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 | Split into two or more copies of yourself, each with a portion of your power. |
Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):
- Ki Strike (NOTE: existing detail page does not match these notes; needs manual reconciliation)
- 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 (NOTE: existing detail page covers ranks 1-3 differently; ranks 4-5 not yet migrated; needs manual reconciliation)
- Rank 4: resist magical damage
- Rank 5: reflect damage
Ideas:
- Synaethesia
Psychoportation
Powers
| Power | Description |
|---|---|
| Portal | Create linked portals that allow travel between them. |
| Disdain Earth | 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. |
Ideas:
- Space warping as a means of dissolving molecular bonds
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 | Manipulate chemical reactions and bonds. |
| Nucleonics | Manipulate the strong and weak nuclear forces that hold atoms together. |
Specifics (to be moved to detail pages):
- Electrokinesis (NOTE: existing detail page is more developed than these notes; verify alignment manually)
- 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
Ideas:
- Cryokinesis
- Something involving chemical bonds
Metacreativity
Powers
| 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. |
Feats
| Feat | Description |
|---|---|
| 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): (All Clairsentience power specifics have been migrated to their respective detail pages. NOTE: the existing pages Extra-Sensory Perception, Object Reading, and Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions cover the same ground as the newer Clairvoyance/Psychometry/Retrocognition pages and should be reconciled manually.)
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. |
| 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 |
Ideas:
- Steal Focus
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 (max +2 per rank) |
| Speed of Thought | While focused, your Dexterity is increased by your Intelligence bonus (max +2 per rank) |
| Mind Over Body | While focused, your Constitution is increased by your Wisdom bonus (max +2 per 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