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Catapsi

Telepathy [mind-affecting]

Level

Chaos 5 [+], Lurk 5 [+], Psion/Wilder 5 [+], Psychic Warrior 5 [+]

Display

Mental and visual

Mft. Time

Standard action

Range

30 ft.

Area

30-ft.-radius emanation centered on you

Duration

1 round/level

Save

Will negates; see text

PR

Yes

Cost

9

Source

XPH, 82

Published

April 2004

By manifesting this power, you generate psychic static, interfering with the ability of other psionic characters to manifest their powers or use psi-like abilities (you are not affected by your own catapsi manifestation). All psionic activity within the area requires 4 more power points to manifest than normal, unless a character makes a Will save each time he attempts to manifest a power. Using a psi-like ability becomes a full-round action, instead of a standard action, in a catapsi field. If two or more fields of catapsi overlap, the effects are not cumulative.

The limit on the number of power points a subject can spend on a power remains in effect; thus, a subject may not be able to manifest its highest-level powers. If manifesting a power would cause the manifester to exceed his available power points or his spending limits, the manifestation fails automatically, but no power points are expended.

Augment

For every 4 additional power points you spend, this power's range and the radius of its area both increase by 5 feet.