Psionic Combat This topic has rarely been touched on by our own community, but with our movingto Shifted Perspectives and its somewhat tolerance about combat. This article will help experienced, and newbie psions to know the dangers of combat, what sparring is, how to, how to heal, how to defend yourself against other attacks and when to stop combat. What is Combat? Combat is using psionics to spar, defend, or sometimes attack another psion. Usually, one will use combat only for sparring, which is whenever two psions battle each other to see who can win. A spar will last until a psions’ shield or field has been broken. There may be a possibility that a person might just want to stop if they get tired, or are drained of energy. These precautions are here so that spars do not go past the shields, and damage the energy body. Another part of combat is self-defense, which should be one of the first topics a psion should learn. Without self-defense, a psion have no way to protect yourself against an attack from another psion. Next to self-defense would be scanning, to make sure that your shields are okay, and so that one can scan another person if they have been attacked. Scanning is a skill used to be able to see and sense energy, what its purpose is, and may include shielding, the shape of it, and how strong it is. Shifted Perspectives does not promote combat, but simply allows it to be discussed. Remember that in combat, it is a psions’ choice to do so. Practice at your own risk. This site is not held responsible for anything that you or another member does. However, please keep your morals into action. Do not attack someone just to attack someone. Usually, a person will only attack to defend oneself or attack in a spar, not for some other reason such as revenge. If a psion wishes to practice combat or sparring, do it off the site and not on the forum, including the shoutbox and chatroom. If you do not want the possibility of being attacked, then do not get involved in the discussions about it. If you must, focus on shielding. Also, if you are a newbie, try hanging back some and watching a few experienced psions spar, and practice combat before you get involved. It is better to watch it and learn than to try it and get hurt. How to Spar To have a spar, the people sparring will need to find a scanner who is non-biased, such as a more experienced psion than themselves. This is so that the scanner will not say something is whenever it is not. Secondly, they must have a foundation for the rules. These can be made up from whatever they wish it to be, such as: Making shields before the spar, having constructs before the spar, whenever the winner is declared because the opponents’ shield/field was destroyed, or any other number of rules. If the rules are broken, the scanner should notify each of the participants of the spar, and call it off. If the other person does not stop attacking, the scanner should help shield the person being attacked. If a person wants to stop sparring for any reason, stop. Don’t keep going. Be respectful of the person and their limits. To be safe, if you start to get a headache, feel bad, your body starts hurting, stop. This usually is the sign of an overload. When an overload occurs to someone, they will usually feel some type of headache, or they could damage someone to where they always have a headache. Energy usually cannot go that far and interact with the physical world. The shield might be more prone to breaking. whether it be their shields are damaged. or even some other ailment. do not go around attacking random people. Self-Defense Self-Defense is one of the most needed necessities in skills of psionics. or someone else if they are not careful. their shields will become stronger. and then they retaliate back much stronger than what you had attacked them with. Remember. they could possibly make themselves unable to use psionics all together. and their constructs will last longer. Once a person gets more involved with combat. A shield will most likely not stop the attack. or lessen the force. and you can not heal yourself. A damaged energy body or shield may not function correctly. Do not beg for another psion to help you if you attacked someone and they attacked you back. healing will come more naturally. so one might want to program their shields to attack back at the person who had attacked them. and get better at programming. their energy body beaten up.another pain that should not happen while sparring. may prevent them from doing psionics. What Not to do Do not think that a shield. it is only limited to what you can think of. even if you are not going to spar anyone. An energy body or shield that is damaged can usually repair itself with time. The opponent may have damaged you more than what should have happened in the spar. Self-defense is just like any other psionic skill. newbies who start combat will not be great at self defense whenever they first start. That is not smart. The reason why a newbie would not be good at self-defense at the start would be because they are so new at it. If a person ignores an overload. can protect oneself from a physical attack or bullet. If this happens. Some may simply move psi to the area and program it to heal. or something else. A newbie to combat should not be attacking people just for the heck of it. myself. it is safest to call off the spar because of the risks of an overload. Healing Everyone heals themselves in their own ways. I. Usually following a spar. the winner will help heal the loser. because the other person may be a psion. You might not know it. but it is a lesson to be learned. and usually have no prior experience to selfdefense or combat. That person might take it too far than you would ever want to go. This self-defense can consist of a simple shield you make. In the beginning. and might not work as . some may use another type of energy. or it can be some elaborate construct or shield that is designed to destroy any attack coming near you. or just do it to mess with your friends. A psion can seriously hurt themselves. or other method of self-defense. anyways. safety comes first. but after you practice more. A good defense is a good offense. If one was to mess around with combat as a joke. Combat is not something to play with. Do not go around asking to spar people you have never met before. might help you the first time. This could mean being in a fight with another person. As a warning. and use it in a different way. . Any type of pain anywhere is a warning sign from your body saying “Stop!” If you do not know what you are getting into. or what. Serious dangers and risks may occur if you are not careful with what you do. It is better to be safe than to be sorry. do not do anything stupid. Read up on some ways on what to do. scan yourself and see if there is a way to find out who/what attacked you. and get wrapped up in something that you want nothing to do with. “If you look for trouble. You might not know who. so that it does not go any further than it already is. then they might find themselves being attacked. or to test out a new way of self-defense. to help better themselves. stop it. trouble might find you. Wrap-up Combat and self-defense may be touched on by a newbie or psion sometime while they practice psionics. because sometimes the attack may have been accidental. and for what reasons. then decide what to do. because if you can not. How to Retaliate If one should find themselves attacked. you probably should not get involved with combat. If it was a person who attacked you. do not think about attacking straight back. and for the right reasons. Even though it’s not a physical one. You might want to learn how to heal. but is for practice.” That saying goes greatly with combat. Remember. They might be able to prevent you from going through some unnecessary complications. It might sound like a good idea to attack back and hurt them. try and find someone who can help you shield. then do not even go into it. If this happens during a spar. try to find out why.. Remember. try asking another more experienced psion about it before trying it yourself. sparring is a fight. Dangers A subject such as combat does not come without its own dangers and risks. There is always the possibility of giving someone a headache while sparring or attacking. Make sure that you are retaliating to the correct person. If you have a question about something. than to retaliate and possibly making it worse. Sometimes it is better just to take the attack and push it off your mind. but do not get any grand ideas.. If one should try to look for trouble and attack who they wish. There is an old saying that goes. The energy body may not be able to manipulate energy as easily as it would if it was healed.intended. Also. Precautions should be made while sparring or attacking another person. Attacking back full-force is not always the best way. try and find another psion who can. A psion may want to spar another psion to see what it is like to be attacked. Try to heal. attacked you. if you can not. it still poses the same risks and dangers.