Pstatic

Pstatic

Mystic

Proficiency [Stamina]

300 hours

Psionic

Counts as two skills at character creation

Pronounced 'static', you can psionically project a counter-psychic field. Anyone wishing to use psychic powers against you--or even in your vicinity--must fight their way through this protective field. For a telepath trying to probe your mind, this is like trying to tune into a distant radio station. Psionic talents used within the affected area must overcome the static; that is, they must roll higher than you on the opposed skill check. (Save yourself some headache and just roll once for pstatic.) Failure means their psychic power simply does nothing. This is a benchmarked skill, so you'll need to pay attention.

At first level pstatic only protects against psychic sensitive abilities directed at you personally, and you must concentrate to use this. At second level your field now extends to your immediate possessions and protects against all psionics. At third level your pstatic field extends about a yard. Your range doubles with every level beyond this. Starting at seventh level, you project a high intensity pstatic field in the center tenth of your normal range. Use of psionic powers within this more powerful area invokes a save against psionics equal to your skill check. Failure causes an energy-sapping headache that causes 1D6 fatigue per attempt. That is, starting at level VII, you can make another psychic's ears ring and nose bleed if they attempt to read your mind. With the next level of skill this field extends about a yard and a half away (one-tenth of your normal sixteen yard range for level VIII skill). Throwing up a pstatic field takes only a token amount of concentration. It doesn't impair skill use--including combat--but injury or unconsciousness will shut it down temporarilly.

Pstatic doesn't discriminate; it blocks the friendly telepathic warning from an ally just as well as it does some pyrokinetic asshole trying to set your shoes on fire. Furthermore, you cannot use any psychic abilities at all while your pstatic field is active. Yes, two pstatic fields can jam one another.