"Enhancing" a psychic

[Lao Tzume]

So, let's say you have a Mind Melter.

Let's say you (as a GM) wanted to eventually build him up, overtime, with loot.
What would you give him?
I'm thinking stuff like the Psi-Booster stone in Wormwood (in my games Wormwood stuff works off Wormwood), Psy-implants, The Psychic booster helmet in Phaseworld, Bioborg stuff etc.

I'm sure there are tons of things I'm missing. What sort of stuff?

[Library Ogre]

Depends on how you want to enhance him, and what you're willing to sacrifice, too. I think the Noro Psychic power armor would be a good option, as well as a lot of the stuff out of South America 2 that deals with Amaki Tech. Or you might give him a ton of TW items that lets him use ISP to fuel magic, giving him another angle he can attack from.

[say652]

1) I am a Munchkin.

I would ask for Partial Bionic Conversion and a Psi Helm. This effectively negates the Bionic penalties to my Psionics.

Then what ever Sensor system I could find to enhance my combat bonuses.

Eye Particle Beams seem good.
Bionic Firebreath. Also good.
Two Mekanikal Cutter Weapon/Utility arms.

Add a setting limited flight system and your good.
I personally would load the frame with phase world tech like Contra gravity flight and Nanoregeneration.

[Jorick]

TW equipment. Your super-psi now also has magic.

There's some crystal magic psi stuff in a Palladium Fantasy supplement. I forget which one.

Gizmoteer stuff (and some other things) from South America.

Force-fields.



If you have a psi-tech instead of a mind melter, and the player was ambitious enough, you could keep putting pieces of vehicles/robots in front of her until she builds her own drone army (psi-tech in a Naruni drone controller bot thing? Please take my money).

[Library Ogre]

TW equipment. Your super-psi now also has magic.

There's some crystal magic psi stuff in a Palladium Fantasy supplement. I forget which one.

Island at the Edge of the World. Being a 1e supplement, it would need some conversion work.

[Lao Tzume]

Thanks guys! These are all great starts. I appreciate it! Anyone comes up with other ideas I would love to hear them!
Essentially if you were playing a Psychic what sort of item wishlist would you have? That's another way of my stating my original post.

[Riftmaker]

The revised conversion books says psionics with hand to hand martial arts can take ninjas and superspies powers.

[Blue_Lion]

The revised conversion books says psionics with hand to hand martial arts can take ninjas and superspies powers.

That is a horrible option turning chi in to ISP.
With how chi combat works, it can lead to a broken concept.

[say652]

Ideally.

A Partial Conversion Burster.
Psi booster implant.
Erupter Implant, Zapper powers 1-4.
Psi helm.
And as many built in Gizmos as possible.

Load the frame with Bionic munchy goodness and rely on my Psionics for the things I can't destroy using Bionic weapons.

[Mack]

Aside from the already mentioned TW items, you could look into adding
-- a Delphi Juicer conversion, which would grant more psionic power and physical bonuses
-- add some symbiotics from Atlantis

Those aren't normally combined with an existing Mind Melter, but GM fiat goes a long way.

[say652]

Delphi Juicers.
I use the CB1 sdc Algor with this upgrade, then the revised Conversion book made my Psionic Frost Giant Female warriors noncanon.

Though I still use the "Snow Foxes" as npcs.

[Nightmask]

Find a way to get a Gene-Splicer to augment you.

[Blue_Lion]

Robot minions.
Perhaps he used his psi powers to brain wash some minions.

Without knowing what he is up against it would be hard to say what to add to make it hard fight that would not kill the party.

There is a helmet from Phaseworld and PA that effectively double the isp and provide a pool of ISP.

Phase shields can make fights annoying.

[Morik]

Millennium tree items are always great loot.

[ShadowLogan]

What psychic "enhancing" really depends on what what they might see as acceptable and not acceptable, along with background. Just looking at enhancing psychic ability itself (some mentioned previously here).

Equipment wise:
-Psylite based gear (DB2 Noro PA, Noro Helmet, Noro weapons, there is another manufacturer that uses it for weapons in a later Dimension book forget the name off-hand)
-Mind Werks (SB3) and Psycape (WB12) both have various types of psychic implants, some of which may not be applicable for a starting psychic
-Gizmoteer-type TW items (Gizmoteers are not the only source, WB12 and WB1 mention similar classes, but do not flesh them out)
-The TW Caliber-X (IIRC the name) in England (WB3), there might be other copies IINM or variations on the technology
-Crystal Technology (Palladium Fantasy 1E Island at the Edge of th World)
-Rune Weapons w/a psychic slant (those that pick from Psychic power category) to augment
-Psi-Interrogator or Psionic Rod/Scepter (WB2, Bio-Wizard Weapon) offer psychic powers, which means you can have powers not in your selection early (and they use their own ISP pool)

Elixours (drinks and drugs and potions), which require an ability to restock:
-Psi-Cola (WB12)
-Enhancer & Lightning Nector (WB6 pg144)
-Psike-E (WB5 pg178), not to be confused with Psike-B (pg177-8)
-Black Hellebore (BoM/WB3) for easier saves vs psychic attacks of others
-Lavaryta Psi-Strength (PF2E main book pg267), rare, boost ISP and Psionic Level, does have heavy side effects

Partners (symbiotes, parasites and mounts):
-Psymbiote (WB12), requires acting as a host
-Dragoncat (WB12), requires bonding. When mounted get bonuses, but the DC also has powers to augment your own available powers, two act as one
-Zembahk (WB2 and WB21, 21 has Bio-borg part, WB2 has Bio-Wizard weapons and the creature itself)
-The Psychic Vapor (WB21)
-Mind-Blossom (WB21), may not be attractive
-Brain Helmet (WB21), may not be attractive
-Talo Mind Worms (WB2)
-Mindlink (WB2), ISP boost
-Brain Feeder (WB2), short term gain long term not so much (want to get it out soon)
-Blood Lizard (WB9), maybe bonded
-Gene Splicers/Tech might be able to further augment you (though both come with some risk)

Might also want to look at getting an expanded power list, because IIRC eventually you can run out of powers to select. This might mean being able to select powers normally restricted to certain classes/races, importing powers from other lines, or be able to "upgrade" powers by selecting them again (need rules to cover the "upgrade" results).

[Lao Tzume]

What psychic "enhancing" really depends on what what they might see as acceptable and not acceptable, along with background. Just looking at enhancing psychic ability itself (some mentioned previously here).

Equipment wise:
-Psylite based gear (DB2 Noro PA, Noro Helmet, Noro weapons, there is another manufacturer that uses it for weapons in a later Dimension book forget the name off-hand)
-Mind Werks (SB3) and Psycape (WB12) both have various types of psychic implants, some of which may not be applicable for a starting psychic
-Gizmoteer-type TW items (Gizmoteers are not the only source, WB12 and WB1 mention similar classes, but do not flesh them out)
-The TW Caliber-X (IIRC the name) in England (WB3), there might be other copies IINM or variations on the technology
-Crystal Technology (Palladium Fantasy 1E Island at the Edge of th World)
-Rune Weapons w/a psychic slant (those that pick from Psychic power category) to augment
-Psi-Interrogator or Psionic Rod/Scepter (WB2, Bio-Wizard Weapon) offer psychic powers, which means you can have powers not in your selection early (and they use their own ISP pool)

Elixours (drinks and drugs and potions), which require an ability to restock:
-Psi-Cola (WB12)
-Enhancer & Lightning Nector (WB6 pg144)
-Psike-E (WB5 pg178), not to be confused with Psike-B (pg177-8)
-Black Hellebore (BoM/WB3) for easier saves vs psychic attacks of others
-Lavaryta Psi-Strength (PF2E main book pg267), rare, boost ISP and Psionic Level, does have heavy side effects

Partners (symbiotes, parasites and mounts):
-Psymbiote (WB12), requires acting as a host
-Dragoncat (WB12), requires bonding. When mounted get bonuses, but the DC also has powers to augment your own available powers, two act as one
-Zembahk (WB2 and WB21, 21 has Bio-borg part, WB2 has Bio-Wizard weapons and the creature itself)
-The Psychic Vapor (WB21)
-Mind-Blossom (WB21), may not be attractive
-Brain Helmet (WB21), may not be attractive
-Talo Mind Worms (WB2)
-Mindlink (WB2), ISP boost
-Brain Feeder (WB2), short term gain long term not so much (want to get it out soon)
-Blood Lizard (WB9), maybe bonded
-Gene Splicers/Tech might be able to further augment you (though both come with some risk)

Might also want to look at getting an expanded power list, because IIRC eventually you can run out of powers to select. This might mean being able to select powers normally restricted to certain classes/races, importing powers from other lines, or be able to "upgrade" powers by selecting them again (need rules to cover the "upgrade" results).

Oooo. This is good. Gives me tons to work with. Thank you very much!

Yeah, I think there is a Rifter that has more psychic powers. The one with the Teke Freak and what not.

[Axelmania]

About that Noro helmet that halves ISP...

If you find some way to grow a second head, can you wear two of them to spend 1/4 ?

[say652]

*No Throwing things at me please*

Psionic power category+Mega Hero.
To create a....

Mega Phase Mystic.

[Axelmania]

Immortality-Regenration would come in handy if someone Anti-Phase'd you to sever your limb during use of displacement.

[say652]

Tremendous Sdc, bumps the Mdc way up.
And Awe Factor, sacrifice attribute points to rock a 16hf.

Achilles Heel: God syndrome, because this is munching And I don't want a real weakness. Lol

[RockJock]

Paratee from Three Galaxies.

Asylum exposure from Atlantis, with the alignment change.

Rune Weapons.

Oni Ninja powers/training.

Phase Adept/Mystic powers/training.

Psyscape bonus powers.

A bit different, but one of the PF books had a ring that gave the Beast Master powers. Might be a fun add on similar to a Psistalker.