Psionic Dampener (Enhancement)

This item can be used on any world where psionics are present. The frequency of the item is, of course, determined by the frequency of the psionic ability.
Designed by wizards frustrated by their inability to defend themselves and their laboratories against those wielding the psionic arts, the psionic dampener has many applications and guises. Most common are helmets that limit sight, though some designs are collars and manacles that serve the same function.
Psionic dampeners, if placed on a psionic individual, immediately inflict a penalty of -8 to any power score the psionicist has to make. Additionally, if the psionicist attempts to use psionic abilities more than once over the course of a 12-hour period, the dampeners inflict a nasty shock worth 1d6 points of damage to the psionicist.
Psionic dampeners are permanently charged items, and require no more maintenance than an ordinary item. They can be removed as any ordinary items of the same variety; thus, a helmet can simply be removed, or manacles unlocked. If the one imprisoning the psionicist takes any precautions against this, the psionicist can be rendered fairly helpless.
There are also rumors of psionic dampeners that inhibit the use of psionics against a person wearing a dampener. Unfortunately, the truth of the rumor cannot be confirmed or denied, as no one has found one. Rest assured, however, that if someone has thought of it, someone else has invented it.
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