Trying to build a psionic ability and I'm having trouble making it the way I want.

Jaware · 02-13-2016, 10:54 PM

Once again I consult the collective my friends.

Today I have had an idea for my campaign. Mostly for an master NPC but I need it balanced that way in case the pcs are bound and determined enough they may be able to train under him and get some ability like his.

Basicaly what I want is fairly simple to describe. But fairly difficult to build. At least for me, I don't have much experience in this particular area.

Anyway. What I want is this master to be Psionic. Telekinetic and possibly be able to teleport short ranges.

The power is what's giving me the headache. Namely the psionic Fire ability.
What I want it to do is to summon a ball about 5 inches across. Within this area there's heat. It's not quite a fireball, but it's just a sphere that whatever is within it gets heated up to extreme temperatures. Basically a ultratech fireball hahaha.

I want it to do 1d damage and have it cosmic to show that it's not physical, just that it an area that heats up what's inside.

What I'm having trouble with is I want the character to be able to control its movements. Basic movements albeit. But still. I want it to persist in place for around 30 seconds or so before it has to be replenished with FP to function again. So like it costs 2 or 3 FP to create and then it costs a not her 1 or 2 every 30 seconds or so to sustain it.

I'm having trouble mostly with the modifiers. Like which ones to apply, and which ones I can apply. Like persistent with extended duration x3 would work nicely. But it said it has to be combined with AOE and the smallest AOE is 2 yard radius. Making the final thing have a 5 yard diameter. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than the 5 inch diameter I am shooting for.

I suppose I could always design it like a character with a point cost and use allies or something to bring it up like a power or something. I don't know. I'm looking for advice on how to create this power and if there's any super OP thing about it that I have missed, or may miss by all means bring it to my attention.

The other thing about it that I thought was interesting would maybe be a way to trade places with the ball via short range if you could see it in person. So no I send it through a wall but I can see it through a tv screen. But I don't know if that would be to OP or not.

But what I definitely want is the ability to put it on an object like say a sword or an arrow etc. in order to cause it to deal more damage. But not the full 1d. Maybe like 1 or 2 damage that's not cosmic to show that it's less focused and not cosmic anymore as the heat radiates off the top of the object instead of heating up everything inside of a space.

02-13-2016, 10:54 PM	#1
Jaware Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Trying to build a psionic ability and I'm having trouble making it the way I want. Once again I consult the collective my friends. Today I have had an idea for my campaign. Mostly for an master NPC but I need it balanced that way in case the pcs are bound and determined enough they may be able to train under him and get some ability like his. Basicaly what I want is fairly simple to describe. But fairly difficult to build. At least for me, I don't have much experience in this particular area. Anyway. What I want is this master to be Psionic. Telekinetic and possibly be able to teleport short ranges. The power is what's giving me the headache. Namely the psionic Fire ability. What I want it to do is to summon a ball about 5 inches across. Within this area there's heat. It's not quite a fireball, but it's just a sphere that whatever is within it gets heated up to extreme temperatures. Basically a ultratech fireball hahaha. I want it to do 1d damage and have it cosmic to show that it's not physical, just that it an area that heats up what's inside. What I'm having trouble with is I want the character to be able to control its movements. Basic movements albeit. But still. I want it to persist in place for around 30 seconds or so before it has to be replenished with FP to function again. So like it costs 2 or 3 FP to create and then it costs a not her 1 or 2 every 30 seconds or so to sustain it. I'm having trouble mostly with the modifiers. Like which ones to apply, and which ones I can apply. Like persistent with extended duration x3 would work nicely. But it said it has to be combined with AOE and the smallest AOE is 2 yard radius. Making the final thing have a 5 yard diameter. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than the 5 inch diameter I am shooting for. I suppose I could always design it like a character with a point cost and use allies or something to bring it up like a power or something. I don't know. I'm looking for advice on how to create this power and if there's any super OP thing about it that I have missed, or may miss by all means bring it to my attention. The other thing about it that I thought was interesting would maybe be a way to trade places with the ball via short range if you could see it in person. So no I send it through a wall but I can see it through a tv screen. But I don't know if that would be to OP or not. But what I definitely want is the ability to put it on an object like say a sword or an arrow etc. in order to cause it to deal more damage. But not the full 1d. Maybe like 1 or 2 damage that's not cosmic to show that it's less focused and not cosmic anymore as the heat radiates off the top of the object instead of heating up everything inside of a space.