Psionics are the scientific use of psionic energy, which generates from all minds. It is a facet of nommic energy, of the True Name of all beings. Some are born with the ability to use psionic energy, but others can learn how to use it, though it is very difficult. Psionic energy can interact with many other energies, though not all, and some energies are versions of psionic energy.

1. Psionic Energy: psionic energy is generated by conscious and subconscious thought. Those who can wield it can engage with both kinds of thought by projecting their psionic energy to connect to other minds.

The basic power is telepathy , which is simply conveying a message or thought to another mind. Any mind "tapped" by a telepath can respond, if their will is strong enough. Reading is the next step, which is a bit more complicated. Reading involes entering the mind of another and actually understanding his or her thoughts. Sensing is less complicated than either, simply being the ability to notice other minds with one's own. Masking is the opposite of sensing, where one hides one's own mind from others. Shielding is the opposite of reading, putting a barrier up on a mind to keep others out. Thought alteration is possible, but very difficult. Transfering is when one sends a thought from one mind to another. Storage is when a psionist uses his or her brain's special temporary storage to store the thoughts of another.

2. Ancestral Memory: ancestral memory is the ability to remember past lives. Using this power for psionic activity means engaging with the ancestral memories of others in a powerful bonding. They can view the past through this energy through postcognition.

3. Dream Energy: dream energy generates from the subconscious mind, from dreams and dissociative states. Those who wield it can engage with the dreams and subconscious thoughts of others, using dream-walking or other forms of engagement, both while asleep and not.

4. Vonzot: vonzot is psionic energy fortified by hegnh. The hegnh imbued in the energy causes it to be very rigid and structured, allowing it to mimic the nervous signals of the mind that control basic functions of the body, giving users the ability to control other beings' nervous systems entirely. This is intended for use in strengthening or repairing a person's mind.

5. Euskepsia: euskepsia is psionic energy empowered by radiance. Because of the radiance, any interaction this energy has with other psionic energies brings positive, empowering effects. This can allow someone to open their mind to new possibilities, make new connections, and engage consciously with their subconscious mind.

6. Self-Denial: self-denial is psionic energy warped by arnum. When someone engages in active denial of the mental self, it generates a version of psionic energy that can cause damage and pain to others. This energy can cause other minds to shut down, limit their abilities, or cut off certain parts of it.

7. Possibility: potential esoteric (paradoxical) energy can be tapped by users of psionic powers. When this happens, the energies blend and allow users to manipulate the physical world around them through telekinesis.

8. Complexity: complexity is an energy created by paradox, and when it interacts with psionic energy, it gives the user the power to comprehend and engage with mental systems on a level most cannot comprehend.

9. Flux: flux is a paradoxical energy that changes whatever it interacts with, often rapidly. When it is controlled by psionic energy, it can alter the thoughts, minds, and nervous systems of those who wield and those who it is wielded against.

10. Fate: fate is a shebvic-poioumenonic energy that collapses the potential paths of a person's narrative, limiting them. When a person with psionic powers interacts with fate, they can expereince clairvoyance or precognition.

11. Doom: doom is fate corrupted by msawhat, limiting the possible narrative paths only to ones that end in catastrophe, tragedy, or other misfortunes. With someone with psionic abilities wields doom, they can make bad things happen to those around them, but if they mishandle it, it can come back on them.

12. Yahas: yahas is a poioumenonic energy that is derived from how things relate to one another. When mixed with psionic energy, it allows the user to connect minds to each other, mentally linking people together.

13. Entropy: entropic psionic energy results in the warping of a mind, inflicting significant damage, and causing disorder and decay that leads to uncontrollable impulses, delusions, psychotic breaks, obsession, compulsions, rapidly changing moods, hallucinations, and other maladies of the mind.

14. Kakraohy: kakraohy is a shebvic energy that gives supernatural skill-learning abilities. Psionic energy mixed with kakraohy allows users to learn quickly new psionic abilities.

15. D'qiarsea: the Damaskian energy of conflict can be wielded by psionics in order to cause significant damage to the minds of others. It turns psionic energy into a weapon.

16. Void: when void interacts with psionic energy, it creates an energy known as mindnull, a version of void that nullifies thought, memory, and mental energy as a whole.

17. Nommos: nommos is the energy of the True Name, the whole of a thing. A facet of this is psionic energy, which means that psionic users can tap into the greater whole and see the whole of a thing via psionics.

18. Black Nommos: nommos corrupted by msawhat is the power of the False Name, an illusory false self that can be tapped into the same way a psionist can tap into nommos.

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Psionic energies:

Psionic energy - Conscious or Pure psionics - active thoughts

The first power is telepathy, which is simply conveying a message or thought to another mind. Any mind "tapped" by a telepath can respond, if their will is strong enough. Reading is the next step, which is a bit more complicated. Reading involes entering the mind of another and actually understanding his or her thoughts. Sensing is less complicated than either, simply being the ability to notice other minds with one's own. Masking is the opposite of sensing, where one hides one's own mind from others. Shielding is the opposite of reading, putting a barrier up on a mind to keep others out. Thought alteration is possible, but very difficult. Transfering is when one sends a thought from one mind to another. Storage is when a psionist uses his or her brain's special temporary storage to store the thoughts of another.

Total list: telepathy, reading, sensing, masking, shielding, altering, transferring, storage

Ancestral memory - Deep or Memory psionics - memories only

This is a harder version of psionics, and those who have mastered this one are rare. Similar in some ways to empathy, deep psionics have been able to read memories, alter memories, and mask memories. A shield can be done on this level as well. Transfer is possible, but rare, and sending of memories is also possible.

Total list: sending, reading, masking, shielding, altering, transferring

Dream energy - Somnate or Dream - dreams

Somnate psionics interact with dreams. Faeries are susceptible to this form of psionics.

Dream sense allows the user to tell if someone is dreaming. Reading is watching another's dream. Sharing is when the user becomes a hub that allows multiple people to have the same dreams. Sending is when the user gives a dream to another of the user's consctruction. Constructing is using one's own subconscious to create a dream. Messaging is perhaps the easiest of these, where the user just sends a fragment, a thought, or an emotion into an existing dream. Altering is changing an existing dream. Control is where the user takes over and dictates an existing dream. Entering is when the user enters the target's dream completely, sending their entire subconscious in. Suffusing is a very dangerous ability, where the user sends parts of his or her subconscious into multiple dreams. Deleting is destroying a dream in whole or in part. Absorbing is taking a dream in whole or in part into one's own subsconsious.

Total list: messaging, reading, dream sense, altering, sharing, constructing, sending, control, entering, sufusing, absorbing, deleting

Vonzot - Structural or Nervous - functional mental processes

Euskepsia - Central or Open - entering the subconscious while conscious

Central psionics is focused on opening the subconscious mind while conscious.

Blanking literally empties one's conscious mind. Once this is done, whatever is on the subconscious becomes conscious. This process is dangerous, for what is blanked can be permanently lost. Breaking is the term for this aggressive form of blanking. All the mental and emotional powers are possible on this level, for a very powerful psionist. Defiltering rids the target of filters, or interpretation. He or she will simply experience without subjectivity. This is a form of incomplete blanking. When this is done to subconscious filters, blocks, or scars, it is called soothing. Truesense is when one breaks the filters of the target's mind and sees, hears, tastes, feels, or smells what the target did without interpretation. Truth sense, on the other hand, is an ability that simply tells the user whether the target is speaking what he or she believes. Transfer of unfiltered information is also possible, and it is called repeating. Masking is impossible to do on this level, as the process is incredibly invasive.

Total list: reading, truth sense, shielding, altering, repeating, storage, blanking, breaking, soothing, defiltering, truesense, transfering

Self-denial - Harsh or Internal - entering the subconscious forcefully while conscious

Energies that can wield psionics:

Possibility - Hard or Physical - telekinesis

Complexity - Complex or Vast - hyperkinesis, hyperpsionics

Flux - Dialectic or Shifting - dialecitcal processes

Krakaohy - Learned or Aquired - adaptations

Nommos - Complete or Whole - full mind

Energies wieldable via psionics:

Void - Irritokinetics

Entropy - Chaokinetics

Yahas - Istorikinetics

D'qiarsea - Polemikinetics

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The science of psionics is a difficult one to work in without having the innate ability oneself.

There's several areas of psionics, split roughly into these categories:

Conscious

Pure or Mental

Mental psionics are the most obvious and common forms. Normal psionists work almost solely in this area. Without a lot of training, they never develop their other psionic abilities.

The first power is telepathy, which is simply conveying a message or thought to another mind. Any mind "tapped" by a telepath can respond, if their will is strong enough. Reading is the next step, which is a bit more complicated. Reading involes entering the mind of another and actually understanding his or her thoughts. Sensing is less complicated than either, simply being the ability to notice other minds with one's own. Masking is the opposite of sensing, where one hides one's own mind from others. Shielding is the opposite of reading, putting a barrier up on a mind to keep others out. Thought alteration is possible, but very difficult. Transfering is when one sends a thought from one mind to another. Storage is when a psionist uses his or her brain's special temporary storage to store the thoughts of another.

Total list: telepathy, reading, sensing, masking, shielding, altering, transferring, storage

Deep or Emotional

Emotional psionics are similar to mental psionics, but they focus on the parts of the brain that control memory rather than thought.

This is a much harder version of psionics, and those who have mastered this one are rare. Similar in some ways to empathy, deep psionics have been able to read emotions, alter emotions, and mask emotions. None has mimicked empathy with sensing emotions, but many have tried. A shield can be done on this level as well. Transfer is possible, but rare, and sending of emotions is also possible. One cannot store emotions.

Total list: sending, reading, masking, shielding, altering, transferring

Hard or Physical

This is affecting things with the mind that is not another mind.

Also called telekinesis, the affecting of objects with the mind, hard psionics are rare in any great power. The other common forms of this are pyrokinesis (affecting energy with the mind), irritokinesis (control of void energy with the mind) and animokinesis (affecting a soul with the mind; this is sometimes considered subconscious psionics). Astrokinesis is the control of cosmic energy with the mind. Hyperkinesis is the control of reality with one's mind.

Total list: telekinesis, pyrokinesis, irritokinesis, aminokinesis, astrokinesis, hyperkinesis

Subconscious

Central or Open

Central psionics is focused on opening the subconscious mind while conscious.

Blanking literally empties one's conscious mind. Once this is done, whatever is on the subconscious becomes conscious. This process is dangerous, for what is blanked can be permanently lost. Breaking is the term for this aggressive form of blanking. All the mental and emotional powers are possible on this level, for a very powerful psionist. Defiltering rids the target of filters, or interpretation. He or she will simply experience without subjectivity. This is a form of incomplete blanking. When this is done to subconscious filters, blocks, or scars, it is called soothing. Truesense is when one breaks the filters of the target's mind and sees, hears, tastes, feels, or smells what the target did without interpretation. Truth sense, on the other hand, is an ability that simply tells the user whether the target is speaking what he or she believes. Transfer of unfiltered information is also possible, and it is called repeating. Masking is impossible to do on this level, as the process is incredibly invasive.

Total list: reading, truth sense, shielding, altering, repeating, storage, blanking, breaking, soothing, defiltering, truesense, transfering

Somnate or Dream

Somnate psionics are incredibly rare and usually involve interaction with dreams. Faeries are susceptible to this form of psionics.

Dream sense allows the user to tell if someone is dreaming. Reading is watching another's dream. Sharing is when the user becomes a hub that allows multiple people to have the same dreams. Sending is when the user gives a dream to another of the user's consctruction. Constructing is using one's own subconscious to create a dream. Messaging is perhaps the easiest of these, where the user just sends a fragment, a thought, or an emotion into an existing dream. Altering is changing an existing dream. Control is where the user takes over and dictates an existing dream. Entering is when the user enters the target's dream completely, sending their entire subconscious in. Suffusing is a very dangerous ability, where the user sends parts of his or her subconscious into multiple dreams. Deleting is destroying a dream in whole or in part. Absorbing is taking a dream in whole or in part into one's own subsconsious.

Total list: messaging, reading, dream sense, altering, sharing, constructing, sending, control, entering, sufusing, absorbing, deleting

Combined

Controlling is the most common ability that combines all manner of psionics. Only a master psionist can control a person on all levels. Most psionists work on a single level, usually mental-conscious. Sneaking is another example of combined psionics. Sneaking is using any psionic ability such that the target does not notice. Most psionists can sneak on the level they usually work on, but some can sneak on all levels. Flaying is the stealing of another's mind, completely. Cutting excises a part of another's mind. Draining is a slow mind-stealing process, used when the flayer's storage is nearly full. Warping alters the emotional and mental apsects of the mind so badly the victim goes mad. Most abilities that can be done on multiple levels can be done on multiple levels at once by a powerful psionist.

Total list: Sending (pure/deep/somnate), Reading (pure/deep/central/somnate), Sensing (pure/central/somnate), Masking (pure/deep), Shielding (pure/deep/central), Altering (pure/deep/central/somnate), Transferring (pure/deep/central), Storage (pure/central), Control (pure/deep/central/somnate), Draining (pure/deep/central/somnate), Warping (pure/deep/central/somnate), Flaying (pure/deep/central/somnate), Cutting (pure/deep/central/somnate), Sneaking (pure/deep/somnate)

Breakdown of psionic powers by race:

Bolded powers indicate what that race is best at or their speciality, or a power unique to that race.

1. Psionist:

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
  • Masking
  • Shielding
  • Altering
  • Transfering
  • Storing
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Altering
  • Masking
  • Transfering
  • Sending
• Central
  • Blanking
  • Reading
  • Shielding
  • Altering
  • Transfering
• Combined
  • Controling
  • Sneaking

2. Carrier

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
  • Masking
  • Shielding
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Masking
  • Sending
• Hard
  • Telekinesis
• Central
  • Blanking
  • Reading
  • Shielding
• Combined
  • Sneaking

3. Mindflayer

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
  • Masking
  • Shielding
  • Altering
  • Transfering
  • Storing
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Altering
  • Masking
  • Transfering
  • Sending
• Central
  • Blanking
  • Breaking
  • Reading
  • Shielding
  • Altering
  • Transfering
• Combined
  • Flaying
  • Cutting
  • Draining

4. Mindeater

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
  • Masking
  • Shielding
  • Altering
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Altering
  • Masking
  • Transfering
  • Sending
• Hard
  • Animokinesis
• Central
  • Blanking
  • Breaking
  • Reading
  • Shielding
  • Altering
• Combined
  • Flaying
  • Draining

5. Dementor

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
  • Masking
  • Altering
  • Transfering
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Altering
  • Masking
  • Transfering
  • Sending
• Central
  • Blanking
  • Reading
  • Altering
  • Transfering
• Combined
  • Warping

6. Repeater

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Sending
• Central
  • Blanking
  • Defiltering
  • Truesense
  • Truth sense
  • Repeating
  • Storage

7. Soother

• Pure
  • Telepathy
  • Reading
  • Sensing
• Deep
  • Reading
  • Sending
• Central
  • Soothing
• Somnate
  • Dream sense
  • Sharing
  • Sending
  • Constructing
  • Messaging
  • Altering
  • Control
  • Entering
  • Suffusing
  • Deleting
  • Absorbing

8. Brain-spawn

• All powers are granted by his or her brain-master

9. Brain-master

• All powers arepossible, though all are rarely present in one master

10. Myn-ka'ar

• Pure
• Deep
• Hard
  • Pyrokinesis
• Central
• Combined

11. Brain Gnome

• Purre
• Hard
• Central
• Combined

12. High Ogre

• Deep
• Hard
• Central
• Combined

13. Mind Elf

• Pure
• Deep
• Central
• Somnate
• Combined

14. Mindling

• Pure
• Deep
• Central
• Combined

15. Mind Dragon

• Central
• Somnate
• Combined

16. Neurophalan

• Pure
• Central
• Combined