Psychic Surgeon (Character Kit)

Psychic surgeon
Description: A psychic surgeon uses his natural psionic talent to aid other people. He might try to help others to unleash their own psychic potential, operate on the mentally disturbed, or use hypnosis to influence others. Most psychic surgeons are fascinated by the way minds and spirits work; many are as knowledgeable as sages in the fields of human behavior, faith, and the pursuit of wisdom. Psychic surgeons must be of good or neutral alignments; evil psionicists are too selfish to want to help others. They must have a strong personality to be able to shape and mold the minds of others, and must therefore have a minimum Charisma
of 13.
Role: Psychic surgeons may function as sages, providing their possibly illegal psionic services only to those who need or can pay for them. Others may act as healers, trying to help the possessed, sick, or wounded to recover to health. This may be done for religious, moral, or monetary reasons.
Chosen disciplines: Required — telepathic, metapsionic or clairsentience.
Recommended—others of the three.
Sciences/Devotions: Required — Contact, Psychic Surgery (although both
cannot be chosen at first, they should both be learned as soon as possible).
Recommended—Absorb Disease, Aura Alteration, Aura Sight, Biofeedback, Cell Adjustment, Complete Healing, Daydream, Dream Travel, Empathy, ESP, False Sensory
Input, Incarnation Awareness, Lend Health, Mind Over Body, Mindlink, Mindwipe, Phobia Amplification, Post Hypnotic Suggestion, Probe, Psionic Sense, Psychic Impersonation, Split Personality, Suspend Animation, Switch Personality,
Telepathy, Truthear.
Weapon Proficiencies: Any allowable
to psionicists.
Nonweapon Proficiencies: Bonus — hypnosis 4 .
Recommended — body language 5 , diplomacy 2 , etiquette, harness subcon¬
scious 4 , healing herbalism, languages (modern), meditative focus 4 , pharmacy .
Equipment: Psychic surgeons have no special equipment requirements.
Special Benefits: The psychic surgeon is far more adept at Psychic Surgery than
most other psionicists. His power score is Wis - 2 instead of Wis - 5; and those he
operates on have a +2% chance of possessing a wild talent. He also uses the
nonweapon proficiency hypnosis at Charisma 0.
Special Hindrances: None.
Races: Any race of psionicist may become a psychic surgeon.
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