Psychic Vampires

Psychic vampires are humans who need to feed off of the life force or chi of other living things to survive. They have the ability to open up chakra points, and suck the energy from there. They do have the ability to kill something this way. If they drain the life force entirely, their victim will die.

If they do not feed off of energy, they will eventually drop into a coma, and expire. The process takes a few weeks, about a month for death to occur.

They can redirect their energy. Meaning, they can blast it out to hit things. This redirection of energy is flashy, bright colored sparks or arcs of energy that are highly obvious and will draw a lot of attention. They can also commit suicide by expelling all of their energy. There is no failsafe that ensures they do not blow all of it at once.

Psychic vampires cannot feed off of the same source indefinitely. They are stealing life force. If a person is drained down to the point of unconsciousness, they will sleep for about a day, feel sick when they wake up, but feel better when they eat something. It is not permanently damaging once. If it continues, however, the immune system of the victim will slow and eventually shut down. Most victims of prolonged chi drain fall into comas and die if their immune deficiency doesn't kill them first.

In the case of supernatural creatures, they can last longer than a human being a continual source, due to the fact that they are inherently stronger. Even they, however, are not neverending fountains of energy. Eventually they would grow ill and die just like a human would.

Supernatural Energy Vs. Non-Human Energy
Chi from supernatural creatures is more powerful than that of normal humans. Normal human energy will last around a week(if a person is drained to the point of unconsciousness), if it is not used in the meantime. Supernatural energy, depending on the size of the creature, could last up to three weeks or even a month if not used. Supernatural energy also has more of a kick to it, being much more powerful than normal human energy.

Example: A small flick of normal human energy at a stop sign will rattle it. A small flick of supernatural energy will put a good sized hole through the metal. It's like the difference between a slingshot and a pistol.

One drawback to supernatural energy is the fact that it will effect the vision of the psychic vampire. Normal energy will not have any effect on the psychic vampire's vision. Supernatural energy could have any number of either beneficial or detrimental effects.

Supernatural Energy Effects On Vision

• Vampires -Everything will be tinted red.
• Elementals - They make everything go monochromatic, so everything will be seen in only one shade. Fire=red, Water=blue, Air=grey, Earth=green, Chaos=rainbow(though all the colors are wrong), Spirit=everything's too bright(much like psychics), Death=dark purple.
• Psychics - Everything is oversaturated and brightly colored which is headache inducing after a few hours.
• Dreamwalkers - It appears that a heavy fog is edging everything.
• Lycanthropes - Everything dims down, it gets more difficult to see. Even in bright light, it appears less sharp.
• Angels - There is a television-static effect, snowy vision. At first, it will be so pronounced that it will render the psychic vamp effectively blind for the first few days. This effect will slowly wear off, allowing slight ability to see objects in the static, until it wears off, but that won't be for a while.
• Demons - The world takes on the effect of a horror movie. Days appear duller, shadows appear darker, longer and more invasive. People around you all seem slightly 'off' - the effect is a mild hallucination that induces visual paranoia.
• Half-demons - The effect of taking from a half-demon seem to be completely random. Not only is this unique to the particular half-demon, but also to the particular psychic vampire. As a result, though the same psychic vampire taking from the same half-demon will always get the same visual change, two different psychic vampires taking from the same half-demon will get different visual effects.
• Fae-Everything looks like you're on an acid trip. The whole time. Including the hallucinations.

Other Character Traits
-Psychic vampires are not Undead.
-Psychic vampires are not psychic.
-They have a lower natural body temperature than normal.
-They often do not eat as much as other people, though they cannot stop eating entirely. They simply need to eat less.
-Substance use burns up energy faster than usual. Psychic vampires do not generally become addicts, and even use aspirin sparingly.

Psychic Vampirism is unknown as to its cause. Generally it shows up during adolescence, there so far has been no discernible contributing factor. Their number is small, and it is believed that many psychic vampires die as children because they didn't learn to draw energy and had no one to teach them.