Opus Magi: Psions

Psions have easily become one of the most popular characters in Opus Magi.  However, the core rulebook has only one character Playbook for Psion.  The materials here are an expansion of the Psion character, including the following:

• rules for using Psionics per the core rulebook
• new Psionic Abilities for original Psionic Talents
• completely new Psionic Talents
• new Psion character Playbooks
• new Psionic tools
• pregenerated Psion characters

Original Psionic Talents

The rules for Psionics and the original Psionic Talents are included:

Awareness:  control over one's own body

Clairvoyance:  perceiving at a distance

Telekinesis:  mind over matter

Telepathy:  mental communication

Teleportation:  teleporting objects or oneself

New Psionic Abilities for the Talents of Awareness, Clairvoyance, and Telepathy are part of these rules.  Look for NEW next to the entry in the rules.

New Psionic Talents

New, more unusual Psionic Talents are introduced in this expansion:

ElectroSensus:  manipulation of electricity

Polymorphism:  changing one’s own body

Thermostatics:  control of fire and ice

Uponyaji / Sanatio:  healing of body and mind

New Psion Character Playbooks

Included are five new character Playbooks which make use of both the original as well as the new Psionic Talents and Abilities:

Denki no hito:  the “mind-machine interface”

Mabeobsa:  the “wizard” of fire and ice

Mganga: the healer of body, mind, and soul

Shadow Runner:  the corporate spy

Skin Walker:  the shape-changer

These new characters come with new Psionic tools and weapons.

These materials also have a multitude of pregenerated characters which may be used as either player or non-player characters.  These include non-Psion characters who can act as “supporting cast” for the psions.