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Flag Pennarin October 13, 2012 8:42 PM PDT
I'm compiling a list for all alternative terms people have encountered in D&D, novels, comic books, European-style bandes dessinée, TV shows and movies, that describe psionic users.

In D&D's Dark Sun, there's the term mindbender, usually a negative term meant to describe those with the power to pry the secrets from your mind and make you do as they wish.

What other terms have you encountered? 
Flag WhisperMagellan October 14, 2012 10:50 PM PDT
I thought the Battlemind would be pretty much an armored Jedi. Though I like the German pronounciation (Yay-dee).
Really, there are a lot of options, depending on what version/uses the person has.
Other possibilities:
Mentalist, telepath, teek (TK), teep (Telepath), Mind Walker, Mind Warper, psychic surgeon, mind ripper, (mind) shaper, Follower of the ___ Path, Devotee of ____, and of course, the ever popular SCANNER (from which I derived Ephemerol Adict/Victim/Product).
Flag Pennarin October 15, 2012 1:25 PM PDT
Teep and teek: Babylon 5 FTW!

Yeah, I forgot about mindwalker. Great one
Flag TheBoundFenrir October 19, 2012 3:18 PM PDT
although the term is a misnomer, i've seen ESPer used countless times (ESP= extra sensory perception, but doesn't represent psychokenetics, or others who move things with thier mind, but are limited to the normal 5 senses) 
Flag Mad_Jack October 19, 2012 4:39 PM PDT

 Mentat

 Forgot where I saw that one, but I read it somewhere.
Flag Drifterxion October 20, 2012 3:22 PM PDT
Ego user (Champions online), Id Blade user (Same), 

I can think of a couple more

Mentalist (though that has an actual defition but could easily be used to describe someone who uses the mind for tricks and whanot)


 I could make stuff up honestly but I dont want to take the forum away from the intended purposes
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