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DATE: February 27, 2003

Test Your Psionics Vocabulary!

In honor of the debut of Mindscapes: A Psion's Guide, we invite you to test your knowledge of psionic lore. The quiz below introduces some of the concepts Bruce writes about in the new book and provides you with some killer material to impress your DM with. Answers are at the bottom of the page. Good luck!

Select the term from the second column that best completes each of the sentences below.

1. The _________ is a transient sonic construction created round-by-round through a synergy of precise subvocalizations in delicate concert with mentally generated psi-phonemes. A. Cromlech
2. The _________ of your mind exists partially outside the timestream, and thus is aware of events a scant few seconds into the future. B. Hyperaware sensorium
3. When your _________ becomes fully attuned to the platonic ideal for your weapon, you may better realize its potential.
C. Psychophilosophically incompatible
4. This _________ of ectoplasmic vintage reverberates with a physical storm of psionic interference within the circle it encloses. D. Echoic saber
5. When you detonate your psicrystal it overloads, blossoming into a burst of _________. E. Psionic complexus
6. _________ fouls up the targets' subconscious sensory system, overloading vision, hearing, feeling, and other more esoteric sensory systems. F. Psiactive shrapnel
7. The throw ectoform power is _________ with the arcane spell mirror image. G. Sensorineural cascade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illus. Alan PollackPencils Down!


Answers: 1D; 2E; 3B; 4A; 5F; 6G; 7C

Give yourself score 1 point for every correct answer, 0 points for every wrong answer, then check your results below:

Results:

7 points = Perfect score. You are psychophilosophically compatible with the mind of Bruce!

6 points = Great job. We wouldn't want to be caught in a mindscape with you!

5 points = Good work. You have great powers of the mind.

4 points = Not bad. Your mental abilities are promising.

3 points = Open up your copy of Mindscapes and get reading.

2 points = Don't feel bad -- we all have to be 1st-level sometime.

1 point = Go back to If Thoughts Could Kill. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

0 points = It's called PSIONICS. You know... you use your brain to do stuff.

 

 

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