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Topic ID: 168
Message ID: 10
#10, RE: The Triple Crown of training programs...
Posted by Laudre on Oct-25-01 at 06:13 PM
In response to message #9
>There is an idea I've toyed with, something called "Psi-dead." This
>goes in the opposite of psionics, in that the individual has almost
>*negative* psychic potential.

Hmmm. GURPS Psionics refers to such entities as psychic voids, IIRC. (And, at the moment, I'm waiting for dinner and am too lazy to go into my bedroom and see if my copy of the book is there or in my storage shed.) There's also people who possess antipsi; not only are they "blank" to a telepath and the like, but either consciously or unconsciously (I forget exactly what the mechanic is) they can cause psi to cease to function in their immediate area. Kind of like psionic ysalamiri.

>I guess what I'm trying to say here is that, while such a tri-talented
>character might be cool to think about, they would be a nightmare to
>write unless you handled them right. Balance things out in creating a
>character, and you'll save yourself ulcers and white hairs in the long
>run.

Oh, no doubt about it. And I fail to see any good reason for a character to do it (well, other than sheer twink value), since the three areas overlap so much in net effect that once you've mastered one and taken steps on another, the returns diminish to the point of uselessness.

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