Mind thrust

Mind thrust was a psionic power of the telepathy discipline that assaulted a foe's mind.

Effects
Acting immediately, the power inflicted an intense, stabbing psychic assault on the mental pathways of a target creature. It did them slight psychic damage by "shorting" the synapses and piercing through thoughts and memories. The victim could reduce this with an effort of will or in psionic combat. It was fueled by the user's desire. If an experienced manifester spent more psionic energy, they could increase the intensity. After the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, they could increase the damage and make it harder to resist, and after the Spellplague of 1385 DR, increase the damage and reduce the target's defenses.

Mind thrust was originally one of the five attacks of psionic combat and was a way of making forced contact. In this usage, it had no or little effect on non-psionic creatures, but on psionic creatures it could drain psionic energy and open the target's mind and cut access to one random power for up to twelve days, or later damage the intellect of psionic creatures and stun non-psionic creatures. It cut best through the defensive fog of the mind blank defense but struggled to pierce the tower of iron will.

Prerequisite Powers
Early versions required an initial contact and mindlink.

Display
Manifesting the power produced the standard auditory display.

Significance
"Mind Thruster" was the title of the second rank of the clergy of Deep Duerra, the duergar goddess of psionics.

Users
Mind thrust could be learned by psionicists and psions,  as well as by wilders and ardents and divine minds who bore the Mental Power mantle.

Mind thrust could be used innately by callers in darkness, cerebriliths, psionic mind flayers and neothelids, and psionic yuan-ti halfbloods and abominations, as well as by su-monsters and brains in jars.

Known Users

 * Araumycos, the enormous fungal growth in the Underdark, was capable of all psionic attacks, but favored mind blast and mind thrust.
 * Ryvvik Dlardrageth, daemonfey psionicist and third-in-command of House Dlardrageth
 * Selinah Varhast, psychic assassin of Zhentil Keep
 * Teliene Coloara, an illithid slayer