Psychosomatic Attack

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Psychosomatic attack: [Major] by Iczer

'This will really hurt..more than you imagine'

The character can project a kind of bio-electrical attack that stimulates the targets brain, forcing it to manifest wounds.

Range: 120 feet
Attacks: each Psychosomatic attack takes one action to perform
Duration: instant, but the effects persist for 1D4 rounds per level.
Bonus to strike: +8. Unnerringly accurate, targets are -4 to dodge and the attack bypasses natural or worn armour (but will not affect people in powersuits, nor will it effect non living or non sentient targets)
Effect: The target when struck must make a saving throw vs psionics when struck. a successful save means the target is fine. A failed save means that the target suffers a wracking pain as his body hurts itself, hemmoraging internally and manifesting wounds. the target takes 1HP damage per level, but the character will believe he has takes 4D6 +1D6 damage per level. furthermore, while the effect persists (see duration above) the target suffers from -1 attack per melee and -2 to all combat moves due to pain and discomfort)
Special effect: if the character psoesses another power with a psionic saving throw requirement, he may link it to this power. if the character hits, the target makes a single save (at -2) and if he fails he is affected by both powers (counts as the actions normally required for the pwer +1 for this one).

Other benefits: The character is mildly resistant to electrcity (half damage) and gains +2 to saving throws vs electrical or bio-energy type effects (disruptive touch included).