Savage Worlds is the king of pulp, and is more wargame than RPG. So what psychic powers can I borrow to fulfil my psychic power wishlist?
Savage Worlds uses a generic "magic" system that lumps together psychic powers, miracles, arcane "magic" magic, super powers and weird science. It uses generic spells, in which the "trappings" are different but the end effect is similar, i.e. the "Bolt" spell could be a bolt of lightning, ice, a fireball or just raw energy. Italics are superpowers from the Super Power Companion sourcebook.
Telekinetic
-Push/Pull/Crush
-Deflect/Barrier
-Biokinesis (heal) Heart stop (destroy)
-Teleportation
-Cyro/Pyro/Electrokinesis
-Levitate/Double jump
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Barrier Blast (Ranged AoE attack) Bolt (aimed attack) Burst (AoE spray) Deflection (Protector - protects others) Healing/Greater Healing or Regeneration Stun Ensnare Telekinesis Teleport Absorption (absorb/deflect telekinetic attacks) Decay (destroy materials/wound) Force Control Fly, Flight or Leaping Malfunction (electric items) Matter Control Resistence (to fire, ice, electricity etc) Smite/Attack (Melee/Ranged) (telekinetically guide/boost damage of blows/weapon) |
Telepath
- Mind Read
-Mind Control
- Mental attack (freeze)
- Illusion
-Psychic Link
-Psychic Block (nullify)
-Fear
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Dispel (negate psychic power) Fear Invisibility Puppet (control enemy) or Possession Chameleon (imitate another) Illusion Mind Control Negation (block psychic abilities) Paralysis Mind Reading |
Esper
-Remote Viewing -> Bilocation
-Clairvoyance
-Scrying/Divination
-Psychometry
-Precognition
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Boost (raise/lower stat of self/other) = precog Detect Arcane (sense other psychics) Awareness (ignore obscurement/gang ups) Danger Sense (ignore ambushes, pregame advantages) Copycat (psychometry - mimic abilities) Duplication (bilocation) Heightened Senses Intangibility (spirit form/remote viewing) - maybe mix with Altered Form Uncanny Reflexes |
Phew. That's... ....quite a list. Maybe I don't have to start from scratch after all....
Actually, the more I look through Savage Worlds material, the more I wonder why I don't see more wargame AARs using this system. Perhaps it's too pigeonholed as a RPG. It certainly has some decent mechanics - better than games like, say, Frostgrave, which everyone is so hyped about, and can be adapted easily through the fantasy-pulp-sci fi spectrum, plus it comes with a huge array of in-depth settings (and in some cases, miniature lines.)
From comments on the first psychic powers post, I've decided to allow shorting/malfunctioning of electrics (it's an extension of electrokinesis I guess). The rest of the powers gel with Wikipedia (source of all mankind's knowledge) as I'm looking for "realistic" or "commonly acknowledge" psychic powers, rather than something seen once on a random anime. However I'm interested in any other common abilities that I may have missed...
Only 6.5 years later....
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