Recent content by bogmad

Didn't see it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'll go through the Mordenkainan thread

Listening to the latest D&D podcast, and it sounds like they went ahead and made Shadar Kai elves instead of humans. Was thinking the feedback from the survey might be enough to nix that, but apparently not. I think they were just too eager to make a shadowfel opposite of eladrin and the Fey

I think it was just a clunky way of detailing "if you spend these extra points with, or overlap with any normal psi points you spend, you're going to lose your concentration"

Instead of all the hullabaloo over "are psionics Magic" [that I've probably contributed to, and maybe am doing here] that hinges on psionics being different than just reskinned spells, I'd rather just go ahead and define magic as "supernatural effects" rather than manipulating the weave or...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddkenreck/2017/01/05/dds-tales-from-the-yawning-portal-is-games-greatest-hits/

A Planes book I think is a good bet. VGtM specifically hints Gith might be in an upcoming book, IIRC. It makes sense to me that we could get a Planes book with Gith and perhaps even a Mystic class thrown in...

I'd agree that I'd prefer psionic/mystic powers to be more telepathic and telekinetic than reality warping. Especially with disciplines focusing on those types of powers I don't think I need or want too much of the far realm influence intruding in either. As far as the science-y pulp names...

But I may have lost the thread of the argument we were having in the first place, I'll admit. Are we back to arguing for the existence of the psion/mystic as a class at all? I thought we were past that.

Default D&D assumption story or a more "exotic" campaign? Easy enough. Though most stories I think are able to be told with a variety of classes. It doesn't make any one story better, it just flavors the story differently. While I might find that psionic flavored story more compelling than...

By that logic the wizard, the monk, and the bard have a problem in that they are all using the same story... I think "Studies really hard" isn't specific enough that any class would lay claim to it. It's the discipline they're studying. And esoteric powers of the mind is enough for me...

An ardent or wilder subclass of the barbarian could be fun though...

I'm curious if psionics will even be compatible with barbarians; they can't cast spells while raging can they, why should psionics work? Rage is all about unfettered, unrestrained fury. Psionics and the mystic are all about "Rigid mental exercises to put a creature in the correct mindset to...

Noticing when you get the ability to spend 5 points it seems clear to me that this is how they intend a psychic warrior gets his second attack. They probably feel they can't just give away a free extra attack without overshadowing other fighter types, but by making it a limited resource via...

Well, it's not exactly "yelling a limb back on" so I don't expect it'll cause a warlord debate. :D

But what from this playtest is actually broke by not interacting with magic? You can't break a psionic charm is about all I can see. Which I prefer and don't have a problem with. You can't dispell the magic item bonus an immortal bestows? I'd maybe argue against the +3 bonus given that magic...