Empathy was a minor psionic devotion that allowed a psion[1][2][4][6] or wilder[2] to perceive various surface feelings in the unshielded mind of any sentient creature.[1][4][6][7]
Effects[]
This discipline allowed a psion to detect and sense a multitude of different surface emotions,[1][4][6][7] drives,[4][6] and moods.[1][7] These could include hatred, hostility, curiosity, friendliness, love, rage, uncertainty, and the like.[1][4][6][7] It also allowed a psion to detect various sensations,[1][7] such as pain, and basic needs like fatigue, hunger, and thirst.[1][4][6][7]
Reports differed on the exact effective range of this devotion. Older accounts spoke of it being unlimited in its range, but limited to a 20 feet (6.1 meters) by 20 ft (6.1 m) area, and requiring physical contact if used against another psionicists.[4] Later accounts spoke of its range instead being centered on the caster and spreading out 30 feet (9.1 meters).[1][7]
Psionic defenses such as mind bar,[8] as well as spells like mind blank, could shield against it.[9]
Display[]
Manifesting this power produced a standard mental display.[1][7]
Notable Users[]
Creatures & Sentient Races[]
- Aratha, a psionic species of giant beetles.[10]
- Embracs.[11]
- Greater lammasu.[12][13]
- Lesser shedu.[14][15][16]
Individuals[]
- Elyse.[17]
- Gaulauntyr, an adult copper dragon.[18][19][note 1]
- Illistyl Elventree, a member of the Knights of Myth Drannor.[20]
Religions[]
- Powerful shamans of the Great Worm tribe, who worshiped Uthgar's Great Worm beast totem, were capable of assuming a "great worm" form that conferred a number of psionic abilities, including empathy.[21][22]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Tyrangal, also known as Gaulauntyr, is described as a topaz dragon in her first appearance, the article "Wyrms of the North: The Thief Dragon" in Dragon #240 (p. 77–81). Subsequent appearances in the 3rd edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (p. 220) and the novel The Edge of Chaos describe her as a copper dragon. Gaulauntyr's entry in Dragons of Faerûn (p. 150) lists her as "topaz (copper)", presumably to avoid arbitrating the conflict. As Gaulauntyr was known to disguise herself using illusions, it is possible the early topaz dragon appearance can be attributed to that. For the purposes of this wiki, Tyrangal/Gaulauntyr is considered to be a copper dragon in accordance with our canon policy.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Bruce R. Cordell (March 2001). Psionics Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 72. ISBN 0786918357.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bruce R. Cordell (April 2004). Expanded Psionics Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 70, 99. ISBN 0-7869-3301-1.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 72. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Steve Winter (1991). The Complete Psionics Handbook. (TSR, Inc.), p. 84. ISBN 1-56076-054-0.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (1995). Player's Option: Skills & Powers. (TSR, Inc), p. 156. ISBN 0-7869-0149-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 111–112. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Bruce R. Cordell (April 2004). Expanded Psionics Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 99. ISBN 0-7869-3301-1.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 115. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 90. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 204. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Stephen Inniss (October 1989). “The Dragon's Bestiary: All life crawls where mind flayers rule”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #150 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 12–16.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 79. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 218. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Steve Winter (1991). The Complete Psionics Handbook. (TSR, Inc.), p. 119. ISBN 1-56076-054-0.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (1998). A Guide to the Ethereal Plane. Edited by Michele Carter, Keith Francis Strohm. (TSR, Inc.), p. 71. ISBN 0-7869-1205-7.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 313. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Richard Rydberg, et al. (August 1989). Gateway to Ravens Bluff, the Living City. Edited by Jean Rabe, Skip Williams, Ed Sollers. (TSR, Inc.), p. 49.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood; Sean K. Reynolds (2002-09-25). Gaulauntyr, "Glorytongue". Wyrms of the North. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 150. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.