RULE ZERO

I’ve gotta put this at the top of both the Magic and Psionics sections since it comes up more often than I would like.  (Magic Potential + Psionics Potential) in the same creature = that creature’s head explodes.  Well, not literally.  It just doesn’t work.  One of the two abilities just does not function.  What this means is you can’t have both.  If you’ve got Psionics as a trained skill, you can’t get Magery as a trained skill, and vice versa is also true.

WHAT ARE PSIONICS?

Psionics are both the not very well understood, even by the innately psionic species, such as the Teuthidoids.  The nature of psionic talent seems to defy scientific explanation, especially it’s ability to bypass the restriction that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light without warping the fabric of space.  The currently accepted theory is that psionic talent involves interfacing with the universal collective subconscious (which is in and of itself only a theory), and either pulling information out of it or altering one’s own presence in it.  Most psionically-empowered people (and the Teuthidoids) subscribe to this theory, as it explains the inability of psionics to directly affect the physical world, as well as the ability of telepathy to work at FTL speeds.

 

Psionic abilities are referred to as “Powers.”