Psionics Transcended: The Power of Ki Chapter 10 - Special Abilities abilities have a 50% chance of affecting the afflicted creature or a randomly determined target within the spell range Ki Pool Damage, Penalty, and Drain Diseases, poisons, spells and other afflictions or abilities can deal damage directly to your ki pool The daily maximum ki pool is reduced by the damage Any ability, skill, effect, of spell that can heal ability damage or drain repairs ki pool damage or drain If a creature‘s ki pool is reduced to zero in this way, psionic ability and spells cease to function Afflictions Afflictions that affect Constitution or Charisma are particularly harmful to psionic spellcasters The source of a psionic magic is the body itself, and afflictions that harm the body can be distracting An afflicted creature that attempts to cast a psionic spell must make a concentration check with a DC equal to 10 + the total Constitution and Charisma Damage + the level of the spell they are casting It is likewise difficult or impossible to maintain ki focus while damaged by these kinds of afflictions Cerebral Parasites Type disease, contact, psionic; Save Fortitude DC 15 Onset 1d4 days; Frequency Effect 1d3 Cha drain; Cerebral parasites are tiny organisms, undetectable to normal sight An afflicted character may not even know he carries the parasites— until he discovers he has fewer ki points for the day than expected Psionic creatures with cerebral parasites are limited to using each of their known psionic spell-like abilities only once per day (instead of freely casting them) Diseases Psionic creatures or creatures with a ki pool can contract psionic diseases; other creatures are immune to psionic diseases Cascade Flu Type disease, injury, psionic; Save Fortitude DC 13 Onset day; Frequency 1/day Effect 1d2 Cha damage; Casting a psionic spell or using a psionic spell-like ability requires a concentration check (DC15 + spell level) or a psionic cascade (see below) is triggered Any creature injured by the spells or abilities from the afflicted creature must make an immediate fortitude save or contract cascade flu Creatures without a ki pool are immune to this disease Cure consecutive saves Psionic Cascade: The original spell or ability that triggered the cascade works normally On the following round, the afflicted creature randomly casts two psionic spells or uses two psionic spell-like abilities On each subsequent round, the number of randomly cast spells or used abilities increases by one The spellcaster may make a concentration check (DC 15) to regain control at the end of each round after the cascading spells or abilities are triggered Spells or abilities with a range of personal or touch always affect the afflicted creature Other spells and 152