Powers of the Mind

Psionics are paranormal abilities also known as extra sensory perception (ESP). Nobody knows how psionics work, or why some beings have it and others don’t. All psionic abilities seem to come from the mind/brain of the psychic and are channelled through mental concentration and willpower. While it is believed that most beings have some degree of psionic ability, most ordinary life forms exhibit no or little mind powers. Average individuals may occasionally get a little feeling about something or even sense a loved one in need, but those are hardly world stopping powers. Psionics refer to exceptional, superior mind powers. Powers that can stop a transport, or read minds, are truly exceptional powers.

Regaining Used power

The power you use is drawn from your own mind and body. Nevertheless the methods to recover used power are simple. There are two ways in which psychic can regain power.

Number 1.

A psychic can meditate can using the meditation skill and recovers as per the skills allotments

Number 2.

A psychic can take a full night sleep to recover all spent power

Resisting Psionics

When psychic use their powers they must use a verbal (see below).  A character with the willpower skill can opt to announce their use of their willpower during the verbal, but not after the psychic has finished the verbal.

Using psionics

The methods by which psychic use their powers are simple. A simple incantation is used to focus the mind and then the power is called forth

With the focus of my mind, ‘telekinetic push ’

Would be suitable

At the end of casting the psychic must make their intended target aware of the powers  effects

Starting spells & Power points

Each psychic starts off with twice their life force in power points to buy powers with as well as to fuel them with. The points spent to buy your starting powers with are lost once spent

E.g. so a human (14 life force x 2) psionic has 28 power points to buy his first few powers with, and the remaining points left to fuel them, so if he spends 18 points buying powers he only has 10 points left to fuel them with.

Developing powers

A psychic can develop new powers with aid from another psychic. Each power takes its fuelling cost in days to learn and the same amount in points to buy

The listed cost of a power is not only how much power it takes to buy the power but how much it takes to fuel as well e.g. mind block costs 4 points to buy and 4 points to fuel.