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Psionics


Psychic forces, unfettered by superstition and religion, are becoming more powerful. The reason why this is so is unknown; it might be a result of radiation, genetic engineering, humanity's need to develop and become one consciousness or it might merely be a new shape for the same old magic, shaped by urban legends.

Psychics are trained, not educated. Their powers are the results of experiments and introspection, not by delving into musty tomes or mystic identification with the divine. They do not need props to work their magics, nor do they subscribe to any of the old superstitions.

As described here, psionics is a rather new magic tradition and not yet fully developed. A more mature psionic tradition can be exemplified by The Force.

Examples and References

WH40K, comics, anime and manga, movies like Firestarter (1984).

Limitations

Echoes Psychics are rarely fully in control of their powers. Small abnormal events are common around them, especially when tired. Psychic whispers, involuntary mind reading, poltergeist activity, a visible nimbus or aura. A combination of anxiety, lack of concentration, subconscious urges, and fatigue can cause them to go wildly out of control and even completely take over the psychic, turning her into a creature of mindless impulse.
Geas or Focus Most psychics have developed some mental crutches that lets them concentrate and overcome their anxieties. Unlike a normal geas, the psychic version is never vocalized fully; the psychic has some behavior tag that even she may not recognize as the thing keeping her life together.

Sometimes this is not a behavior tag, but an object, a Focus. This is then often a mundane item, like an old teddy bear, but it can also be a power crystal or technological psi enabler. It can even be a drug or medication.

Loosing this focus item or breaking the geas may cause the psychics powers to malfunction, but it might also trigger a rash of extra-powerful echoes, possibly destroying the psychic and endangering the surroundings.

Common Schticks

  • Enhancement
  • Influence
  • Movement

Rare or prohibited Schticks

  • Summoning

Summonables

Only the more powerful and twisted psychics use summoning, but when they do, they bring things into existence from their own subconscious - terrible nightmares out of their own twisted dreams.


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