Psychic

You come from a lineage saturated with fire and psychic energy.  You are a scholar, but your passion burns more than what your colleagues can handle.  You seek answers to your questions, sometimes pushing people away before they can get close.

 

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Perception

Languages: Choose one of Abyssal, Draconic, or Primordial.

Equipment: A single trinket with psychic connection, (medallion, necklace, or ring), a set of traveler's clothes, a scholar's robe, a gaming set, and bag filled with 15 gp

 

Spell List

Certain fire-based and psionic-based spells are added to your spellcasting list.

Spell Level	Spells
Cantrip	encode thoughts, produce flame
1st	dissonant whispers
2nd	flaming sphere
3rd	pulse wave
4th	fire shield
5th	flame strike

Your magic often features dramatic bursts of flame or radiance. When you cast beneficial spells on your allies, they appear momentarily surrounded with halos of bright fire.

Suggested Characteristics

As a psychic, you are endowed with a special power. These powers have no mechanical influence, but do change how the character's actions or experiences may be described, thus having a strong influence on descriptive roleplay. Keep in mind that all of these powers are purely cosmetic variations of things you can already do, or just a slight adjustment to the way the DM describes things to you. The limits are the same as though you did not have the special ability.

Telekinesis, for example, has a range limit equal to the length of your arms - it does not replace the Telekinetic feat or allow you to use that.  It would simply look as though you are moving something with your mind that is within your personal space.

Telepathy only works on creatures who could hear you speak normally anyways - you are not able to use this for subtle actions and only manifests outside of combat.

d8	Personality Trait
1	My powers are growing day by day, and with each day I feel more at peace with them.
2	I know nothing of what is happening to me, but I know it is not natural.
3	I care not for how or why I have powers, I want them gone.
4	I sometimes have dreams of strange things that hold no relevance to anything.
5	I like using my powers to do tricks, pranks and funny jokes.
6	I'll do anything to find out more about my powers, no matter the cost.
7	Particular stimuli, such as a specific color or loud noises, make me go crazy.
8	I am fascinated by things of a supernatural nature.

d6	Ideal
1	Order. I must keep my powers in check, only using them to help, never to harm. (Lawful)
2	Peace. The world doesn't need another tyrant, it needs a savior. (Good)
3	Destruction. I will use my powers to crush all that would threaten me. (Chaotic)
4	Power. The power that I have is only a means to an end. That end is acquiring more power. (Evil)
5	Balance. Like everything else, I exist for a reason and a cause, and mine is to keep the harmony and balance of our world. (Neutral)
6	Loneliness. No one would listen, no one cared, so why should I. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I knew a guy who had the same powers as me. Guess what? he's dead.
2	My parents left me at an orphanage when I was just a child.
3	I harmed the ones I cared for using my powers, I can't do it again.
4	There was a wise teacher who taught me everything I know, for that I am grateful.
5	Once I ran with a circus as one of the carnies.
6	A group of unreasonable individuals are hunting me all over the world.

d6	Flaw
1	Powers rarely ever work the way you want or need them to, especially mine.
2	Sometimes I forget what I am doing or why I'm doing it, so I try to … what was I talking about?
3	My powers can sometimes activate by themselves, oops … just like that.
4	Voices speak to me and tell me ways to hurt other people. Yeah, they're doing it right now.
5	I am a compulsive liar about anything and everything.
6	I can never get a date using my powers.