tion, you can declare an event which just happened to be a mind, so it can be of any apparent size; creating the
creating the impres-
precognitive vision. Effectively, you rewind time to before
the triggering event and then game play resumes from that
point, with only you possessing knowledge of the events
that have not yet happened.
Example
Howard’s character Sean is an ESP Master with
Precognition. When Sean (reluctantly) accompanies
Indra and Brian to raid a cult headquarters, they have
a bad feeling. That intensifies when the three of them
break into a seemingly abandoned trailer, only to set
off a crude bomb wired to the door—BOOM! But wait!
Howard tells the GM he wants to roll a power test for
Sean’s precognition. He spends the power points, makes
the roll and succeeds. “Go back to before we hit the
door,” he says. Then Sean comes out of a psychic fugue
in time to yell to Brian “Don’t, it’s booby trapped!”
They tells their teammates about the explosive and they
all agree to look around—carefully—for any other clues
the cult may have left behind.
Psychic Projection
You can project your will to influence
others or as a forceful psychic attack.
Novice: You gain two Novice-degree
Psychic Projection effects.
Expert: You gain one Expert-degree
Psychic Projection effect. You also gain
the power focus Willpower (Psychic
Projection).
Master: You gain one Master-degree Psychic Projection effect.
You can also choose one power stunt you can perform with
your Psychic Projection effects for –1 SP.
Psychic Blast
Requirement: Psychic Projection (Novice) Cost: 2 PP
Time: Major action Target Number: 11
Test: Willpower (Self-Discipline) vs. Force
You psychically assault a target’s mind. You can affect any target
in your line of sight or in psychic contact (see the psychic contact
discipline under Telepathy). The target of your psychic blast
takes 2d6 + Willpower penetrating damage. If they succeed on
a Willpower (Self-Discipline) test against your Force, they take
only 1d6 penetrating damage.
Hallucination
Requirement: Psychic Projection (Novice) Cost: 2+ PP
Time: Major action Target Number: 9
Test: Willpower (Self-Discipline) vs. Force
You can deceive the senses of others. You can affect any target
in your line of sight or in psychic contact with you. If your
power test is successful and the subject fails the Willpower
test against your discipline’s force, the hallucination appears
to the subject. The hallucination exists solely in the subject’s
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sion of something small is just as easy as creating something
seemingly huge. The complexity of the hallucination deter-
mines its PP cost:
Hallucination
PP Cost Complexity
2 Affects a single sense
4 Affects two senses
6 Affects all senses
Simple (random noise,
+0
static image, and the like)
Complex (coherent sound, moving
+2
images, and the like)
Very Complex (multiple overlapping
+4
sounds or images)
Additionally, a complex hallucination requires a minor action
each round to maintain its complex elements, and a very
complex hallucination requires a major action each round to
maintain its elements. Otherwise, the hallucination lapses to a
lower level of complexity.
Since a hallucination isn’t real, it cannot produce any real effects.
It cannot cause damage, support weight, provide nutrition,
illuminate darkness, or provide protection from the elements.
Characters would fall through an imaginary bridge or floor if
they tried to walk on it, and although they can appear to eat—
and even smell and taste—hallucinatory food, it has no nutri-
tional value and does not satisfy hunger.
A hallucination spell lasts for 1 minute and it requires a new
use of the power to extend its duration for another minute.
At Expert degree of Psychic Projection, you can cause a
number of additional subjects equal up to your Willpower to
perceive your hallucination (minimum of 1 extra). At Master
degree, you can affect additional subjects up to your Will-
power × 5 (minimum of 5 extra).
Suggestion
Requirement: Psychic Projection (Expert) Cost: 8 PP
Time: Major action Target Number: 15
Test: Willpower (Self-Discipline) vs. Force
You can implant suggestions into the minds of others. The
suggestion must be worded in such a manner as to make the
activity sound reasonable. Asking a creature to stab itself,
throw itself onto a spear, immolate itself, or carry out some
other obviously harmful act automatically fails. However, a
suggestion that a pool of acid is actually pure water and that a
quick splash would be refreshing is another matter.
If you win the opposed test, the suggested course of action
is followed for up to 30 minutes or until the course of action
is complete, whichever comes first. You can extend the dura-
tion by paying the cost again for each additional 30 minutes.
You can also specify conditions that trigger a particular
course of action, like a posthypnotic suggestion, in which
case the duration is counted from when the triggering event
occurs.
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