Body Control powers

    The Body Control powers represent the psychic ability to induce changes within a character's own body and mind through force of will.  Most of these Powers involve very little in the way of social or physical interaction with the world and so their axiom requirements tend to be very close to the minimums required for psionics. Because of their generally low axiom requirements, the Body Control powers are usually among the first discovered when a cosm develops the ability to utilize psionics.
    The powers in the Body Control group are:

Accelerate Healing (self-only)

Axioms: Social 22
Groups: Body Control, Psionic Defense
Activation Difficulty: 14
Difficulty Based on: Social
Psi Strain: 12
Base Effect Value: 13
Base Range: self only
Base Duration: 25 (1 day)
Bonus Number to: Effect Value
Description: speeds up the character's healing process

    This power allows the character through sheer force of will to cause his body and/or mind to heal itself much faster than normal. The Effect Value is compared to a DN based on the severity of the character's injuries: shock, KO conditions: DN 5, Wounded: DN 8, Heavy Wound DN 12, Mortal Wound DN 15.  The result points are read through the Power Push chart and the modifier is the rate at which the character's healing has been accelerated.  (Example: a +3 result means the character heals three times faster than normal.)  The player can choose to take a lower result to minimize the side effects.
    A side effect of the power is that the character's metabolic needs (food, water, sleep) for the duration are accelerated by a similar amount.  The power also has a set duration, its effects will last for an entire day even if the character is completely healed in less time. But that does mean that any additional damage taken during that day will also heal at the accelerated rate until the power expires.
    This power will not accelerate the healing of spiritual damage.

Suggested Enhancements and Limitations: the Share Power Enhancement cannot be taken for this power - that is already covered by the Psionic Defense version of this power. Improved Control could allow the character to reduce the side effects of his increased metabolism, such as not accelerating his need for sleep.  Selective Efficiency could be used to make the power more effective at healing either physical or mental damage.
    Requires Extra Concentration is a common Limitation for this power, as Usable Only in a Trance.  Selective Weakness could be used to make the power less effective at healing one type of damage.

Clean Trace

Axioms: Social 21
Groups: Body Control, Psionic Defense
Activation Difficulty: 21
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Diagnostic Probe (self-only)

Axioms: Social 19
Groups: Body Control, Psionic Defense, Psychic Senses
Activation Difficulty: 13
Difficulty Based on: Social
Psi Strain: 11
Base Effect Value: 15
Base Range: self only
Base Duration: 9 (1 minute)
Bonus Number to: Effect Value
Description: assesses scope and nature of mental damage, assists in healing

    This power allows a character to probe his own mind and analyze any serious mental trauma he has suffered.  The Effect Value is compared to a DN based on the severity of the character's mental damage:  Wound DN 8, Heavy Wound DN 12, Mortal Wound DN 15.  The result points are read through the Power Push chart and the modifier becomes a bonus to the character's next healing check for recovering from his mental injuries.
    Additionally, the result points can be read through the General Success chart and each success level above Average allows the player to ask the gamemaster one question related to the damage, such as "what power caused this damage?" or "how long ago was it inflicted?"
    This power has the Set Duration Limitation built in, the full minute must be spent using it in order to receive any benefit.

Suggested Enhancements and Limitations: a Permanent Adjustment can be made to reduce the required Duration, or the Set Duration Limitation could be bought off by increasing the Activation Difficulty by +4.  The Reduced Control Limitation could be used to eliminate the ability to ask questions about the damage, leaving only the healing benefits. Usable only Unconscious/In a Trance is a common Limitation.

Enhanced Adrenalin

Axioms: Social 20
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 18
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Impassiveness

(Charisma Control in the Space Gods sourcebook)

Axioms: Social 18
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 19
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Living Harmony

Axioms: Social 24
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 21
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Metabolism Control

Axioms: Social 20
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 13
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Mind Seal

Axioms: Social 18
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 21
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Psychic Aid

Axioms: Social 19
Groups: Body Control, Psionic Defense
Activation Difficulty: 18
Difficulty Based on: Social
Psi Strain: 6
Base Effect Value: 10
Base Range: self only
Base Duration: 9 (1 minute)
Bonus Number to: Effect Value
Description: first aid for mental damage

    This power functions like a first aid skill in treating the effects of mental damage.  The Effect Value is compared to a DN based on the severity of the character's mental damage: shock, KO conditions, Wounded: DN 8, Heavy Wound DN 12, Mortal Wound DN 15.  If successful, all shock and KO conditions from mental damage only are cleared. Additionally, if the character is mortally wounded a successful check will stop the accumulation of mortal shock damage from mental wounds only.

Suggested Enhancements and Limitations: the Share Power Enhancement cannot be taken for this power - that is already covered by the Psionic Defense version of this power. Requires Extra Concentration Time or a combination of an increased Duration and the Set Duration Limitation are common for this power. Usable Only in a Trance could also be added to either of those Limitations.

Psychic Willpower

Axioms: Social 18
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 17
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Shift Sense

(Psychic Infravision in the Space Gods sourcebook)

Axioms: Social 21
Groups: Body Control, Psychic Senses
Activation Difficulty: 18
Difficulty Based on: Social
Psi Strain: Effect Value
Base Effect Value: variable
Base Range: skill value in meters
Base Duration: 9 (1 minute)
Bonus Number to: Duration
Description: improves natural sensory abilities or shifts them into different regions

    This version of the power allows the character to expand the capabilities of his normal five senses, increasing their sensitivity and even shifting their sensitivity range into areas beyond the normal physical limits. The eyes can be temporarily modified to see in the infrared or ultraviolet spectrums, hearing can be adjusted to pick up frequencies outside normal human ability, and so on.  Range is used to determine how far the character's modified senses can reach (i.e., a skill of 15 means infravision would see heat sources up to 15 meters away.)
    To enhance senses within their normal ranges, the Effect Value of the power substitutes for the character's normal Perception attribute or skill that would normally be used (such as find to spot something.)  To shift a sense so that it works outside the normal human ranges, the Effect Value is compared to the character's Perception attribute and the result points are read through the Power Push chart to find the modifier to the character's Perception or appropriate skills.  (Example: a character with Perception 12 wants infravision to help him spot the tracks of someone he's following.  He uses the power with an Effect Value of 18.  The six result points give him a +3 bonus to his tracking skill since he can now see the heat patterns left by the footsteps of the person he's following.)

Suggested Enhancements and Limitations: Selective Efficiency could be used to make it more effective at improving one particular sense over the others. Selective Weakness could be used for the opposite effect.  Set Duration is a common problem, the character is unable to turn off the modification until the power expires normally. A Side Effect could indicate that the modifications create noticable physical alterations, such as a character's eyes becoming a solid single color when he modifies them.

Spirit Enhancer

Axioms: Social 18
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 19
Difficulty Based on: Social
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Suspended Animation

Axioms: Social 22
Groups: Body Control
Activation Difficulty: 23
Difficulty Based on: Social
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