The Prince of Thieves Saga

You can’t help but chuckle to yourself whenever you think about it.

An orc rogue? Orcs aren’t exactly known for being subtle!

But somehow, you turned out to be one of the best goddamn infiltrator and scout in the brigand army. From reconnaissance to sabotage to straight up ****, you always get the job done, often single handedly.

To be fair, your enormous frame does get you into some pretty sticky situations sometimes, but it was often nothing that a combination of strength, speed, guile, and situational awareness can’t solve, and you have all of those in spades. Several times more than anyone you know even.

Only you yourself know that the secret to your success as a rogue lies in your psionic powers that was a racial bonus when you were reincarnated into this world as an ultima orc. Circumstances of the past several years had prevented you from learning any magic or divine skills, so you’ve basically put all your “points” into your psionic powers.

Ever since you read about it in the starter pack, you’ve practiced your psionics at every waking opportunity. The more you mastered your psionics, the more you marveled at the versatility of its application in your chosen line of profession.

Firstly, you have become adept in using Telekinesis to manipulate physical forces. This has given you the profound ability to soften your landings and quieten your footsteps by countering your weight. In addition to that, you are able to generate lift for yourself, giving you the ability to jump great distances and fall safely from **** heights. Also, the **** from telekinesis can be utilized to give you dynamic boosts of speed, and increase the damage you deal by adding weight to your blows. It is also handy for a host of other things like scaling walls, unlocking doors, setting off traps, flipping switches, or just sending things flying in general.

Secondly, you have unlocked another branch of psionics which you call Telepathy. This enables you to invade minds from a distance. While mind control is not quite possible at your current level, it still opens up a great deal of possibilities. For example, you are able to make people think that they are hearing or seeing things - an extremely effective skill for situations that requires distraction. You can also make people fall asleep or cause them to be momentarily confused, disoriented, blinded, or stunned.

Also, telepathy gives you a limited form of mind reading which is invaluable for information gathering. You can also hijack minds of lesser animals to tame them or see through their eyes, thus making you the perfect scout or spy.

Thirdly, you have gained the powers of ‘Mind Over Self’ as another branch of your psionic powers. You have advanced control over your own body and soul, giving you the ability to regulate body temperature, stave off fatigue and hunger, fight off diseases, poisons, and even curses. You are also able to resist magical and mental attacks, and even will your wounds to close and mend.

Just before you turned 18, you’ve also obtained yet another curious skill in this branch. You are able to ‘Ghost-walk,’ shifting your physical existence into a purely psychic form, making you invisible, extremely mobile, and able to completely phase through walls.

Finally, the fourth branch you have unlocked in your psionics skill tree is what you call “Universal Empathy.” This branch was one of the toughest branch for you to develop and it still remains rather fickle at times. Currently it gives you a sixth-sense type of ability that alerts you to danger and unfavorable outcomes, as well as limited divination and precognition abilities. Perhaps the most useful skill you have obtained from this branch is the ‘detect presence’ skill which makes you instinctively aware of all the psychic presences and connections in your immediate vicinity.

The amazing thing is, you could pretty much use psionics as many times you want, consecutively, concurrently, and even passively in the background without it being a drain on your fatigue or mental focus. It would seem the brain of ultima-orcs are well-evolved to handle psionics as naturally as they would handle breathing.

You continued contemplating your life so far as you lay in bed in your personal tent. After a while, you sensed a presence approaching your tent’s entrance and quickly recognized who it was by the psychic signature of his mind.

Like a fingerprint, every mind is different. Karl Swanson’s mind is as unique and differentiable as every other brigand in this camp.

“You bring news, Karl?” You asked without opening your eyes.

The human rogue Karl had only just extended one foot silently into your tent, but he froze at your voice. “Gods, that’s creepy,” Karl said gruffly. “Could never sneak up on you, can I?” He asked.

“Nope,” you replied, grinning.

“Queen bitch wants a word with ya,” Karl said, “Better hurry before she decides to feed your balls to the dogs like she did Sorel, that poor bastard. She’s been in a foul mood lately. I can never tell what’s up her tight ass.”

“So soon?” You asked, shifting lazily in your bed, “I just completed the Bonnet Farm job two days ago. I need my beauty sleep.”

“Oh, it’s completely fine with me if you want to piss the bitch off,” Karl said and shrugged. “One less knife I have to worry about coming for my throat.”

“I’m not aiming for your throat, Karl,” you said with a chuckle.

“Oh aye? And I’m not at all aiming for yers, ya blue and green basterd. Me and half O the Jackals are just perfectly happy to be rolling around down there in the pit for scraps while you, a stinky orc who ain’t even the right color for an orc, who has been with us for only a year, lie here on your big comfortable bed in this mighty fine tent of yours, perched on top of this hill, lookin down at the rest of us.”

You roared with laughter.

“Just go see what the bitch wants ye smelly orc bastard. Maybe then she won’t turn her eyes on the rest o us,” Karl said as you felt his presence retreat.

You opened your eyes, sat up, and yawned.

“Welp, time to get to work,” you muttered to yourself as you scratched your muscular blue-green ass.