Psychic Antag Idea

[FlyzerMizer]

When the idea was originally fielded my initial reaction was pretty good, It's still pretty good after a while. I feel like it fills a different niche from the ones we have, -MIGHT- have more play in being a bit stealthier too, where this is a common refrain for other antags in the early game. Having a progression path really shines for wraith too, and I enjoy the basic aesthetic concept of a psyker/akira/megamind for potential gimmick variety.

For me it also passes the "does this work on RP and Classic" mark (though I personally also feel there's nothing wrong with having classic or RP specific antags even if we seem to want to aim for general parity, this is one area I actually disagree with that but not the subject of this idea). I think the basic premise for RP might let them leech off Wraith's RP-peak abilities of whispering into people's minds, and classic would do just fine with an antag that ultimately needs to engage with other players to progress its power, something we've changed recently for vampires and talk about sometimes for arcfiends in encouraging. 

Yes, I agree they should also have the ability to be sneakier, and also plenty of abilities for rp potential. My goal is to make it work for both rp and classic, and that’s also why I want there to be plenty of paths. I can definitely seeing a Psion psychic that controls and manipulate minds be very fun on rp, while also still having plenty of fighting power. I don’t know fully, I’m not as familiar with RP as I am with classic, but I am using antags like the wraith as reference, especially the trickster, which is still quite a potent antag while still being very gimmicky.

My main idea of this antag, is something very powerful, very flashy, and I want each time you play as one to be different, which was how wraith felt for me (atleast for the first 3 times). Also another thing I wanted was for each psychic type to be somewhat balanced to be just as powerful as each other. Ofcourse each will have their certain niche, some more defensive than others, others more offensive, but I don’t want any to feel more weaker than the others, and especially less fun.