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Kinetic Control in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

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Kinetic Control

3-level Psychokinetic

PSP Cost 5
Time to Invoke: 1 reaction
Range: 60 feet
duration: up to 1 minute
This is the power of absorbing - storing - and redirecting kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion - the energy contained in the swing of a sword. the fall of a rock. moving water or air - an animal running. or any number of other forms. The psionicist can remove kinetic energy from one object by touch, stopping it instantly, and bestow it on another object immediately or at some point in the future. While a psionicist maintains this power. he is immune to all slashing, bludgeoning and piercing damage, may they be magical or not. A sword slash stops instantly when it touches his skin. Arrows drop harmlessly at his feet, and monsters’ talons and fangs can't harm him.   The psionicist absorbs the damage of the blow and saves it for later use. Note that the psionicist can still be harmed by attacks that inflict their damage by contact, such as the energy-draining touch of an undead creature or the shocking grasp of a mage.   Using the stored energy requires the psionicist to make a physical attack. He can deliver any damage he has absorbed previously by touch, punches, or even through a hand-held weapon such as a sword. If he hits his opponent, the absorbed damage is added to any other damage the psionicist causes. If the psionicist ceases to maintain kinetic control while he still has energy to dissipate. he immediately suffers 2 hit points of damage for every point of absorbed damage he did not expend. (The psionicist can make attacks on rocks, cacti, dead foes, or whatever to dissipate this energy. Item saving throws versus normal or crushing blows may apply.)   This power can’t be used to absorb damage from a fall. To do so, the psionicist would have to absorb his own kinetic energy (in this case, he is the moving object) which is something that the power is not capable of doing. This might be a valid subject for psionic meditation and research, however.
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