Psychic: Animal Psychic

While most psychic abilities affect other humans, some psychics use their talents on the ‘lower’ animals. The actual method of communication may vary. Some psychics bark or growl at the animal. Others use dressage gestures, even if the animal has never even seen a trainer before. A few simply speak their native language. Animals may communicate with the psychic, though the information the relate should be limited by their intelligence and perceptions.

Animal psychics may use their power on any mammal, lizard or bird with no change in the difficulty. In fact, highly intelligent animals (dolphins, chimpanzees, gorillas) or well trained animals (dogs, horses, circus or show animals) are more susceptible to the psychic. Some fish can be controlled or communicated but its extremely hard, increase Diff by 2 for these. Insects are to simple and impossible to control.

Roll: Charisma + Animal Ken

*Communication

The Psychic may Communicate with a single animal, allowing two way communication with the beast. This communication does not give the psychic control over the animal, though misunderstandings maybe explained away. Roll diff 6.


**Command

The Psychic can now command the animal to perform for him. The animal will not endanger itself for the psychic. However it can do any trick the psychic can adequately describe. The animal will attack for the Psychic provided the animal had some proclivity toward attacking in the first place. Roll is diff 7 (+1 for a complex command or one which the animal would not normally perform, -1 for something it would do anyways.)


***Mass Communication

This power works like the communication power, though it now works on all animals within earshot. In addition the Psychic may communicate with multiple types of animals simultaneously. Roll diff 6, plus one for each additional species of animal in the area of communication.


****Mind Link

The Psychic can join his mind with that of a single animal. Once the link is established, the psychic’s and the animal’s minds are linked until the psychic drops the connection. While linked the psychic can perceive whatever the animal perceives. She can also communicate with the animal using any of the lesser communication powers, with the diff -1. The downside to the power however is if the animal is injured the mental feedback injures the psychic. For every 1 lethal the animal takes the Psychic takes 1 bashing, soakable as normal. Diff 8


*****Domination

This ability gives the psychic total control of an animal’s mind. Roll at Diff 8 and spend 1 Wp. It will do whatever the psychic wishes even at the cost of it’s own life. Command may be conditional for example; 'If someone attacks me, kill them.’