SRD:Metapsionic (Feat Type)

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Metapsionic Feats

As a manifester’s knowledge of psionics grows, he can learn to manifest powers in ways slightly different from how the powers were originally designed or learned. Of course, manifesting a power while using a metapsionic feat is more expensive than manifesting the power normally.

Manifesting Time

Powers manifested using metapsionic feats take the same time as manifesting the powers normally unless the feat description specifically says otherwise.

Manifestation Cost

To use a metapsionic feat, a psionic character must both expend his psionic focus (see the Concentration skill description) and pay an increased power point cost as given in the feat description.

Limits on Use

As with all powers, you cannot spend more power points on a power than your manifester level. Metapsionic feats merely let you manifest powers in different ways; they do not let you violate this rule.

Effects of Metapsionic Feats on a Power

In all ways, a metapsionic power operates at its original power level, even though it costs additional power points. The modifications to a power made by a metapsionic feat have only their noted effect on the power. A manifester can’t use a metapsionic feat to alter a power being cast from a power stone, dorje, or other device.

Manifesting a power modified by the Quicken Power feat does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Some metapsionic feats apply only to certain powers, as described in each specific feat entry.

Psionic Items and Metapsionic Powers

With the right psionic Item Creation feat, you can store a metapsionic power in a power stone, psionic tattoo, or dorje. Level limits for psionic tattoos apply to the power’s higher metapsionic level.

A character doesn’t need the appropriate metapsionic feat to activate an item in which a metapsionic power is stored, but does need the metapsionic feat to create such an item.Metapsionic feats allow a manifester to change the way a power functions, often by increasing the power's cost.

List of Metapsionic Feats

Burrowing Power Chain Power Delay Power Empower Power Enlarge Power

Extend Power Maximize Power Opportunity Power Quicken Power

Split Psionic Ray Twin Power Unconditional Power

 

SRD Metapsionic Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites
Burrowing Power	Your powers sometimes bypass barriers.	None
Chain Power	You can manifest powers that arc to hit other targets in addition to the primary target.	None
Delay Power	You can manifest powers that go off up to 5 rounds later.	None
Empower Power	You can manifest powers to greater effect.	None
Enlarge Power	You can manifest powers farther than normal.	None
Extend Power	You can manifest powers that last longer than normal.	None
Maximize Power	You can manifest powers to maximum effect.	None
Opportunity Power	You can make power-enhanced attacks of opportunity.	None
Split Psionic Ray	You can affect two targets with a single ray.	Any other metapsionic feat.
Twin Power	You can manifest a power simultaneously with another power just like it.	None
Unconditional Power	Disabling conditions do not hold you back.	None
Widen Power	You can increase the area of your powers.	None

 

Homebrew Metapsionic Feats

Homebrew feats using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only. Click "Show" below to view them.

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites
Crystalize Power	Turn any damaging power into physical damage.	None
Energize Power	Turn any damaging power into energy damage.	None
Envigorating Power	When you manifest, you heal as well.	Autohypnosis 4 ranks or Heal 4 ranks
Eternal Thought	The idea of making things last forever appeals to you.	Know a power that has a duration.
Existential Power	You manifest powers as extraordinary abilities, allowing you to ignore antimagic field, SR and even immunity to magic.	Must be able to manifest reality revision.
Free Power	Manifest a power as a free action usable outside of your turn and concentrate on it as a free action.	Manifester Level 11th, Quicken Power
Illuminator, Elan	a feat that allows Elans to perform the changing ritual to "make" a new Elan	and Psicraft 15 ranks., Elan 12 HD. Skills: Knowledge (Psionics) 15 ranks
Infinity and Beyond	Why affect only half a room when you can affect the whole country?	Manifester level 11
Infinity and Beyond, Variant	You grant your power unlimited range and/or allow it to affect ridiculously large areas.	Manifester Level 15th
Master Constructor	Your astral construct gains additional power and versatility.	Know the Astral Construct power.
Mentalize Power	Turn any damaging power into psychic mind-affecting damage.	None
Minimal Power	Your power is cheaper, maybe even free, but it won't grow at all.	None
Overwhelming Energy	Your energy damage from your psionic powers rips through energy resistances and immunities.	None
Psychoactive Retort	When you manifest, you cloak yourself in a dangerous shell of psychic damage.	Psicraft 4 ranks
Reach Power	Reach spell metamagic for psionics, it allows you to use things out at a longer range.	None
Super Quicken Power	You manifest powers fast enough to react to people.	Quicken Power
Transporting Power	When you manifest, you teleport a certain distance as well.	Knowledge The Planes 8 ranks or Nomad discipline

 

Epic Homebrew Metapsionic Feats

Homebrew feats using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only. Click "Show" below to view them.

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites
Certain Power	Increases the save DC to infinite.	Any one metapower feat

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