vikaas_aquerna_psionic_paths
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| **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | ||
| - | **Effect:** EFFECT Calm (1 minute duration) | + | **Effect:** IMBUE Calm (1 minute duration) |
| - | By spending 1 Psi Point, the psion can call ‘EFFECT Calm’ (1 minute) to a single target. If the target is the Psion, the effect lasts for 10 minutes. | + | By spending 1 Psi Point, the psion can call ‘IMBUE Calm’ (1 minute) to a single target. If the target is the Psion, the effect lasts for 10 minutes. |
| The first discipline any Aquerna Psion learns is to quiet their own emotions, to break the circuit of escalation that can occur in Aquerna communities. By providing a bulwark of calmness, spreading escalating storms of destructive emotion can be quietened, and allow the community to return to normal if things start to get out of hand. | The first discipline any Aquerna Psion learns is to quiet their own emotions, to break the circuit of escalation that can occur in Aquerna communities. By providing a bulwark of calmness, spreading escalating storms of destructive emotion can be quietened, and allow the community to return to normal if things start to get out of hand. | ||
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| **Cost:** 2 Psi Points\\ | **Cost:** 2 Psi Points\\ | ||
| - | **Effect:** MASS EFFECT (The emotion that the Psion is currently feeling) (5 minutes) | + | **Effect:** MASS IMBUE (The emotion that the Psion is currently feeling) (5 minutes) |
| - | By spending 2 Psi Points, the Psion can unleash the emotion that they are currently most strongly feeling in an empathic wave that washes over nearby minds, using a MASS EFFECT call and specifying the emotion that they are currently gripped by. The MASS component of this power cannot be directed - it must be unleashed in all directions. | + | By spending 2 Psi Points, the Psion can unleash the emotion that they are currently most strongly feeling in an empathic wave that washes over nearby minds, using a MASS IMBUE call and specifying the emotion that they are currently gripped by. The MASS component of this power cannot be directed - it must be unleashed in all directions. |
| This power amplifies the “mental porosity” of Aquerna Psions, by projecting their inward emotions outwards onto others nearby. Aquerna Psions with this power can occasionally unleash it unintentionally, especially during moments of intense emotion. | This power amplifies the “mental porosity” of Aquerna Psions, by projecting their inward emotions outwards onto others nearby. Aquerna Psions with this power can occasionally unleash it unintentionally, especially during moments of intense emotion. | ||
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| **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | ||
| - | **Effect:** EFFECT (Emotion the Psion is currently feeling) (10 minutes) to a target within 10m | + | **Effect:** IMBUE (Emotion the Psion is currently feeling) (10 minutes) to a target within 10m |
| - | By honing the powers of the Hydrolysis path, the Psion can control the direction of the emitted emotions somewhat, allowing them to focus on a single target. By spending 1 Psi Point, the Psion can call EFFECT (10min) at a target within 10m, and specifying the emotion that they are currently gripped by. | + | By honing the powers of the Hydrolysis path, the Psion can control the direction of the emitted emotions somewhat, allowing them to focus on a single target. By spending 1 Psi Point, the Psion can call IMBUE (10min) at a target within 10m, and specifying the emotion that they are currently gripped by. |
| === Rank 2 - Harnessing the Tide === | === Rank 2 - Harnessing the Tide === | ||
| **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | ||
| - | **Effect:** EFFECT (Any Emotion) (10min) to the Psion. | + | **Effect:** IMBUE (Any Emotion) (10min) to the Psion. |
| - | Having developed a form of psionic homeostasis, the Psion can unleash an array of stored or remembered emotions within their own psyche. In a mental mimicry of their own homeostasis clusters, the Psion stores patterns of different emotions within pockets of neural tissue suspended in their hemolymph, which can be released at will to suffuse the Psion’s own mind. By spending 1 Psi Point, the Psion takes an EFFECT call of 10 minute duration, with any emotion that they choose. This emotion then becomes the primary emotion that will be emitted by powers such as Focusing the Storm and Heart of the Storm. | + | Having developed a form of psionic homeostasis, the Psion can unleash an array of stored or remembered emotions within their own psyche. In a mental mimicry of their own homeostasis clusters, the Psion stores patterns of different emotions within pockets of neural tissue suspended in their hemolymph, which can be released at will to suffuse the Psion’s own mind. By spending 1 Psi Point, the Psion takes an IMBUE call of 10 minute duration, with any emotion that they choose. This emotion then becomes the primary emotion that will be emitted by powers such as Focusing the Storm and Heart of the Storm. |
| === Rank 3 - Eye of the Storm === | === Rank 3 - Eye of the Storm === | ||
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| The Psion learns how to erect temporary mental barriers, placing emotional blocks around the core decision-making components of their psyche. These barriers allow empathic emotions to be absorbed by the psion while allowing them to act from a position of relative calm. | The Psion learns how to erect temporary mental barriers, placing emotional blocks around the core decision-making components of their psyche. These barriers allow empathic emotions to be absorbed by the psion while allowing them to act from a position of relative calm. | ||
| - | The Psion activates this power by spending 2 Psi Points and roleplaying meditation for 1 minute to create the emotional blocks. For the next 2 hours, the Psion does not have to adjust their roleplay in response to the EFFECT call or other roleplaying effects. However, any roleplaying effects or calls that target them do still take effect, and are treated as being the Psion’s dominant emotion for the purposes of powers such as Heart of the Storm and Focusing the Storm. | + | The Psion activates this power by spending 2 Psi Points and roleplaying meditation for 1 minute to create the emotional blocks. For the next 2 hours, the Psion does not have to adjust their roleplay in response to the IMBUE call or other roleplaying effects. However, any roleplaying effects or calls that target them do still take effect, and are treated as being the Psion’s dominant emotion for the purposes of powers such as Heart of the Storm and Focusing the Storm. |
| === Rank 4 - Cleansing Diffusion === | === Rank 4 - Cleansing Diffusion === | ||
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| **Cost:** 2 Psi Points | **Cost:** 2 Psi Points | ||
| - | **Effect:** MASS EFFECT (Chosen emotion) (5 minutes). | + | **Effect:** MASS IMBUE (Chosen emotion) (5 minutes). |
| A Master of the Diffusion Path can, in a moment, call upon any emotion they desire and pour it forth into their surroundings in an unstoppable emotive wave, all without it affecting themselves. For 2 Psi Points, the Psion can call MASS EFFECT (5 minutes) with an emotion of their choosing. The MASS Call created by this power can be directed. | A Master of the Diffusion Path can, in a moment, call upon any emotion they desire and pour it forth into their surroundings in an unstoppable emotive wave, all without it affecting themselves. For 2 Psi Points, the Psion can call MASS EFFECT (5 minutes) with an emotion of their choosing. The MASS Call created by this power can be directed. | ||
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| **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | ||
| - | **Effect:** Diagnose Conditions in living organic beings as if you were a Diagnosis Module. | + | **Effect:** Examine [[Conditions]] in living organic beings as if you were [[Scanners|Scanner]] with the Diagnostic Focus Mod. |
| - | By building up a repertoire of the feelings of others, the Psion can use their knowledge to aid in diagnosis. By spending 1 Psi Point, and concentrating on the subtle feelings emitted by an organic living target (not an Energy Being or Mineral), the Psion can diagnose a Condition that affects them, as if they were a Diagnosis Module. | + | By building up a repertoire of the feelings of others, the Psion can use their knowledge to aid in diagnosis. By spending 1 Psi Point, and concentrating on the subtle feelings emitted by an organic living target (not an Energy Being or Mineral), the Psion can diagnose a Condition that affects them - using this power counts as either Rank 2 of the Physician Skill, or an Examine action gaining 2 automatic successes for the purposes of diagnosing a Condition. |
| === Rank 2 - Clouds of Living Breath === | === Rank 2 - Clouds of Living Breath === | ||
| **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | **Cost:** 1 Psi Point\\ | ||
| - | **Effect:** Analyse and detect [[Life Science]] phenomena as if you were a Scanner. Psionic Ritual. | + | **Effect:** Examine and detect [[Life Science]] phenomena as if you were a Scanner. Psionic Ritual. |
| - | By paying close attention to the flow of emotions and feelings in a particular area or living thing, an Aquerna Psion can discern information about the life within it. By spending 1 Psi Point, and meditating on the empathic resonance in the area the Psion can perform an analysis of a phenomenon as if they had a Scanner and 3 ranks of Life Science. | + | By paying close attention to the flow of emotions and feelings in a particular area or living thing, an Aquerna Psion can discern information about the life within it. By spending 1 Psi Point, and meditating on the empathic resonance in the area the Psion can perform one of the following actions as if they had a [[Scanners|Scanner]]: |
| + | * [[scanners#Survey]] the area for __only__ Life Science phenomena, with the equivalent of 3 automatic successes. | ||
| + | * [[scanners#Examine]] a Life Science phenomenon as a Card Draw action with an additional 3 Green Cards (equivalent to having Life Science 3). Red and Black card draws will affect the Psion directly. | ||
| === Rank 3 - Deep Currents of the Unknown === | === Rank 3 - Deep Currents of the Unknown === | ||
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| By opening themselves up to the deepest emotions and feelings of a target character while they perform a complex and intricate task, an Aquerna Psion can identify subconscious cues before the target notices them. Acting on this knowledge at the right time, by providing advice or a subtle empathic nudge can prevent the target making mistakes or allowing their deep emotions to cloud their judgement, resulting in better outcomes. | By opening themselves up to the deepest emotions and feelings of a target character while they perform a complex and intricate task, an Aquerna Psion can identify subconscious cues before the target notices them. Acting on this knowledge at the right time, by providing advice or a subtle empathic nudge can prevent the target making mistakes or allowing their deep emotions to cloud their judgement, resulting in better outcomes. | ||
| - | By spending 2 Psi Points and roleplaying assisting or advising the target character while they perform a card draw action (Surgery, Engineering tasks or Scientific Analysis) allows the target character to draw 2 cards instead of 1 and choose which of the two cards are applied to the result. The Psion must use this power and be roleplaying before the cards are drawn, and it applies only for the next card draw (although the power can be used again for subsequent draws for the same activity). | + | By spending 2 Psi Points and roleplaying assisting or advising the target character while they perform a card draw action (Surgery, Engineering tasks or Scientific Scanning) allows the target character to draw 2 cards instead of 1 and choose which of the two cards are applied to the result. The Psion must use this power and be roleplaying before the cards are drawn, and it applies only for the next card draw (although the power can be used again for subsequent draws for the same activity). |
| === Rank 4 - Ripples of Past Feeling === | === Rank 4 - Ripples of Past Feeling === | ||
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