Telepathic "Land Mine" Power

[Bathawk]

Hey all, just hoping someone can direct me because I'm sure I saw it somewhere (guessing Gurps:Psionics)..but can't locate it. If anyone can give a page number it would be appreciated

Essentially it's a mental attack that triggers whenever someone tries to read the targets mind...either as a telepathic defense mechanism, or maybe the targets mind is "just too alien to comprehend"

[Inky]

Possibly, this is Mind Trap, GURPS Psionic Powers page 67 - it doesn't do damage, but it enables you to 'trap' an enemy that triggers your Mind Shield.

[Donny Brook]

Originally Posted by Inky

Possibly, this is Mind Trap, GURPS Psionic Powers page 67 - it doesn't do damage, but it enables you to 'trap' an enemy that triggers your Mind Shield.

Link that to Mental Stab (I think it's called).

[Bathawk]

Sure it existed somewhere...maybe I'm thinking of Hero system?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Bathawk

Hey all, just hoping someone can direct me because I'm sure I saw it somewhere (guessing Gurps:Psionics)..but can't locate it. If anyone can give a page number it would be appreciated

Essentially it's a mental attack that triggers whenever someone tries to read the targets mind...either as a telepathic defense mechanism, or maybe the targets mind is "just too alien to comprehend"

This is just a damaging attack with Triggered Delay on it. The trigger is someone reading your mind.

[Jariel]

I think it's a perk for Terror, but I don't remember where I saw it. Basically whenever someone tries to read your mind they suffer the effects of your Terror advantage.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Jariel

I think it's a perk for Terror, but I don't remember where I saw it. Basically whenever someone tries to read your mind they suffer the effects of your Terror advantage.

That's the Gaze Into The Abyss perk for anti-psis, on p. 24 of GURPS Psionic Powers. Anyone who reads your mind for the first time must make a fright check.

[Varyon]

Thematically, it almost feels like an Aura with Internal would work - Aura affects anyone who touches you, while this affects anyone who touches your mind. As Aura requires Melee Attack C, this would only work on someone who is physically touching you while reading your mind. Offhand, a construct like Aura +80%; Cosmic, Aura can be Ranged +100%; Internal x1/5 might allow it to still work at range, but only against those "touching your mind." That would work as-is for Affliction and Innate Attack, but you'd still be limited by Range - without Increased Range, that would mean anyone who reads your mind beyond 10 yards gets a +3 to resist or takes half damage, while anyone beyond 100 yards who reads your mind is out of range and unaffected. As it stands this would also allow armor and the like to protect the target; if that is unwanted, you'll want an Armor Divisor. Malediction may also be compatible, and would handily bypass Range and DR restrictions (although Range will wind up limited by skill, particularly for Malediction +100% and Malediction +200%). For abilities that are normally melee, like Leech, you'd need to add Ranged +40%.

Without Internal, the above construct would arguably affect anyone within Range, but that would be extremely unbalanced (if you want that, you'd need to toss on Area Effect and Emanation). I'd treat it more as a "Retributive Strike" effect - anyone within Range who attacks you is automatically struck by the effect of your Aura.

[Scriptorian]

Originally Posted by Bathawk

Hey all, just hoping someone can direct me because I'm sure I saw it somewhere (guessing Gurps:Psionics)..but can't locate it. If anyone can give a page number it would be appreciated

Essentially it's a mental attack that triggers whenever someone tries to read the targets mind...either as a telepathic defense mechanism, or maybe the targets mind is "just too alien to comprehend"

Horrifying Window, from Horror page 12, is one implementation. Essentially, an Affliction with Always On, -20% and Trigger, Psionic Contact, -40%.