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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8092679" data-attributes="member: 19675">I haven’t exactly narrowed down the ways I want to limit Psi beyond its metabolic costs and certain powers risking the mental health of the user.One of the psionic characters I’ve always liked was Niven’s Gil “The Arm” Hamilton who possesses limited ESP and Telekinesis- he can manifest a Psionic arm, of the same approximate length of the arm he lost.&nbsp; He can sense pressure with it, just like his lost arm, but it is weaker.&nbsp; OTOH, Gil’s arm can reach through walls...though he does so blindly.&nbsp; It would be like groping for something in the dark.Another point of inspiration was a line from a Sci-Fi show- which one it was, I forget, but I want to say Bab5- in which someone wanted to train tekes to exert fine control at a distance.&nbsp; This would make them perfect assassins by interfering with the cardiopulmonary systems of other beings by invisibility applying pressure.&nbsp; See also Darth Vader.Clearly, stuff like this won’t necessarily have mundane defenses, and can do things not easily replicated by tech.&nbsp; But also, as is obvious with Gil, the powers have their own inherent limitations.&nbsp; Gil might easily open a locked door in your house or mine today, but he probably couldn’t do likewise with a touchpad unless he already knew the code.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 8092679, member: 19675"] I haven’t exactly narrowed down the ways I want to limit Psi beyond its metabolic costs and certain powers risking the mental health of the user. One of the psionic characters I’ve always liked was Niven’s Gil “The Arm” Hamilton who possesses limited ESP and Telekinesis- he can manifest a Psionic arm, of the same approximate length of the arm he lost. He can sense pressure with it, just like his lost arm, but it is weaker. OTOH, Gil’s arm can reach through walls...though he does so blindly. It would be like groping for something in the dark. Another point of inspiration was a line from a Sci-Fi show- which one it was, I forget, but I want to say Bab5- in which someone wanted to train tekes to exert fine control at a distance. This would make them perfect assassins by interfering with the cardiopulmonary systems of other beings by invisibility applying pressure. See also Darth Vader. Clearly, stuff like this won’t necessarily have mundane defenses, and can do things not easily replicated by tech. But also, as is obvious with Gil, the powers have their own inherent limitations. Gil might easily open a locked door in your house or mine today, but he probably couldn’t do likewise with a touchpad unless he already knew the code. [/QUOTE]

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