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Do we need ANOTHER reprint of the 1e AD&D DMG?!

This is further proof that the reserve list was a strategic failure for WotC ...

Does it Max your Glee?

Like everything else with Psionics, it widely varied. The 2e psionicist had to pick a primary discipline (one of the five options) and then picked sciences (major powers) and devotions (minor). They could pick other disciplines as they leveled, but never more than half their powers could be from...

CareD. Now that's just the cost of doing business...

That chart just reminded me why I don't play Rolemaster. My eyes glazed over trying to read it! 🤣

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I would say though that's never actually been the psion(cists) forte. Psionics has always been roughly on par with magic. 2e was probably closer to a cleric-level power, but 3e on was sorcerer/wizard levels. As such, they should have as least enough wallop as a full caster. Making silent...

Thank you, I thought it was them, but I wasn't sure.

Well, we kinda have an idea of what D&D magic is, except for all the times it's changed. Long ago, all arcane magic came from studying spell books, required specific material components, and each casting of a spell required a dedicated spell slot. The sorcerer fundamentally changed the nature of...

At the time, a really good 3pp company (I forget the name) had done a revised 3.5 psionics system for PF. So while there was fans who disliked Paizo opted to "make psionics magic", there was a well heeled alternative most fans were already using.

Exactly. Magic has so little counterplay in D&D as is, I don't want psionics to remove those few guardrails that are left. I'll take the temple-pressing, grimaced face and semi-visible energy waves over invisible and undetectable abilities.

I mean, magic itself is too varied to argue it's nuances about except to narrow it down to a source. The biggest complaint about D&D is that it doesn't match the magic of X fiction (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Wheel of Time). No psionics system is going to match what X fiction does any better.

Google image search Professor X powers. There are as many ways to depict his telepathy as there are creators doing it. But he did something to show he was using his powers. For the audience as much as for the other characters in the fiction. And whether Xavier was doing it for the audience's...

Imagine that during 1 minutes AD&D rounds...

Well that's hard to tell, especially in comics. Sometimes the energy signatures are commented on as if they are visible, sometimes they are not. For example, Psylocke, when she uses her telepathy, has a purple butterfly appear over her forehead that others have commented on as her signature...

Honestly, the perfect encapsulation of what D&D psionics should look like is right here. Somatic components flavored as the head tap? Check. Clear energy visual to show effect? Check. Grimaced face to show strain and creator of effect? Check. Simple but fitting a world of high magical...

So, how does one stop a psychic spell from being cast? A wizard can't cast spells if he's gagged or in handcuffs. More often, when he's in a silence spell or grappled. While not exceptionally common, it IS a check on casters who theoretically can't cast spells when captured or in certain...

Which I'm fine with. I don't mind the idea that a psion grappled or bound are distracted enough to not use most of their abilities. It also gives some indication the caster is casting enough to prep a counterspell or use mage slayer.