Zexion
2010-02-23, 10:56 PM
So, a couple of days ago I was reading the book The Looking Glass Wars, by Frank Beddor. I looked at the ability referred to in the book as Imagination, and I thought that it could be an interesting ability to turn into a D&D mechanic.
So, here is a brief flavour description of the ability:
-Imagination is a form of magic that is based on exercising "mind over matter" to control the real world to a limited extend. Using imagination, you could create a pair of dancing tap dancing shoes, or you could project a beam of white energy that lops off people's heads with a single strike.
Some things that you CANNOT do with Imagination:
-make yourself know everything (because you don't know everything to imagine yourself knowing)
-kill someone (apparently the spirit of life is too strong to quash)
-destroy matter (you can create it though)
Any thoughts? I'm thinking it could be a skill, with varying results based on DC. It would probably take three or four skill ranks, though, instead of just one. This is a pretty powerful skill.
As written above, alternatively this could be a prestige class. Any thoughts?
So, here is a brief flavour description of the ability:
-Imagination is a form of magic that is based on exercising "mind over matter" to control the real world to a limited extend. Using imagination, you could create a pair of dancing tap dancing shoes, or you could project a beam of white energy that lops off people's heads with a single strike.
Some things that you CANNOT do with Imagination:
-make yourself know everything (because you don't know everything to imagine yourself knowing)
-kill someone (apparently the spirit of life is too strong to quash)
-destroy matter (you can create it though)
Any thoughts? I'm thinking it could be a skill, with varying results based on DC. It would probably take three or four skill ranks, though, instead of just one. This is a pretty powerful skill.
As written above, alternatively this could be a prestige class. Any thoughts?