Psionics

Posted by GregF on
As promised, if slightly delayed, here is in the info on Psionics as an MU element:

Colors: Blue and gold
Gender: Female
Prefix: Ce - (pronounced "say")
Matoran Ability: Unable to be mind-controlled or read telepathically -- by studying them, Helryx learned how to shield the minds of the OOMN members from telepathy.
Powers: A Toa of Psionics has the following powers:
* Telepathy
* Telekinesis
* Ability to do a damage-dealing mind blast (mental damage only, not physical)
* Limited mind control (cannot make someone do something that is against their pre-existing moral code)
* Creation of illusions -- so lifelike they can be experienced by all five senses, but cannot fool techological systems
* Ability to mentally mask her presence from bio-mechanical or organic life, but not from technological systems
Jonah Falcon
Original#1
Blue and gold? Sounds good. Now BZPower members have a reason to buy Tarix.
Erebus
Original#2
Interesting, so a Nova Blast would be a damage-dealing mind blast, only more severe?
Protosteel
Original#3
My thoughts:
I don't really like the colors, as all of the standard elements have one color, blue is already water, and gold is usually an armor color. Cool prefix. Matoran ability is okay... not very exciting. Awesome powers- I believe they aren't too overpowered. Would "mask her presence" mean actually be invisible and such to people or just be undetectable by powers and the like?
heck
Original#4
Blue and gold? I don't really understand that color choice... To be honest, I was hoping it'd be something even slightly unique like purple and trans blue... Blue and gold just seems a bit overdone.
Xander004
Original#5
Colors are a little usual for bionicle. I was hoping for pink or something. Oh well, at least we have a new element now. :happydance:
Lady Kopaka
Original#6
Blue and gold sounds good to me, of course, purple would had been a really cool colour--in a lot of things purple represents this sort of stuff. I was thinking about the game Guild Wars, in which there is a profession is a 'Mesmer' that holds a lot of these powers, and that colour default from them is purple. Just thinking out loud.

Nice to get some official info on this...it's a very cool power.
Lord Kaitan de Storms
Original#7
Now I know what all those self-styled Toa of Electricity felt like when Nikila was added...

EDIT: Although I'm glad it's at least official that a Toa with these powers exists. It's great for my EM project. And, if we ever meet one, I think they'll make awesome characters.
Kylus
Original#8
Now I feel inclined to build a MOC like this...
Brickthing
Original#9
What are your reasons for the colours? I agree with everything else, but now this means that all three female elements have blue as one of their main colours. :unsure:
Takuma Nuva
Original#10
Wow. A certain character in my epic who is a prototype Toa with mental powers just gained a lot more credibility. :D

EDIT: Oh, and the character is even female to boot!

takumasmilie.gifTakuma Nuva:infected:
Nuju Metru
Original#11
Okay, this element officially WHUPS TUSHIE.

-Nuju Metru
Sumiki
Original#12
Nuju Metru
Okay, this element officially WHUPS TUSHIE.
-Nuju Metru
This comment literally made me laugh.

Hard.

And anyway, why "Ce"? Was it just arbitrarily picked?
Kaymac
Original#13
Awesome element. I am not sold on the colors, however. Purple would've been cool instead of blue and gold.

Edit: Me and Sumiki pretty much posted at the same time. Sumiki, I'm not sure, but I think "Ce" is derived from "Cerebral" or "Cerebelum", those are both of the brain or the mind, I guess.
GregF
Original#14
Blue and gold was suggested by a BZPer a week or two ago. I liked it, so I went with it. Purple is nice too, but I felt there were not enough purple Toa-style pieces in existence to allow for a good MOC of the character.

And it's "ce" as in "cerebral" and "cerebellum"
Kaymac
Original#15
GregF
Blue and gold was suggested by a BZPer a week or two ago. I liked it, so I went with it. Purple is nice too, but I felt there were not enough purple Toa-style pieces in existence to allow for a good MOC of the character.
And it's "ce" as in "cerebral" and "cerebellum"

Called it! :lol:

Thanks for the knowledge on this element, but my question is, what was the origin of it? I have never heard it mentioned in the Bionicle story until recently. Can you guys fill me in?
LewaLew
Original#16
GregF
Blue and gold was suggested by a BZPer a week or two ago. I liked it, so I went with it. Purple is nice too, but I felt there were not enough purple Toa-style pieces in existence to allow for a good MOC of the character.
And it's "ce" as in "cerebral" and "cerebellum"
Blue and gold is awesome. Mainly because I own Brutaka. Once I get Stars Tahu, I plan on building an MOC, just for kicks.

Thanks for putting MOCers into consideration, too Mr. Farshtey.
Dorek
Original#17
Lol, I had a feeling it would be something along the lines of cerebral, but excellent choice Greg. Blue and gold? Awesome.

Overall, I am most definitely more accepting of this element now.

As a question, would an extremely adept Toa of Psionics be able to break the link between a Toa and their elemental control (at least, until their EE/concentration runs out) or is the connection between that too intricate?
Sumiki
Original#18
Kaymac
GregF
Blue and gold was suggested by a BZPer a week or two ago. I liked it, so I went with it. Purple is nice too, but I felt there were not enough purple Toa-style pieces in existence to allow for a good MOC of the character.
And it's "ce" as in "cerebral" and "cerebellum"

Called it! :lol:

Thanks for the knowledge on this element, but my question is, what was the origin of it? I have never heard it mentioned in the Bionicle story until recently. Can you guys fill me in?
I should have known that.

I had what you call a "brain wussy" moment.

Psionics, I believe, was recently added to the canon after Greg approved its status as an element. Somebody asked him. (Think it was either Erebus or some other Fact Team member.)
Kaymac
Original#19
Sumiki
Kaymac
GregF
Blue and gold was suggested by a BZPer a week or two ago. I liked it, so I went with it. Purple is nice too, but I felt there were not enough purple Toa-style pieces in existence to allow for a good MOC of the character.
And it's "ce" as in "cerebral" and "cerebellum"

Called it! :lol:

Thanks for the knowledge on this element, but my question is, what was the origin of it? I have never heard it mentioned in the Bionicle story until recently. Can you guys fill me in?
I should have known that.

I had what you call a "brain wussy" moment.

Psionics, I believe, was recently added to the canon after Greg approved its status as an element. Somebody asked him. (Think it was either Erebus or some other Fact Team member.)

Ok. Thanks for telling me that. :)
There are many beings with these "psychic" powers, so maybe grouping them all under one elemental banner is a good idea. Also, we have the birth of a new type of Toa, another female type nontheless. This element is shaping up to be something cool! I hope (along with others, I would imagine), that we get a lot more of those unique types of Toa introduced in some new serials.
Freddy Mallins
Original#20
Blue and gold's kinda mediocre, I mean blue is already used for water, so it'd be slightly hard to distinguish a Ce-Toa from a Ga-Toa that's wearing gold armor....