Inflict pain

Inflict pain was a psionic power of the telepathy discipline that caused debilitating agony in the target.

Effects
After making contact, the manifester inflicted a telepathic stab at the mind of a nearby victim, causing horrible pain that debilitated them in all areas rather than causing real injury. Even those with the willpower to exist, whether to fight or resist interrogation, remained hampered. The manifester could even choose the type of pain inflicted.

It affected only one target, but could increase in number and effectiveness with more psionic energy. It lasted about a quarter of a minute, or more for experienced manifesters.

Only evil-minded people could learn it easily; others who tried to use it were inevitably bent toward evil.

Prerequisite Powers
It could require contact and mindlink to learn.

Displays
It caused the standard mental display.

Significance
Inflict pain was an especially cruel form of torture, and effective as it did no actual harm and made no marks or scars. Those who succumbed soon pleaded for mercy and yielded whatever information was demanded.

Users
Inflict pain was known by hauns. They used it to harm their foes and make their haundar docile.

In psionics terms, inflict pain could be used by yuan-ti.

Notable Users

 * Ryvvik Dlardrageth, daemonfey psionicist and third-in-command of House Dlardrageth