Alternate Powers / Ability Groups for Psioncs / Psi-like powers?

[vicky_molokh]

Greetings, all!

I'm running a campaign whose supernatural elements are probably best compared to X-files level in scope. And of course there are occasional cases of traits such as Precognition, Psychometry, Oracle, (supernatural variants of) Luck, Illuminated, some Psi-Perks etc.

So far, all these things are treated as 'Wild'. And they're unlikely to get a Power Discount. However, for flavour purposes, I'm interested in eventually splitting them into distinct groups. And I want these groups to not look like the standard Psionics power groups. I.e. I want to make it so that traits typically are part of, say, Psychokinesis, are actually split between different groups, while some of the traits in different groups (e.g. Telepathy and Healing) end up in the same group.

Examples I have in mind so far (nothing set in stone):

Gnosis - power of abstract knowledge, divorced from any sensory input, such as Precognition/Oracle (usually in the form of semi-metaphorical prophecies received as internal monologue), Psychometry (received as meanings, not visions), maybe certain forms of Intuition etc.

Hypeanalysis - power of gleaming hidden truths from things lying in plain sight. Illuminated, Intuition, Visualisation, Hypersensory versions of Empathy and Psychometry.

Fateverge - uncanny, usually subconscious manipulation of the significance of assorted events big and small, . Charisma, Super Luck (and lower levels, all with modifiers that make it supernatural), Hard to Kill.

Biofield control - ability to sense and manipulate the vitalistic force, which happens to relate to both health and emotions. Empathy with Remote, Healing, DR with some sort of 'just a flesh wound' effect, Tox attack malediction.

Hæmokinesis - every setting and its sibling has one, so why not this? Control of blood, including Heart Attacks, pi- IAs, TK with Animation (Living-Only) at modest levels, Blood Healing.

Any other ideas of non-standard divisions?
Thanks in advance!

[Bramble Thorn]

Ectoplasm control; making concealing fog, visual illusions, or a mucous slime. As well as weakening ghosts, or allowing ghosts to materialize

[Bramble Thorn]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Greetings, all!
Biofield control - ability to sense and manipulate the vitalistic force, which happens to relate to both health and emotions. Empathy with Remote, Healing, DR with some sort of 'just a flesh wound' effect, Tox attack malediction.

Also, in Piers Anthony's Cluster series, this field was called the Kirlian Aura, and allowed (temporary) possession by transfer of your Aura to another body. The aura slowly decayed in a foreign body, until the possessing intellect dies if it did not return to its native body.