
October 22nd, 2003, 09:13 PM
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Re: Adamant Mod Discussion Thread (v0.14.07 released!)
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What is the difference between Psychoportation and Telekinesis anyway? They both move things with the power of the mind... Does Psychoportation make them "jump" places instantaneously without traversing the space in between while Telekinesis makes them "slide" like things normally move?
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Psychoportation:
Psychoportation powers move the manifester, an object, or another creature through space and time. Representative powers include astral projection, dimension door, teleport, and teleport trigger.
True understanding of that reality allows the nomad to prize loose small fissures and cracks in existence, and then slip through them to new locations in space, and even in time.
Psychokinesis:
Psychokinesis powers manipulate energy or tap the power of the mind to produce a desired end. Many of these powers produce interesting visual effects above and beyond the standard secondary display, such as moving, melting, transforming, or bLasting a target. Psychokinesis powers can deal large amounts of damage. Representative powers include concussion, matter agitation, and matter manipulation.
Telekinesis and its variants are the heart of the Psychokinesis discipline. It is the purest expression of the savant’s power: mind over matter, movement at a distance. The power allows the user's mind to grip the fabric of reality and move it as she wills. Telekinesis is the most obvious use of the power, but even powers such as matter agitation and concussion involve the movement and rearrangement of very tiny motes of reality. The particular new arrangement determines the specific effect. For instance, concussion creates an invisible bulge in the fabric of reality, and the psion uses that bulge to pummel the desired target.
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