LibraryOgre
2019-10-10, 01:28 PM
Acquire Language (Sensitive)
Range: 60 feet/20m
Duration: Special
ISP: 10
Saving Throw: Special
This power scans the language centers of the brain, granting the psychic skill in the target's most proficient language. If the saving throw is failed (or forgone), then the psychic gains the language at 2/3s the skill of the target (round up). If the saving throw is successful, the psychic gains the language at 1/3 the skill of the target (round down). If the target is protected by a Mind Block, then no success is possible.
The psychic's grasp on this skill is tenuous, however. First of all, the psychic can only acquire one language at a time in this manner; acquiring a new language, or reacquiring the old, wipes the first from memory. Secondly, however, for every hour that the psychic does not make use of the language, their proficiency reduces by 3%. This time includes sleep, meditation, or any time spent away from a speaker of the language, but GMs should not count every individual minute the character is not engaging in conversation, just blocks of time.
Note: This is, conceptually, a mix of Telepathy and Mind Bond... gaining a very specific skill, for a limited duration, sometimes even around their natural, non-psychic, defenses (i.e. surface thoughts).
Range: 60 feet/20m
Duration: Special
ISP: 10
Saving Throw: Special
This power scans the language centers of the brain, granting the psychic skill in the target's most proficient language. If the saving throw is failed (or forgone), then the psychic gains the language at 2/3s the skill of the target (round up). If the saving throw is successful, the psychic gains the language at 1/3 the skill of the target (round down). If the target is protected by a Mind Block, then no success is possible.
The psychic's grasp on this skill is tenuous, however. First of all, the psychic can only acquire one language at a time in this manner; acquiring a new language, or reacquiring the old, wipes the first from memory. Secondly, however, for every hour that the psychic does not make use of the language, their proficiency reduces by 3%. This time includes sleep, meditation, or any time spent away from a speaker of the language, but GMs should not count every individual minute the character is not engaging in conversation, just blocks of time.
Note: This is, conceptually, a mix of Telepathy and Mind Bond... gaining a very specific skill, for a limited duration, sometimes even around their natural, non-psychic, defenses (i.e. surface thoughts).