Intensify
Name
Intensify
Type
Devotion
Field
Psychometabolic
MAC
6
PSP (Initial)
6+
PSP (Ongoing)
3+
Range
0
Area of Effect
Personal
Prerequisites
3rd level
Power Score
The character's ability is raised to the level he intended, but the cost of this power is reduced to 3 PSPs per increased point.
Critical (20)
The psionicist must make a system shock roll or the ability he intended to boost decreases by 1 point for 24 hours.
Description
Intensify allows the psionicist to improve either his Constitution, his Intelligence, or his Wisdom for psionic applications. To improve one-for psionic purposes only-he must weaken the other two-for all purposes. Each point of increase in the targeted ability decreases the other two abilities by the same amount. In addition, each point of increase costs 5 PSPs. For example, Zenita is a psionicist with Con 15, Int 16, and Wis 17. She wants to intensify her Intelligence by 4 points. To do so, she must spend 20 PSPs initially (5 PSPs for each bonus point of Intelligence). Her Intelligence is raised 4 points to 20. Meanwhile, her Constitution and Wisdom scores drop 4 points (to 11 and 13, respectively). The increase in Intelligence affects psionic powers only. The drop in Constitution and Wisdom affects everything applicable except psionic strength points: psionic power scores, hps, system shock rolls, saving throws, spell bonuses, spell failure, etc. A psionicist can raise an ability score to a maximum of 25, provided he has enough PSPs and no other score is reduced below zero.
