Psion

Abilities

Focus

Focus is an extension of the basic concentration mechanic. Through meditation and self-reflection, you have expanded ability to concentrate your mind beyond normal limits.

At rank 1, you gain 1 Focus, and 1 more each rank thereafter.

Think of Focus as extra concentration slots. With 1 Focus, you can concentrate on two powers at a time.

Many psionic powers require concentration. Some require multiple slots of concentration, and will be listed as "concentration (2 slots)" or similar.

Some psionic powers have powerful modes of operation that require expending Focus. A power that expends n points of Focus reduces your Focus by that amount. So, if you have 2 Focus, you can expend two 1-Focus powers, or one 2-Focus power. In fact, you can overextend, expending your baseline concentration stat itself, leaving you unable to concentrate on anything.

If a power expends Focus and requires concentration, you must have enough unexpended Focus or baseline concentration to maintain the power after expending.

Some psionic powers require you to be in a "Focused" state. This means you have at least one unexpended Focus (not your baseline concentration).

There are rank 0 powers in every school that help you gain Focus. You can also use the Meditate action to enter a Focused state:

''Meditate'': At-will, std; you meditate, gaining 1 Focus, or restoring your baseline concentration if expended.

Powers

Psychometabolism

Powers

Power	Description
Ki Strike	Enhance your melee attacks with psionic energy.
Iron Body	Harden your body to empower unarmed attacks, resist damage, repel poison, etc.
Metamorphosis	Change your physical form--its capabilities, size, and appearance.
Wholeness of Body	Heal yourself or others
[Fission][PM-F]	Split into two or more copies of yourself, each with a portion of your power.

Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):

Ki Strike
- Unarmed attacks inflict heavy lethal damage and bonuses similar to blacksmithing upgrades
- Rank 2: Iron Fist: your fist is hard as iron and can break through stone.
- Rank 3: Adamant Fist: your fist is harder than iron and can break metal.
- Rank 4: Diamond Fist: your fist is harder than diamond and can break through almost anything.
- Rank 5: Plum Blossom Fist: your fist is as hard as a meteorite and can break through the fabric of reality itself.
- You can make ranged attacks with your unarmed strikes. Hadouken!
Iron Body
- Gain +4 natural armor per rank
- Gain advantage vs poison and disease, and resist their damage
- Rank 2: resist non-magical physical damage
- Rank 3: ablative armor
- Rank 4: resist magical damage
- Rank 5: reflect damage
Metamorphosis
- Change your physical form--its capabilities, size, and appearance.
- Rank 1: appearance, minor physical traits (horns, claws, etc)
- Rank 2: change your size category by 1 and/or change your type (humanoid to beast, etc)
- Rank 3: gain major traits like flight, change to magical types like elemental
- Rank 4+: ?
Wholeness of Body
- Rank 1: transfer HP, disease, poison, etc between yourself and a target you touch
- Rank 2: short rest heals you like a long rest
- Rank 3: you can lead your party in meditation to get the benefits of a long rest in a short rest, once per long rest
- Rank 4: you can raise a recently deceased creature by touch
- Rank 5: you can resurrect yourself
Fission
- Rank 1: you can split into two copies of yourself, each with half your HP
- Rank 2: three copies?

Old Powers

Rank	Power	Description
0	Ki Strike	Make a physical, melee attack, and gain Focus when it strikes.
1	Iron Body	Harden your body to empower unarmed attacks, resist damage, repel poison, etc.
1	Adaptation	Adapt your body to heat, cold, pressure, or other extreme environments.
1	Camouflage	Change your external appearance for camouflage, disguise, or defense.
1	Wholeness of Body	Heal yourself or others
2	Metamorphosis	Change your physical form--its capabilities, size, and appearance.
3	[Fission][PM-F]	Split into two or more copies of yourself, each with a portion of your power.

Ideas:

Synaethesia

Psychoportation

Power

Power	Description
[Portal][PP]	Create linked portals that allow travel between them.
[Disdain Earth][PP-DE]	Slow fall, levitate, and even fly
Phase Shift	Shift partially (or fully) into the Ethereal or Shadow plane.
Temporal Acceleration	Accelerate yourself or others forward or backward through time.

Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):

Portal
- Rank 1: hex portal (big enough to stick your hand through), max range encounter
- Rank 2: personal portal (big enough to walk through), max range encounter
- Rank 3: large portal (big enough to drive a wagon through), visual range
- Rank 4: three-dimensional wormhole, unlimited range (must have a psychic link to the destination)
- Rank 5: true wormhole that can go anywhere in the universe
Disdain Earth
- Rank 1: slow fall, walk on water, etc
- Rank 2: levitate speed = walking
- Rank 3: fly speed = walking
- Rank 4: hover speed = walking
- Rank 5: super fast flight
Phase Shift
- Rank 1: become partially ethereal
- Rank 2: become fully ethereal, for a short time
- Rank 3: become fully ethereal, for a long time, bring your friends
Temporal Acceleration
- Rank 1: borrow an action from your next turn, steal an action from an enemy
- Rank 2: time hop, recall
- Rank 3: take one action outside the flow of time (Time Stop rules)
- Rank 4: take two actions outside the flow of time, or one action for an ally

Old Powers

Rank	Power	Description
0	Speed of Thought	Move very quickly by compressing space, and gain Focus when you do.
1	Levitation	Levitate up to (base move), move horizontally at (base move)
2	Phase Shift	Shift partially (or fully) into the Ethereal or Shadow plane.
2	Mark/Recall	At-will, swift; you mark your place in space and time. Record your position, HP, conditions, etc. Later, you can use recall: Recharge 33%, swift, you rewind time to the Marked position, affecting only you.
3	Temporal Acceleration	Free; you immediately take a single action out of the flow of time. (Time Stop rules). One round per encounter per rank above 2.

[Portal][Portal]
[Time Warp][TimeWarp] (time hop, etc)
[Warp Bubble][WarpBubble]
Space warping as a means of dissolving molecular bonds

Example ([Portal][Portal]):

At-will, swift, concentration; you create two portals, both within line of sight and effect. Each is linked to the other. Whatever passes through one comes out the other, with momentum intact (relative to the portal). The portals are large enough for a projectile, a Tiny creature, or a Small creature using Acrobatics.
- Increase range for more focus
- Increase portal size for more focus
- Feat: use a portal as a shield (uses Parry rules)

Psychokinesis

Powers

Power	Description
Telekinesis	Spookily move things at a distance.
Pyrokinesis	Manipulate thermal energy.
Electrokinesis	Manipulate electromagnetic energy.
Gravity	Manipulate the force of gravity.
[Catalysis][PK-C]	Manipulate chemical reactions and bonds.
[Nucleonics][PK-N]	Manipulate the strong and weak nuclear forces that hold atoms together.

Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):

Telekinesis
- Rank 1: move one object while you concentrate. Can move 6 squares/rd, throw, or crush.
- Rank 2: move a bunch of small objects, or one big one. Apply force within the object itself (e.g. rip something in half)
- Rank 3: move even bigger stuff, more complex internal manipulation (e.g. disarm a trap by manipulating its internal components)
Pyrokinesis
- Rank 1: cone of flame
- Rank 2: more control: flame jets, fire shield, fireball, etc. Self-immolation.
- Rank 3: fine control, larger scale
- Rank 4: plasma
Electrokinesis
- Rank 1: static charge, short-range lighting zap
- Rank 2: chain lightning, magnetic manipulation, EMP
- Rank 3: standing waves (electric loop), 1T+ magnetism that affect diamagnetic materials
Gravity
- Rank 1: increase or decrease gravity in a small area, or on a single target
- Rank 2: large area gravity control (zero to 2g, higher at later rank)
- Rank 3: negative gravity, change gravity angle
- Rank 4: small black holes
- Rank 5: warp spacetime as you please
Catalysis
- Rank 1: control the speed of chemical reactions (e.g. freeze a fire or make it burn faster), acid damage and resistance, etc
- Rank 2: control chemical bonds (e.g. disintegrate an object by breaking its chemical bonds, or fuse two objects together by creating new bonds)
- Rank 3: ?
Nucleonics
- Rank 1: make tiny explosions by destabilizing individual nuclei, make objects radioactive by removing neutrons
- Rank 2: harden or soften matter, disintegrate objects, increase the viscosity of space itself (gluon manipulation)

Old Powers

Rank	Power	Description
0	Shove	Push or pull a creature or object, and gain Focus.
1	Telekinesis	Spookily move things at a distance.
1	Pyrokinesis	Manipulate thermal energy.
1	Electrokinesis	Manipulate electromagnetic energy.
2	Gravity	Manipulate the force of gravity.

Cryokinesis
Something involving chemical bonds

Metacreativity

Poweres

Power	Description
Astral Construct	Create an astral construct that serves you as a minion.
Metaphysical Weapon	Create or enhance a weapon with psionic enhancements.
Photokinesis	Create or modify light.
Psychic Defense	Create a variety of psionic constructs which protect you and allies from mental attacks.
Astral Seed	Create an astral demiplane, either a domain you can rule, or a dream within the mind of someone else.

Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):

Astral Construct
- There's a whole modular system of abilities and traits that you can give your construct, and naturally you get more points and cooler options at higher ranks.
Metaphysical Weapon
- Rank 1: create a martial weapon from nothing, or enhance a weapon you are holding with magical properties (e.g. flaming, frost, shock, etc)
- Rank 2+: better enhancements
Photokinesis
- Rank 1: create light, colors, holograms, etc. You can blind and dazzle, create illusions, etc. You can also suppress light.
- Rank 2: create hard light, which behaves like a solid object. Something like walls of force but not indestructible, and with more complex shapes possible.
- Rank 3: powerful lasers, x-rays and gamma rays, etc.
Psychic Defense
- Rank 1: psychic shield grants advantage to mental saves, and psychic armor that absorbs psychic damage.
- Rank 2: Empty Mind: a technique that nullifies all hostile mental effects, but ties up your concentration while doing so.
- Rank 3: Intellect Fortress: create a psychic bastion around an ally, granting them powerful psychic defenses.
- Rank 4: Tower of Iron Will: an aura that grants powerful mental defenses to all allies in the area.
Astral Seed
- ideas:
  - demiplane
  - inception
  - mind seed

Feats

Feat	Description
Incarnate	Create a semi-sentient "minion" out of a Power you know (see details, lol)

Old Powers

Rank	Power	Description
1	Astral Construct	Create an astral construct in the form a minion.
1	Metaphysical Weapon	Create an astral construct in the form of a weapon with which you are proficient.
1	Photokinesis	Create or modify light.
1	Hard Light	Create a massless, gravity-defying material that behaves like a solid.
2	Tower of Iron Will	Nearby allies' mental defenses are enhanced.
2
3	Incarnate	Create a semi-sentient "minion" out of a Power you know (see details, lol)

Ideas:

Object Repair
Astral Seed (create dreams, copies of yourself, demiplanes, etc, in the Astral)
Dream
Astral Bastion

Clairsentience

Powers

Power	Description
Precognition	See things before they happen, gaining defensive advantages. Predict the outcomes of events.
Clairvoyance	Perceive things spookily, at a distance.
Psychometry	Learn facts about an object or creature by touching it.
Retrocognition	Perceive information about the past.

Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):

Precognition
- Rank 1: advantage to one save once/rd, or impose disadvantage on an enemy's attack against you once/rd
- Rank 2: augury, insight bonus to AC
- Rank 3: react to anything once/rd
Clairvoyance
- Rank 1: see a specific location within range, but not in a magical threshold
- Rank 2: range is many miles
- Rank 3: telepresence
Psychometry
- Rank 1: learn details about an object's history, such as where it's been, who has touched it, etc
- Rank 2: gain insight into physical composition and construction of subject
- Rank 3: gain insight into magical and mental properties of subject
Retrocognition
- Rank 1: see the most recent important event in your vicinity
- Rank 2: rewind time within certain temporal bounds

Old Powers

Rank	Power	Description
0	Probability Analysis	Calculate the probability of an event, and gain Focus.
1	Precognition	See things before they happen, gaining defensive advantages
1	Extra-Sensory Perception	Perceive things spookily, at a distance
1	Object Reading	Learn facts about an object.
1	Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions	Perceive the most recent important event in your vicinity.

Telepathy

Powers

Power	Description
Empathy	Sense emotions, cause them in others. Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions
Telepathy	Telepathically communicate with other minds, read their thoughts, control their actions.
Psychic Assault	Cause psychic damage and debilitation.
Schism	Split your mind in two, or implant a shard of your mind in someone else's, to control them or swap minds with them.
Catapsi	Psychic noise interferes with concentration and spellcasting

Old Powers

Rank	Power	Description
0	Mindlink	Telepathically communicate with other minds; can be used to gain Focus.
1	Psychic Assault	Cause psychic damage and debilitation.
1	Empathy	Sense emotions, cause them in others.
1	Mind Reading	Read people's thoughts
2	Inception	Plant ideas in others' heads
2	Schism	Create a shard of your mind, in your own head, or others (personality parasite, mind swap)
2	Mind Control	Control another creature's actions.
2	Catapsi	Psychic noise interferes with concentration and spellcasting.

Feats

Focus

Feat	Description
Skill Focus	You can expend Focus to gain advantage to any one skill check.

Psychometabolism

Feat	Description
Camouflage	Change your external appearance for camouflage, disguise, or defense.
Harden Skin	Gain natural armor equal to your psionic ability score bonus while focused.
Regenerative Tissue	While focused, you gain Fast Healing equal to your psionic ability score bonus.

Psychokinesis

Feat	Description
Inertial Armor	Gain DR equal to your proficiency bonus to all physical attacks, while focused.
Momentum Control	Absorb falling damage and the momentum of incoming enemy attacks, gaining kinetic charge.
Phase Evasion	As a reaction, you can use Phase Shift to avoid an attack, if you beat the attack's DC with a Dex save. Shift lasts until the start of your next turn.

Clairsentience

Feat	Description
Blindsense	Gain Blindsense in a radius of 10 ft per Wisdom bonus.
Combat Precognition	Gain your Wisdom bonus to AC while focused.

Metacreativity

Feat	Description

Telepath

Feat	Description
Empathic Feedback	When enemies strike you for damage, they feel your pain, suffering equal psychic damage to what you suffered.

Psychic Warrior

Feat	Description
Fistweaving	When you land a successful melee attack, you gain 1 Focus (max 1 per std action).
Strength of Will	While focused, your Strength is increased by your Charisma bonus (capped by your current psion rank)
Speed of Thought	While focused, your Dexterity is increased by your Intelligence bonus (capped by your current psion rank)
Mind Over Body	While focused, your Constitution is increased by your Wisdom bonus (capped by your current psion rank)

Assorted

Feat	Description
Mental Chain	When using a single-target psionic power, you can affect an addition target for each available Focus. If expending, you must also expend Focus for each additional target.
Psionic Accuracy	Gain an increase to critical threat range based on your Int bonus (capped by psionic rank)
Perfect Manifestation	When you achieve critical success on a power that requires a roll, it does not expend Focus.

New Power List

Psychic Defense

Tower of Iron Will
Mind Blank
Mind Trap
Psychic Shield
Intellect Fortress
Empty Mind

Psychic Assault

Mind Thrust
Ego Whip
Psionic Blast
Psychic Crush
Mind Spike