The Power of the Mind

Psychokinetics manipulate objects, energies, and even the minds of those around them through disciplined practice, study, and meditation. Through their own minds, they are able to bend and shape reality to their will, from throwing objects about the room to hypnotizing their enemies into fighting for them.

Most Psychokinetics achieve their power through sheer study, practice, and force of will, usually training underneath a powerful and accomplished Psychokinetic looking to pass their skills on. Others are born naturals at it, finding themselves able to pick up toys several decimeters away as toddlers or sense the emotions of those around them before even reaching adolescence.

The Psychokinetic

Class Features

As a Psychokinetic you gain the following class features.

Health

Health at 1st Level: 6 + your CON score

Health Beyond 1st Level: 1d6 (or 4) + your CON score per Psychokinetic level after 1st

Proficiencies

Skills at 1st Level: Select two Weapon Skills to gain proficiency in as you level up: one of these skills must be Large, Medium, Polearm, Small, Unarmed, or an Exotic weapon, and the other must be Archery, Firearm, or Throwing.

Skills Beyond 1st Level: You gain 1 SP every time you level up.

Source

All Psychokinetics are able to exert a degree of influence over the energies in their immediate environment, either increasing or decreasing the raw power of the forces around them. For the purposes of this feature, you gain 1 proficiency in an Exotic weapon henceforth referred to as “Source”, which you gain further proficiency in as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Psychokinetic class table. The amount of Source at your disposal is equal to your Psychokinetic level + your INT score rounded down, and you regain 1 Source per minute. If you have less Source remaining than the amount needed for what you want to do, you can still perform the action, however your available Source is reduced to 0 and you take 10 true damage for every deficit point of Source.

Whenever an attack is made within 10m of you or by you that deals burn, electric, freeze, physical, or sonic damage, you can use your reaction and expend 1 Source to roll a single d6 and increase or decrease the damage dealt by that attack; if the attack is made by you, increasing/decreasing the damage dealt is considered part of your attack and does not use your reaction. As your proficiency with Source increases, the number of d6s you roll increases proportionately, just like with normal weapon attacks.

Because of the fine movements required, you cannot use Source while wearing any armor that grants disadvantage on DEX checks or Medium or Large shields.

Source Save DR

Certain Psychokinetic features require a creature to make a save against something you do. This save is determined via your INT score, since your abilities are derived from your understanding and knowledge of the forces in the world around you.

Source Save DR = 5 + your INT score + your Source proficiency + your Psychokinetic level

Ability Score Improvement

Every even-numbered level, you can increase one of your Ability Scores by .5. You cannot increase an ability score beyond 5 via this feature.

Class Feats

Once you hit 2nd level, the power within your mind has grown enough that you have learned to enhance it with special abilities. At the end of the class description, under “Class Feats”, you may select one Novice class feat.

At 6th level, you may select either one Journeyman or two Novice class feats.

When you reach 11th level, you may select either one Expert, one Journeyman and one Novice, or three Novice class feats.

At 15th level your psychic powers are near-legendary, and you may now select one Master, one Expert and one Novice, two Journeyman, one Journeyman and two Novice, or four Novice class feats.

If a feat has any prerequisites, you must meet those prerequisites before you can take it. Feats cannot be taken more than once unless they explicitly say so. Your feat choices are permanent and cannot be changed.

Classless Feat

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can learn a classless feat.

Entropic Redirection

At 5th level, you have learned not just to increase or decrease the energies around you, but also how to manipulate them for your own purposes, turning the destructive powers of your enemies against them. From now on, whenever you use Source to decrease damage, you can then store and redirect that damage onto another creature or object.

To do this, once you use Source to reduce damage from an attack, record the amount and type of damage that you reduce. Thereafter, you can apply this damage to any weapon attack made by you (no time cost) or within range of your Source that you can see, which uses your reaction; in either case, you must decide to apply the damage before the attack is rolled, and you can expend 1 Source to amplify the damage being done just as you could with a regular attack. Once you apply this damage, the stored energy is expended. Any energy that you have stored lasts a number of minutes equal to your Source proficiency, and at the end of that time the energy is lost. You can store only one type of energy in this way, and if you attempt to store another the first energy type is lost; you can still, however, enhance/reduce damage from other attacks, you just can't store that damage for later use.

As an example, let’s say you store 14 points of burn damage from an attack directed at you; on your next turn, you decide that as part of one of your attacks, you would like to inflict this damage on another creature. In addition to the regular damage of your attack, you would then add this 14 points of burn damage. If you chose to expend 1 Source to amplify this attack, you would also roll 3d6 and add that to the damage you deal. Alternatively, you could hold onto the stored damage for a little while and attempt to absorb more burn damage from another attack or other source, making the eventual release of the stored-up energy that much more powerful.

Creative Redirection. Consider how you can use your Entropic Redirection feature creatively, or what outside-the-box uses it might have. For example, if you store freeze damage, perhaps you can redirect it into water to freeze the water? Or perhaps you store electric damage and can use it to jump-start an electric machine? Work with your GM to see what creative uses you can find for this feature.

Second Reaction

You've become incredibly efficient at storing and redirecting the energy in your environment, enough so that at 7th level you are quick enough of mind and body to gain a second reaction.

Improved Source

By the time you have reached 9th level, your ability to manipulate the energies in your immediate environment has greatly improved. From here on out, your Source has a range of 20m and, whenever you roll to increase or decrease the amount of damage dealt by an attack, you can now add your INT score to the roll.

Superior Source

At 20th level, the range of your Source is extended to 30m and its base damage die is increased to 1d8, meaning you roll 6d8 whenever you increase or decrease the damage around you.

Psychokinetic Class Feats

Psychokinetics learn to focus their practices into a myriad of abilities, from energy blades to telekinesis to telepathy. These abilities are presented here as class feats, which may be chosen at levels 2, 6, 11, and 15. However they choose to enhance their powers, every Psychokinetic is an incredible powerhouse and an impressive force to be reckoned with.

Novice

Journeyman

Expert

Master