Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 14:06:24 -0400
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        Okay a few things first, one, the Force is in everything, therefor
if you have outside the norm(ie  psionics, super-powers, chi/ki skills)
they revolve around the Force.  Second, the following list of psionics are
from the AD&D Psionics Handbook.  I'm writing them up to add a little
flavor to my game, plus it gives me another angle to look at Force skills.

Psionics For Star Wars

All the Below Powers are based on the user's ability in the Force.  And at
least the three basic attributes in the the Force;  Control, Sense, and
Alter.

Clairsentient Sciences:
        Aura Sight;  This is the ability to see and read another's natural
aura.  There are two basic roles to be made, one for the ability to see the
aura and the other to interpret what the user sees.  Roll Sense difficulty
10 to see, and Knowledge/ Aura Skill difficulty 15.  They will be able to
see the person's relative skill level, how old they are, their current
health, general alignment, and possession.

        Clairaudience;  This is the ability to ear something while being in
a different place or location.  Roll Sense difficulty 20 + proximity
modifiers.

        Clairvoyance;  This is the ability to see a scene without being
present at the location.  Roll a Sense difficulty 20 + proximity modifiers.

        Object Reading;  This is the ability to read the impressions that
an aura leaves on an object after using or after having been used by a
person.  The length of time the user can trance back on the object is
dependent on their roll.  Roll a Sense difficulty 15 for one person, for
every additional 4 points beyond the difficulty number add one more person
to the memories.

        Precognition;  This is the ability to see and feel into the future.
Because the future is a difficulty thing to understand, let alone predict,
this ability only offers a belief scene into the ever varying future.  Roll
Sense difficulty 25.

        Sensitivity to Psychic Impression;  This is teh ability to sense
the phychic impressions of an area or purposely by another Psionic.  These
can be anything from a specific message or the impressions of many mind
that fight a battle, or a group of people at a Ball/ Festible.  Roll Sense
difficulty 15.

        Scanning;  The ability to cover a large area, looking for any form
of pschic impress or specific type of object.  Once something is found the
use of other powers is made easier (-5 to base difficulty).  Roll a Sense
difficulty 15.

Clairsentient Devotions:

        All Round Vision;  This is the ability to "see" things from all
around you, in a 360 degree circle.  A user of this power may never be
snuck up on, nor could they ever be surprised from behind.  Roll Sense
difficulty 15.  This power may be kept up.

        Combat Mind;  This is the ability to set one's mind in a mode to
deal with the environment of combat around them.  They can sense their
opponent's moves before they make them.  They gain a bonus to their
initatives (+5 to initative rolls) and all difficulties for combat are
reduced by the number by which they exceed the target difficulty.  Roll
Sense difficulty 20.  This power may be kept up.

        Danger Sense;  This is the ability to sharpen the mind's natural
ability to process information and look for dangers, plus add a sixth sense
to the availible input.  The user can sense to danger a speeding truck
before it comes around the corner or a sniper before the shot is fired.  In
essence the user can sense the action of danger the round before it
happens.  Roll Sense difficulty 20.  This power may be kept up.

        Feel Light;  This is the ability for the user to turn their body
into the living receptacle for light.  The body can now feel light and all
electromagnetic wave energy as a physical presence.  In the same way the
body normally feels the water in the ocean, it can now feel the presence of
light waves.  The user gains a great resistance to other abilities that
require a gaze or eye contact.  The user can still see, just not through
their eyes.  There is also an added resistance to light based attacks.
Take the number exceeding the target number and subtract that from teh base
damage done to user.  Roll Sense difficulty 15.  This power may be kept up.

        Feel Sound;  This power is similar to Feel Light, but applies to
sound and sound based attacks.  The user's entire body can feel the waves
of sound around them.  The user gains a resistance to sound based attacks
because to whole body cancels the sound, not just the ears.  The whole body
resists.  Take the number that exceeds teh target number and subtract that
from the base damage done to user.  Roll difficulty 20.  This power may be
kept up.

        Hear Light;  This ability allows the user to hear light and process
that sound into an image.  If the user was blinded in some way or another
they could use this power to give them a stange sense of sight.  Something
like echo location for bats, except with light wave not sound.  Roll Sense
difficulty 20.  This power may be kept up.

        Know Direction;  This is the ability to allow the user to sense the
magnetic north of the planet and use that to guide their path.  This sense
is very accute and the present of other magnetic fields does not interfer
with it.  Roll Sense difficulty 15.  This power may be kept up.

        Know Location;  This is the ability to let the user know what their
exact location is.  The power draws on the psychic impresses around it and
than the user interprets that information.  A successful role will reveal
exactly where the user is currently located.  And the GM can expand on the
location if the user asks.  Roll Sense difficulty 25.

        Poison Sense;  The ability to sense a toxican in the presense or
near (within 1-2 m) the user.  But the toxican must be able to affect the
user, but it does not reveal what the toxican is.  Roll Sense difficulty
20.  This power may be kept up.

        Radial Navigation;  This ability allows the user to anchor
themselves to a location and know exactly in what direction and how far
away the location is from their current position.  This is very helpful in
teleporting or dimensional walking.  The user does not have to see the
location to radial navigate from that position.  Roll Sense difficulty 20.
This power may be kept up.  If it is drop, for whatever reason the
connection is broken.

        See Sound;  This is another ability to see without eyes.  In the
same manner as hear light, see sound allows the user to echo locate what is
around them.  Roll Sense difficulty 20.  This power may be kept up.

        Spirit Sense;  This is the ability to sense the presense of spirits
in an area (10m).  The presense is felt but nothing more.  The user might
be able to pinpoint the location, but that is more difficult (+10 to target
number).  Roll Sense difficulty 15.  This power may be kept up.

Psychokinesis Sciences:

        Create Object;  This is the ability to shape the moleculars of the
world around the user, turning air or rock or anyother substances into a
desired object.  Though it may look like the user is creating something
"out of thin air" they are not.  This ability has many useful effects,
because the object can be as complex or simple as the user wishes.  But the
user must have intimate knowledge of how the object works and what it is
made out of.  The user is also limited by how much they can make.  No more
then 3 kg / die code in Alter.  So that if they have 4d+1 in Alter, they
can only create 12 kg of an object.  Roll Sense difficulty 15, Control
difficulty 15, and Alter difficulty 25.  It takes one round per 5 kg to
create.  Plus roll a Technology difficulty based on the complexity of the
object;  5 for uniform structures, 10 for structures of 2 to 4 different
substances, 15 if it has working componites like a old fashion pocket
watch, 20 for something like a slug thrower, 25 for an electronic based
object, and a 30+ for something like a blaster, which is made of many
different substances, based electronic, has a few moving parts, and is
extremely complex.

        Detonate;  The ability to cause an object to break the molecular
bonds in non-living matter.  It causes the object to explode and fly apart
because of its own molecules.  Only a very limited amount of matter may be
affected by this power.  The user may detonate 1 kg per die code in Alter.
Roll Sense difficulty 10 to find the object, roll Control difficulty 15,
and roll Alter difficulty 20.

        Disintegrate;
        Molecular Rearrangement;
        Project Force;
        Telekinesis;

Psychokinesis Devotions:

Animate Object;
Animate Shadow;
Ballistal Attack;
Control  Another's Body;
Control Flames;
Control Light;
Control Sound;
Control Wind;
Create Sound;
Inertial Barrier;
Levitation;
Molecular Agitation;
molecular Manipulation;
Soften;

Psychometabolism Sciences:

        Animal Affinity
        Complete Healing
        Death Field
        Energy Containment
        Life Draining
        Metamorphosis
        Shadow-Form

Psychometabolic Devotion:

Aborb Disease
Adrenial Control
Aging
Biofeedback
Body Control
Body Equilibrium
Body Weaponry
Catfall
Cause Decay
Cell Adjustment
Chameleon Power
Chemical Simulation
Displacement
Double Pain
Enhance Strength
Ectoplasmic Form
Expansion
Flesh Armour
Graft Weapon
Heighten Senses
Immovability
Lend Health
Mind Over Body
Reduction
Share Strength
Suspended Animation

Telepathic Sciences:

        Domination
        Ejection
        Fate Link
        Mass Domination
        Mindlink
        Mindwipe
        Probe
        Psychic Crush
        Superior Invisibility
        Switch Personality
        Tower of Iron Will

Telepathic Devotions:

        Attraction
        Aversion
        Awe
        Conceal Thoughts
        Contact
        Daydream
        Ego Wipe
        Empathy
        ESP
        False Sensory Input
        Id Insinuation
        Identity Penetration
        Incarnation Awareness
        Inflict Pain
        Intellect Fortress
        Invincible Foes
        Invisibility
        Life Detection
        Mental Barrier
        Mind Bar
        Mind Blank
        Mind Thrust
        Phobia Amplification
        Psionic Blast
        Post-Hypnotic Suggection
        Psychic Impersonation
        Psychic Messager
        Repugnanace
        Send Thoughts
        Sight Link
        Sound Link
        Synaptic Static
        Taste Link
        Telempathic Projection
        Thought Shield
        Truthear

Psychoportive Sciences:

        Banishment
        Probability Travel
        Summon Planar Creature
        Teleport
        Teleport Other

Psychoportive Devotions:

        Astral Projection
        Dimensional Door
        Dimension Walk
        Dream Travel
        Teleport Trigger
        Time Shift
        Time/Space Anchor

Metapsionic Sciences:

        Appriase
        Aura Alteration
        Empower
        Psychic Clone
        Psychic Surgery
        Split Personality
        Ultrablast

Metapsionic Devotions:

        Cannibalize
        Convergence
        Enhancement
        Gird
        Intensify
        Magnify
        Martial Trance
        Prolong
        Psionic Inflation
        Psionic Sense
        Psychic Drain
        Receptacle
        Retrospection
        Splice
        Stasis Field
        Wrench




---Gunstar