Ainwae Rules of Psionics

Psionics are divided into five talents:

-Kinetics: Psionically affecting matter and energy

-Clairvoyance: Psionically enhancing perception

-Empathy: Psionically connecting two or more minds

-Metabolism: Psionically manipulating bodily processes

-Portation: Psionically affecting distances and travel
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Psionics are relatively uncommon- even in the days of the
Chaos War, there were only about a hundred or so known
psionics. But due to their actions, psionics are heralded
as great heroes and saviors. If someone shows proclivity
towards it, their home kingdom will usually pay handsomely
to have them taught to use their gift in service to the
Bannered Five.
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Psionics can technically learn any of the different
talents, some are just better at one school than the
others. One psionic may be able to "get" telekinesis much
better than mind reading, and vice versa. How someone is
born with psionic talent instead of magic is unknown, as
is how psionic talents even work. The running theory is
that a psionic is "plugged in" to the plane of Chaos
instead of the Feylines, and acts as a tap into it much
like how a sorcerer channels magic. They then use their
connection to reject reality and substitute it with one
of their own. Psionic abilities are extremely exhausting-
it takes years of training to get the mental endurance to
perform extreme tasks with it.
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Kineticists are adept at the most physical form of psionic
powers. Using their minds, they can most obviously affect
the world. One of the most prime forms of kinetic powers
is telekinesis- the ability to move objects with one's
mind. More advanced and subforms include various elemental
controls such as pyrokinetics and fulgurkinetics. Self
levitation is greatly argued whether is falls under this
or portation.
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Seers, those who use the powers of clairvoyance, use the
powers of Chaos to divine what is. They can access visions
of the future, or even see across vast distances. Their
perception is also greatly enhance, and can sense when
others are around.
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Empaths are ruled by their emotions, primarily- they feel
what others feel and know what others know. They connect
to others on the most primary level- directly through the
mind. Ordinarily this can be a great boon- telepathically
projecting thoughts without saying a single word. Some,
however, can take control and manipulate the mind they
have connected with, if they have the force of will to do
so.
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Augmentors are almost the opposite of Empaths- they use
their psionic gifts to reach a perfect state of body.
They allow Chaos to flow through their bodies, granting
them abilities far beyond normally possible. Strength,
reflexes, senses, speed- all and more are able to be
boosted by the metabolic psionics.
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Finally, Porters have one of the most odd affinities to
Chaos- they can bend the points of time and space,
allowing them to shortcut their way through most anything.
Teleportation is common- though one of the most dangerous
psionic talents. Opening direct rifts also works- and the
same abilities allow one to close holes between the
physical world and other planes. Whispers of a much more
powerful ability, of psions who can travel not just across
the distances of the map but through history itself, are
rumored- but any with this ability have not made
themselves known.
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The source for all psionic abilities is the plane of
Chaos- a realm of creatures and dark forces beyond our
comprehension. Long ago, the elder God of the plane open
rifts into the physical world, and the eldritch energies
leeched through them as well. A rare few had their ties to
the Feylines (The source of magic) destroyed, and instead
were bound to the unknown of Chaos. This contact caused
mental pathways in the sentient mind to open up, that were
otherwise blocked by the flow of magic, and allowed people
to develop psionic powers.
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There are many inhabitants in the plane of Chaos; strange
and warped creatures if malicious intent. They do not see
the inhabitants of other planes as worthy of life- only
as obstacles to their plans of conquest by order of their
god. The God of the plane of Chaos- a gigantic, warped
being with many eyes and thrashing maws, simultaneously
everywhere and nowhere within it's domain. The only means
of contact it has made is through psychic possession, and
it's intent is clear: all will be consumed.
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The plane of Chaos is not the most friendly to navigation.
There is no singular, obvious source of light- the sky is
forever inky black and populated with the stars of night,
and yet pockets of daylight just exist. The ground is just
as incongruent- floating slabs of rock and earth, some
barren and others teeming with strange flora. You can find
whole chains of what barely constituted as foot stones,
only to lead up to a floating islands miles wide. If there
is pattern in this chaotic mess is that nothing looks even
remotely well- sickly purples and greens spotted on the
odd plantlife, eyes where there should be none- even the
water is murky and suspect.
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Besides the God itself, there are many other "sentient"
creatures that dwell in the plane of Chaos. Most common is
the Legate- a bipedal, insectoid creature with three eyes
and what would almost be a beard made of tentacles. They
are the footsoldiers of the forces of Chaos. The females
are more psionically powerful and are colloquially
referred to as mind-flayers. The Gazer is a scaley
orb with a singular eye in the center and a serrated maw.
It has an array of crab-like legs to walk on when it
chooses, but mostly floats under psionic influence. It
also has a group of eye-topped tentacles that it focuses
it's devastating psionic attacks through. Though smaller
in comparison to many other creatures of Chaos, the
Enthrall is a dangerous beast. Small and almost spider-
like in appearance, with a single eye on it's back and a
tail reminiscent of a scorpion, it will latch onto the
back of a person and sink it's tail into the spine,
allowing it to control the poor sap like a puppet. The
toughest of their forces are the Rooks- named so after
their appearance, which is similar to that of a chess
piece. The have a natural psionic barrier, and often are
used as living shields for the mind-flayers who pelt
adversaries from afar. They skitter around on many legs
and the "castle roof" is actually a gaping maw, with rows
upon rows of teeth, and is large enough to eat a man
whole.
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