Your Momma
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Your Momma (Super-Psionic) by Mr. Twist
"Oh yeah? Well, I called your momma. Look behind you."
This very, very strange psionic power creates an illusion drawn from the target's mind. To put it very bluntly, it creates an illusion visible only to the target of their mother(or whomever they see as a mother figure in their life). This illusion starts to berate the target verbally, telling them how ashamed they are at what they are doing.
The illusion is very personal, so the user of this power and anyone else in the area is unaware of the 'mother's' side of the argument. Actually, everyone but the target is oblivious to the illusion entirely; it's all in the target's mind.
- I.S.P. Cost: 35 to activate for the first melee round, +12 per additional melee round.
- Range: Sight, limited to 30ft + 10ft per level of experience.
- Duration: Concentration. Concentrating on this power uses up two actions per melee, no matter how many targets are affected.
- People Affected: Until 7th level, only one person can be affected by this psionic for any given usage. At 7th level, two people can be affected. After this, at levels 10, 12, and 15 another target can be affected. All saving throws are done separately for each target.
- Saving Throw: Normal. A save can be made every melee round.
- Penalties: Dealing with 'mom' has some very serious disadvantages. The character has these penalties:
- -25% to all skill rolls
- -5 to all combat actions
- Only has 2 attacks per melee
- Can't prowl, or otherwise attempt to be silent in any endeavor
- Notes: Even if this power is successful on some of the targets, it can be re-attempted on those who failed. Doing this requires the character to spend the base I.S.P. cost again, and also means they have to concentrate on multiple usages of the power(two uses means 4 APM used up, three uses means 6 APM, etc...) along with multiple upkeeps (two uses means 24 I.S.P. per melee upkeep, etc...). If a mother figure can't be drawn from a specific target's memory, then the power draws the next best thing. This power always draws some kind of idol to the target that will make them feel distracted and disappointed when they hear they are ashamed, even if only an older version of the character would be appropriate.