From: tfpayn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: Torturing your Psi-Hed
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:42:04 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <Bz8EIF.Box@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, griffin@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Zack Thompson) writes:
> 
> Howdy-
> 
> ZT here.
> 
> I saw someone earlier say something about how to keep a hold of a
>   psion once you do manage to catch him, without him teleporting 
>   away, or going ghosty, or something fun like that.  Well, here's
>   your answer.  Twist his arm.  Slap him every now and again.  
>   Shake him around a little.  Little things can disrupt concentration
>   REALLY well.  Think about it.  How well could you count by threes
>   (3, 6, 9, 12...), a relatively simple exercise, if someone was 
>   almost but not quite pulling your shoulder out of socket every few
>   seconds.  You'd lose count pretty quick, I think.  And I would
>   guess that psionics take a little more work than that.
> 
> Just for MY Record.
> 
>                       The Crystal Griffin

	Hey! What a great idea! 

	How about this, tho':

	Put him in a room that is surrounded by four cells (drop him IN the
room from above).  Each cell contains 2 Shriekers!  Have the shriekers under
the NPCs control (who cares how, it's DM perrogative!), where they only shriek
once every round or so...just enough to TOTALLY disrupt concentration (while he
's recovering from the last blast) but keep him sane.

	Naturally, it IS the DMs perrogative to come up with something SO
powerful, that he doesn't have to explain it.  Example:

	DM:  You guys are trondling down the corridor, when you suddenly get
attacked by an Illithid!

	Fighter: I attack! Two-handed sword to the tentacles! (rolls, misses)

	DM: Illithid attacks....the psionicist! (rolls) Makes one point in
favor!

	Psionicist: Awright, I give him a Psionic Blast, one-two punch!
(rolls..
	DM: You attempt to psionically blast the guy, when you realize that you
suddenly have NO energy!  It's as if you're totally drained!

	[Psionicist cringes in agony as the Illithid takes him out of action,
and disappears]

	NOW, the DM could simply choose to have some kinda of FORCE that acts
upon an area, a Psi-trap, that affects all members of the party (hence, fighter
takes a -2 or so to hit, 'cos of this bad headache that just came upon him)
ESPECIALLY psionicists!  The party'll find that their resident psi-hed is
unconscious, and in a coma, only to be awoken when they get out of the
dungeon/castle/cave they're in.  Let the psionicist know that he is fully aware
of the situation, just for torture's sake! HOWEVER, you need not come up with a
reasonable explanation for this, even if your group pushes you.  Just say the
Illithid has had a HELL of long time to come up with this trap (great for
snagging breakfast tid-bits), and only HE can get the victim out of it, or
whatever.  I think you get the gist.

	


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