Psi shield

How to make an energy shield because sometimes spell shields aretoo complex to put up and you can always add to this shield

The most fundamental way of protecting oneself against the outsideworld is a shield. Just like psi balls, they can be programmed to doan unlimited number of tasks, ranging from simply stoppingnegative energy from entering your body, to interpreting differenttypes energy and responding to each on an individual basis. Theaverage psion doesn't have a dictionary of hundreds of shields intheir head for different situations - we each have a small databaseof regularly practiced shields that can be "tweaked" slightly to fit agiven scenario. I, myself, use roughly three different types of shieldson a given day, but also have a few advanced shields in mind "justin case

The most common shield I use is referred to as the Bubble Shield

Bubble ShieldBubble Shields are easy to make and can hold up against everydayannoyances. I primarily use them for blocking "normal" humans'empathetic projections. Regulating how solid the shield is dictateshow much empathetic information I receive from my environment.I've personally had trouble using them for blocking telepathicinformation, but keep in mind, my telepathic experiences are verylimited. Bubble Shields are also useful against humans whosubconsciously leach energy from others. Basically, in thosesituations, your shield has to only be more powerful than theperson's next to you. The "leach" will generally go for the easytarget and not even bother with you

I use two techniques to create Bubble Shields (though sometimes Ido outlandish things just to spice it up little Smile

The first is a simple visualization of a shell building from the groundto up, around your body, and finally meeting up over your head.Eggshells and plastic bubbles are typical visualizations. BubbleAnimationBubble Animation The second generates the shield from inside theabs, and expands it until it's around the entire body. This is usefulfor pushing energy off of you, while the first might trap it inside theshield

Unfortunately, you can't just learn the Bubble Shield and be set forlife. If you engage in any psychic combat, you'll find that yourBubble Shield doesn't amount to crap. A focused attack can go rightthrough or shatter it, depending on the attackers skill and objective.Reconstructing and maintaining it during a fight isn't worth theeffort. As mentioned above, the Bubble Shield is very basic. It's

great for everyday problems, but for more serious events, it's wiserto make a better type of shield, than trying to hold together a smallBubble Shield

One shield I'd like to discuss has a specific purpose. I invented it ayear or so ago when I nearly got hit by lightning a couple times in arow, and still use it every time there's a storm outside. It has noformal name as far as I know, but I call it the Diffuse Shield

Diffuse ShieldAs implied above, I use this shield for fending off lightning. It startedwhen I was first dabbling in energy manipulation. The first time, Iwas home alone at night, and it was storming pretty heavy out. Iwas playing around with psi balls and throwing them around, when Ibolt of lighting hit within 30 yards of my house. I didn't see itdirectly, but everything lit up (and I mean EVERYTHING - I wasblinded for about twenty seconds), and my entire house rattled andvibrated. I was scared shitless, of course, so I stopped practicing psiballs until the storm was over. Thinking it could have been a fluke, Ididn't worry about it after that

After a couple of similar experiences, I didn't take any action untilthe last time (I think almost a year ago exactly). I was outside, and itwasn't storming at all. There were clouds above, but no rain and nolightning. I suddenly heard a "click click click" sound and looked up.For some reason I dove into the garage (I don't remember seeinganything), and the lightning nearly hit me again. As before,everything shook and our house was rattling like crazy. Being nearlyhit while it wasn't even raining made me think it wasn't just a"coincidence". I didn't know exactly how the lightning was targetingme, but I figured that I must be giving off a different charge (of some sort) than my surrounding environment. To solve this, I keptmy internal charge the same (whatever it was), but made a shield to"diffuse" my charge into my environments charge. Any energy Iemitted would be the same as my environment, but my energywould still be the same. I assume it's worked because I've yet tohave another experience like that, but I do have to create the shieldevery time it starts to look like it's going to rain. Of course, I'd ratherdo that than get struck by lightning, so I don't complain Smile

The technique is simple and the shield can be created in about thesame amount of time as a Bubble Shield. First I create a thickBubble Shield (not necessarily strong, just thick). Then I push someparts out to form a spike, and some parts in to form a spike. WhenI'm finished, it's similar to a furry ball - the spikes becoming so thinthey're like fibers. It's made very "loose" and the fibers flow aroundfreely. (I apologize for the cheesy animation Smile, it's much easierto visualize than it is to draw). Diffuse AnimationI've yet to find another use for this shield other than the one stated.

It'll fall apart in an hour or so (depending how you program it), and Ican't think of any way it would be useful in a combat situation.Nonetheless, it's served it's purpose: I've yet to be struck Smile. If you find yourself in a situation similar to mine, give this shield a try

While the Diffuse Shield is made for a very specific purpose, thenext shield I'm going to discuss can be used for a variety of applications. It's commonly referred to as the Mirror Shield becauseof its ability to bounce incoming energy in the opposite direction

Mirror Shield To be completely honest, I have little experience with this type of shield. I've used it on occasion while "sparring" with people, but Iusually like creating something more complex (mainly because theMirror Shield is kinda boring, in my opinion Smile). Despite my lackof interest, it is a popular and useful shield

Mirror Animation The technique is predictable given the name of theshield, but I'll go over it to be complete. Create it as you would anyother shield, but program it to reflect incoming attacks. This can beaccomplished by a nice "mirror" visualization or a slick silver color

There are some pitfalls to this shield that can trick-up a newbie. Thefirst is to make sure you create it so you can send energy outthrough the shield. It's no good if you go to attack and your attackbounces off the inside and nails yourself. Another is to make sureyou make it's on the outside of all your other shields. The reason forthis is that if you create it inside a Bubble Shield, for example, andthe attacker breaks through part of the Bubble Shield, the energywill bounce off, and hit the Bubble Shield again on the way out. Twohits with one stone

Though I personally don't find this shield "fun", it is very useful. Askilled psion can easily fend off a series of attacks with this oneshield. The next shield is another simple concept, but a little harderto construct, in my opinion. I call it the Marshmallow Shield, thoughI'm not sure if that's the formal name Smile

Marshmallow Shield The Marshmallow Shield is a thick, gooey, and sticky type of shield.Its primary purpose is to absorb attacks and hold them there forlater. It can be programmed to de-patternize the simple attack or just spit it back out. It's hard to break because of its nature, but atbest it can slow down a skilled attack

One downfall (for me) is that it takes some time to constructproperly. The visualization is simple, but it just requires a lot of energy. Basically, you want to picture a thick (probably at least onefoot) wall of goo. Use semi-melted marshmallows for visualization. If you construct it in layers (which I do sometimes, to make it easier),