Psi as Magic from Pyramid 3-29

[Jeminai]

I was looking through this very interesting article and I noticed that there is a Psychic Healing power group but no group for something like Psychometabolism (to enhance one's own ST or Senses for instance).

In Psionic Powers they have this and even have a Biokinesis and Psychic Healing separation. Is there something unbalanced about a Magic based Biokinesis or was this just an oversight or "no-room-for-it-in-the article" type of problem?

I had some ideas for building it myself but I thought I would ask first to see if someone with more GURPS skills has already done so.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Jeminai

I was looking through this very interesting article and I noticed that there is a Psychic Healing power group but no group for something like Psychometabolism (to enhance one's own ST or Senses for instance).

In Psionic Powers they have this and even have a Biokinesis and Psychic Healing separation. Is there something unbalanced about a Magic based Biokinesis or was this just an oversight or "no-room-for-it-in-the article" type of problem?

I had some ideas for building it myself but I thought I would ask first to see if someone with more GURPS skills has already done so.

I believe Psi as Magic predates Psionic Powers by a good deal. The campaign it sprang from may also have been more classicaly SF-oriented than some sources of biokinesis.

However, I would say that taking some abilities from Magic's Body Control college and a few other places would not be a problem.

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by Jeminai

In Psionic Powers they have this and even have a Biokinesis and Psychic Healing separation. Is there something unbalanced about a Magic based Biokinesis or was this just an oversight or "no-room-for-it-in-the article" type of problem?

I cannot speak for the author, but psycho-metabolism and biokinesis are unfinished, optional powers in Psionic Powers. They're not part of the core set. So, I could imagine a scenario where the author limits himself to just writing for the core sets of powers, especially as an illustration of a concept. As Fred points out, it's not exactly hard to go pick out some biokinetic spells and put them on a list somewhere.

[PK]

Originally Posted by Jeminai

In Psionic Powers they have this and even have a Biokinesis and Psychic Healing separation. Is there something unbalanced about a Magic based Biokinesis or was this just an oversight or "no-room-for-it-in-the article" type of problem?

Neither, it's just that those powers aren't part of the core; they're optional add-ons or changes. So when David was writing his article, he focused on the core powers of Psionic Powers.