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Introduction ........................................................... 4

What Is Psionics ................................................. 4

The Psionics Handbook ........................................ 4

What’s New? ................................................... 4

Special Abilities ................................................ 40

Psionic Combat................................................. 40

How does Psionic

Combat Work?........................................ 40

P SIONIC C OMBAT IN

A N UTSHELL ............................................. 41

Psionic Attack and

Defense Modes ............................................ 42

Intellect Devourer......................................... 150

Neothelid ......................................................... 150

Phthisic ............................................................. 151

Psion-Killer...................................................... 152

Puppeteer ......................................................... 153

Temporal Filcher ........................................... 154

Thought Eater................................................. 154

Udoroot ............................................................ 155

Chapter 1: Psionic Classes ............................... 5

Class Descriptions .............................................. 5

Psion ....................................................................... 6

Game Rule Information .............................. 8

D ISCIPLINES ...................................................... 8

Class Skills ....................................................... 9

Class Features ................................................. 9

Psicrystals.......................................................10

Psion Starting Packages .............................12

Psychic Warrior.................................................13

Game Rule Information ............................14

Class Skills .....................................................14

Class Features ...............................................14

Psychic Warrior Starting

Packages.....................................................16

Multiclass Psionic Character ........................16

Chapter 5: Powers .............................................. 45

Psion Powers...................................................... 45

Psychic Warrior Powers................................. 49

Power Format .................................................... 50

Powers ................................................................. 51

Index ..................................................................... 157

Character Sheet ................................................ 159

List of Tables

Table 3-2: Experience and Level-

Dependent Benefits (reprinted

From the Player’s Handbook )........................ 6

Table 1-1: The Psion ........................................... 7

Table 1-2: Psion Bonus Power

Points................................................................. 7

Table 1-3: Disciplines and

Associated Abilities....................................... 8

Table 1-4: Psicrystals ........................................10

Table 1-5: Psicrystal Special

Abilities...........................................................11

Table 1-6: The Psychic Warrior ....................15

Table 2-1: Psionic Character Skills ..............18

Table 3-1: Psionic Feats ...................................22

Table 4-1: Psionic Combat DC

Modifiers........................................................42

Table 4-2: Psionic Attack Modes ..................42

Table 4-3: Psionic Defense Modes ...............42

Table 6-1: The Metamind ............................ 110

Table 6-2: The Pyrokineticist...................... 111

Table 6-3: The Slayer ..................................... 112

Table 6-4: The Soulknife .............................. 113

Table 6-5: Random NPC

Alignment................................................... 115

Table 6-6: Random Psionic

NPC Class ................................................... 115

Table 6-7: NPC Psion (Egoist).................... 116

Table 6-8: NPC Psion (Nomad) ................. 116

Table 6-9: NPC Psion (Savant) ................... 117

Table 6-10: NPC Psion (Shaper) ................ 118

Table 6-11: NPC Psion (Seer) ..................... 119

Table 6-12: NPC Psion (Telepath)............. 119

Table 6-13: NPC Psychic Warrior ............. 120

Table 7-1: Magic-Psionic

Equivalencies ............................................. 122

Table 7-2: Random Psionic Item

Generation .................................................. 123

Table 7-3: Armor Special Abilities ............ 123

Table 7-4: Shield Special Abilities............. 124

Table 7-5: Melee Weapon Special

Abilities........................................................ 126

Table 7-6: Ranged Weapon Special

Abilities........................................................ 126

Table 7-7: Crystal Capacitors ...................... 128

Table 7-8: Dorjes............................................. 129

Table 7-9: Powers Encoded in a

Power Stone ............................................... 129

Table 7-10: Stone Power Level ................... 129

Table 7-11: Psionic Tattoos.......................... 130

Table 7-12: Universal Psionic

Items............................................................. 131

Table 8-1: The Psionic Template ............... 140

Chapter 6: Characters .................................... 109

Prestige Classes............................................... 109

Metamind.................................................... 109

Pyrokineticist ............................................. 110

Slayer ............................................................ 112

Soulknife ..................................................... 113

Psionic NPC Statistics .................................. 115

Random NPC ............................................. 115

Handcrafted NPC ..................................... 115

R EADING THE NPC

D ESCRIPTIONS ........................................ 115

NPC Psion (Egoist)................................... 115

NPC Psion (Nomad) ................................ 116

NPC Psion (Savant) .................................. 117

NPC Psion (Shaper) ................................. 118

NPC Psion (Seer) ...................................... 118

NPC Psion (Telepath) .............................. 119

NPC Psychic Warrior .............................. 120

Chapter 2: Skills ..................................................17

Skill Summary ...................................................17

Skill Descriptions .............................................18

Autohypnosis ................................................18

Concentration...............................................19

Knowledge (psionics).................................19

Psicraft.............................................................19

Remote View.................................................20

Stabilize Self ..................................................20

Use Psionic Device......................................20

Chapter 7: Psionic Items .............................. 121

Using Items ..................................................... 121

Saving Throws against

Psionic Item Powers............................ 122

Damaging Psionic Items......................... 122

“Magic” Items for Psionic

Characters .............................................. 122

Psionic Item Descriptions........................... 122

Random Psionic Items ............................ 123

Armor and Shields.................................... 123

Weapons ...................................................... 125

Crystal Capacitors ..................................... 128

Dorjes............................................................ 128

Power Stones .............................................. 129

Psionic Tattoos........................................... 129

Universal Items ......................................... 130

Universal Item Descriptions................. 130

Cursed Items ................................................... 136

Psionic Artifacts.............................................. 136

Creating Psionic Items ................................. 138

Chapter 3: Feats ...................................................21

Acquiring Feats .................................................21

Prerequisites.......................................................21

Types of Feats.....................................................21

B EHIND THE C URTAIN :

P SIONIC F EATS ...............................................23

Feat Descriptions ..............................................23

Chapter 4: Psionics ............................................31

Manifesting Powers .........................................31

W HAT IS A P SIONIC P OWER ?.......................32

V ARIANT : S AVING T HROW

D IFFICULTY C LASS

A GAINST P SIONIC P OWERS .....................33

Concentration...............................................35

Manifester Level ..........................................35

Special Power Effects .................................35

Psionics-Magic Transparency ..................36

Psionic Powers...................................................37

Psions and Psychic Warriors....................37

Using Stored Power Points.......................37

P SIONIC D ISEASE ...........................................37

Psychometabolism Powers .......................38

Psionic Disciplines ...........................................38

Clairsentience...............................................38

Metacreativity...............................................38

Psychokinesis................................................38

Psychometabolism ......................................38

Psychoportation ...........................................39

V ARIANT : P SIONICS ARE

D IFFERENT .................................................39

Telepathy........................................................40

Chapter 8: Monsters ....................................... 139

Psionic Creatures ........................................... 139

Creating a Psionic Creature ................... 139

Astral Construct ............................................. 140

Blue..................................................................... 142

Brain Mole ....................................................... 143

Caller in Darkness ......................................... 144

Cerebrilith........................................................ 145

Crysmal ............................................................. 146

Folugub ............................................................. 146

Githyanki.......................................................... 147

Githzerai ........................................................... 149

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You’ve read the Player's Handbook , the D UNGEON M ASTER 's

Guide , and the Monster Manual, and yet you are not satisfied.

Why? Because you have an idea that magic is only part of the

equation. You saw hints of another kind of power in the

Monster Manual and the D UNGEON M ASTER 's Guide . That tan-

talizing word: psionics! The power of mind over matter. You

knew there had to be more. And you were right.

Welcome to the marvel of the mind.

along with providing rules for adjudicating situations. The

default rule allows magic and psionics to work with and

against each other, but optional rules for making psionics and

magic different are also provided. Redesigned rules for

psionic combat reside here as well, including five psionic

attack modes and five psionic defense modes. Nonpsionic

characters have little to fear from psionic attack modes,

except for the dreaded mind blast .

Powers (Chapter 5): This chapter reveals almost three

hundred psionic powers rated from level 0 to level 9 for

psions and psychic warriors. Many powers will be familiar to

readers familiar with older rules, though these have been

retooled, while many of the powers are completely new.

Psionic Characters (Chapter 6): This chapter shows you

how to take your psionic characters in exciting directions

with four new prestige classes: the metamind, determined to

amass as much psionic power as possible; the pyrokineticist,

who doesn’t think that playing with fire is at all dangerous;

the slayer, who devotes his life to ridding the world of the

despicable illithid; and the soulknife, knows how to manifest

mental power in a blade of semi-solid psychic energy. This

chapter also provides guidelines for creating psionic NPCs of

1st through 20th level (the six varieties of psion plus the

psychic warrior) that your characters may encounter,

befriend, or fight.

Psionic Items (Chapter 7): Both psionic and nonpsionic

characters might be interested in some of the items described

here. Psionic weapons, armor, dorjes, psionic tatoos, crystal

capacitors, power stones, and wondrous items are presented

in a format similar to that of the Magic Items chapter in the

D UNGEON M ASTER 's Guide . New categories of wondrous items

include crawling tattoos, third eyes, and psychoactive skins.

Here’s where you’ll find out about superpowerful psionic

artifacts such as the Staff of Ancient Penumbra and the Annulus .

This chapter also contains rules for creating your own psionic

items.

Psionic Monsters (Chapter 8): Here you’ll find psioni–

cally endowed monsters to challenge all characters, non–

psionic and psionic alike. Favorites from earlier versions of

the game, including the githyanki and the githzerai, are

provided, as well as several new monsters. Most importantly a

psionic template in the front of this chapter allows you to

make almost any D&D monster into a psionic creature.

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Simply put, psionics is the art of tapping the mind’s potential.

A psionic character is blessed with a form of innate ability

that enables him or her to use mental power to achieve goals

or perform tasks that nonpsionic characters can only

accomplish—if they’re even capable of doing them at all—by

using gross physical skills such as brute strength or raw

agility, or by using intellect or force of will as distinct from

the natural power of the mind itself.

Your character’s mind is an infinite metaphorical plane, on

which all things are possible. It may be that all characters

have within them the potential for harnessing the energy of

the mind, but only those who succeed in tapping into that

potential can become psionic characters. A psionic character

knows how to navigate the mental pathways that lead to

amazing edifices of thought and energy. Knowing the path,

the psionic character walks it. Like a flare thrown off a star, a

psionic power is manifested from the psionic character’s

energy of consciousness.

Now, you hunger to learn the psionic art. With this hand-

book, you can. Then let all the world stand in awe of your

character’s mental might. As you will it, so it is done.

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This book gives you everything you need to create and play

psionic characters, including psionic items and psionic foes.

It features the following chapters:

Psionic Classes (Chapter 1): This chapter introduces two

new character classes: the psion and psychic warrior. The

psion comes in six different “flavors,” each of which follows

the call of one of the psionic disciplines: Psychometabolism,

Psychoportation, Psychokinesis, Metacreativity, Clair-

sentience, and Telepathy. The psychic warrior melds psionic

arts with martial arts, and all fear her crystal blade. Psionic

characters can multiclass with standard character classes

found in the Player's Handbook .

Skills (Chapter 2): Psionic characters can use all the skills

introduced in the Player's Handbook , plus they have exclusive

access to a few new skills detailed here, including

Autohypnosis, Knowledge (psionics), Remote View, Stabilize

Self, and Use Psionic Device.

Feats (Chapter 3): Yet more special abilities for psionic

characters, such as Deep Impact, Improved Psicrystal, Iner-

tial Armor, Psionic Shot, Fell Shot, and Up the Walls (to

name only a few). Most of these feats are exclusive to psionic

characters.

Psionics (Chapter 4): This chapter discusses how psionic

characters discover, choose, and manifest psionic powers,

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If you’ve played earlier editions of the D&D game, you’ll

notice that this psionics system features elements of previous

D&D game psionics systems. That said, those features were

stripped out, laid out on a game-mechanic work bench, then

rebuilt from the ground up.

Some people do not use psionics in their D&D games. This

reluctance is usually due to the way previous editions have

handled psionics rules. In previous editions, psionics rule sys-

terns are add-ons that do not dovetail well with the core rules.

In contrast, psionics rules for the new edition of the D&D

game are integrated into the core mechanics of the game. A

psionic character will be balanced with a nonpsionic

character of equal level. You’ll be able to multiclass into and

out of the psionic character classes like you can with the core

classes.

Do not fear for the balance of your game when you use the

Psionics Handbook . Have at it, and enjoy.

sionic characters tap the power of the mind and body.

Every sentient creature produces bioenergy that

generates consciousness. This “bioenergy” has many facets.

Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma are direct elements of

consciousness, but Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution also

contribute. Each element of consciousness is like a color split

out of pure white light. The psionic character classes embrace

the total energy of consciousness directly, utilizing this inner

reservoir of power to effect change in the real world. The

thoughts and dreams of normal beings race impotently within

the gray confines of their minds, but a psionic character’s

mental desires are made manifest.

Alignment: Presents alignment restrictions, if any. Al-

Though the basic psionic classes are open to characters of

any alignment, prestige classes may have an alignment pre-

requisite. The pyrokineticist (see Chapter 6: Characters) is

one such class.

Hit Die: The type of Hit Die used by psionic characters

determines the number of hit points gained per level.

A psionic character rolls one Hit Die each time he or she

gains a new level, adds or subtracts the results to his or

her hit point total. Thus a character has the same number

of Hit Dice as levels. For his or her first Hit Die, a 1st-

level character gets the maximum hit points (4 or 8)

rather than rolling (although Constitution modifiers

still apply).

Class Skills: The number of skill points the psionic

character starts with at 1st level, the number of skill

points gained each level thereafter, and the list of class

skills. To this number, add or subtract the character’s

Intelligence modifier for the total points gained each

level (but always at least 1 skill point per level, even

for a character with an Intelligence penalty). Re-

member that a 1st-level character starts with four

times this number of skill points. Since the maxi-

mum rank in a class is the character’s level +3, at 1st

level you can buy up to 4 ranks in any class skill, at a

cost of 1 skill point per rank.

This chapter describes the two psionic character classes: the

psion and the psychic warrior. You’ll first find a general

discussion in “game world” terms (Adventures, Characteristics,

Alignment, and so on), the sort of description that individuals

living in the game world could understand and the way a

psionic character might describe himself or herself. These

descriptions are general. Individual characters may differ in

their attitudes, outlooks, and other characteristics.

Game rule information follows the general class

descriptions.

Abilities: The Abilities entry explains which ability scores

are most important for a psionic character.

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