The Burnt World of Athas - Creatures of Athas: Psiconic

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” It was a very long day,and the 4 belgoi terroists thretaning Balic had been very powerful. We set off for Raam,in order to carve out a territiory to live in and get rich in.Setting off, we were loaded down with many flasks of water,as we had not got a caravan to escort us,but we were powerful. Or so we thought. We had set across the desert,fighting off the few, snakelike giths,and never was a threat.As we headed on, we saw a clear,conical creature.It slithered to us,and Jassam, my elven mindbender companion made the fatal mistake of trying to contact the thing he was soon drained of his psionic strength and driven mad.doran,a pterran warrior charged the beast,swinging his stone axe,but the thing crawled over him and suffocated him.I recited a common spell conjuring a arrow made of acid. as i ripped my energy away from the land,the weak,sorry land,and hit it with the arrow and fled.I know not where my companions are,or how they are even. All I know is I never wish to see that thing again!”


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://athas.org/articles/Creatures-of-Athas-Psiconic

You are missing spaces in a bunch of places for this article, after both periods and commas. Typo in threatening, territory, snake-like. Doran as a name should be capitalized. It’s an arrow, because you use the word an instead of a before a word that starts with a vowel. I went ahead and edited the entry for you, since there is a lot of other minor stuff as well, and it’s easier to just correct it:

”It was a very long day, and the four belgoi terroists threatening Balic had been very powerful. We set off for Raam in order to carve out a territiory to live and get rich in. Setting off, we were loaded down with many flasks of water, as we had no caravan to escort us, but we were powerful; or so we thought. We had set across the desert, fighting off a few snake-like gith, which were never a threat. As we headed on, we saw a clear conical creature. It slithered to us, and Jassam, my elven mindbender companion, made the fatal mistake of trying to contact the thing. He was soon drained of his psionic strength and driven mad. Doran, a pterran warrior, charged the beast swinging his stone axe, but the thing crawled over him and suffocated him. I recited a common spell conjuring an arrow made of acid. As i ripped my energy away from the land, the weak sorry land, and hit it with the arrow and fled. I know not where my companions are, or even how they fair. All I know is I never wish to see that creature again!”

–Arous, Mad Defiler “The Lost Shapes”

Psiconic

Climate/Terrain: Desert/Tyr Region Orginization: Solitary Activity Cycle: Constant Diet: Psionic Strength Points Treasure: Incidential Alignment: N/A No# Appearing: 1 Armor Class: 4 Movement: 18 Hit Dice: 7+4 THAC0: 15 No Of Attacks: 1 Dmg/Attack: Absorb

Special attacks/defenses: See Below MR: nil Size: Large 10-12 ft tall Morale: 20 Intelligence: unknown

XP: 7,000

Psionics: MAC: 8, MTHACO: 18

A Psiconic is a creature, which was made in the green age to hunt and kill fledgling members of the Order. They were given the power to drain PSPs. They make an MTHAC0 Roll in order to “latch on” to their victim’s mind. After doing so, it can drain 1d20 PSPs a round. If its target is reduced below 0 PSPs the victim goes mad.

The psiconic is a clear, conical being which is now forced to prey on any psionic being it meets. It can also seep into a dead victims body and control it as a zombie.

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