····· Ice Storm: Truly impressive in appearance and even surprisingly effective in a firefight, this Technique allows the Psion to summon a veritable blizzard of snow and ice in a radius around him, blinding and chilling all within. Only he is unaffected by this storm, having a tiny eye of calm directly around himself where allies might huddle to be spared the storms’ fury.

System: Spend 3 Psi and roll. The storm of ice and cold whips out of nowhere (although its effects are decidedly unimpressive in a dry environment, apply a +1 to +3 Difficulty in a hot desert or bone-dry space station) rendering all within its swirling whiteness completely blind to anything more than a meter from where they are standing, disorienting them totally (Awareness rolls are required each turn to remain traveling in a direction) and possibly even incapacitating unprotected foes (for every success on the initial roll every subject within the effect takes a single Bashing HT level from the cold and icy spray, Stamina Soaks as per normal, but any Armor that isn’t sealed and containing its own life support is useless). The storm deposits freezing rain and sleet and ice on everything and the winds are merciless, insuring that even against a target within sight range (1 meter), a +1 Difficulty is applied to all actions. The storm is mercifully small and brief compared to its harsh nature, extending only Psi Rating x3 meters around the Psion (with a bare meter of clearance on all side of him for allies!) and lasting so long as he maintains total concentration and expends an additional Psi point per 5 turns to maintain the storm. While concentrating he can take no action other than walking at half normal speed, any attack requires a Resistance roll for the Psion to retain concentration (+1 Difficulty per wound after the first for Lethal damage), with any failures subtracting successes from the initial Psi roll to generate the storm until all are cancelled and it fades, whipping out of existence in a single turn, leaving behind only ice-coated surfaces and a chill breeze to mark its passing.