The Psion

As the elderly human watched
his apprentice struggle to lift the
pebble with his mind, he thought back
to his youth, and the years of training it
had taken to unlock his own psionic gift.
After traveling the world he had realized
that true enlightenment was only found
within, and he retreated to the cave he
called home. As his remaining years had
grown fewer in number, he had taken the
young lad who now stood before him as an
apprentice to pass on all he had learned.

Selected at birth due to her psionic potential,
the young elf had been molded into the perfect
assassin. As held her latest mark firmly beneath
her, the baron let out a soft cry as a blade of pure
psionic energy pierced his heart. The next morning, the
baron's guards would find him dead, though the cause of
his untimely demise would forever remain a mystery.

The young dwarf fled into the forest, consumed with the terror of what he'd done. For as long as he could remember, there was something within his mind that h struggled to keep bottled up. That morning, in a moment of weakness, his focus slipped, and a torrent of wild psionic power erupted from within him. He had awoken in the rubble of his home to find his family buried in the ruins. Deep down, he had always known this power would break free. He would live his life as a hermit in the wild where he couldn’t harm anyone else.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d6 per Psion level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier.
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per Psion level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor
• Weapons: Simple weapons
• Tools: None

• Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, and Religion

Equipment

As a Psion, you start with the following equipment:

• leather armor and a quarterstaff
• (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) a sling
• (a) two daggers or (b) any simple weapon
• (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack

Quick Build

You can make a Psion quickly by using these suggestions. First, make Intelligence your highest ability score, followed by Dexterity. Second, choose the hermit background. Third, choose the message and mind thrust cantrips, along with the
    1st-level spells command and dissonant whispers.

Psionics

You have awakened the wondrous psionic potential of your mind. Beginning at 1st level, this psionic power allows you to manifest spells. See the Player's Handbook for the rules of Spellcasting, and the Psion spell list at the end of this class.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know two Psion cantrips of your choice. You learn an additional Psion cantrip at 4th level and 10th level, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Psion table.

Psi Points

The psionic power of your mind is represented by a pool of Psi Points. You have a number of Psi Points equal to 1 + your Psion level. To manifest one of the Psion spells you know, you must expend a number of Psi Points equal to the level of the spell (0 for cantrips), and you regain all of your expended Psi Points each time you finish a short or long rest.

For example, as a 3rd level Psion, you can manifest the spell detect thoughts at 2nd-level by spending 2 Psi Points.

Mental Limit

Your Psion level limits the potency of spells you can manifest with your psionics. This limit is reflected in the Mental Limit column of the Psion Table. If a Psion class feature is limited by your Mental Limit, you can't expend more Psi Points than it would cost to manifest a spell of your Mental Limit level.

For example, a 5th level Psion is limited to learning and manifesting Psion spells of 3rd-level or lower.

Spells Known of 1st-level and Higher

At 1st level, you learn two 1st-level spells of your choice from the Psion spell list at the end of this class. The Spells Known column of the Psion table shows when you learn more Psion spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level equal to your Mental Limit or lower, as shown on the Psion table. For instance, upon reaching 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new Psion spell of either 1st or 2nd-level.

When you gain a Psion level, you can replace one of your Psion Spells Known with another Psion spell of your choice.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Psion spells since your magic is drawn from the power of your mind. You use your Intelligence when a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. You also use your Intelligence modifier when you set the saving throw DC or make an attack roll for a Psion spell.

In times of great need, you can draw upon your
life force to manifest psionic power. Starting
at 10th level, whenever you would expend Psi
Points to manifest a Psion spell or use a Psion
feature, you can expend your hit points instead.
When you do, reduce your current and maximum
hit points by twice the number of Psi Points you
normally expend. This reduction cannot be lessened
in any way. A reduction to your maximum hit points from
this feature returns to normal when you finish a long rest.

Third Eye

1st-level Enlightened feature
You have awakened the eye of your mind, known as the Third Eye, which grants you wondrous perceptive abilities. You gain proficiency in Perception, and whenever you make a Wisdom (Perception) check you gain a bonus to your roll equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

Your Third Eye also grants you enhanced sight in a 10-foot radius. Within this range you have blindsight and can see into the ethereal plane. As an action, you can expend Psi Points to increase the radius of your enhanced sight by 10 feet per Psi Point you expend (up to your Mental Limit) for 1 minute.

Enlightened Spells

1st-level Enlightened feature
You learn the following spells at the Psion levels noted in the table below. These spells count as Psion spells for you, but they don't count against your total number of Spells Known.

Mystical Precision

3rd-level Enlightened feature
Through intense dedication and practice, you have learned to
     utilize your psionic power in subtle ways unnoticeable to
          the untrained eye. Whenever you manifest a Psion spell,
            you can expend 1 additional Psi Point to manifest it
               without providing any of the spell's normal somatic
                or verbal components, or manifesting the any of the
                  normal outward signs of your Psionics.

Focused Psionics

6th-level Enlightened feature
The precise control you exhibit over your psionic power
enhances the potency of effects you manifest. Whenever
you manifest a Psion spell or use a
Talent that deals bludgeoning, force,
piercing, or psychic damage, you can add
your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1)
to one damage roll of that spell or Talent.

Telekinetic Flight

14th-level Enlightened feature
The psionic power of your mind has suffused every fiber
of your physical form, allowing you to subvert the laws of nature. You gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed. While flying in this way you can hover in place.

While you fly in this way, the air immediately around you shimmers with your psionic power, and rocks, dirt, and other small loose objects rise from the ground to float around you.

Ascended Form

18th-level Enlightened feature
You can briefly unleash your mind and take on an Ascended Form. As a bonus action, you can transform your physical body into pure psionic energy and gain the benefits below:

• You become translucent and emit otherworldly bright light, in a 5-foot radius, and dim light 5 feet beyond that.
• You gain resistance to all damage.
• You can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. If you end your movement inside another object or creature, you are immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space, taking 1d10 force damage for every 5 feet you were forced to travel.

You can remain in your Ascended Form for 1 minute. It ends early if you are incapacitated or you end it as a bonus action. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again. If you have no uses of this feature remaining, you can expend 5 Psi Points to transform again.

Immortal

Raised from birth to master both body and mind, Immortal Psions are extremely difficult to kill. They use their psionic abilities to enhance their bodies and perform great feats of athleticism and martial skill. Immortals spend years honing their psionic combat abilities, making them ideal insurgents, assassins, and bodyguards, for those that can afford them.

Aberrant Form

1st-level Outsider feature
The unknowable presence within your mind will overtake you when you are weak. When you have 0 Psi Points remaining, you instantly mutate into your Aberrant Form. As an action, you can expend your remaining Psi Points to mutate at will.

The appearance of your Aberrant Form can vary based on the source of your otherworldly power but is horrid to look upon. While in Aberrant Form the following rules apply:

• You can no longer concentrate on spells or abilities.
• You gain temporary hit points equal to twice your
  Psion level. These temporary hit points are
  dispelled if you revert to your normal form.
• Your hands mutate into writhing tentacles
  which count as simple melee weapons with
  the light property. You use your Intelligence
  modifier for your attack and damage
  rolls with the tentacles, and on hit,
  they deal 1d6 psychic damage.
• If you hit a creature that is your size
  or smaller with a tentacle attack,
  you can choose to grapple the
  creature. The escape DC is
  equal to your Spell Save DC.
• Your Armor Class equals 13 +
  your Intelligence modifier if
  it was not already higher.

You remain in your Aberrant
Form until you regain at least 1
Psi Point, or you are reduced
to 0 hit points.

Outsider Spells

1st-level Outsider feature
You learn the following spells at the Psion levels noted in the table below. These spells count as Psion spells for you, but they don't count against your total number of Spells Known.

Alien Evolution

3rd-level Outsider feature
Your exposure to eldritch powers has changed you. You gain one feature of your choice from the options below. You gain another feature of your choice at 6th, 14th, and 18th level.

Amorphous. Your body is pliable, though you can maintain your shape and can use objects as normal. You can squeeze yourself through spaces and gaps as narrow as 1 inch wide.

Amphibian. You grow gills. You can breathe air and water, and you gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

Arachnid. You grow serrated suckers or small hairs on your limbs. You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, and you can climb on difficult surfaces, including upside down on       ceilings without making an ability check.

Armored.                  Your body is covered in viscous mucus or insectoid                       plates. So long as you aren't wearing armor or                              wielding a shield, you gain a +2 bonus                                       to your Armor Class.

Extra Attack

6th-level Outsider feature
You can attack twice, instead
of once, whenever you take the
Attack action while you are in
your Aberrant Form. Moreover,
you can manifest a Psion cantrip
in place of one of your attacks.

Psionic Control

6th-level Outsider feature
Your innate psionic power has grown,
allowing you to exert control over the
otherworldly power in your mind. You
can mutate into your Aberrant Form
as a bonus action on your turn.

As long as you have at least 1 Psi Point,
you can maintain your concentration on Psion
spells, features, and Talents, and you can use a
bonus action to revert back to your normal form.

Eldritch Rift

14th-level Outsider feature
Your otherworldly power allows you to move through cracks in reality itself. Immediately after you manifest a Psion spell of 1st-level or higher, you can teleport to an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet that you can see.

Glimpse Beyond the Veil

18th-level Outsider feature
You can reveal otherworldly horrors beyond this reality to lesser minds. As an action, you can force one creature you can see within 60 feet to make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the target disappears through an otherworldly gateway into the aberrant void of darkness beyond the stars.

At the end of your next turn, the target returns to the space it previously occupied or the nearest unoccupied space. If it is not an aberration, it takes 10d12 psychic damage. On a success, a creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Once you use this feature you must finish a long rest before you can use it again. When you have no uses remaining you can expend 5 Psi Points to use it again.

Wilder

By far the most volatile Psions, Wilders are those who never truly learn to control the wondrous power of their mind. They often discover their psionic abilities unexpectedly as a result of a traumatic event or violently manifest their mystic power after years of attempting to contain it. Wilders are as erratic as they are powerful and rarely have psionic masters. By the time these uncontrolled abilities develop, it is often too late to gain control of the torrent of psionic power within them.

Mental Force

6th-level Wilder feature
The wild power of your mind empowers your psionic spells. Whenever you manifest a Psion spell that deals bludgeoning, force, piercing, or psychic damage, you can roll a d8 and add the result to one damage roll of that spell.

Mental Torrent

14th-level Wilder feature
The psionic power emanating from your mind hinders the thoughts of those near you. When you force a creature within 15 feet to make an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw to resist the effects of one of your Psion spells, Talents, or features it has disadvantage on its initial roll.

In addition, when you damage a creature with a Psion spell while it is concentrating on a spell, it has disadvantage on its
    Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration.

Channeled Chaos

14th-level Wilder feature
You have gained a limited measure of control over your wild mental power. Whenever you trigger a Psionic Surge, you can roll twice on the Psionic Surge table above and choose which of the effects takes place.

Ascended Wilder

18th-level Wilder feture
Your uncontrolled psionic potential is limitless. When you roll damage for a Psion spell and roll the highest result possible on any of the damage dice for that spell, you can roll that die again, and add its result to the total damage roll of the spell.

If you roll the highest result possible again, you roll that die again and continue until you roll less than the highest result.

Finally, the range of your Mental Torrent feature increases to include creatures of your choice within 30 feet of you.

Celerity

Psions who master Celerity use the mystical power of their mind to move at blinding speeds, enhance their reflexes, and overcome any obstacles that may stand in their way.

Iron Durability

Psions who master Iron Durability use the mystical power of their minds to enhance their physical forms. While they may appear normal, they are as durable and resilient as iron.

Metamorphosis

Psions who master Metamorphosis use the mystical power of their mind to manipulate the size and shape of their bodies.

Transformations from this Talent last for 10 minutes, and you concentrate on them as if concentrating on a spell.

Precognition

Psions who master Precognition use the mystical power of their minds to gain flashes of insight into the near future, and use these insights to better defend themselves from attacks.

Precognition III

Prerequisite: 11th level Psion, Precognition I, II
As a bonus action on your turn, you can spend 3 Psi Points
to enter a heightened precognitive state for 1 minute. While in this state, attacks targeting you cannot be made with advantage, and critical hits become normal hits. You must concentrate on this ability as if concentrating on a spell.

A rare Talent among Psions, those who master Restoration uses the mystic power of the mind to stimulate the healing process in themselves and others through force of will.

Telekinesis

Often considered the purest Talent a Psion can master, those who master Telekinesis use the mystical power of their mind to manipulate objects and creatures with only their thoughts.