Intensify

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.

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. ​