Feb 2, 2014 · Telekinesis and Telepathy are both completely distinct abilities, their only similarity is they are both mentally controlled and tend to require active manipulation of the powers, unlike passive mutant abilities such as Colossus' transformation to Osmium which once activated remains until he changes again.

Jan 4, 2020 · I treat telepathy just like speaking; it doesn't require an action to establish a link or whatnot. I could see requiring one if you want to start telepathically 'talking' to someone you can't see to represent the "mentally searching them out" part, and similarly if they go beyond 100' and then come back the telepath doesn't have any way except for normal sight or keeping trying to …

Jan 7, 2015 · Telepathy is just direct communication skipping all the grunts, gurgles, and scribbles. Currently we use sound waves and light waves to communicate. Body language requires eyes and our eyes use light which is a high frequency electromagnetic wave.

May 1, 2016 · Here are three examples of early stories with telepathy. The first, from 1889, is a perfect example of what we're looking for. It is antedated by Jules Verne's 1885 novel Mathias Sandorf as noted in b_jonas's answer; I mention it only in case there is some doubt as to whether there is real telepathy in Verne's novel. The second example, from ...

Telepathy definitely allows the sending of thoughts and may also allow mind-reading, unless the descriptive text of the ability that grants it specifies otherwise. This is explained (albeit not explicitly stated) in the description of telepathy on page 36 of the Monster Manual:

In contrast, the telepathy ability that some monsters have (MM, 9) does make two-way communication possible. This clearly differentiates the Monster telepathic ability from others. Responding to Monster telepathy. Yes, a PC can respond to a Monster using telepathy as stated in the quote provided in the question (MM, 9)

Jul 17, 2018 · While all telepathy is not defined in one place, and each type of telepathy needs to be taken on a case by case basis, there are no instances where telepathy counts as hearing. A Kenku actually needs to hear the sounds to mimic them: You can mimic sounds you have heard. [emphasis mine] Hearing is defined as. perceiv[ing] with the ear

Jan 16, 2024 · I finally switched my familiar for a Faerie Dragon and I'm wondering whether his Telepathy feature does what I think it does. First, the rules quote: Telepathy (Su) The creature can mentally communicate with any other creature within a certain range (specified in the creature’s entry, usually 100 feet) that has a language.

Nov 30, 2018 · Or telepathy requires lots of glucose (or whatever vitamin or nutrient or calorie source) network congestion; range -- telepathy is short-range like bluetooth, voice works over longer distances, like talking drums in africa or whistle/bird language in turkey; language concerns. no reason to assume that telepathy is the lingua franca.

Jan 4, 2020 · Telepathy is probably two-way, so a pseudodragon can telepathically say something to a creature without telepathy, and that creature could respond in kind. Even this much, however, is not clearly or explicitly stated by the rules, and I can see arguments to the contrary.