To: Deus Ultionis mailing list
Date: Jun 10, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [[deus] preliminary campaign setting and scheduling information
Hi everyone,
Allen asks: > Will Psyons be able to sense each other?
Mystics and psions do not sense each other innately, but can use divination to do so. However, divination can also be used as a counter to shield you from being sensed.
On the technological side, there are devices capable of sensing mystics regardless of whether they are currently using their abilities. There is no well-known mystic effect to fool these devices, although of course an EMP or something of that nature could disable them. Psions are not detected by the devices unless the psion is actively using an effect.
The devices function by analyzing particles in the air near the individual. The mystic’s connection to external mystic energy causes a reaction observable to the device. Psions do not cause such a reaction because they do not interact with ambient mystic energy, but instead draw their power from within.
Lastly, the devices can also sense Gaians (any race with a connection to Gaia, including halflings, elves, pixies, dryads, and many other things from the MM or SS).
-Curtis