I'm pleased to announce that I actually have something to present - Viktor Dumas. Doctor, spiritualist and very keep on making sure the grey gardeners stuff it.
Sadly I haven't spent my gold yet so equipment is lacking (as is equipment-dependent feature like Wizard spells).
If, by some miracle, RL slams you again GM I'll start filling that in tomorrow. And I'll make another pass over my fluffy bits - I feel like there's some disjointed things still there.
And if, by some even stronger miracle, that RL slams the wyrm just enough for you to provide some feedback but not pick yet I'd love to tune it up as well!
Lessah here and I'm proud to announce that Saki the slightly lost Slyph Samurai is 98% done!
I'll be finishing up the gear list shortly. Will also see if I can take some of the grease from my quick backstory and put it somewhere else, but no promises :P
(I'm using a generic "for applications" alias to avoid clutter [mitigate at least!] but I'll make one just for Saki if selected. I think at least, depending on how much we'll actually use this site : ) )
Lessah here. I too have a bit to go (*cough backstory where? cough*). With a bit of luck I'll have something nice to look at by the end of tomorrow : )
@Crafting - Not much here I'm afraid, but I'm going to take an extra look at those expanded herbalist rules I know I saw somewhere.
@Size+ Mounts - Get the Undersized Mount feat and stack it with the Mercy's waiver. That way your ogre can ride a pony or something! Worth it purely for the visuals :P
@Artemis P. - If you got the time and will I'd be delighted if you could take a look at my notes too. If there's anything you'd like to know more about or would be critical to Jhaelwyn's recruitment I would like to know so I can focus my little moments there : )
Boop. Lessah here with my application alias. I've added some stuff about Jhaelwyn (including the previous outline for easy access/editing) here.
I am of course still curious about what people think about the little that exists so far. And really interested in what people are missing. I'm currently planning of turning the sketch outline thingy into a proper ministory and using that as a primary character exhibit. But I'm going on a trip tomorrow for a week, so I'm unsure of how quickly that will happen.
Lessah here with the rough draft of Cathrine's backstory, my Sylph shipwright (Craft: Ships). I'm (re)using this alias for my applications (hope you don't mind) and I'll keep everything updated under the appropriate header. Right now there's really just the bellow, but I'll post a note when there's something more worth looking at.
Backstory:
Cathrine grew up in Alkenstar and spent almost all of her youth in the city state capital. Her family had originally come from Nex and, before that, her linage touched the elemental plane of Air. They liked to claim that at least - with all the side effects of Nex and Geb arcane onslaught who could really tell what was natural and not.
Growing up she had always dreamed about moving out of the poor and gritty Smokesides and up the brilliant spires of Skyside. A desire to reach the sky yes but also one of not having to breathe trough a continuously blacker napkin. She shared those dreams with many of her neighbours no doubt, elemental blood or not. Luckily for her her heritage offered some advantages. When others worried about family and future she worked on with fervour, knowing that there would be plenty of time for that later. Unless of course the foul air got to her first of course.
The sylph started her career as an up and coming shipwright. Ships were fascinating things - they glided through the water without effort and brought with them strange trinkets from stranger lands. They represented wonder and freedom in a perplexing mix. Like the magic flaunted by foreign visitors - sometimes spectacularly so.
As the years passed and her childhood dream was within grasp she realized that it wasn't what she wanted anymore. A dockside accident sealed the deal - while the prosthetic arm that replaced her left was very fancy it would not work in the dead magic zone of the Smokeside. And the wild magic of the Skyside didn't prove any better though it took her a little while to decide that.
So she decided to emulate one of her creations and sailed north to Ecanus, Nex. There she spent her time voraciously catching up on magical lore and with a new dream. She hoped to merge technology and magic, as she herself had been made whole, and build the fastest ship that had ever raced across the Inner Sea - or the very skies themselves?
Inspired by the idea, if not the execution, of the Demon Ships of Nex Cathrine picked up a bit or two about elemental binding. And it was an excellent excuse to try and learn a bit more about her heritage. While not possessing the aptitude of a summoner a trick here and there were enough to earn her a spot on several expeditions investigating the scattered ruins around Nex.
Cathrine sprinkled her profession as a shipwright with increasingly larger chunks of spelunking, hoping to find inspiration and knowledge. And she itched to apply all that to her designs!
But investors weren't usually interested in innovative or experimental alterations of their ships - they were content with the tried and true and most importantly cheap. So when she heard the rumour of the 'recolonization' expedition she pounced at the opportunity. For is she was the one in charge there would be space for innovative design in the budget!
Kinda curious to try my luck at the audition - but first some questions!
1) How important is having a fresh alias for the application process?
I have one (this one!) that I simply edit for my applications just so I don't end up with too many 1-3 post aliases.
2) How important is having an external character sheet?
I usually place mine in the profile to avoid having to bounce around too many sites to make posts. But I get that this might be a preference thing - or maybe mythweavers have some nice feature that let's the GM get a quick overview (or simply make it easier to double-check builds!).
Anyhow I thought I might just ask, worst case I'll just have to go find my mythweaver login again eh :P
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Now to see if the dice are kind!
Stats:2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 = 9
Stats:2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 = 10
Stats:2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 = 10
Stats:2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8
Merp, not really!
Oh well was thinking of making an Arcanist so auxiliary stats shouldn't be *too* important.
+4 on saves or random skill checks are quite nice though. Also useful on combat manoeuvres. Also, if you can stomach the round of fatigue, Initiative is an dex based check so it's almost Improved Initiative too : )
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Anyhow! Lessah here with my application-alias (gotta fight that clutter somehow!). Most of the crunchy stuff is figured out but I need to sit down sometime this weekend probably and transform the backstory from a few dots to well a backstory. Also a name might be handy :P
All right - the mechanical aspects (excluding gear, need to dig up some stuff for that) are completed. If you have the time, I'd appreciate if you glanced over them and let me know if anything looks odd!
The cohort has changed to plain Vigilante with the stalker specialization, operating somewhere in between a social rogue and a spell-less selfish bard (*uh* so rogue I guess?).
The main combat trick is using Frightening Ambush and eventually Shatter Defences to keep enemies shaken+flat footed. Startling Appearance and eventually Dazzling Display will be used to start up and resume the annoyance chain when needed.
One thing that will need a closer look is the Accursed story feat - it's one of the more open ended ones (though resolving it is probably quite a bit into the future anyhow!). I'm imagining it having something to do with the Skie's heirtage; most hags have SR and Changelings can get it trough a feat. Since I'm currently reworking her backstory a bit (and thus haven't posted it yet) I realize I'm not giving much to make a hook out of - but that will come. Uh, consider this mainly a note of "eventually in the far future this needs a little look"!.
But to summarize: crunch, except gear, is complete. Fluff 80-90% done, cohort just need a bit of a touch up. And I remember now that I haven't fixed neither Honour nor Fame just yet. I'll get on that too.
I'll get back to you in just an day or so with an option :)
Look at him - making promises he can't hold. What a fool. Sometimes I do really dislike past time-optimistic me!
MordredofFairy wrote:
*glares at Lessah*
oh well, my time will come!
I don't think this is a race actually. So I'd worry about making something first and then outmanoeuvring the competition ^^
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Now, on the off chance that this *is* a race, I thought it might be useful to show some actual progress. Also *much* easier to ask questions this way, as it turns out!
Anyhow - this is my (Lessah's) alias for making campaign applications and stuff. It's a nice place to keep all that stuff in without cluttering up my alias page even more. Seeing as this is almost an application, I decided to keep my potential character here too.
Velar Khion’Tal, the elven eldritch knight, can be found under the "Fey Winds Blowing" header (first one right now, but that may change in the future!). Amusingly he could probably be shoe-horned into either that mage or 'military-style knight commander' slot you were looking to fill - but he probably wouldn't be perfect for either sadly. Mage would probably be the closest fit!
The character is not yet fully operational as I still have the Fame and Honour to figure out, as well as a large pile of unspent gold (how much? I'm not sure - need to tally it up too!). And as I write this I also realized I haven't put in the familiar either, whom will be an Dust Mephit.
Questions related to the main character:
I have picked the 'Protector of the People' story feat. It grants Craft Construct, initially only for one golem but once the story concludes Velar would have the full feat.
As this feat is normally a monster feat - and crafting minions is something GM's might want to keep an close eye on - so I thought I should bring it to light.
1) How do you feel about this feat in particular - yay or nay?
2) Would it be permissible to "donate" the first golem to the fledgling nation itself?
3) Would you mind, later on, if constructs where made using the Build Point resource for the benefit of the realm?
Questions related to the main character's familiar:
It is mentioned in a few places that it is allowed to swap some of an familiars feats with others, if the GM permits.
4) Would it be okay if I swapped Dodge for Extra Traits?
I would use one for Armour Expert and give the Mephit the option to sometimes wear light armour (chain shirt maybe - or perhaps a parade armour?).
5) Would you be okay with a (small humanoid) familiar wearing armour?
6) Are you okay with the blanket outsider proficiencies applying to a (humanoid outsider) familiar?
And some questions regarding the mostly unfinished cohort!:
I like the concept of changelings in general and with the somewhat widespread worship of Gynora in the river kingdoms I think it can be fun. But being associated with such people aren't really top priority on anyones list, hence the choice of the Vigilante class. In essence Skie (the cohort) would be more interested in obscuring her actual heritage in public rather then create an complete alter ego. Now, problem is, the vigilante doesn't actually deal with pretending to be an alternative race (except one animal morphing archetype, but that isn't really right...)
7) Would it be okay if a changeling had an social identity that appeared/pretended to be human?*
In a similar vein I purchased a Hat of Disguise to help Skie being sneaky. Now the hat says it remains, but in a suitable shape, as the wearer disguises herself.
8) As mismatched eyes are one of the easiest tells I wondering it it would be possible for the Hat of Disguise to assume the form on an eyepatch while disguised as an human?*
*Would of course take the standard penalty for disguising oneself as another race on those disguise checks!
As I quite enjoy the witch-y flavour of changelings I decided to use the Cabalist archetype. It is one of those packages that takes away Vigilante specialization and plenty of combat tricks for 6th level casting - in this case from the Witch list. Some other class features however lean a bit closer to the icky side of things, so I thought I'd just bring it up before I get too much done.
9) Do you mind the Cabalist archetype and its somewhat bloodletting theme?
Lastly on a similar topic I was looking at the Wretched Curator story feat. Even more then the Cabalist, this dances on the edge of morality, so I'd like to bring it up with you before picking it. The main draw is the completion benefit of being able to cast some deliciously witchy spells like Shared Sacrifice or Excruciating Deformation if needed without giving any poor paladins too much of an heart attack (also, eventually, Mythic Death Knell is quite cool!). I'm going to go ahead and say I'm not all too interested in dealing with daemons and that stuff, so no (evil) summoning/binding.
10) Would you be okay with this story feat?
Another thing complicates things a bit further. One of the things needed to gain the full benefit is the use of an occult ritual. Now, I'm not sure, but I think that is in under the psychic stuff - obviously a no-go.
11) Would you be okay with altering that - perhaps into something coven related instead?
Whew! Sorry about this wall of text, I hope you have the time and energy to check it out. I would also like to apologize for any odd sentences or such. It is getting quite late over here and despite proofing it I'm not sure if I missed something.
I do love me some Forgotten Realms and this is a place I haven't visited yet, that could be exciting.
As a preliminary idea I'm thinking foreign mercenary and fencer of some type, but a quick glance shows the later has been suggested. So I'll have to think a bit : )
Oh. If you click on the profile for Mysterious Character and look just beneath the "Sakiko, Halfling Shrine Maiden" part you'll find a series of spoilers containing the stuff like backstory and character sheet.
I have stopped making new aliases for applications until I'm picked to avoid cluttering up my profile section more then it already is : P
95% done. Will probably need to do an physical description, but since I'm not sure what alias to use I'll hold out on that. Hopefully looks wont be a deciding factor for the swordsmen :P
Also a point in Ride might be helpful yeah. It's even a class skill for Shamans and with an okay Dex it shouldn't be a problem.
ps - This is Lessah's temporary application alias. I'll make a real one if chosen : )
(Though the application is only about halfway done, I thought I'd drop by in case anyone wanted a look!)
Edit: Future plans! I'm thinking of the Toppling Spell metamagic at 3 and the Spiritual Guardian at 5 for some good Spiritual Weapon tripping action : )
Lessah here and I got a build ready and all that. However, I did just take the time to look around and realized that this one is quite similar to another already done.
Hopefully that won't be too much of an issue - otherwise I could simply sit out the first fight and whip together something different for the next one and keep this one in the backpocket until the other one - *hrm* - I would say live up to his name, but that wouldn't quite work :P
It would work, as long as you are clear on if we are supposed to look or not. If you put both hidden information (like 'I cast Charm Person') and open information ('the spellcraft DC to find out what I cast is X') it can be quite bothersome, given that we would spot the 'secret' info as we looked at the open one, if that makes sense.
If you make a DC Y perception test, you notice the above spoiler...
Would be useful for stealth for example, so that we can actually know what our Per score needs to be to actually notice you, without finding that out in a sentence just next to the DC : )
Given that he is seated and so, I don't think Nixx is hiding anymore.
Instead, the tiny dragon flew up and landed on the book. The question of logistics were no doubt interesting, but that was for the future. For now - Information. As much as we can get!
"Sirith." The tiny drake spoke. "You have been in the order for some time then, yes? Where did you start from?"
So we can gauge how long we must serve until we could advance to 'turtle carrier'. Surely some indication as to how much power that will be earned ...
"The book is yours as a reward for you demonstrating your prowess for our patrons. The only thing I stress, is that you study the book yourself. The Terrapin would not be pleased if you were to sell it or even pass it off to trusted friend or master." She shoots a knowing glance toward Nixx.
Boy, am I glad I picked a familiar that can read, and not a chicken or something :P
Fun fact: Nixx already has more then twice the Cha of his master already ...
Erp. Sorry about my silence/slowness. Just (uh or rather a few days ago!) got home from 4 months abroad so I've been catching up with friends (aka boardgames and trash talk).
Finishing his bout of hysteric laughter, he slowly shakes his head and continues stepping towards the door the second to last door to close itself (the one he was dancing towards!). We shall see exactly *how* the terms are laid...
And just for our entertainment, I will roll his dance skills bellow :P
Oh, it worked. Alexis abruptly stopped. Then looked around, realizing the full extent of 'it working'. Oh. For the first time in a long while, he could not help but laugh. It was an unpleasant sound rasping sound, from a throat unused and unsure of how to even laugh, but it was a laugh nevertheless...
Since doors are 1 use only, ignore scroll! (And it saves me some money too :P)
Ogh. *This* better be worth it... Seemingly nonsensical, Alexis starts to jump and dance in front of the second door. Well, 'jump and dance' is a strong sentiment. More like tossing himself as he was a sack of potatoes. Nevertheless, he seems to be making *some* sort of progress...
Unless the lighting level is Bright, Nixx (my little draconic friend!) has concealment. Thus, he is qualified to make a stealth check. Dun dun dun!
Stealth:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38
His actions have been pmd (or will be, really soon!)
Ugh... Alexis sighs. His colleagues were acting with annoying haste. He himself really preferred to *think* about things, but ...
With a deliberate (and loud and obnoxious) sigh, he pulled out a scroll from his knapsack and read it with one hand on his tiny dragon. Once done, she strode trough the flames of the burning door with contemptuous ease (unless the Wall of Fire inflicts more then 20 damage of course, in which case he quite humorously speeds up :P). His familiar on the other hand looked a bit worried about the flames and snuck in underneath his masters robe.
Using Scroll of Resist Energy (Fire, cl 5) and casting it via Improved Spell Share on both himself and Nixx. Not sure if Familiars can use 'hide in robes' for total cover, if so the last part may be redundant :)
There are six doors, but you only listed 5 : ) Last one the entrance?
Initiative:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Spellcraft:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
Perception:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15
Hmm. Even if the conversation with the turtle didn't lead anwhere (which he doubted!) perhaps there were still ways to make this worth the trip. Learning some new tricks for example. With a discerning look, Alexis slowly walked towards the two leftmost portals, examining them for obstacles both magical and mundane.
His small dragon familiar followed him closely, looking for things his master missed. And cautiously eyeing the flaming door which the small dragon clearly didn't like.
Err that seems really weird. Can you copy what you wrote to get that output, with ( instead of [?
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test:1d6 + 23 + 25 ⇒ (4) + 23 + 25 = 52
Or did you actually write (1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5) inside the (dice) (/dice) (as I did above in my test roll)? Since the dice command actually rolls the dice, it will ignore the excessive signs ( "⇒", "(", ")" and "=" ) and parse it as 1d6 + 2 3 + 2 5 ....
The Dice command is to roll dice so you should type "(dice=test)1d6+2(/dice)" with [ instead of ( and ] instead of ) to get it to roll. :P
Alexis listens to the sermon with a blank expression. This is worse then listening to the priests of Erastil preaching family values. Bleh. When the plates are sent forth, disdain flashes over him before quickly being replaced with a flash of confusion. He had not been expected to be *given* money to listen to sermons. Regardless ... He took the coin and pocketed it, separate from his coin purse.
The part that followed fell to his taste however. He could not help being a little bit excited about 'displaying his awesome power' to the cheering of the crowd. It was, of course, a completely illogical feeling. *Snort* So this is how Evocers feel ever day! Still, it might be fun. Still, he would of course not show his full potential. Which probably wouldn't be that impressive, given the methods he preferred, unless someone really had to die. At the usher's call, he rose and straightened his dull black robes. With no small amount of annoyance, he sneered at the usher.
"*Don't* touch me."
Emboldened by his master's command, a dragon emerged from Alexis shadow. It hissed and snapped its fangs at the ushers hand, a gesture that probably would have been horrifying if it did not have the approximative size of a chicken. Still it was enough to much down a finger or two, serving as an ample deterrent to further manhandling.
Satisfied with the display at the ushers quick removal of his hand, one way or the other, Alexis followed him down towards the turtle. He works a quick casual spell and pulls out a small vial with a clear, somewhat viscous, liquid.
Actions: Heightened Awareness, pull out a vial of Confabulation Powder and a 1 round Detect Magic trying to get a glance at either the turtle or those platters of money.
How peculiar. Alexis noted. He didn't usually get doves on his desk. Much less carrying promises of power in exchange for 'services'. The weariness he had suffered from just moments earlier started to drain away, the mystery of the dove invigorating him.
"Inside the dove?"
He mumbled to himself. A challenge. Or perhaps test of character? Regardless, he grinned, it was not the drudgery of teaching snotty students the basics of alchemy. That hairy carpenter child was even more of a nuisance today. And his blue-hair idiot companion even worse! He shook his head and refocused on the bird, his smile slowly emerging again.
"Nixx - anaesthesia."
Oil of Taggit, just a few drops would do. The main challenge was coaxing it into the bird. Before long, the dove's breathing slowed and its eyes fell shut. Just long enough to ready some tea!
"Nixx - scalpel."
With the sharp implement in his hand, he slowly sliced the bird open over the stomach. The most probable location. he thought, unless the key was small indeed.
"Nixx - clamps."
With the incision done, he used the steel clamps to hold it open. Carefully he looked around. There! Something glimmered in the light, like how organs and blood never did. With a small smirk he pulled the key free. But he was not done yet!
"Nixx - needle and thread."
Carefully, carefully started to sew the wound close drying off blood as he went. This was undoubtedly the hardest part - any charlatan could slice someone open but only a true professional could put them back together again. When he was done, he admired his work for a long time. For the first time in weeks, he felt satisfied. He had his key and the bird still lived, a testament to his precise procedure.
But now that the challenge was complete, it had exhausted its use.
1) What class level would you peg this at (bear in mind that Awaken adds 2HD, so it is a total of 3hd of smart spider : ) )?
2) Is it okay if I assume average rolls on the Awaken bonuses (aka an int of 10 and a cha bonus of +2) for a total array of Str 10 Dex 15 Con 12 Int 10 Wis 12 Cha 13?
3) Is it okay if I use a 3 point buy on it (the standard monster 10 10 10 11 11 11 array) and shuffle the stats around a bit?
@AC - I'm at 49 too which I *think* will be enough not to eat every attack, but the 'boss' creatures will probably hit more often then not.
Getting higher then what most of us are resting at now would require very specific builds - and as mentioned earlier - picking templates just for that. So I think it would be fine.
If we go back and look at the 'sample parties' Divinitus had, I don't think that many of those characters had an AC at this level ... So I think we will be fine at around 40-50.
Besides I know that there are plenty of submissions floating around that boosts their party's AC quite a bit! (With Warder's Mark, Dark Allure Claim and Aegis all triggered Jhaelwyn would provide an effective +18 AC. And I know that at least one more character provided something similar with Bodyguard instead!)
@Poison - Just remember that each additional hit by the same poison raises the DC by +2 (I think it was +2 at least?). So you will probably be fine without those PoW things anyway : )
@bigrig107 - Ahhh the wonders of outsiders. Typically their stat-block will tell you, after a bit of reverse engineering :P
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I figured I'd post my application alias again to give access to the new updates. The crunchy stuff is almost done barring spell selection and a few more items & skills.
The fluff has yet to move foreward too much, but I at least stole a name from a previous character of mine^^
Lessah here, my character is stored under this alias for the moment.
The crunch is about 50-80% done depending on which path I choose (and if a certain template is too over the top, but a pm has been sent on that one!). Mostly need to pick a handful more feats and most of the skill points, as well as all the items (but they shouldn't really be any hurry, should they?).
The fluff is mostly done, in my head at least. Only the first say third or something is typed out. I need to tinker a bit with the midgame so that the start and end of what I have mesh well.
Now: main attractions!
The build is along the defensive line, heavily protected with AC and counters and other tricks. Against saves and such, the drider has a good baseline of stats but nothing that really pushes it into the silly areas(except a 'few' immunities here and there...).
Warder's Mark and the Dark Allured Claim stacks up to a -13 to hit her comrades, should the stars align (-7 for claimed targets to attack anyone that didn't claim them and -6 to attack an ally within 10' of the warder [aegis]).
Cursed Mirror Stance is the stance of choice to really put enemies between a rock and a hard place; attacking the drider herself in melee provokes an AoO (but only from the drider). The stance itself provides a nice number of extra AoO's to utilize in addition to Combat Reflexes so running out should be truly rare indeed!
To top it off the Warder's Extended Defences allows for infinite counters (as long as the condition is valid of course!) for a few rounds per day, synergising well with say Devastating Riposte from Black Seraph or even just Obsidian Sidestep or Word of Retribution (from Shattered Mirror and Cursed Razor).
Maybe tags along the lines of 'Crowd Control' & 'Blaster/Magical Damage' would be helpful, seeing as there are many 'Arcane' but they seem to be split along those lines : )?
(Alexis would be 'Crowd Control' then)
Also - Question!
I was thinking of getting some Binding scrolls (Advanced Conjuration Talent, basically Magic Circle).
The Scroll rules are a bit vague on how one costs a scroll containing an Advanced talent that doesn't directly interact with the base power of a sphere - if those are even possible to have.
The formula for adding an advanced power to a scroll is +2 complexity (+1 per spell point spent), so a scroll with *just* an advanced talent would be complexity 3 (1 base + 2) and +1 per spell point expended by the advanced talent?
Mayhaps it would be better to simply treat it as an 3rd level ritual for pricing/use (as the corresponding Core spell level)?
Or ... maybe such specific gear questions should wait until after any potential selection?
I'm going to try something new (for me, prompted by another recent thread). That is a generic alias to put all my applications in, so that everyone has easy access to the most up-to-date versions of my character.
Note: The character is not actually done yet, just the major framework. But that is available at least : )
And as usual, I have some more questions!
Q1) - Magic items such as Core Rule Book scrolls & wands. These are out I assume, since the spells themselves are gone?
Q2) - Are one allowed to start with Ritual scrolls (as described in the
Ritual chapter of SoP.)? Paying the listed price of course.
Q3) - Are we allowed to apply with more then one character? I think there is a nice potential in a telekinetic warrior type and it would let you choose from a wider pool of test subjects .P
(Also, building SoP characters turned out to be fun!)
Edit: I thought I might mention that this is Lessah writing, just in case :P
