pulpcitizen Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 hi guys; I am looking for a term to describe a 'psychic', foir use in a campaign. I don't want psychic (I want to keep clear water with fakers) and I don't want to use psionic. I want something scientific sounding so some (vaguely) plausible prefix + suffix kind of term. Any help or suggestions gratefully received. Quote Very slowly working towards completing my monograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbanto Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Async: Eclipse Phase term for people with psionics/Watts-McCloud virus. Mentalist: the 'psionic' class in Role Master - not terribly scientific sounding though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 What can they do? What is the setting? Something ESPer or PreCog? Seer or Mentalist? Metaphysical Casuist? Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpcitizen Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Basically full array of psychic powers from the BGB (plus some others). Mentalist, seer etc are a bit too old fashioned for my needs; need something with a modern sound if that makes sense. Was trying to work with pysch-/psycho- and a long list of suffixes yesterday, but not much luck. Quote Very slowly working towards completing my monograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) Mespers? Minders? Gleaners? Psions? Viewers? PsyUsers? Evolves? NeuroEvolvers? NeuroSynchs? CogPaths? HyperCogs? PsyCogs? (probably my favourite out of this list for SciFi Psionics) Edited May 22, 2013 by Mankcam Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmitchell Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 My favorite term is "witch", and I don't see a problem with "sensitive", "psi", "psion", or "paranormal" (or "para" for short). If you want something sciencey how about psychoenergist or psychoactive (which also describes hallucinogenic substances, admittedly). You could also come up with an acronym or code word: EPP (epicenter of paranormal phenomena), Anomaly, Active, Red King, Ganzfelder (after the Ganzfeld experiment), etc. Quote Frank "Welcome to the hottest and fastest-growing hobby of, er, 1977." -- The Laundry RPG Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpcitizen Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 I think Psions could be closest to the feel of what I want. Odd question - anyone know of a citing web-site for new-ish words that *might* list any provenance of a word like that? Quote Very slowly working towards completing my monograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakana Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 (edited) "Tele Sapiens" is what came to my mind. Not sure if it's in the direction you're looking for though. Edit: As in telepathic, telekinetic, etc. The prefix "tele-" means to bridge long distances. You could set it up as if psions are classified as a different species technically? Edited May 23, 2013 by Nakana Quote BGB = BRP Gold. New book = BRP Platinum.  Stay metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpcitizen Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 That could be something i use, cheers. Psychics are going to be a secret thing to begin with, but that would not stop one of the secret organizations that know about them classifying them in that way. Thanks. Quote Very slowly working towards completing my monograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Psychons? Quote http://www.basicrps.com/core/BRP_quick_start.pdf A sense of humour and an imagination go a long way in roleplaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribe Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Hi! scribe here. i looked at the thread, saw "witch" and "sensitive" as well, both good terms, but i just have to ask - why can't you just create your own names and powers. (Although I have a bone to pick with the "Powers" - maturity brings more and greater power, think of Gandalf and Merlin, older thandirt, and extremely powerful. but that's jsut me.) Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi! scribe here. i looked at the thread, saw "witch" and "sensitive" as well, both good terms... "Witch" and "sensitive" may be good terms, but Leon specifically wanted terms that sounded scientific. I want something scientific sounding so some (vaguely) plausible prefix + suffix kind of term. Quote http://www.basicrps.com/core/BRP_quick_start.pdf A sense of humour and an imagination go a long way in roleplaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 hi guys; I am looking for a term to describe a 'psychic', foir use in a campaign. I don't want psychic (I want to keep clear water with fakers) and I don't want to use psionic. I want something scientific sounding so some (vaguely) plausible prefix + suffix kind of term. Any help or suggestions gratefully received. How about Julian May's term, "Metapsychic"? Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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