Telepath RP

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Interesting. Especially the "RAWR I EAT YO FACE" part...

And I think that would seem a doable hierarchy thingy. And that would mean that the normals were the only ones that could be affected by telepathy (with the exception of maybe stronger telepaths overpowering weaker ones), right?

[Zaleramancer]

Darn.. Forgot that.


Maybe telepathy could be independent of subspecies/whatever.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Perhaps...it's up to Myself, so see if HE thinks its okay. I mean we have yet to even approve the hierarchy you've come up with.

Until then, take a look at the latest stuff I added to the Evolutionist's stone? Had to be redone a bit, but I think you'd like it. And besides, I need some more collaborative effort (and since nobody pays attention to the RP comments anymore, had to ask you here...)

[neogenetica]

Interesting, but I still think that 25% should be primes. Also, why would primes need enhanced psychic powers? If power came from training and primes were ever youthful they would have all the time in the world to train their powers to psyren like levels.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 true...

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Illusion Casting...

[Celadon's Penultimate]

And I'm wondering...when Myself says Reality Bending doesn't affect telepaths, that doesn't automatically give them a form of Barrier Defiance against reality benders' forcefields, does it?

[neogenetica]

Well that depends, I'm assuming that a decent telekinetic could harm the forcefield, a telepath could just attack through the mind, and if it was comprised of psychic energy a soul eater could absorb it. I'll probably be using it mainly to prevent body switching and creating long diamond link chains to pulverise any body who tries to touch me.

[Zaleramancer]

I loooked! :D


Also, It's just that I'm a wee bit tired of zombie-making-diseases everywhere.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Yeah, but MY RP has no zombie making diseases...

So whaddya think of the end of the Mover's empire? I'm thinking of how to rebuild now he's left the States, too. Though if you wanna discuss it, it should be in the right thread...

[neogenetica]

So what do you say about the heiarchy Myself?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Yeah, Myself...whaddya say?

[Myself]

Nope. They are only immune to the direct effects.

P.S. Have a look on the "Power Orphanage" thread. You will see a power I can guarantee you will all like.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 good to know...

[Myself]

Should I make Telekinesis a standard ability for the telepaths or have it a special ability?

[neogenetica]

I would suggest as a standard ability, after all it would give the telepaths without secondary powers a more potent attack and defense to utilize instead of just having to use telepathy.

[Myself]

Yes, with practice any telepath can overcome another's telepathy.

Some other gifts include:
-Illusion Projection: Can produce illusions. While some telepaths can make illusions with normal telepathy, those with Illusion Projection also manipulate spacetime, light, sound and the rest of reality to make their illusions, It is also second nature to make an illusion.
-Mind Shield: Most telepaths must project their shields consciously, though thinking in other languages, mastery of the talent and love (since lover's minds are connected over long distances, shielding each other in a Pack Invulnerability sort of way). Someone with this talent can make a mind shield passively, shield the minds of others and even cancel the shields of others with this gift out.

I might make telekinesis a standard ability, but only after the mastery of telepathy (i.e. Scanners, Starcraft, etc), in order to supply the extreme psionic requirements. It takes less time for a telepath without a gift to develop telekinesis, since the gift needs the energy itself too. Another one I'm considering (after the mastery of telekinesis) is teleportation (e.g. The Tomorrow People) but I think this is going overboard -I can always add teleportation as a gift.

If two telepaths fall in love, their minds naturally connect to each other. This allows them to communicate over any distance with each other and shields them both from mental intrusion unless both are attacked in the same way.

A few characters:
-Name: Rebecca.
-Age:10.
-Discovery: Her telepathy surfaced when she was attacked in the poorer suburbs by thugs.
-Additional gift: Precognition, allowing her to sense from danger.
-Telekinetic development: She is one of the few gifted telepaths so far to have developed telekinesis -she hunted down the thugs who attacked her and killed them brutally.

-Name: Andrew.
-Age: 17.
-Discovery: Andrew's telepathy surfaced when he had an epileptic seizure. When he woke up, he began to hear the thoughts of everyone around him. Mind reading was easier for him, since it made up for his Asperger's Syndrome.
-Additional Gift: Enchantment, which allowed him to make a telepathy-blocking prison to hold telepathic criminals, particularly gifted or telekinetic ones.
-Telekinetic Development: Andrew cannot use any telekinesis yet, though he does have some control over enchanted objects.

[neogenetica]

Just so whatever team we join with dosent suffer so easily I make this:
Cypher virus:The Cypher virus is created by my reality bending and only affects telepaths. It functions by first infecting the victim and adding another gene to their DNA. This gene serves to make the Cypher virus generate when activated. The Cypher virus itself is beneficial to telepaths. This is because the Cypher virus generates a kind of "field" around the infected that allows them to regain their abilities if blocked, it can also act to heal people from having been touched by a soul eater but this takes more time than the first example. The virus also dwells on the gene a little bit to protect it from being influenced by any biological manipulation.

If you want to I can infect you with it to protect you.

[Myself]

That defeats the purpose of several abilities, such as mental healing/mediumship (depending on what can heal those affected by Soul Eaters) and negation. Negation is countered when the victim is targeted by telepathy, which unlocks the neural pathways again. A person with their gift or mental healing (even Illusion or Dream Manipulation, with practice) can restore their ability. A telepath can occasionally regain their abilties through special training.

This is really a giant source of book ideas, so you must be aware that I reserve the right to put any ideas posted here into a book.

I do think the Cypher Virus is good in theory, with a few changes:
1) It makes it easier to recover from negation, but does not guarantee it.
2) It heals the infected from Soul Eater instead of others.
3) It takes time to heal it's user from Soul Eater.
4) Have it operate using a few genes, like normal viruses. This one is by far the lowest priority here.

[neogenetica]

I dident think there was direct negation in it. Anyways sure the cypher virus can be changed, I meant that it took time to heal the user anyway. I mainly meant it to create a kind of "recovery field" that allows the victim of soul eater or telepathy blocking to recover.