Are Telepathy psionic powers restricted to sapient beings creatures ?

[Deathwindfr]

Dear all,

I am wondering whether telepathic powers can affect all beings including non-sapient or non free-willed creatire.

Psionic Powers p 57 says "unless specifically stated to be restricted to
humans, telepathic abilities work on animals, aliens, etc."

So it looks like there is no limit.

But Magic p133 says "Mind Control spells work only on subjects with sapience (racial IQ 6+) and free will (free will is hard to define, but any being with the Automaton meta-trait (p. B263) doesn’t qualify). Thus, they will not work on most animals, golems, robots, zombies,"

By analogy, should telepathic powers be restricted to sapient and/or free willed creatures?

Restricting the use of telepathic powers on sentient (IQ6+) creatures greatly reduces the use on animals most of which will be under IQ6+. It contradicts Psionic Powers p57

Another example is undead. Horror p90 says that Zombies have the Automaton meta-trait. So this type of Zombie should probably be immune to psionic powers?

How has everyone treated this subject?

Do you allow telepathic powers on all animals or only the sentient ones?
Do you allow telepathic powers on all undead or only the sentient ones?

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,







Magic