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-Mindshielders have the ability to create psychic defenses for both themselves+#REDIRECT [[Psychic Wild Talents]]
-and others, projecting standing fields of psionic energy which insulate their+
-subjects from harmful influences.+
- +
-The first ability in your repertoire is the creation of a simple mindshield.+
-This effect interferes with hostile or neutral telepathic effects intended to+
-establish contact with, manipulate, or harm the subject's mind. The shield+
-degrades the performance of these effects and, if of sufficient potency+
-relative to them, can stop them completely. Each time an effect tries to+
-penetrate the shield, this costs the shield some of its stored energy, in+
-proportion to the strength of the effect; the shield loses effectiveness as it+
-weakens. A depleted shield will attempt to draw energy from its subject to+
-sustain it, drawing energy faster the more depleted it is, though it can only+
-do this when the subject's spiritual energy reserves are relatively high; if+
-it has to counter too many effects, especially while the subject has little+
-spiritual energy so that the shield cannot recharge, it will be destroyed.+
-More than one mindshield can coexist on a subject, but generally only the most+
-powerful one will be effective, and as each will be depleted by activity and+
-then attempt to recharge, it is rarely desirable to have multiple shields+
-active. Mindshields are less effective against effects created by the same+
-individual who created the shield; also, some subtle effects can slip by a+
-mindshield by avoiding detection, with the chances of this depending on the+
-relative skill of the creators of the effects. The subject of a mindshield+
-can deactivate the construct voluntarily; when a mindshield is first created,+
-the next subvocalization the subject performs becomes a trigger which will+
-deactivate the mindshield if it is repeated.+
- +
-The second mindshielder ability is the mindwall, which is essentially a+
-considerably more powerful variant upon the mindshield. It requires a fairly+
-substantial degree of skill to construct; in most other respects it differs+
-from the mindshield only in being more effective.+
- +
-The third mindshielder ability is of a different nature: the mindtrap. This+
-is a reactive rather than passive defense, a construct which lurks in the dark+
-corners of the subject's psyche and waits for a psychic effect to intrude, at+
-which time it launches an attack against the effect's source, using the contact+
-established by the offending effect to send a backlash of psychic feedback into+
-the enemy psychic's mind. The mindtrap expends all its energy in the process+
-of generating this feedback and is destroyed after triggering. Unlike the+
-mindshield and mindwall, this effect is only triggered by hostile effects, not+
-neutral ones, and it requires a small amount of energy continually to support+
-itself; if the subject has low spiritual energy for a protracted period and+
-the mindtrap cannot draw energy to sustain itself, it may fail. More than one+
-mindtrap can be placed in a psyche, but only one will trigger in response to a+
-single effect. Like mindshields and mindwalls, a subvocalization trigger is+
-used to deactivate it. As might be surmised, a very high level of skill is+
-necessary to create this complex effect.+
- +
-Your level of proficiency with each of these abilities is determined by+
-your [[intelligence]], your [[willpower]], your [[perception]], and your skills in the+
-areas of [[metacreativity]], [[telepathy]], and [[redaction]]; the proportions in which+
-these individual factors contribute vary according to the particular power.+
- +
-To create a mindshield, visualize a silver shield around the person you wish+
-to protect; you may use "me" to refer to yourself. To create a mindwall,+
-visualize a silver wall around your subject. To create a mindtrap, visualize+
-a silver snare guarding your subject. In order to apply any of these effects+
-to another person, they must trust you first.+
- +
-The talent of a mindshielder is partially telepathic in nature, and so they+
-have access to some basic telepathic capabilities; see 'help [[basic telepathy]]'+
-for more information.+

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  1. REDIRECT Psychic Wild Talents
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