Astral Pulse: A cosmic historical event that significantly amplified sentient awareness of the mindscape, heightening mental and spiritual senses and intuition towards psychic phenomena.
Avatar: A psionic vessel fit for traversing the mindscape. From simple bodily projections to entirely new and enigmatic forms, it allows the user to exceed their psionic potential beyond the limits of the physical plane.
Collective: A secretive psychic society that aims to enforce a specific ideology and gather a following across the mindscape.
Discipline: A specialised school in the psionic arts that sets the foundation of psychic practice (Think of this as a fundamental skillset, a varying set of schools/archetypes).
Mindscape: The astral plane where collective thoughts, emotions, and vibrations converge to shape a mental reality. It's a complex tapestry woven from the collective unconscious, with the strongest causes affecting the principles and phenomena within this realm.
Noosphere: a stabilized region within the mindscape, the chaotic realm of psychic energy. Established by governing forces, noospheres provide safe havens for psychics to explore and interact.
Shugendo: Psychic freelancers, often solitary outcasts, who use their eclectic selection of psionic abilities for clientwork.