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Psionic magic draws from the inherent power within one’s very soul: their Essence. Individuals who are sensitive to this power often manifest it at a very young age, although few know how to spot and develop those early signs of psionic latency. A psion, once identified, often enters the care of a faction, and these factions regularly compete with each other to increase their ranks. The competition is usually friendly.  

The factions of psions are referred to as “Wings” within their own ranks. Despite differing goals, their unique nature as hyper-empaths and telepathic abilities have resulted in an affinity between them that outshines their connection with non-latents.

Some psionic abilities are agreed upon to be unethical as they subvert the free will of other creatures. Such magic is known as psychovillainy. Use of such magic would likely result in an investigation and perhaps even banishment from one’s own Psionic Wing. Depending on the degree of the offense, the latent may be shunned from the other wings, leaving them with no choice but take solace with the other psions of their kind: The Syndicate, a secretive wing of exiled and banned psions who care for each other and work as mercenaries and sellswords across Ancerra.

Your Psionic Power is the total number of Talent Points you have spent on psionic talents as a result of leveling up, along with the number of Talent Points you have spent in certain classes or class tracks. These classes or tracks will specify that they contribute to Psionic Power.

Your Psionic Tier increases at varying increments of Psionic Power, as shown on the table below.

Your Psionic Tier determines how many times you can use invocations each day.

==== Aptitude ====

When you take the Adept of the Psionic talent, choose one Aptitude: Clairsentience, Psychokinetics, Metacreativity, Telepathy, or Psychometabolics.

==== Manifestation ====

A Spell with the Manifestation tag costs 0 SP for psions who have the corresponding Aptitude (although upcharging still requires SP).

==== Concentration ====

Spells with the Concentration tag require a lot of mental focus to keep running; thus, only one can be active at a time. If you take [[damage]] while doing this, you must make a Concentration check: 1d20+END. The DC of the check is 1⁄2 the amount of damage that you took.

Psionic spells and invocations with the Meditation tag require you to meditate for both the casting and duration of the spell. While meditating, you cannot spend AP to do anything else unless you have talents that specify otherwise. Unless you have talents that specify otherwise, you cannot voluntarily end a meditation early. Taking damage ends meditation immediately. If your meditation ends early, then the spell or invocation fails.