The metapsionics discipline was a theoretical advanced discipline of psionics that primarily revolved around enhancing, augmenting, or amplifying other psionic powers or abilities.[1] All of its powers fell under the purview of the other psionic disciplines,[2] such as cannibalize, empower, and psychic surgery.[3] Some referred to it as, rather than a discipline, its own unique subset of psionic abilities that augmented psionic powers,[4][5] such as doubling their effective range, splitting a ray-attack into two, or making a power manifest twice.[6] With the right skills in creating psionic items, one could store a metapsionic power within a dorje, power stone, or psionic tattoo.[4][5]
Notable Users[]
- Thought eaters exhibited a unique metapsionic sense that detected psionic activity within the Border Ethereal and Prime Material. This power was always active and did not tax a thought eater's pool of mental energy.[7]
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Background[]
Metapsionics debuted in 2nd-edition AD&D in the pages of The Complete Psionics Handbook (1991).[1] It was later erased from that same edition in the pages of Player's Option: Skills & Powers (1995), which redistributed its powers to the other five disciplines.[2] The term was repurposed in the 3rd and 3.5th editions as one of three types of psionic feats, mirroring the metamagic feats of those editions.[4][5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steve Winter (1991). The Complete Psionics Handbook. (TSR, Inc.), p. 10. ISBN 1-56076-054-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Niles (1995). Player's Option: Skills & Powers. (TSR, Inc), p. 143. ISBN 0-7869-0149-7.
- ↑ Steve Winter (1991). The Complete Psionics Handbook. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 93, 95, 97. ISBN 1-56076-054-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bruce R. Cordell (March 2001). Psionics Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 23. ISBN 0786918357.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bruce R. Cordell (April 2004). Expanded Psionics Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-7869-3301-1.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (April 2004). Expanded Psionics Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 43. ISBN 0-7869-3301-1.
- ↑ Steve Winter (1991). The Complete Psionics Handbook. (TSR, Inc.), p. 210. ISBN 1-56076-054-0.