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Natural Psionics Sciences and Devotions
  Roll to determine the number of devotions and sciences.  It is the MyWorld rule that no player race can have more than 5 devotions or more than 2 sciences at any time as natural psionics; the only exception to this is that a character who rolls "2 devotions" as a science may exceed the number of devotions, but must be limited to one fewer science.  This table identifies the number of each to be rolled:

Roll
Devotions (minor)
Sciences (major)
01-10
1
0
11-25
2
0
26-40
3
0
41-55
2
1
56-70
3
0
71-80
4
1
81-90
3
2
91-95
5
1
96-00
4
2
  Once the number of each is determined, roll d24 (generated as d12 with a d2 multiplier, or d6 with a d4 multiplier) for each devotion, and d20 for each science; compare to this table:

Roll
 Devotions Sciences
1
 Animal Telepathy Astral Projection
2
 Body Equilibrium Aura Alteration
3
 Body Weaponry (Not Magic Users) Body Control
4
 Cell Adjustment Dimension Door
5
 Clairaudience Dimension Walk
6
 Clairvoyance Energy Control
7
 Detect Good or Evil Etherealness
8
 Detect Magic Mass Domination (Not Thieves)
9
 Domination (Not Thieves) Mind Bar
10
 Empathy (Not Fighters) Molecular Manipulation
11
 ESP Molecular Rearrangement
12
 Expansion (Not Clerics) Probability Travel
13
 Hypnosis Telekinesis
14
 Invisibility Telempathic Projection (Not Fighters)
15
 Levitation Telepathy
16
 Mind Over Body Telepathic Projection
17
 Molecular Agitation Teleportation
18
 Object Reading (Not Thieves) Shape Alteration
19
 Precognition Select Science of Choice*
20
 Reduction (Not Clerics) Roll Two Additional Devotions*
21
 Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions
22
 Suspend Animation
23
 Select Devotion of Choice
24
 Select Devotion of Choice
*Book rules designate both of these entries as roll again, with these entries as optional alternatives.  MyWorld rules use the alternates exclusively.

Exclusions which apply to a class also apply to subclasses, as indicated here:
  CLERIC includes Druid, Holy Order of the Stars, Monk, Runecaster, Shukenja, and Sohei.
  FIGHTER includes Barbarian, Berserker, Bushi, Cavalier, Kensai, Knight of Solamnia, Oriental Barbarian, Paladin, Ranger, and Samurai.
  MAGIC-USER includes Illusionist, Wizard of High Sorcery, Wu Jen.
  THIEF includes Assassin, Ninja, Thief-Acrobat, and Yakuza.

  MyWorld rules have generally allowed Bards and multiclassed characters to have any skill allowed to any included class.  However, DM's may prefer to restrict the psionic abilities of such multi-classed characters by declaring that they may not have any skill precluded to any of their included classes.  Thus an elven Fighter/Magic User/Thief may not have any skill which excludes fighters, magic users, or thieves.  For this purpose, a bard is a fighter and a thief, but not a cleric or magic user.

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