Catholic Order of Psis

cptbutton · 12-26-2011, 05:07 PM

The Code of Honor for Telepaths thread reminded me of something I recall from the playtest draft for GURPS Alternate Earths.

One of the worlds had a Catholic order of psis.

It started when a priest discovered he had the ability to read peoples' minds and to alter them. He realized the potential benefits and dangers of his power. He was conflicted because altering someone's mind took away their free will and thus their ability to turn away from sin.

He ended up founding an order of psis within the church. They were sworn to only use their powers in two ways:

Treatment of the mentally ill.

Suppression of rogue psis. They would hunt down any psis and try to get them to join the order. Those who refused would have their minds altered to remove their psi power and any knowledge that psi powers exists. No other alteration was permitted.

That world did not make the cut for the book. I know I saw the world published later, but the order of psis part had been dropped. The world might have been the one with the jet planes in World War I, but maybe not.

Did that order ever get published somewhere else?

12-26-2011, 05:07 PM	#1
cptbutton Join Date: Jul 2007	Catholic Order of Psis The Code of Honor for Telepaths thread reminded me of something I recall from the playtest draft for GURPS Alternate Earths. One of the worlds had a Catholic order of psis. It started when a priest discovered he had the ability to read peoples' minds and to alter them. He realized the potential benefits and dangers of his power. He was conflicted because altering someone's mind took away their free will and thus their ability to turn away from sin. He ended up founding an order of psis within the church. They were sworn to only use their powers in two ways: Treatment of the mentally ill. Suppression of rogue psis. They would hunt down any psis and try to get them to join the order. Those who refused would have their minds altered to remove their psi power and any knowledge that psi powers exists. No other alteration was permitted. That world did not make the cut for the book. I know I saw the world published later, but the order of psis part had been dropped. The world might have been the one with the jet planes in World War I, but maybe not. Did that order ever get published somewhere else?