Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

LEVITATION
Success Rate:
50% + skill level
The Mentalist character makes a skill check and, if
successful, can levitate himself. He can ascend 1
meter per turn per skill level, and can descend at
twice that rate. He can move about horizontally
also, at a rate of 2 meters per turn per skill level.
This movement can be increased by invoking the
power a second time (spending the high invocation
cost) while the first one is active, which doubles the
movement rate each time it is done. Levitation can
be kept up for a long time. When invoked, levitation
is possible for one full hour. Each hour, the current
level of levitation can be kept up by spending one
more Mental Endurance point per hour.
For example: A character has a Psychokinesis skill at
level 3. He successfully invokes this power and can
now ascend at 3 meters/turn, descend at 6 meters
per turn, or travel about horizontally at a rate of 6
meters per turn. It cost him 3d10 Mental Endurance
to invoke this. Before the hour is over, he invokes a
second time, costing another 3d10 Mental
Endurance and doubling his movement rate. Each
hour thereafter, he can continue his double-speed
movement rate by spending one more Mental
Endurance per hour.
SONIC BARRIER
Success Rate:
25% + skill level
The character concentrates one round then invokes
this ability. If successful, he has the equivalent of a
Sonic Screen up. Each turn it is on drains one
Mental Endurance (in addition to the invocation cost,
of course). It protects the character from half of all
Sonic damage. Each time it is struck, regardless of
the amount of damage it absorbs, the character
sustains another point of Mental Endurance damage.
TELEKINESIS
Success Rate:
100% + skill level – weight (kg)
The character can cause an item to move around by
manipulating gravity fields around it. Imagine
telekinesis as a spectral hand that comes out from
the body of the Mentalist (invisible, of course) and
can lift things or manipulate them. The maximum
length of the “hand” is 2 meters per skill level.
When the character invokes this power, it lasts only
for one turn. During that turn, the character can
manipulate only one object. It moves about at a
rate appropriate if the character were lifting it with
his “hand.” People could be lifted, though this is
very hard to accomplish since people generally
weigh more than 50kg. A character can hurl an
item at an opponent, using normal thrown weapon
rules. Of course, the size and shape of the item will
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affect how much damage it will do, but a general
rule is 1d10 per 10kg of weight. Thus if a character
managed to hurl a 40kg piece of machinery at his
opponent, and hit with his thrown weapons score,
he would cause 4d10 damage. A referee might
allow an RS avoidance roll for half damage.
If the telekinetic action to be attempted is not the
manipulation of sheer weight but instead a function
of fine manipulation, then instead of the weight
modifier the player should have a penalty equal to
what the referee determines is the complexity for
such an action. Catching a coin in flight might have
a -20 modifier, despite its low weight, because of its
size, shape, and the speed of its movement.
TELEPATH
This skill allows the character to tap into a collective
consciousness or to project his senses and thoughts.
It doesn’t allow for the personal enhancement of
individual senses
AWARENESS
Success Rate:
40% + skill level
A character using this skill has a chance to pick up
an item and figure out its intended use. If the
artifact is alien, a negative modifier may be imposed
by the referee. Once an artifact's purpose is
identified, a specific skill may be needed to operate
it (computers, etc.).
This skill also allows a character to read psychic
impressions left on an object by the last person who
used it. Information that can be gained includes
what the user looked like, what he thought while
using it, what he was doing for the last few hours
before the item was lost, stolen, or otherwise left his
possession. The long the item has been untouched,
the dimmer the impression. This skill is used most
often by Star Law officers and spies.
CLAIRAUDIENCE
Success Rate:
20% + skill level
A character with this skill can "listen" through
anything up to a distance of 5 meters per skill level
(if the area is known to him) or 2 meters per skill
level (if the area is unknown). This listening is
directional and does not cover a large area. The
area listened to cannot be larger than a 5-meter
radius. When zeroed in on, sounds from the area
can be heard as if the user was there himself. Any
sound attack in the area has full effect on the
character using this discipline. Successful
invocation lasts one minute per level, and then may
be continued as long as desired by spending one
more Mental Endurance to invoke it automatically
again.