Psionics

Psionics are innate powers that some individuals possess. One possessing psionic powers may also be referred to as "a psionic". Possessing psionic abilities seems to be a major part of deals with gods/demons. The psionic phenomenon is distinctly different from the magic of demons and gods.
== Example Abilities ==
* Commune with Gods
* Detect Eldritch phenomena
* Mind control
== Acquisition ==
Psionics are a phenomena typically granted due to a certain structure in the brain. Many people are born with these powers from a lineage of psionic individuals. Sometimes it is a fluke of nature, completely comping out of nowhere in one's family lineage. Just about every brain section has been identified as a candidate source, so it seems that different psionics might manifest from different regions in the brain. It is at least partly heritable and perhaps partly induced by in-utero exposure to the open ether.
Sometimes an individual may acquire psionic powers that they did not have from birth. This can be done via a brain graft, where the special structures are applied to their brain. Sometimes an individual may have never exhibited psionic powers but always have had the potential. These individuals may have their powers "awoken" by a number of means, usually demonic or Eldritch in nature.
Psychics are exceedingly rare: without very careful screening and training, spontaneous psychic manifestations probably occur once in a million human or orcish children under normal circumstances, with even fewer psychics among elves and none among dwarves.
One outlandish theory is that psionics might be exhibiting, on a very micro-scale, the powers of gods. One Mage Prince at the twilight of the Imperium learned the origins of psionic power, now lost to time, and used them to create a caste of psychic humans, who ultimately betrayed and murdered him and joined the Naga.
== Cultural Impact ==
Psionics are not well understood by the public, and most would probably consider them to be "witches" or demons (obviously a serious academic misnomer). Civilized churches mostly barely tolerate or openly persecute them, though many prophets were almost certainly psychics of some kind or another (and in the days of the Mage Imperium, the Seers of Adalna were a psychic ruling body.
== Notable Psionics ==
Name 	Powers 	Origin
Banshee 	Psychic scream	Heredity
Seer MacDonald 	Mind Flood
Heighten Emotions
Telepathy
Mind Seed
Communion of Adalna (Forbidden Lore)	Mutation, Heightened by ”Friendly” Possession
Arindar and Sloane 	Psionic mind-link
Telepathy
Alter Emotions	Mutation
Fil 'n' Lil 	??? 	Mutation (Witch Haven)
The Marionette 	
* Telekinesis
* Deadened Ripost
* Psionic Transposition
* Psionic Anxiety
* Mind Flood (Musical)	
The Master of Lights	
* Control over Light
* Telekinesis	
Notan Krussksdotter 	??? 	Mutation (Etheric Exposure)
Prince Sigvald 	??? 	Heredity
== Game Mechanics ==
Knowledge: Psionics allows a character to understand how psionic powers work.
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