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== Tabletop Games ==
* Averted in ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'', where one of the advantages of Psionics over Magic is the utter lack of any [[Magical Gesture|Somatic]], [[Magical Incantation|Verbal]] and [[Eye of Newt|Material]] [[Spell Construction|components]], allowing use even when unable to move or speak. They may not have required, functional gestures of this kind, but its still quite common for such characters to be described with such actions simply as mannerisms. A particular dwarf psion in the group may well be perfectly capable of blasting enemies without moving a muscle, even when bound and gagged, but when his hands are free, he still usually holds one out toward whatever he's blasting.
 
 
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** Including the ''telekinetic [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|bears]]''.
** Raz strikes one of these whenever he [[Item Get|gains a new psychic power]].
* Ness from ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' touches both his temples when using his powers in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. [[Pokémon|Mewtwo]] doesn't usually bother with this trope, but makes an exception when wielding a hammer.
** In contrast, in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', Lucas uses hand signs and other hand motions when using his powers.
* Heavily used in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' and ''City of Villains'', as is to be expected from a game based on western comics. The psychic powers there run the gamut of such poses, from the pose (affectionately named "I'm shooting you with mind bullets!" by the community), through screaming, touching the target of a mind probe, and much gesturing when using telekinetic powers. In a possible partial subversion, most of those are offensive psychic powers. Those that deal with sleeping/stunning/controlling enemies actually do not use the Pstandard Psyhic Pstance.
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