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    ESP and Mind Read...images or not?
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    GreySage

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    Sun May 18, 2014 8:52 am  
    ESP and Mind Read...images or not?

    When ESP (mage spell) or Mind Read (priest spell) is used to read the minds and thoughts of another sentient being, can actual images be seen, or just actual words from thoughts themselves?

    Basically, is it like reading a book, or seeing pictures from a photo album, or watching a jumbled movie film?

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    Sun May 18, 2014 6:14 pm  

    I always imagined that the spellcaster heard the thoughts as the person was thinking them. Thus, my answer to your question is, "Neither." Wink

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    Mon May 19, 2014 3:46 am  

    That would preclude being able to red the mind of a deaf man, which seems senseless (ha ha! yeah, I went there Laughing). The mind perceives all senses that can be perceived (at least mine does...usually Razz), so reading a mind picks up what is perceived from any of them. When reading a mind, assume it is possible to pick up on all sensory information unless a spell description specifically states otherwise (not that I recall any that do).
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    GreySage

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    Mon May 19, 2014 3:53 pm  

    Cebrion, interesting notion. I never considered it...til now. Happy

    thanks,

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    Tue May 20, 2014 12:09 am  

    Congratulations on having downloaded and installed the dreaming/thinking/imagining sensory patch! Laughing
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