Stutterbug

Stutterbug (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

The hero emits a type of psionic energy which affects the speech centers of the brain.

Stutter Induction: The hero sends out a psionic energy attack which barrages the speech center of the brain.

Range: 40 foot radius, plus 10 feet per level. Affects all targets in range.

Duration: The effect lasts for the hero's ME number in minutes.

Attacks: None; occurs automatically and is always on. Can use one attacks to turn it off and then must concentrate to keep it shut off, using one attack per melee round to do so.

Saving Throw: 16 or better for non-psionics, 14 or better for latent psionics, and 12 or better for master psionics (ME bonus applies). A successful save allows the victim to communicate but with difficulty, having a penalty to language skills equal to the hero's ME attribute number, thus preventing him from using complex words unless making a successful skill roll, his mind fighting to retrieve the lost words from his memory. A failed save means everything the target says is unintelligible due to stuttering. This will also prevent the use of sonic powers with a vocal element and use of magic with a spoken verbal element.

Penalties: The target is so distracted by the lack of concentration when speaking that he suffers -2 to all combat moves for the duration of the effect.

Other Abilities and Bonuses: +1d4 ME