Dissonant Touch

Discipline: Telepathy [Mind-Affecting]; Level: Cryptic 2, dread 2, psychic warrior 2, tactician 2, telepathy 2, vitalist 2

Display: Visual

Manifesting Time: 1 standard action

Range: Touch

Target: Creature touched

Duration: 1 minute / level

Saving Throw: None; Power Resistance: Yes

Power Points: 3

Source: PGoE, pg. 149

With a successful melee touch attack, you overload the nervous system of the target. The subject takes a penalty to either Strength or Dexterity (chosen at the time of manifesting) equal to 1d6. The affected ability score cannot drop below 1, thus it cannot paralyze or kill the target, but it incapacitate it if the target is carrying too much weight. Multiple manifestations of this power do not stack. Only the most severe penalty applies.

Augment:

1. For every 2 additional power points you spend, the penalty is increased by 1.

2. If you spend 6 additional power points, the penalty is applied to both Strength and Dexterity.