>Pathfinder >Use ultimate psionics and co. How could an

>>50084292
>Invisible secret police who can read your minds
>Able to track anyone anywhere with scrying style psionics
>Punishment is becoming a thrall to work off your debt to society
Basically magical surveillance state with elite secret police.

>>50084292
/dspfg/ is thatta way, shill >>50078790

>>50084292
>You're either psychic, or you don't matter
>State telepaths use their ability to listen in on the population's thoughts
>Seers see crimes committed before they happen, and the state harshly intervenes
>Criminals, agitators, and miscreants are punished by severing one's psyche from their body; the mind's energy is used to power the great machines of the empire, while the empty shells of bodies are donated to research
>There's a nominal ruler or ruling council, but it's anyone's guess who's actually controlling who

>>50087648
More off the top of my head
>The empire has a symbiotic relationship with a coalition of elder brains: they trade brains and bodily vessels for scientific and mystical insight
>Magical items that block domination and telepathy are illegal, extremly expensive, and the empire's elite wouldn't be caught dead without them
>The resistance movement is led by intelligent undead with their own agenda

>>50084701
no u

>>50084292
>How could an evil empire ruled by psionics look like?
Read the Eberron Campaign Setting. Secrets of Sarlona too, if you want more detail on that empire in particular.