Matter Agitation

Psychokinesis

Level:Psion/Wilder 1
Display: Auditory, Material
Manifesting Time:1 standard action
Range:Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Area:2 sq. ft. of surface area of an object or creature
Duration:Concentration, up to 1 minute/level
Saving Throw:None
Power Resistance:Yes

You can excite the structure of a non-magical object, heating it to the point of combustion over time. The agitation grows more intense in the second and third rounds after you manifest the power, as described below.

1st Round

Readily flammable material (paper, dry grass, tinder, torches) ignites. Skin reddens (1 point of fire damage).

2nd Round

Wood smolders and smokes, metal becomes hot to the touch, skin blisters (1d4 points of fire damage), hair smolders, paint shrivels, water boils.

3rd and Subsequent Rounds

Wood ignites, metal scorches (1d4 points of fire damage for those holding metallic objects). Skin burns and hair ignites (1d6 points of fire damage), lead melts.