1. Crimes committed by psionic means are punished normally. Killing someone by means of a psychic crush or by
using control body to march a victim off a rooftop is still murder, and will be treated as such by most authorities. Using
psionics to obstruct investigations, resist arrest, or avoid the
agents of the sorcerer-king is a crime. as well.
2. A psionicist bears the guilt for any crime committed by
someone under his mental control. This is difficult to prove,but there have been cases where a psionicist has been judged
for the crimes of someone he dominated. There have been
many more cases were criminals claimed that a mindbender
made them break the law. Templars generally scoff at this plea
unless some astounding evidence appears to the contrary.
3. No one may read anothers thoughts. In most cities it is
illegal for a psionicist to pry into someones mind without consent. This law is almost impossible to enforce, but it is often
used as a general charge against a psionicist who has angered
the templars. Slaves arent counted as people under Athasian
law, however; slave owners may use any means to keep control
of their property.
4. No one may use the Way to influence another persons
thoughts or actions. This law is almost universal. Using the
Way to dominate people or to implant post-hypnotic suggestions is considered the vilest of crimes against a free citizen. Most telepathic devotions fail under this category, including
awe, daydream, aversion, repugnance, and so forth.
5. No one may use the Way to spy on another. Using
clairaudience or clairvoyance to pry into the privacy of a free
citizen is considered a crime. Other means of psionic espionage might include using sight link or sound link through a
third party. Again, this is difficult to enforce and even more
difficult to prove before the templars.
6. The summoning or contact of extraplanar powers is considered high treason. Most city-dwellers take a very dim view of
the reckless summoning of fiends or similar planar horrors.
7. Officers of the court may use psionic interrogations in
due process of the law. If necessary, the templars may summon
a master of the Way to get to the bottom of almost any matter.
This is usually a last resort by the templars, since even the
most oppressive rulers respect their citizens privacy of thought.
