Psion Body Type

By Elric (afn50378@afn.org)

This is an origin that I created to help me translate AD&D Psionicists to MSH format. Included is a modified Starting Powers Table.

Psions are Mutants whose powers are mostly centered around the mind, though they can have other powers as well. Because they are still Mutants, they are as feared and disliked by the public as standard Mutants. Examples of Psions include: Prof. X, Phoenix (both Jean and Rachel), and Mastermind.

* Random ranks are rolled on Column 1
* Half of their powers MUST be a mental power of some sort (Telepathy, Telekinesis, etc.)
* Receive the power of Psi-Screen free
* Because they are still Mutants, they may still be affected by Mutant detection and nullification devices and powers
* Starting Psyche is raised by 1 rank, to a maximum of MN. If Psyche is already MN, then this bonus may be assigned to Reason or Intuition (with the same limit of a maximum of MN), or discarded all together.
* Starting Popularity is always 0
* If being converted from AD&D to MSH, Psyche recieves a class shift based on the AD&D character's Int.

AD&D to MSH Psyche Bonus Table

AD&D Int. Psyche Bonus
01-15 None
16-17 +1CS
18-19 +2CS
20-22 +3CS
23-25 +4CS

Starting Number of Powers

Column 1: Altered Humans/Mutants
Roll Powers
01-20 1
21-40 2
41-60 3
61-80 4
81-00 5

Column 2: High-Tech Wonders

Roll Powers
01-16 1
17-33 2
34-49 3
50-66 4
67-82 5
83-00 6

Column 3: Psions/Aliens

Roll Powers
01-12 1
13-25 2
26-37 3
38-50 4
51-62 5
63-75 6
76-87 7
88-00 8

Column 4: Robots
Roll Powers
01-10 1
11-20 2
21-30 3
30-40 4
41-50 5
51-60 6
61-70 7
71-80 8
81-90 9
91-00 10
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