Gameplay
Psychic Battles form the backbone of how societies manipulate the mundane
world. They involve using machines which link together the psyches of a large
number of people in a targeted locale. This creates a sort of shared psychic
plane that all those inviduals share.
Operatives of the society then project themselves into this psychic plane or
order to make changes. Whatever they change in this world will change the
minds of those who are part of it. If they break down a door in the psychic
plane, security guards in the physical plane will leave it unlocked, or
builders will forget to build it properly all while being entirely unaware
that they're doing anything unusual.
While the effects of these actions can sometimes be unpredicable, they are
constant enough to make them well worthwhile. They are unfortunately also
highly predictable, with other societies easily being able to read the
increasing psychic energy when one is attempted, and being able to
send operatives of their own to thwart the attempts of others or ideally
to take advantage of them for themselves.
The subconcious minds of those who make up the planes also usually attempt
to defend themselves against this intrusion, with soldiers or guards of
some sort typically manifesting in the psychic plane to repel the intruders.
These also usually grow in strength the longer the attempted infiltration.
Only the mind of operatives attending these battles roams, their body
simply falls asleep. Although this does render them rather vulnerable
to enemies who may be waiting for just such an opportunity. The abilities
of operatives in the psychic plane always seem to perfectly mirror their
real world abilities, despite many attempts by the societies to date to
try and trick operatives in order to believe they are far superior to
reality in the hope it will manifest as improved skills in the psychic
plane.
Operation
Operation Types
Psychic Battles
Psychic Battles form the backbone of how societies manipulate the mundane
world. They involve using machines which link together the psyches of a large
number of people in a targeted locale. This creates a sort of shared psychic
plane that all those inviduals share.
Operatives of the society then project themselves into this psychic plane or
order to make changes. Whatever they change in this world will change the
minds of those who are part of it. If they break down a door in the psychic
plane, security guards in the physical plane will leave it unlocked, or
builders will forget to build it properly all while being entirely unaware
that they're doing anything unusual.
While the effects of these actions can sometimes be unpredicable, they are
constant enough to make them well worthwhile. They are unfortunately also
highly predictable, with other societies easily being able to read the
increasing psychic energy when one is attempted, and being able to
send operatives of their own to thwart the attempts of others or ideally
to take advantage of them for themselves.
The subconcious minds of those who make up the planes also usually attempt
to defend themselves against this intrusion, with soldiers or guards of
some sort typically manifesting in the psychic plane to repel the intruders.
These also usually grow in strength the longer the attempted infiltration.
Only the mind of operatives attending these battles roams, their body
simply falls asleep. Although this does render them rather vulnerable
to enemies who may be waiting for just such an opportunity. The abilities
of operatives in the psychic plane always seem to perfectly mirror their
real world abilities, despite many attempts by the societies to date to
try and trick operatives in order to believe they are far superior to
reality in the hope it will manifest as improved skills in the psychic
plane.
See Also
SocietiesOperation
Operation Types