Reduction
Name
Reduction
Type
Devotion
Field
Psychometabolic
MAC
6
PSP (Initial)
Varies
PSP (Ongoing)
0
Range
0
Area of Effect
Personal
Prerequisites
Power Score
Each PSP spent results in twice the described effect (if desired).
Critical (20)
The psionicist doubles in size, and stays this big or an hour or until he uses this power again successfully.
Description
This power is the reverse of expansion. The psionicist can reduce his body's dimensions along any or all axes: height, length, width, or thickness. The change amounts to 1 foot per PSP spent, until the dimension being affected is 1 foot or less. After that, the psionicist can halve his dimensions each time he spends a PSP. For example, let's assume Agnilda (a dual-class psionicist and warrior maiden) stands 6 feet tall. Five strength points reduce her height to 1 foot. Three more strength points halve her size three times: to 6 inches, then 3 inches, and finally to 1.5 inches. Now let's assume Agnilda only wants to make her arm thin enough to slide through a keyhole. At its thickest point, her arm measures 4 inches across. Three strength points will reduce the thickness of her arm to ½ inch (from 4 to 2, then to 1, then to ½ ) without altering its length at all. She can now slide her arm through the keyhole and unlock the door from the inside.
