Animal telepathy was a minor psionic devotion that allowed a psionicist to telepathically communicate with various broad ranges of living creatures.[1] Some might refer to it as being a more limited version of mindlink.[2][note 1]
Effects[]
The types of living things that could be communicated with through animal telepathy, as well as power's operational range and the range at which creatures could be searched for, depended upon the manifester's degree of mastery with the devotion and their psionic powers as a whole. It offered psionicists no greater ability to command or influence the minds of such creatures. The devotion operated as follows:[1]
| Level of Mastery | Types of Animal Life which can be Communicated with |
|---|---|
| First Degree | Mammals |
| Third Degree | Marsupials |
| Fifth Degree | Avians |
| Sixth Degree | Reptiles |
| Seventh Degree | Amphibians |
| Eight Degree | Fish and similar aquatic creatures |
| Tenth Degree | Arachnids, centipedes, and millipedes |
| Twelfth Degree | Creatures traditionally considered "monsters" |
| Fourteenth Degree | Plants |
Notable Users[]
Creatures & Sentient Races[]
- Baku, a powerful psionic race, innately possessed a 12th degree mastery of animal telepathy.[4]
- Brain coral, an intelligent and psionic range of coral, innately possessed a 9th degree mastery of animal telepathy.[2][5]
- Planetars, one of the orders of angels in the multiverse, innately possessed a 14th degree mastery of animal telepathy.[6]
- Solars, another order of angels in the multiverse, innately possessed a 4th degree mastery of animal telepathy.[7]
Individuals[]
- Elrem the Wise, a powerful Uthgar shaman of the Great Worm tribe.[8][9][10][note 2]
- Illistyl Elventree, a member of the Knights of Myth Drannor.[11]
- Peter Trum.[12]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Though this power was never formally updated for 2nd edition AD&D, it was sporadically mentioned in some sources. Encyclopedia Magica Volume II's description of discipline requirements for an item originally published in Dragon #91 (page 540), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four's entry on the brain coral creature that was originally published in Dragon #116, and in Polyhedron #49's "The Living City: The For-Rest Inn" (page 29). Of these three, Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four addresses the power in relation to 2nd edition psionics, referring to it as a limitation on the brain corals' use of the devotion mindlink.
- ↑ The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier and Powers & Pantheons both state that the "great worm" form an Uthgar shaman can shapechange into confers a number of psionic powers. The powers listed are nearly the same as those that were originally detailed for Elrem back in The Savage Frontier, thus it can be inferred that Elrem's psionic powers are not unique to him. The only power absent in both sources is animal telepathy. This is presumably due to it not having made the transition from 1st to 2nd edition AD&D, rather than it being unique to Elrem in any way. Therefore, it can be further inferred that animal telepathy is likewise a power this "great worm" form confers.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 111. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (1998). Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 21. ISBN 0-7869-1212-X.
- ↑ A. D. Rogan (March 1982). “Gypsies: A curse or a blessing”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #59 (TSR, Inc.), p. 18.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 12. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Gray, Jones, Kopsinis, Maurus (December 1986). “The Dragon's Bestiary”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #116 (TSR, Inc.), p. 38.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 102. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 112. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Jennell Jaquays (1988). The Savage Frontier. (TSR, Inc), p. 58. ISBN 0-88038-593-6.
- ↑ slade, et al. (April 1996). “The Wilderness”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), p. 33. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 71. ISBN 978-0786906574.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb (August 1987). “DM's Sourcebook of the Realms”. In Karen S. Martin ed. Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 24. ISBN 0-88038-472-7.
- ↑ Mike Selinker (September 1989). “The Living City: The For-Rest Inn”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #49 (TSR, Inc.), p. 29.