System: Roll Psi and spend 2 Psi and 1 Willpower to
transform into a gaseous sphere for as many minutes as you scored successes
(although it only costs 1 Psi to maintain the power for an additional duration
of sux minutes). In this form, the
Psion has 360-degree awareness and cannot be struck from the rear or flank, nor
surprised by any person visible at any quarter. The Psion can float no faster than 7 meters per turn, this form
is not built for speed. Lacking the
focused Telekinetic powers of a true Doyen, the Psion has no effective Strength
score for the duration, although his Dexterity and Stamina appear unaffected. All mundane physical attacks score only half
damage (round down) whether Bashing or Lethal.
Finally, and most importantly, the Psions body transforms into a
noetically conducive medium, far more suited to the use of Psionic abilities
than his natural state. While not
nearly so potent or intimate as a true Doyen, the Biokinetic will still find
that he has access to twice his normal Psi pool (taking any Psi expended over
his normal total as Lethal HT levels when he rematerializes!) and if he were
somehow to be able to maintain this effect for a half-hour, he would discover
that he regained expended Psi every half-hour instead of every hour! Sadly, powers of Transmogrification are
useless in this state, requiring the Psion to make use of his Adaptive or
Psychomorphic talents instead.