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PSI GAME MECHANICS
In Eclipse Phase, psi abilities are the result of infection by the
mutant Watts-Macleod strain of the exsurgent virus (p. XX). This
plague physically modifies your async’s brain architecture and
functions. These alterations are copied when you upload, fork, and
resleeve, meaning the infection and psi abilities stay with you when
you switch from morph to morph. Async abilities are inherent to
the ego and not a biological or genetic predisposition of the morph.
PREREQUISITES
To be an async, you must purchase the Psi trait (p. XX) during
character creation. It is possible to become an async in game via
infection by the Watts-MacLeod strain (Exsurgent Infection, p. XX).
To wield psi, you also require the Psi skill (p. XX)—though you may
default to WIL—and must purchase psi sleights (p. XX) with CP or
Rez Points.
MORPHS AND PSI
Async abilities only function on a biological substrate—meaning
that you require a biological brain and nervous system. An async
sleeved in a synthmorph, infomorph, or a biomorph with a cyber-
brain, may not use their sleights.
PSI DRAWBACKS
There are multiple drawbacks to being an async:
• Infection subverts an async’s mind. Each async acquires a Mental
Disorder negative trait (p. XX) according to their specific sub-strain
(p. XX). Characters with Psi Level 2 must take an additional Mental
Disorder trait of their choosing. Neither provides bonus CP. These
traits are permanent—they may not be eliminated with psycho-
therapy, psychosurgery, or Rez Points.
• The exsurgent strain that rewires their brain also makes asyncs
more vulnerable to mental stress, basilisk hacks, and other strains
of the exsurgent virus. They receive both the Instability (p. XX) and
Mental Vulnerability (p. XX) traits at a level equal to their Psi level,
for no CP bonus. These traits may not be removed.
SLEIGHTS
Asyncs manipulate their egos and otherwise create effects that
cannot be matched nor mimicked by technological means. To use
these abilities, they train their mental processes and practice cogni-
tive algorithms called sleights, which they can subconsciously recall
and use as necessary. Sleights fall into two categories: psi-chi (cogni-
tive enhancements, p. XX) and psi-gamma (brainwave reading
and manipulation, p. XX). Psi-chi sleights are passive, always-on
abilities. Psi-gamma sleights must be activated, requiring an action
and a Psi skill test. A summary and full list of sleights can be found
on p. XX.
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INFECTION RATING
Your async has an Infection Rating that represents the exovi-
rus’s influence. This rating changes over time, depending on how
frequently you use your abilities.
Your base Infection Rating equals your Psi trait level x 10, +5 for
each passive, always-on psi-chi sleight you have. An async with Psi
(Level 1) and the Charisma and Self Control sleights would have a
base Infection Rating of 20 (10 + 5 + 5).
Every time you use psi-gamma sleights (Feeding the Alien Within,
p. XX) or push your sleights (p. XX), your Infection rating will
increase. Every time you recharge (p. XX), it decreases.
WATTS-MACLEOD
SUB-STRAINS
As an async, you are affected by a specific sub-strain of the
Watts-MacLeod virus. This sub-strain determines how the exovirus
affects you personally, but also determines your starting mental
disorder trait, provides you with a free bonus sleight, and impacts
the compulsions that will be inflicted upon you from strain (p. XX).
The sub-strain is chosen during character creation (or when your
character is infected during gameplay).
THE ARCHITECT
Your infection possesses a distinct curiosity and sense of intel-
ligence. You often see things from a perspective that is different. It
drives you to delve into the inner workings of things and examine
how they work—whether they be machines or biological entities.
The urges push beyond exploration and learning—you are often
compelled to build and construct new things: nests, architecture
with inexplicable purpose, strange devices, or even new forms of
life. Though the virus’s exact motivation and intent remains unclear,
it leaves you with an unmistakable sense of purpose.
Mental Disorder (Choose one): Bipolar Disorder, Fugue,
Paramnesia
Free Sleight (Choose One): Enhanced Creativity, Grok, or
Implant Skill
THE HAUNTER
The low-level dread of incomprehensible terror, flittering at the
edge of perception, is your constant companion. Sometimes it is the
crushing weight of the uncaring dark void that makes our extinc-
tion a near certainty, sometimes it is a more palpable, unnameable
presence, an entity so beyond your ken that you are insignificant
in comparison. You are plagued by unrest and unease, taunted by
nightmares and a sense that reality is not always as grounded as you
would like.
Mental Disorder: Cosmic Anxiety Disorder
Free Sleight (Choose One): Heightened Awareness, Infectious
Mind, or Nightmare
 THE PREDATOR
Your infection is a ravenous, bloodthirsty monster, yearning to
break free. You struggle to keep it in check, placated or distracted,
else the desire for carnage and mayhem overwhelms you.
Mental Disorder (Choose One): ADHD, Impulse Control
Disorder, PTSD
Free Sleight (Choose One): High Pain Threshold, Burst of
Adrenaline, or Psychic Stab
THE STRANGER
Your infection is the shadow at your side, the whispering chant of
its unusual desires echoing just below the limits of your perception.
It is omnipresent but patient, waiting for moments of vulnerability
to steer you towards its inscrutable ends. Though its motivations
are hazy, it seems to enjoy testing your limits—and those of trans-
humanity at large.
Mental Disorder (Choose One): Disassociative Personality
Disorder, Paramnesia, Paranoia
Free Sleight (Choose One): Superior Kinesics, Basilisk Stare, or
Subliminal
THE XENOMORPH
An alien presence lives inside of you. Your instinctual responses
are different from those of your original phenotype and you occa-
sionally find yourself acting in ways that would be more fitting to a
physiology different from yours. You might feel a weird compulsion
to burrow into sand, lay eggs, eat non-nutritious or dangerous
substances, or clean phantom appendages that aren’t part of your
current anatomy. You may even seek out morphs that better accom-
modate these omnipresent urges. You sometimes express an outlook
that other transhumans find strange, just as you are occasionally
confused or mystified by transhuman cultural practices. When the
infection expresses itself strongly, these omnipresent urges seem
quite normal, but the transhumans around you seem more and
more bizarre and alien. While some asyncs report this sub-strain as
adhering to a specific alien anatomy (i.e., they often feel insectoid),
others clearly feel that the alien presence within transforms and
changes over time.
Mental Disorder (Choose One): Alien Behavioral Disorder,
Atavism, Conversion Disorder
Free Sleight (Choose One): Somatic Control, Eco-Empathy, or
Xeno-Empathy
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ROLEPLAYING
ASYNCS
As an async, you should keep the origin of your abilities in mind:
Watts-MacLeod strain infection. You may or not be aware of this
source, but you undoubtedly know that you underwent some sort
of transformation and have talents that no one else does. If unaware
of the infection, you have likely learned to keep your abilities secret
lest you be ridiculed, attacked, or whisked away to some secret
testing program. Learning the truth about your nature could even
be the starting point of a campaign and/or your introduction to
Firewall. If you know the truth, however, you must live with the fact
that you are the victim of a nanoplague likely spread by the TITANs
that may or may not lead to complications, side effects, or other
unexpected revelations in your future.
You should make an effort to explore the nature of your infection
and how your character perceives it. Asyncs are profoundly changed
people. The invasive and alien aspect of your abilities should not be
lost on you. For example, you might conceive of your psi talents as a
sort of parasitic entity, living off your sleights, or you might feel that
using these powers puts you in touch with some sort of fundamental
substrate of the universe that is weird and terrifying. Alternatively,
you could feel as if your personality was melded with something
different, something that doesn’t belong. Each async is likely to view
their situation differently, and none of them pleasantly.
One key aspect to roleplaying an async is to treat the infection
as a distinct, if mostly dormant, entity. It is a constant presence
below your async’s consciousness. It may have distinct aspirations,
but these should remain mysterious. While many of the urges and
compulsions that result from strain (p. XX) may imply a level of
sociopathy or destructiveness, think of it more as lacking a moral
compass. The exovirus has none of the reference points for morality
that transhumanity has. It is not evil so much as indifferent, callous,
and alien.
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PLAYING THE INFECTION
Consider having a player other than the async take on the role
of the infection. This is particularly useful for the architect and
stranger sub-strains, but works for all of them. The infection player
can whisper in the async’s ear, describe compulsions and halluci-
nations, or even maintain a sort of alter-ego internal dialogue with
the async.
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USING PSI
Drawing on a sleight to procure an effect does not always require
a test. Each sleight description details how the power is used.
PSI RANGE
Sleights have a Range of either Self, Touch, or Close.
Self: These sleights only affect the async.
Touch: Sleights with a Touch range may be used against other
biological life, but the async must have physical contact with the
target (clothing, armor, vacsuits, etc. do not impede). If the target
avoids being touched, this requires a successful melee attack,
applying the touch-only +20 modifier. This attack does not cause
damage and is considered part of the same action as the sleight.
Close: Close sleights involve interaction with other biological life
from a short distance. The optimal distance is within 10 meters. For
each meter beyond that, apply a –10 modifier to the test.
Psi vs. Psi: Due to the nature of psi, sleights are more effective
against other asyncs. Sleights with a range of Touch may be used
from a Close range against another async. Likewise, a sleight with a
Close range may be used at twice the normal distance (20 meters)
when wielded against another async.
TARGETING
You may not target synthmorphs, bots, and vehicles with psi
sleights, as they lack biological systems. Pods and biomorphs with
cyberbrains are less susceptible; asyncs suffer a –30 modifier against
them. Note that infomorphs may never be targeted by psi sleights as
psi is not effective within the mesh or simulspace.
Multiple Targets: Though dangerous, you may affect more than
one target with a sleight, with the same action, as long as each of
them can be targeted via the rules above. You only roll once, with
each of the defending characters making their Opposed Tests
against that roll. Increase your Infection Rating by +5 for each extra
target (Feeding the Alien Within, p. XX).
Animals and Less Complex Life Forms: Psi works against
any living creature with a brain and/or nervous system. Against
partially-sapient and partially-uplifted animals, it suffers a –20
modifier. Against non-sapient animals, it suffers a –30 modifier. It
has no effect on or against less complex life forms like plants, algae,
bacteria, etc.
Factors and Aliens: At the GM’s discretion, psi sleights may not
work on alien creatures at all, depending on their physiology and
neurology. If it does work, it is likely to suffer at least a –20 modifier.
OPPOSED TESTS
Psi that targets another character is handled as an Opposed Test,
the async’s Psi skill versus the defender’s WIL Check. Moxie pool
may be used by both. Willing characters may choose not to resist.
Unconscious or sleeping characters cannot resist.
Psi Full Defense: Like full defense in physical combat (p. XX),
you may spend a complex action to rally and concentrate your
mental defenses, gaining a +30 modifier to resist sleights until your
next action.
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CRITICALS
If the defender wins with a critical success, the async is tempo-
rarily “locked out” of their mind and may not target them again
until they take a recharge action (p. XX).
If the async rolls a critical failure, they suffer 1d6 DV + strain
modifier as the effort takes a physical toll in the form of headaches
and ruptured blood vessels.
If the async wins with a critical success, double the potency of the
sleight’s effect. In the case of psi attacks, the DV can be doubled or
mental armor reduced by half.
MENTAL ARMOR
The Psi Armor and Psi Shield sleights (p. XX) provide mental
armor, a form of neural hardening against psi-based attacks. Like
physical armor, this mental armor reduces the amount of damage
inflicted by a psychic assault.
TARGET AWARENESS
The target of a psi sleight is aware they are being targeted any
time they succeed on their half of the Opposed Test (regardless on
whether the async rolls higher or not). Note that awareness does not
necessarily mean that the target understands that psi abilities are
being used on them, especially as most people in Eclipse Phase are
unaware of psi’s existence. Instead, the target understands that some
outside influence is at work or that something strange is happening.
They may suspect that they have been drugged or are under the
influence of some strange technology. A character with Psi skill may
make a Psi Test to identify the sleight used against them.
Targets who fail their roll remain unaware.
DURATION
Psi sleights have one of four durations: constant, instant, tempo-
rary, or sustained.
Constant: Constant sleights are always “on.”
Instant: Instant sleights inflict an immediate and permanent
effect that lasts without effort.
Temporary: Temporary sleights last for a limited duration with
no extra effort from the async. The temporary duration is deter-
mined by the async’s WIL ÷ 5 and is measured in action turns,
minutes, or hours, as noted. Any strain is applied immediately when
used, not at the end of the duration.
Sustained: Sustained sleights last as long as the async wants,
but require active effort and concentration: apply a –10 modifier
to all other skill tests while the sleight is sustained. The async must
also stay within the range appropriate to the sleight, otherwise the
sleight immediately ends. More than one sleight may be sustained
at a time, with a cumulative modifier. Strain for the sleight is applied
immediately when used, not at the end of the duration. At the GM’s
discretion, sleights that are sustained for long periods may incur
additional strain.
 FEEDING THE ALIEN WITHIN
Every time you activate a psi-gamma sleight, your Infection
Rating increases by 5 and the exovirus must make an Infection Test.
As the infectee, the async player should roll this test.
Asyncs that only use psi-chi sleights do not need to worry about
infection flare-ups unless they push (p. XX).
INFECTION TEST
The target number for your Infection Test equals your current
Infection Rating. If this test succeeds, you suffer strain (p. XX). Roll
an extra strain effect for each superior result.
You may not spend pool to affect the Infection Test, but you
may spend Moxie to avoid making the Infection Test altogether.
However, your Infection Rating still increases.
Critical Success: On a critical success, a strain effect is chosen
and the GM also picks one of the following:
• Checkout Time: The infection is awakened, but bides its
time. The next time you take a long recharge or are rendered
unconscious, you may awaken to discover that the infection
has been active while your mind was under—literally taking
control of your body. What the exovirus does during this
time is up to the GM and may not be immediately apparent
to your character. You may awaken to a corpse in your bed
or strange symbols meticulously etched with bloody finger-
nails over every inch of your wall, or you may discover a
half-completed alien device secreted away in a locker weeks
later. More than one async has stimmed themselves awake
for days, afraid to fall asleep and let the presence inside them
take control.
• Interference: The exovirus actively impedes you at a critical
point. At some point in the future, when you are about to
make a test, you must make an Opposed Test, pitting your
WIL Check against your Infection Rating +30. If the infec-
tion wins, your test will automatically suffer a critical failure
(pools may not be applied). GMs are encouraged to select
situations that will have dramatic and dire results.
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STRAIN
If the Infection Test succeeds, the async suffers strain. Strain
manifests as cognitive malfunctions, triggered disorders, and
compulsions. Note that the strain effect kicks in immediately as the
sleight is activated.
Every async experiences strain differently, according to their
sub-strain. During character creation (or when your PC becomes
infected with Watts-MacLeod), you should write down the six strain
results appropriate to your sub-strain from the Strain Effects table
(p. XX) on your character sheet.
Each time you suffer strain, roll 1d6 and determine which strain
result applies.
Breaking Point: One of your mental disorders (p. XX) is trig-
gered. The effects kick in on your next action turn and last for 1d6
hours. If your disorders are already triggered, you temporarily
acquire a new one (GM’s choice); this disorder goes away once the
effect is relieved.
Physical Damage: You suffer DV 1d6 + strain modifier in the
form of fatigue, headaches, and hemorrhaging.
Impulse Effects: A sudden and significant urge overwhelms you.
Impulse effects last for 1d6 minutes and should directly impact your
roleplaying. You must make a WIL Check to restrain yourself from
acting on the impulse; doing so inflicts SV 1d6 + strain modifier.
Some impulses drive you to react to specific stimuli; should the
duration end without exposure to any stimulus, there is no effect.
Compulsion Effects: This urge lurks in the back of your mind,
relentlessly pushing you to take action. Compelled behavior effects
last for 1d6 hours and should be actively roleplayed. You may
choose to resist the compulsion and not act upon it immediately.
However, if the duration of the compulsion ends and the GM
determines you have not satisfied its terms, you suffer SV 1d6 +
strain modifier. At the GM’s discretion, staying in proximity to the
compulsion’s focus without acting upon it may require a WIL Check
to restrain yourself and may inflict a –10 modifier to all skill tests
until you give in to the compulsion or the duration ends.
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STRAIN EFFECTS
Strain results—in particular, the impulses and compulsions—
provide character to your specific infection. They speak to a range
of behaviors that put a face on the entity affecting you. Players and
GMs are encouraged to use this to generate a personality of sorts for
the infection itself. Perhaps they hint at specific alien physiologies,
motivations, or cultural mannerisms. Though the exovirus should
always remain inscrutable to some degree, its likely manifestations
can provide indicators for its general outlook and intentions, which
you can then use to add flavor to your PC’s own actions.
In this vein, the strain effects provided for each sub-strain should
be considered customizable. Perhaps you envision an async that is
so traumatized and confused by the haunter sub-strain that one
of their strain effects is to fly into an uncontrollable rage, lashing
out at whatever is around them, even their allies and loved ones.
Or perhaps you ascribe a motivation of focused self-interest to the
stranger, and so devise a strain effect that compels your async to act
in completely selfish and narcissistic ways, no matter the detriment
to others. Maybe your idea for the xenomorph is that it stems from
a hive mind perspective, and so the async might fail to understand
the concept of the individual or lash out at behavior divergent
from perceived collective goals when impacted by strain. Use the
effects as listed for guidelines, while also considering options such
as temporary disorders (p. XX) and negative traits such as Neural
Damage (p. XX).
ARCHITECT SUB-STRAIN
D6 Roll Effect
1 Breaking Point
2 Physical Damage
3 Compulsion: Creation. You are obsessed with
an elusive idea for a new creation. This may be a
sculpture, a new robot design, a neogenetic life
form, or something simply weird. The nature of
the design will rely on your skills and available
resources. The idea itself may not be fully formed
or realized in your head—or it may be something
that you will not understand even after you finish
it. It might also require components or resources
that are unusual (blood, bones) or hard to find
(uranium, antimatter). If you are unlikely to
complete the design before the compulsion ends,
you will be inclined to safely and secretly store it
and pick up the project again the next time you
are compelled.
4 Compulsion: Fascination. You become fixated
on the most interesting person or thing in your
immediate vicinity. This might be an unusual
morph, a high-tech device, or something you
have never experienced before. If nothing stands
out, you fixate on the nearest person or object.
You are compelled to learn all about the subject
by taking it apart and examining it piece by piece.
5 Compulsion: Hoard. You instinctively collect
things for purposes that are not entirely clear
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to you. This might range from electronics
components to rare elements to a variety of
weapons—or it might apply to stranger things
such as skin or internal organs. You not only
accumulate these items, but stash them away in
secret caches to protect them from others.
6 Compulsion: Nest. You establish your own
personal lair. This space must be hidden and well
protected. Caves, vent shafts, and maintenance
tunnels are ideal locations. You may be inclined to
stock provisions, set traps, and otherwise protect
your space from intruders.
HAUNTER SUB-STRAIN
D6 Roll Effect
1 Breaking Point
2 Physical Damage
3–4 Hallucination: The GM describes to you a full-
sensory hallucination that seems completely real
to your character. If you have cause to disbelieve
the illusion, you may make an INT Check to spot
the falsehood.
5 Phobia Disorder: Haphephobia. You temporarily
acquire a triggered phobia of touching or being
touched. You may not let any other person or
creature touch you. If forced into skin contact for
an extended period, you will suffer 1d10 SV.
6 Impulse: Avoidance. You acquire an intolerance
for a specific type of sensory input: smells,
sounds, light, darkness, etc. You will go to great
lengths to avoid it.
PREDATOR SUB-STRAIN
D6 Roll Effect
1 Breaking Point
2 Physical Damage
3 Impulse: Frenzy: You frenzy if blood is spilled
near you. For 1d6 minutes, you receive +10 on
melee attacks, inflict +1d6 DV melee damage, and
ignore the effects of one wound (cumulative with
other pain editors, up to a maximum of 3 wound
effects), but you may not use Fray or mental skills.
Additionally, you must make a WIL Check to use
a ranged weapon against a target in melee range,
and must make a WIL Check to restrain yourself
from attacking anyone brandishing a weapon or
otherwise hostile.
4 Impulse: Response. You must accept any
challenge and respond to any threat or
provocation.
5 Impulse: Stand Your Ground: You refuse to flee
or surrender, even if the odds are overwhelming.
You may make a WIL Check to resist this urge,
but suffer 1d6 SV for doing so.
6 Compulsion: Feast. You are compelled to eat
anything that has recently died. This is a primal
instinct to rip into a corpse and eat it raw, until
you are satiated.
 STRANGER SUB-STRAIN
D6 Roll Effect
1 Breaking Point
2 Physical Damage
3 Interference: Same result as a critical success on
the Infection Test (p. XX).
4 Compulsion: Deceptive Behavior. Truth
becomes uninteresting, you lie just to get the
thrill of manipulating others, no matter the
consequences. You avoid blatant mis-truths, but
take pleasure in misleading others, even with
trivial details. The rush when seeding doubt and
uncertainty, even if it casts aspersions on others,
is intoxicating.
5 Compulsion: Destructive Behavior. You actively
make choices that are detrimental to yourself
and possibly harmful to your well-being. Barring
other options, you will inflict pain on yourself (at
least DV 1d6 in cuts and self-abuse per minute for
1d6 minutes).
6 Compulsion: Test Limits. You like to see how
far you can get things to go. You might bypass an
opportunity to quickly resolve a conflict, ignore
fast solutions in order to drag an emergency out, or
intentionally spread misinformation that you know
will aggravate tensions between already near-hostile
parties. You will push buttons, fan the flames, exploit
vulnerabilities, and stretch things out, even if it puts
you and your comrades at risk.
PUSHING SLEIGHTS
You may boost your sleight’s effectiveness, at the cost of
increasing the infection’s influence. You may choose to push a
psi-gamma sleight when you activate it, but before any test is made.
Your Infection Rating increases by an additional 5 and you automat-
ically suffer physical strain of DV 1d6 + strain modifier (you must
still make an Infection Test per normal).
Choose one of the following effects for your pushed sleight:
• Increased Range: Touch-effect sleights become Close, Close extends
to 20 meters. This effect is cumulative with the range increase
against other asyncs (Touch extends to 20 meters, Close to 30
meters).
• Increased Effect: Any modifiers provided by the sleight are
doubled. For example, +10 becomes +20; +1 pool becomes +2, and
so on.
• Increased Power: The sleight is resisted by WIL Check ÷ 2.
• Increased Penetration: Psi Shield armor is reduced by half.
• Increased Duration: Double the sleight’s Duration (temporary
sleights only).
You may also push already active psi-chi sleights. In this case,
increase your Infection Rating by 5 and make an Infection Test.
Psi-chi pushes are temporary, lasting only WIL ÷ 5 minutes.
Moxie pool may be used when pushing to negate the physical
strain, but you must still make an Infection Test as normal. If 2
points of Moxie pool are spent, however, the test is negated entirely.
Pushing a sleight is not necessarily obvious, though the mental
effort and pain/damage may be apparent with a Kinesics Test.

XENOMORPH SUB-STRAIN
D6 Roll Effect EASING THE INFECTION
1 Breaking Point For every short recharge action (p. XX) you take, reduce your
2 Physical Damage Infection Rating by 10. It may not be decreased lower than your
3 Atavism. You temporarily acquire the atavism base Infection Rating. For every long recharge, reset your Infection
disorder (p. XX) for 1d6 hours. You regress to to its base rating.
animalistic behaviors. You cannot use language You may not reduce your Infection Rating if you have active
and become incapable of understanding it. impulse or compulsion effects—the urge must be satiated first.
4 Compulsion: Home Environment. You must seek
out a specific type of environment conducive to the
alien presence within you. This may require complete
darkness, burrowing underground, warmth (> 100
F/38 C), cold (< 0 F/-17 C), or submerging yourself
in water or a similar liquid. This favored environment
may always remain the same, or it may change
randomly or according to conditions.
5 Compulsion: Imprint. The nearest person or object
imprints upon you; you accept them either as a
surrogate mother or a surrogate child. You must stay
or keep them within your presence, and either seek
their protection or defend them at all costs.
6 Compulsion: Hunger. You are inspired to sniff
and/or taste everything around you. You will
gorge yourself on anything organic, regardless
of its edibility, nutritional value, or potential
toxicity—and you will consider the same for
many synthetic substances.
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PSI SLEIGHT SUMMARIES

Psi-chi sleights are available to anyone with the Psi trait. Psi-gamma sleights are only available to characters with the Psi trait at Level 2. Unless
noted, sleights may only be taken once.
Type: Active (A) or Passive (P).
Range: Self, Touch, or Close
Action: Automatic, Quick, Complex, or Task
Duration: Constant, Instant, Sustained, or your WIL ÷ 5 in either action turns, minutes, or hours.
Strain Mod: Added to damage inflicted by strain, critically failing, or pushing.

PSI-CHI SLEIGHTS
Sleight Type Range Action Duration Strain Mod
Charisma P Self Auto Constant —
Lowers inhibitions, boosts charm. +1 Moxie Pool.
Control Emotion P Self Auto Constant —
Same effect as glanding (p. XX).
Enhanced Creativity P Self Auto Constant —
+10 to Know or Technical Tests involving creativity or thinking outside the box.
Enhanced Memory P Self Auto Constant —
Perfect memory recall.
Heightened Awareness P Self Auto Constant —
Sense area/threats. +10 Perceive and Surprise Tests.
High Pain Threshold P Self Auto Constant —
Ignore modifiers from 1 wound.
Instinct P Self Auto Constant —
Accurate snap judgments. Reduce task action timeframes by 25%.
Pattern Recognition P Self Auto Constant —
Detect patterns. +10 to appropriate Infosec, Perceive, or Research Tests.
Predictive Boost P Self Auto Constant —
+1 Initiative.
Psi Armor P Self Auto Constant —
Mental armor equal to WIL ÷ 5.
Qualia P Self Auto Constant —
Increased understanding. +1 Insight Pool.
Scramble P Self Auto Constant —
Hide from ego sense sleight; –30 modifier.
Self Control P Self Auto Constant —
+10 WIL Check.
Social Cunning P Self Auto Constant —
More manipulative. +10 to Persuade and Provoke Tests.
Somatic Control P Self Auto Constant —
Better physiological control. +1 Vigor Pool.
Superior Kinesics P Self Auto Constant —
+10 Deceive and Kinesics Tests.

PSI-GAMMA SLEIGHTS
Sleight Type Range Action Duration Strain Mod
Alter Effect A Touch Complex Instant —
Increase or reduce the duration of a drug or toxin affecting the target by half.
Animal Control A Close Complex Sustained +3
Take over a non-sapient animal’s mind, teleoperate it like a drone.
Aphasia A Touch Complex Minutes +2
Target cannot speak, communicate, or read.
Basilisk Stare A Close Task Sustained +2
Target cannot break eye contact with async, both are immobilized.
Block Pain A Touch Complex Action Turns +3
Target can ignore wound modifiers.
Block Sense A Touch Complex Action Turns +2
Negates one of the target’s senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch).
Block Skill A Touch Complex Minutes +3
The target may not use a specified skill.
Browse Thoughts A Touch Complex Sustained +2
Scan target’s surface thoughts.

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 Burst of Adrenaline A Close Complex Minutes +3
Target receives +1 Vigor pool.
Burst of Clarity A Close Complex Minutes +3
Target receives +1 Insight pool.
Burst of Confidence A Close Complex Minutes +3
Target receives +1 Moxie pool.
Cloud Memory A Touch Complex Minutes +2
Target retains no long-term memories.
Deep Scan A Touch Complex Sustained +3
Retrieve 2 items from target’s mind, +2 per superior success
Deja Vu A Touch Complex Minutes +3
The target is forced to repeat their actions of the past 15-30 seconds.
Downtime A Self Task Sustained —
Enter 4-hour fugue state (can’t be done during a long recharge), heal 1d6 stress, +1d6 per superior success.
Drive Emotion A Touch Complex Action Turns +1
Same effect as glanding (p. XX), but offensive.
Eco-Empathy A Self Complex Instant —
Understand alien plant and fungus analogues. +10 to tests with it, +10 per superior success.
Ego Sense A Close Complex Action Turns +1
Detect biological life; extra info on range, size, type, etc with superior successes.
Empathic Scan A Touch Complex Action Turns —
Know target’s emotions. +10 to social skill tests against them, +10 per superior success.
Grok A Self Complex Instant —
Understand how to use unfamiliar object/device. +10 to tests with it, +10 per superior success.
Illusion A Close Complex Sustained +4
Target experiences full-sensory illusion crafted by async.
Implant Memory A Touch Complex Instant +1
Implant fake memory permanently in target.
Implant Skill A Touch Complex Hours +3
Implant skill possessed by async in target’s mind at half value. (Replaces existing skill. Psi skill may only be implanted if the target has the Psi trait.)
Induce Error A Touch Complex Minutes +2
The target automatically fails the next test they make using skill chosen by async.
Infectious Mind A Touch Complex Sustained +2
The async shares a triggered disorder or compulsion strain effect they are suffering with the target.
Invigorate A Touch Complex Instant —
The target can expend their next complex action as a short recharge.
Mimic A Close Quick Instant +1
Snapshot of target’s mannerisms; +10 Deceive skills to impersonate target, +10 per superior success.
Mindlink A Touch Quick Sustained +1
Telepathy.
Neural Hardening A Touch Complex Minutes +1
The target receives a +10 modifier to resist basilisk hacks.
Nightmare A Touch Complex Instant +1
Target takes SV 1d10, +1d6 per superior success, reduced by psi armor.
Pain A Touch Complex Instant +1
Target inflicted with pain (like an agonizer), must flee at full movement on their next action.
Psi Shield A Self Complex Sustained +1
Mental armor increased by +1d6 (cumulative with Psi Armor sleight).
Psychic Stab A Touch Complex Instant +1
Target takes DV 1d10, +1d6 per superior success, reduced by mental armor.
Sense Infection A Close Complex Instant +1
Detect exsurgent infection in biological life.
Short Circuit A Touch Complex Instant +2
Target’s synapses misfire, they are incapacitated for 1 turn and stunned for 3 minutes.
Somatic Healing A Touch Complex Instant —
Target heals 1d10 physical damage over the next 2 hours.
Spam A Touch Complex Action Turns +1
Target overwhelmed by sensory input, –10 to all actions, with additional –10 per superior success.
Static A Close Complex Sustained +3
–30 to all sleights within range.
Subliminal A Touch Complex Hours +3
Implant suggested action in target’s mind that they must carry through.
Tranquility A Touch Complex Minutes —
The target is relieved from an acute stress response (p. XX) or triggered disorder. May not be used on self.
Xeno-Empathy A Self Complex Instant —
Gain understanding of non-terrestrial life. +10 to social tests with it.

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 PSI-CHI SLEIGHTS
Psi-chi sleights are passive, always-on, subconscious abilities
available to anyone with the Psi trait. They are considered automatic
actions and require no effort or strain to maintain. Psi-chi sleights
add bonuses to specific actions or enable new abilities rather than
calling for a skill test. Most enhance the async’s perception, intellect,
mental control, or ability to process information.
CHARISMA
Your inhibitions are lowered, your social intuition expanded, and
your emotional intelligence augmented. This enhances your ability
to navigate social situations and process emotional information.
Increase Moxie pool by 1 (2 when pushed).
CONTROL EMOTION
You can fine-tune your emotional state. This functions the same
as glands (p. XX; double the modifiers when pushed).
ENHANCED CREATIVITY
You are more imaginative and inclined to think outside the box.
Apply a +10 modifier (+20 pushed) to Know or Technical skill tests
where creativity plays a major role. This level of ingenuity some-
times seem strange and unusual, manifesting as odd insights or
creepy details, especially with artwork.
ENHANCED MEMORY
You have a perfect memory. Unlike transhumans with hyper-
thymesia, this is not strictly autobiographical. You can be asked a
random date and immediately recall trivial details such as the day
of the week it was, what you did that day, what the weather was like,
and the exact wording of a paragraph you read. Your memory is
always “on”—in fact, you perceive reality and memory much like a
split screen and are often caught in reverie. Enhanced memory has
no effect on psychosurgery memory editing.
You can push this sleight to recall your memories from a sort of
third-person point of view, allowing you to make Perceive Tests to
notice details you may have previously missed.
HEIGHTENED AWARENESS
Your situational awareness is boosted, providing an instinc-
tive sense about an area and any potential threats nearby. +10 to
Perceive and Surprise Tests (+20 pushed).
HIGH PAIN THRESHOLD
You can block out, ignore, or otherwise isolate pain. Ignore the
modifiers from a single wound, two when pushed (this is cumula-
tive with other effects, up to a maximum of three wound effects).
INSTINCT
Your subconscious ability to gauge a situation is bolstered; you
make snap judgments that are as accurate as careful, considered
decisions. Reduce the timeframe for task actions by 25% (50% when
pushed).
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PATTERN RECOGNITION
You are adept at spotting patterns and correlating non-random
elements. This is useful for translating languages, breaking codes, or
finding clues hidden among massive amounts of data. Apply a +10
modifier (+20 pushed) to appropriate Infosec, Perceive, or Research
Tests where you have a sufficiently large sample and time enough to
study, as determined by the gamemaster. This might range from a
few hours of investigating inscriptions left by long-dead aliens to a
week or more of researching a lengthy cipher. This does not apply to
brute-force hacking or Infosec tests made by decrypt apps to break
a code. You also learn new languages easily; reduce the timeframe
to weeks rather than months.
PREDICTIVE BOOST
Your brain’s bayesian probability functions are accelerated,
enhancing your ability to estimate and predict the outcomes of
events as they unfold in real-time around you. In effect, you have
an intuitive sense for the most likely outcomes. +1 Initiative (+2
pushed).
QUALIA
You have a more intuitive grasp on the world around you. +1
Insight pool (+2 pushed).
SCRAMBLE
Scramble helps you to hide from another async using the ego
sense sleight (p. XX). Apply a –30 modifier to the async’s Psi Test.
SELF CONTROL
Your will is tempered and unyielding. +10 to WIL Checks (+20
pushed).
SOCIAL CUNNING
Your emotional intelligence is sharpened and focused, making
you more manipulative and exploitive of weaknesses. +10 to
Persuade and Provoke Tests (+20 pushed).
SUPERIOR KINESICS
You haver finer control over your emotive signals, body language,
and microexpressions and are more capable at interpreting the same
in others. +10 to Deceive and Kinesics Tests (+20 pushed).
PSI-GAMMA SLEIGHTS
Psi-gamma sleights influence the function of biological
minds (egos within a biomorph, but also including animal life).
Psi-gamma is only available to characters with Level 2 of the Psi
trait. Psi-gamma sleights must be activated, requiring a quick,
complex, or task action and a Psi skill test. Sleights that target other
sentient beings or life forms are always Opposed Tests, while others
are handled as Success Tests. Active sleights require significant effort
from the async and may cause their exovirus infection to flare up,
inflicting strain (p. XX).
ALTER EFFECT
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: —
You trigger or ease a neurochemical response within the target,
either decreasing or increasing the duration of a drug, chemical, or
toxin by half (double if pushed).
 ANIMAL CONTROL
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +3
You take over the mind of a non-sapient animal. While sustained,
you control the animal exactly like remotely operating a drone (p.
XX). You may switch between autonomous mode and jamming.
APHASIA
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +2
You create a temporary stroke-like effect within the target’s
brain that disrupts their speech and language centers. For WIL ÷ 5
minutes (double if pushed), they are incapable of speaking, commu-
nicating, reading, and understanding language.
BASILISK STARE
Range: Close, Action: Task, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +2
You make eye contact with the target and immobilize them. For
as long as you keep your gaze locked upon them (minor blinking
aside), they cannot move, avert their eyes, or undertake any action
(including mesh and mental actions). You must also limit your
movement, though you may move at half your base move and/
or take quick physical actions, but you must make a REF Check
to keep your eyes locked, and actions requiring a test and visual
coordination suffer at least a –30 modifier. Likewise, if the target is
attacked, moved, or otherwise jostled, eye contact is lost.
You may not affect multiple targets at once with this sleight,
unless you have more than one set of eyes.
BLOCK PAIN
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +3
You impede the target’s pain receptors. For WIL ÷ 5 minutes
(double if pushed), the target can ignore the effects of one wound,
plus one per superior success. This is cumulative with other pain
editing effects, up to a maximum of 3 wound effects.
BLOCK SENSE
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Action Turns, Strain Mod: +2
You short-circuit and temporary disable one of the target’s
sensory cortices (your choice). For WIL ÷ 5 action turns (double
if pushed), the target loses that type of sensory input. The senses
that may be negated include sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste,
hunger, balance, direction, proprioception, facial recognition, and
augmented senses such as electrical sense and radiation sense.
Any actions that rely on the impaired sense require a test with a
minimum –30 modifier.
BLOCK SKILL
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +3
You install a temporary block in the target’s brain, preventing
them from using one specified skill for WIL ÷ 5 minutes (double
if pushed).
BROWSE THOUGHTS
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +2
You scan the target’s surface thoughts, gaining a general sense of
what is currently running through their mind. Superior successes
provide deeper detail. This is not an invasive delve into the target’s
mind for specific information like Deep Scan (p. XX); instead, you
simply get a read on what the target is currently thinking.
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BURST OF ADRENALINE
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +3
You revive the target with a rush of endorphins and energy. They
receive +1 Vigor pool (+2 pushed) for WIL ÷ 5 minutes (double if
pushed). A target may only benefit from one burst of adrenaline at
a time.
BURST OF CLARITY
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +3
You refresh the target’s mind, enabling them to see things in a
new light. They receive +1 Insight pool (+2 pushed) for WIL ÷ 5
minutes (double if pushed). A target may only benefit from one
burst of clarity at a time.
BURST OF CONFIDENCE
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +3
You instill the target with renewed determination and empower-
ment. They receive +1 Moxie pool (+2 pushed) for WIL ÷ 5 minutes
(double if pushed). A target may only benefit from one burst of
confidence at a time.
CLOUD MEMORY
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +2
You temporarily disrupt the target’s ability to form long-term memo-
ries. The target will retain short-term memories during the duration
(WIL ÷ 5 minutes, double if pushed), but will soon (after d6 + 4 action
turns) forget anything that occurred while this sleight was in effect.
DEEP SCAN
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +3
Deep Scan is a more intrusive version of Browse Thoughts (p.
XX). You telepathically invade the target’s mind and probe it for
information. You extract two pieces of information (four if pushed),
plus two for each superior success. Each item takes one full action
turn to retrieve, during which the sleight must be sustained. The
target is aware of this mental probing, though they will not know
what information the async acquired.
DEJA VU
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +3
Your force the target’s mind into recursive loop. They will repeat
their actions from the previous 15–30 seconds (5–10 action turns)
for the next WIL ÷ 5 minutes (double if pushed). They will repeat
their actions as closely as possible, even if their environment and
circumstances change. If someone actively interrupts or restrains
the target, or otherwise disrupts the loop, they may make a WIL
Check to break out of the loop, ending the sleight.
DOWNTIME
Range: Self, Action: Task, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: —
You slip your mind into a fugue-state regenerative downtime,
to repair your psyche. Every 4 full hours of sustained downtime
heals 1d6 stress (2d6 pushed), +1d6 per superior success. Traumas
and disorders are unaffected by this sleight. Downtime cannot be
concurrent with a long recharge. For all sensory purposes, you are
catatonic during downtime, completely oblivious to the outside
world. Only severe disturbances or physical shock (such as being
wounded or hit by a shock weapon) will bring you out of it.
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 DRIVE EMOTION
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Action Turns, Strain Mod: +1
This is an offensive version of the Control Emotion sleight. You
stimulate cortical areas of the target’s brain related to emotion. This
has the same effect as glanding (p. XX), but it lasts for WIL ÷ 5
action turns (double if pushed) and you choose the specific effect.
ECO-EMPATHY
Range: Self, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: —
With a successful Psi Test, you acquire an intuitive understanding
of non-sentient, non-terrestrial organisms occupying a producer
niche in the local ecosystem (e.g., alien plant and fungus analogues).
The information you gain is of a general and qualitative nature, and
doesn’t include data you would normally acquire from chemical or
genetic analysis. For example, you could determine if a plant thrives
only in riparian zones, if it relies on insect analogs for pollination,
or if it produces tubers that become edible to transhumans when
cooked. Apply a +10 modifier (+20 pushed) to any tests involving
these plants/fungi, +10 per superior success.
EGO SENSE
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Action Turns, Strain Mod: +1
You detect the presence and location (rough direction from
yourself) of other sentient and biological life forms (i.e., egos)
within Close range, even through barriers. Each life form makes
an Opposed Test against your roll. You suffer modifiers for size, the
same as for ranged attacks. Superior successes provide additional
details: approximate size, exact distance, type of creature, etc. If the
target moves during the duration (WIL ÷ 5 action turns, double if
pushed), you will have a rough idea of their speed and bearing. At
the GM’s discretion, sufficiently thick or dense barriers (i.e., habitat
hulls) may block or impede this sense.
EMPATHIC SCAN
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Action Turns, Strain Mod: —
You sense the target’s emotional state for WIL ÷ 5 action turns
(double if pushed). This provides you with a +10 modifier (+20
pushed) for social skill tests against the target, +10 per superior
success. This sleight will not automatically detect deceit, but it will
pick up on nervousness, doubt, anxiety, etc. and provide a bonus to
Kinesics Tests against Deceive.
GROK
Range: Self, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: —
With a successful Psi Test, you intuitively understand how to
use an unfamiliar object, vehicle, or device, no matter how alien,
advanced, or bizarre, simply by looking at and handling it. You
acquire a +10 modifier (+20 pushed) to tests with it, +10 per supe-
rior success. This sleight does not provide any understanding of
the principles or technologies involved—you simply grasp how to
make it work. This sleight is only effective with unfamiliar devices
(i.e., tests you are defaulting on), it provides no bonus when using
devices with which you are familiar.
ILLUSION
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +4
You craft an illusion and inflict it upon the target. The illusion can
range from a simple single-sense impression to a completely immersive
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false reality and can override actual sensory input. The illusion cannot
directly harm the target, but it can provoke reactions that are dangerous
or even fatal (i.e., tricking someone into walking off a roof). Because
the illusion is unsubstantial, it also may not stop or start movement,
hold weight, provide protection, etc. If the target carefully examines the
illusion or physically interacts with it, they receive a COG Check to see
through it. Likewise, if the illusion in any way defies reality or inspires
common-sense incredulity, or the real world interferes with the illusion
(sudden loud noises, walls hidden by the illusion impede movement,
etc.), the target gets a COG Check to disbelieve. Targets that succeed
in their COG Check will still faintly experience the illusory input, but
recognize it as unreal. No check is needed if the target has proof the
illusion is false. Complex or lengthy illusions are hard to sustain; the
GM may call for INT Checks or appropriate skill tests to maintain the
constructed facade.
Illusions require intense mental power to sustain. You may not
take any complex actions while sustaining this sleight, else the illu-
sion will falter.
IMPLANT MEMORY
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +1
You implant a memory of up to an hour’s length (double if
pushed) inside the target’s mind. This memory may be completely
fabricated, based on your real memories, or a combination of the
two. Implanting real memories is useful for archiving important
data with an ally, providing a literal alternate perspective, or simply
making a memory dump for the target to peruse. Fake memories are
often fuzzy and lacking detail, but bolstering them with real memo-
ries makes them more convincing. At the GM’s discretion, a fake
memory that contradicts the target’s other memories, is drastically
out of character, or includes details that inspire skepticism may be
identified as false with an INT Check. Particularly traumatic memo-
ries may inflict mental stress on the recipient when they are first
experienced. Implanted memories do not overwrite real memories.
IMPLANT SKILL
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Hours, Strain Mod: +3
You impart your expertise and implant it into the target’s mind.
The target acquires your chosen existing skill at half value for WIL
÷ 5 hours (double if pushed). If the target already has the skill, they
use whichever value is higher. Specialization bonuses also apply. Psi
skill may only be implanted if the target has the Psi trait. Recipients
of skills will exercise them with the async’s flair and mannerisms.
INDUCE ERROR
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +2
You create a glitch in the target’s mind that causes them to uncon-
sciously do something wrong. The target automatically fails a random
skill test (chosen by the GM) made in the next WIL ÷ 5 minutes
(double if pushed). With a superior success, you may choose which
skill will fail the next time it is used (if that skill is not used within the
duration, the sleight has no effect). This usually manifests as the type of
common mistake than even a seasoned professional might make. For
example, in combat the target could forget to reload a weapon or alert
an ally of a flanking foe. Out of combat, the target might save the wrong
file, forget where they left something, mistake someone for someone
else, or leave a security door unlocked.
 INFECTIOUS MIND
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +2
You share a triggered disorder or active strain compulsion effect
with the target. At the GM’s discretion, prolonged exposure may
inflict stress damage to the target.
INVIGORATE
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: —
You trigger a rush of neurochemical energy in the target. They
may expend their next complex action collecting themselves; this
counts as a short recharge (p. XX), without needing to expend the
full 10 minutes. Note that this sleight does not provide an extra
recharge, it simply shortens the time frame.
MIMIC
Range: Close, Action: Quick, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +1
You telepathically ping the target, collecting a snapshot of their
personality quirks and mannerisms. You may use this imprint of
the target’s mind to your advantage when mimicking their behavior
and social cues. Apply a +10 modifier (+20 pushed) Deceive Tests
to impersonate the target, +10 per superior success.
MINDLINK
Range: Touch, Action: Quick, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +1
You establish two-way mental communication with the target.
If mindlinked with more than one target simultaneously, you may
act as a telepathic server so that everyone mindlinked with you
can also telepathically communicate with each other (though you
will overhear everything). Language is still a factor in mindlinked
communications, but this barrier may be overcome by transmitting
sounds, images, emotions, and other sensations.
NEURAL HARDENING
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: +1
You harden the target’s sensory input pathways and mechanisms.
For WIL ÷ 5 minutes (double if pushed), they receive +10 (+20
pushed) to resist basilisk hacks, +10 per superior success.
NIGHTMARE
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +1
You bombard the target with horrific images and sensations,
eroding their mental stability. You inflict 1d10 SV to the target,
+1d6 per superior success. This is reduced by mental armor.
PAIN
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +1
You activate the target’s nerve endings and clusters, inflicting a
painful burning sensation. Treat as a pain effect (p. XX); the target
must take thgeir next action to flee at full movement.
PSI SHIELD
Range: Self, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +1
You rally your mind’s defenses against psychic attacks. Increase
your mental armor by 1d6, +1d6 per superior success.
PSYCHIC STAB
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +1
You trigger dangerous neurochemical impulses and biofeedback
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in the target’s brain and nervous system. You inflict 1d10 DV, +1d6
per superior success, reduced by mental armor.
SENSE INFECTION
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +1
You detect whether the target is infected with a biological nano-
virus or nanoplague strain of the exsurgent virus—or if they are an
async. You know only whether or not the target is infected; supe-
rior successes may provide gut feelings about the target’s specific
strain and its effects. GM note: under no circumstances should you
provide the name of the strain—focus on its nature.
SHORT CIRCUIT
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: +2
You force the target’s synapses to misfire. This functions like a
shock attack (p. XX); the target loses neuromuscular control, falls
down, and is incapacitated for 1 action turn (+2 turns per superior
success) and stunned for 3 minutes.
SPAM
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Action Turns, Strain Mod: +1
You overload and flood the target’s sensory cortices, spamming
them with confusing and distracting sensory input. The target is
impaired, suffering –10 (–20 pushed) to all actions, plus an extra –10
per superior success, for WIL ÷ 5 action turns (double if pushed).
STATIC
Range: Close, Action: Complex, Duration: Sustained, Strain Mod: +3
You generate an anti-psi jamming field, impeding the use of
ranged sleights within close range by –30. This sleight has no effect
on self or touch-range sleights.
SUBLIMINAL
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Hours, Strain Mod: +3
You implant a single post-hypnotic suggestion into the target’s
mind which they will carry out as if it was their own idea. Implanted
suggestions must be short and simple; the GM may require suggestions
be encompassed in a short sentence (for example: “open the airlock” or
“hand over the weapon”). Suggestions may include a short trigger condi-
tion (“when the alarm goes off, ignore it”). The target receives a WIL
Check to resist any suggestion that is immediately life threatening (“jump
off the bridge”) or that violates their motivations or personal strictures.
TRANQUILITY
Range: Touch, Action: Complex, Duration: Minutes, Strain Mod: —
You calm the target, relieving stress and anxiety. The target is
relieved of the effects of an acute stress response (p. XX) or trig-
gered disorder for WIL ÷ 5 minutes (double if pushed). You may
not use this sleight on yourself.
XENO-EMPATHY
Range: Self, Action: Complex, Duration: Instant, Strain Mod: —
You gain an intuitive understanding of any non-human, non-
terrestrial organism. You acquire insight into the creature’s ecolog-
ical niche, motivations, needs, and likely behavioral responses (if
non-sapient) or and mental/emotional state (if sapient). You receive
a +10 modifier (+20 pushed) to Deceive, Kinesics, Persuade, or
Provoke Tests with the creature, +10 per superior success.
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