Receptical
9-level Metacreativity
PSP Cost
13
Time to Invoke:
1 action
Range:
touch
duration:
special
This power allows a psionicist to store psionic
energy in a special receptacle. The psionicist can
draw upon the energy later to fuel his other
psionic powers. He cannot use these points when
his total pool of psionic strength is at its
maximum. However, he can keep the stored PSPs
on hand until he's running low on psionic energy,
and then use them immediately. (It's like storing a
pint of your own blood at a hospital. With a little
time, your body replaces the pint. Later, if you
should lose blood in an accident or operation, you
can use the stored blood to recover the loss
quickly.)
Before powers can be stored, a receptacle must be
prepared. Two types of containers are
appropriate: a vessel prepared with empower, or a
valuable gem that has been specially prepared
using the receptacle power.
Empowered Vessel. Any vessel can serve as a
receptacle for psionic energy if it is empowered
first. The psionicist must perform the initial
preparation and final sealing described earlier
under empower. He does not do anything further;
the vessel needs no additional powers. It can hold
PSPs equal to his psionic potential, multiplied by
his experience level.
Valuable Gem. A gem can hold 1 PSP for every 100
gold pieces of its worth, rounded down. For
example, a gem worth 650 gold pieces can hold 6
PSPs, and a gem worth 1,000 gold pieces can hold
10 PSPs. The gem still requires preparation,
however. To do this, the psionicist must slowly fill
the gem with PSPs-1 per turn-until the gem
reaches maximum capacity (1/100 of its value).
The psionicist can do nothing else while filling the
gem. When the task is complete, the psionicist
must make a DC 15 power check. If he fails, only
one-half of the gem's capacity is usable.
Storing Points. Using his receptacle power, he can
automatically place 1 PSP into a properly prepared
container per round. When he is finished, the
psionicist must make a receptacle DC 15 power
check. If it succeeds, all is well; if it fails, only half
the points he expended are stored in the
receptacle, while the rest are merely spent.
Using Stored Points. The psionicist can retrieve
stored points automatically. The receptacle must
be in contact with his flesh. He can never retrieve
more points than the receptacle currently holds,
nor can he retrieve so many that it raises his
current psionic point total above his maximum. No
matter how many receptacles he has, a psionicist
can never store more PSPs than his maximum
total.
Only the psionicist who placed the points in the
item can use them. The danger of this power is
receptacle loss. If the receptacle is damaged or
destroyed, its contents (PSPs) are instantly
subtracted from the psionicist's total possible
points. This loss is temporary, but until the
psionicist is once again back up to his full PSP
score he recovers PSPs only half as fast as normal.
