split personality is derived from the fact that both personalities are active all the time without control rolls. As the body has two heads, they can converse and interact all the time. Controlling their mutual body is a joint affair, but the heads are independent. It counts as a disadvantage because they do not always agree on what they want the body to do.