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| edbonny |
Posted - 10 Mar 2005 : 20:45:48
As a prelude to the upcoming Auppenser clerical prestige class, here is the Psionics Domain.
PSIONICS DOMAIN
Deities: Auppenser, Ilsenine. Deep Duerra
Granted Power: You gain Wild Talent as a bonus feat which provides you with a reserve of 2 power points and grants you status as a psionic character. You are now able to take psionic feats, metapsionic feats, and psionic item creation feats.
You do not, however, gain the ability to manifest powers simply by virtue of having this feat. The domain spells listed below are psionic powers from the Expanded Psionics Handbook (XPH). These powers are treated as divine spells when you cast them. You do not expend power points when casting these spells and you cannot augment them by expending power points.
1 Conceal Thoughts: You conceal your motives.
2 Thought Shield: Gain PR 13 against mind-affecting powers and SR 13 against mind-affecting spells.
3 Empathic Transfer, Hostile: Your touch transfers your hurt to another creature.
4 Mindwipe: Subject’s recent experiences wiped away, bestowing negative levels.
5 Adapt Body: Your body automatically adapts to hostile environments.
6 Personal Mind Blank: You are immune to scrying and mental effects.
7 Ultrablast: Deal 13d6 damage in 15-ft. radius.
8 True Metabolism: You regenerate 10 hit points/round.
9 Timeless Body: Ignore all harmful and helpful effects for one round.
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| The Sage |
Posted - 19 Mar 2005 : 05:15:34
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Originally posted by khorne
Ummm...Just who is Auppenser(never heard of him)...
Here's the information on Auppenser that Ed Bonny just so graciously provided for us -
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Here is the write-up I did for Auppenser:
Auppenser
Intermediate Deity
Our Lord of Reason, the Serene One, the Master of Thought
Symbol: An eye centered within a hexagonally shaped gem
Home Plane: Dweomerheart
Realm: The Tranquil Grounds
Alignment: N
Portfolio: Psionics, serenity, personal autonomy, enlightenment
Worshippers: Blues, duergar, monks, psions, psychic warriors
Cleric Alignments: NG, N, CN, LN, NE
Domains: Balance, Mentalism, Protection, Psionics, Strength
Favored Weapon: kukri
Auppenser is a strong-minded deity given over as much to deep contemplation as he is to decisive action. The god of psionics possesses a calm demeanor, as one completely confident in his clear-thinking ways. He strives to uphold the Balance wherever psionics are involved. Worshipped by all manner of psionic beings, the fair-minded deity has long been an advocate of the magic within one’s personal being. In the days when Jhaamdath was expanding, the Lord of Reason served as the empire’s patron deity. He is an amicable god who took great pains to foster psionics in communities wherever his church took hold. Auppenser appears as a youthful, robust, raven-haired and purple-eyed man of lithe muscle and catlike grace. His wise face is framed by a peaceful expression of thoughtfulness. He dresses in a simple flowing robe of purest white.
History/Relationships: The deity of psionics was an aloof god who interacted little with the other deities of Faerûn. Auppenser pledged obeisance to Mystryl but in reality he was his own master who sought to free himself from the internecine politics of his godly brethren. His church was most powerful during the heady days of the Jhaamdath Empire, and it was that kingdom’s destruction that spelled the deity’s demise. Worship of Auppenser all but ceased in the years following the drowning of Jhaamdath, an event that would have sent the god to a certain death if not for the intervention of Mystra. Mystra, reluctant to let the mystical art of psionics such a terrible loss, placed Auppenser in a deep slumber from which he has just begun to stir.
The entire destruction of Jhaamdath coupled with the slumber of the god of psionics brought about a centuries-long decline in psionic practice. It is only recently that awareness of this forsaken area of magic has cultivated renewed interest in its study.
Dogma: Develop the latent abilities within you for that is your power alone. Psionics is the ultimate art of magic and you are its practitioner. Through lifelong dedication, strive to unite your will with your physical form to become one. Only through the unrestrained union of one’s mind and body can the magic of psionics truly be mastered. Throw off the yoke of any who would impose tyranny upon you. Likewise, do not ever force another to submit to your will. Free your mind, free yourself and you have only just begun the path to true psionic mastery. Free others, open their minds to the Invisible Art, and you will show them way to Auppenser.
Church and Temple: Auppenser’s clergy included clerics, monks and psionic characters of all types. Clerics of Auppenser were known as Psiarchs. Cloistered members of the church dwelled in temples and monasteries dedicating themselves to understanding the mysteries of the mind. Wayfaring psiarchs openly preached their lord’s philosophy of personal strength through psionic development and promoted discourse that explored the myriad abilities of the mind.
The church of Auppenser was well established throughout the Jhaamdath Empire although its organization was loose and not hierarchically structured. Each Jhaamdathan city boasted several large temples and monasteries while towns usually had a single, small center of worship. These temples were usually domed, colonnaded rotundas of white stone. Larger temples contained numerous private chambers for individual worshippers seeking solitude to pray, to compose one’s thoughts, and to seek divine guidance for greater enlightenment.
The church of Auppenser zealously opposed slavery, a pious belief that frequently brought the church faithful into conflict with slave-owning kingdoms, most notably Calimshan.
Prayers: Clerics of Auppenser prayed for spells in silent and unmoving meditation. This conservation of action allowed the mind to focus inward for greater personal introspection.
Rites: Followers of Auppenser selected a time of their own choosing for when to worship their deity. Each day at the same time, the follower was expected to pray and meditate. Failure to pray at one’s chosen time was considered not only a terrible lack of devotion but was also counted as a grave offense to Auppenser who values personal discipline.
Herald and Allies: Auppenser traditionally sent an amethyst dragon as his herald. The psionic god was known to bestow udoroot seeds upon his favored faithful. His planar allies consisted of rilmani and gem dragons.
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| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 18 Mar 2005 : 19:11:21
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Originally posted by khorne
why did the elves destroy Jhaamdath?(Man, and I thougt I knew much of the forgotten realms.....)
Because the people of Jhaamdath had "mercilessly slaughtered the elves of Nikerymath when the latter fought to defend their forest home" from the Jhaamdath seeking more and more wood.
Source: Lost Empires of Faerun, page 120 |
| khorne |
Posted - 18 Mar 2005 : 18:57:09
Ummm...Just who is Auppenser(never heard of him)why did mystra make him sleep and why did the elves destroy Jhaamdath?(Man, and I thougt I knew much of the forgotten realms.....) |
| The Sage |
Posted - 17 Mar 2005 : 05:07:49
Ah, that will help significantly.
Actually, I'm starting to think about a possible adventure hook based on these details. It'll be based in the ancient Realms though, so I'm not sure whether I should include it for submission in the Compendium, or just pass it along to Big Al for inclusion on the main site.
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| edbonny |
Posted - 17 Mar 2005 : 00:26:39
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Originally posted by The Sage
This is wonderful Ed  . And these bonus feat paths just complete the class nicely.
How were these servants first initiated into the monastery? Did the flowering of psionic talent among the populace of Jhaamdath prompt a visit from the local temple of Auppenser?
Hey Sage,
Glad you liked it.
There's a timeline coming up here with a lot on the Monastic Servants and other uniquely Jhaamdathan things.
As for getting people into the monastic temple to take up Auppenser's cause, there was a good deal of recruiting (the sharp eye for the up and coming student) and also letting it be known throughout the lands that the temple was looking for new initiates.
- Ed |
| The Sage |
Posted - 14 Mar 2005 : 16:47:35
This is wonderful Ed . And these bonus feat paths just complete the class nicely.
How were these servants first initiated into the monastery? Did the flowering of psionic talent among the populace of Jhaamdath prompt a visit from the local temple of Auppenser?
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| edbonny |
Posted - 14 Mar 2005 : 16:04:10
MONASTIC SERVANT OF AUPPENSER
Before the coup that destroyed Jhaamdath’s psiocracy, monastic servants were the priestly wayfarers of the empire, wanderers who went beyond their empire’s borders to spread the message of their deity, Auppenser. Skilled in both mind and body, monastic servants set the example of how devotion to Auppenser was empowering and ennobling. Their actions promoted psionics and the worship of Auppenser – and their chosen profession was seen as but one of many possible way of merging these two areas.
Monastic servants were expected to be of sound mind and body. Personal discipline was seen as the utmost sign of respect to Auppenser. Nothing was ever done to excess be it drinking, eating, or sleeping. Self-restraint, meditation and moderation were the means to true enlightenment and perfection of self – honorable goals embraced by the god of psionics.
Tireless enemies of slavery, monastic servants worked openly and unflinchingly against those nations who traded in enslaved beings. Their actions brought the peaceable but ever expanding psiocratic empire of Jhaamdath into frequent skirmishes with the slaving nation of Calimshan.
After the coup, the new regime mercilessly persecuted those monastic servants who vocalized loudly their disapproval of the empire’s new and unbalanced direction. Monastic servants were frequently imprisoned, tortured and publicly executed as traitors for speaking their mind.
The monastic servants rightly feared that the radical changes in the Jhaamdathan Empire would ultimately be its undoing. While the form of the empire’s doom was unforeseen, the followers of Auppenser believed that only an equally terrible act would restore the balance to the region. Unfortunately for all past and future practitioners of the Invisible Art, that terrible act would nearly wipe out all knowledge of psionics and do dire harm to the god of psionics
The elven magic that destroyed Jhaamdath also killed most of Auppenser’s monastic servants. The impact on Auppenser was just as devastating. Greatly diminished in power, the god of psionics was sent into a deep slumber by the goddess of magic. The few monastic servants who survived had neither home nor the guidance of their deity. They spent their days in isolation around the shores where Jhaamdath once stood. The servants were also watchful for retribution from Jhaamdath’s enemies who took great delight in tormenting Jhaamdathan survivors.
Auppenser has only recently shown signs of stirring from his sleep. The cause of his slow awakening is unknown but it may be tied to a greater awareness of psionics in areas near to the ancient lands of Jhaamdath, particularly Hlondeth and other yuan-ti populated areas.
No monastic servant of Auppenser has existed for centuries. Detailed knowledge of the class exists in a few places most likely beneath the waves recorded in some permanent form such as a psionic stone or buried by a surviving monastic servant who sought to leave a reminder of who he was for a future generation.
A new church of Auppenser would have many obstacles to face – the most important being how to awaken their deity. It is very likely that an awakened Auppenser would reward such worshippers with an Initiate of Auppenser feat to replace the Servant of the Fallen feat.
Hit Die: d8
REQUIREMENTS
To qualify to become a Monastic Servant of Auppenser, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
Alignment: Any neutral
Skills: Concentration 8 ranks
Spellcasting: Able to cast 3rd level divine spells
Feats: Wild Talent (or substitute the Psionics domain if using the domain from the beginning of this thread); Servant of the Fallen; Psionic Meditation
Domain: Balance (or Psionics if using the domain from the beginning of this thread)
Patron Deity: Auppenser
Special: Can never have cast a spell or used a magic or psionic item to dominate or control the mind of another being.
CLASS SKILLS
The Monastic Servant’s class skills are:
Concentration (Con)
Balance (Dex)
Climb (Str)
Craft (Int)
Heal (Wis)
Jump (Str)
Listen (Wis)
Knowledge (psionics)
Knowledge (religion)
Psicraft (Int)
Spot (Wis)
Swim (Str)
Tumble (Dex)
Use Psionic Device (Int)
Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifer
Weapons and Armor Proficiency: Monastic Servants gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor.
Spells per Day: When a new monastic servant level is attained, the character gains new spells per day as if she had also attained a level in one of her divine spellcasting classes. She does not gain any other benefit from a character from that class would have gained (bonus feats, etc).
If a character has more than one divine spellcasting class, she must decide to which class she adds each level of monastic servant for purposes of determining spells per day and caster level.
Class Fort Ref Will
Level BAB Save Save Save Special Spells per Day
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 Psionic Discipline; Sublime Transference +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
2 +1 +0 +0 +3 Path of the Servant +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
3 +2 +1 +1 +3 Strength of Will +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
4 +3 +1 +1 +4 Greater Path of the Servant +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
5 +3 +1 +1 +4 Sudden Intuition +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
6 +4 +2 +2 +5 Final Path of the Servant +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
7 +5 +2 +2 +5 Quicken Focus +1 level of existing divine spellcasting class
Psionic Discipline (Sp): The monastic servant chooses one of the six disciplines available to the psion class. The powers from that discipline are now on the monastic servant’s cleric spell list meaning that the monastic servant can prepare and cast powers from that discipline as if they were divine spells of the same level. These powers detect as both divine and psionics although they are divinely powered. A monastic servant does not expend power points when casting these spells and cannot augment them by expending power points. If a monastic servant is or becomes a psion, she must choose the same discipline.
Sublime Transference (Ex): At 1st level, a monastic servant’s class levels stack with any of her psionic class levels for purposes of determining caster level dependent variables of a manifested power (such as range, duration, etc.) and for purposes of meeting feat requirements. Additionally, a monastic servant with a psionic item creation feat can make psionic items using any psionic powers she knows (either from a psionic class or from psionic powers that she can prepare as divine spells). A monastic servant without any psionic class levels uses her monastic servant class level as her manifestor level when crafting psionic items.
Path of the Servant (Ex): At 2nd level, a monastic servant must choose one of 4 paths to follow. Each path grants a bonus feat to the monastic servant even if she does not meet the prerequisites. If the character already has the feat, she gains no benefit.
Path - Bonus Feat
Path of the Walker - Mental Leap
Path of the Warrior - Psionic Weapon
Path of the Unarmed - Psionic Fist
Path of the Certain - Ghost Attack
Strength of Will (Ex): A monastic servant applies her Wisdom bonus to Fortitude saves and to her Jump, Swim, and Climb checks.
Greater Path of the Servant (Ex): At 4th level, a monastic servant continues on her chosen path gaining an additional bonus feat.
Path - Bonus Feat
Path of the Walker - Speed of Thought
Path of the Warrior - Greater Psionic Weapon
Path of the Unarmed - Greater Psionic Fist
Path of the Certain - Aligned Attack
Sudden Intuition (Ex): A monastic servant applies her Wisdom bonus to Reflex saves and her Balance and Tumble checks.
Final Path of the Servant (Ex): At 6th level, a monastic servant gain the final bonus feat completing her path.
Path - Bonus Feat
Path of the Walker - Up the Walls
Path of the Warrior - Deep Impact
Path of the Unarmed - Unavoidable Strike
Path of the Certain - Wounding Attack
Quicken Focus (Ex): A monastic servant can attempt to become psionically focused as an immediate action. The DC to become psionically focused as a free action increases by +5. This counts towards the limit of one immediate action per round allowed to a character.
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| edbonny |
Posted - 14 Mar 2005 : 11:28:34
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Just a note: You can't use Wild Talent as a prerequisite for psionic item creation feats, as they require minimum manifester levels. Psi-like abilities work for that, in the same way spell-like abilities work for normal item creation feats. However, Wild Talent doesn't provide powers, just power points -- so without powers, the character who takes the feat basically has a manifester level of 0.
Bookworm,
The description of Wild Talent states that the feat can be used to take psionic item creation feats -- although as you rightly point out, a character needs a minimum manifestor level to take an item creation feat. Thank you for pointing that out. I am going to use this loophole. 
- Ed |
| edbonny |
Posted - 14 Mar 2005 : 11:18:52
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Originally posted by Alaundo
Well met, Ed
Many thanks for providing us with the lore, it's greatly appreciated  I'd like to include these particular scrolls in the library proper for all to see, if I may
Alaundo,
Of course! All of these can go in the library. Thank you for asking.
- Ed |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 14 Mar 2005 : 03:44:19
Just a note: You can't use Wild Talent as a prerequisite for psionic item creation feats, as they require minimum manifester levels. Psi-like abilities work for that, in the same way spell-like abilities work for normal item creation feats. However, Wild Talent doesn't provide powers, just power points -- so without powers, the character who takes the feat basically has a manifester level of 0. |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 12 Mar 2005 : 10:16:42
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Originally posted by edbonny
A teaser on the remaining upcoming psionic releases to this thread:
Release #1 - Psionic Domain - released
Release #2 - Monastic Servant of Auppenser prestige class
Release #3 - The Mystery Behind Jhaamdath's Cities of the Sword: What is a "udoxias," why did each sword city have one, and what is the significance of the number 12 in a psionic society?
- Ed
Well met, Ed
Many thanks for providing us with the lore, it's greatly appreciated I'd like to include these particular scrolls in the library proper for all to see, if I may |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 12 Mar 2005 : 03:04:35
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Originally posted by edbonny
A teaser on the remaining upcoming psionic releases to this thread:
Release #1 - Psionic Domain - released
Release #2 - Monastic Servant of Auppenser prestige class
Release #3 - The Mystery Behind Jhaamdath's Cities of the Sword: What is a "udoxias," why did each sword city have one, and what is the significance of the number 12 in a psionic society?
- Ed
As Im working on my own Unofficial article on Jhaamdath for Candlekeep Ill be quite keen to see what you do with your 3rd article |
| The Sage |
Posted - 12 Mar 2005 : 02:34:27
Indeed.
Release #3 sounds particularly fluffly.
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 11 Mar 2005 : 23:49:13
Oooh... You've got my attention! When do we get these updates? |
| Gray Richardson |
Posted - 11 Mar 2005 : 19:28:28
I am so very intrigued! |
| edbonny |
Posted - 11 Mar 2005 : 15:23:22
A teaser on the remaining upcoming psionic releases to this thread:
Release #1 - Psionic Domain - released
Release #2 - Monastic Servant of Auppenser prestige class - released
Release #3 - The Mystery Behind Jhaamdath's Cities of the Sword: What is a "udoxias," why did each sword city have one, and what is the significance of the number 12 in a psionic society?
- Ed |
| edbonny |
Posted - 11 Mar 2005 : 14:13:36
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Originally posted by The Sage
I would assume that (if a DM prefers) this domain would replace the 'Mind' domain referenced for Ilsenine in the Expanded Psionics Handbook?
Sage,
I say whatever is preferred... or simply add it to the list of domains available to a particular deity (IMO if such adds more to the flavor of that deity).
- Ed |
| The Sage |
Posted - 11 Mar 2005 : 01:28:33
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Originally posted by edbonny
PSIONICS DOMAIN
[...]
Deities:...Ilsenine...
I would assume that (if a DM prefers) this domain would replace the 'Mind' domain referenced for Ilsenine in the Expanded Psionics Handbook?
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 10 Mar 2005 : 21:46:42
An interesting merging of Psionics and Cleric powers
I like it |
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