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Have you written about your approach in a thread somewhere? I have this big pile of notes on psionics, from Eldritch Wizardry to the revised Dark Sun setting, trying to consolidate them into a 5E version, but I'm kind of stuck, because I kind of want to be both a 5E purist and a psionics purist...

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Hello Mefistofulee, I've noticed an interesting coincidence: you've been upvoting Ravenloft and downvoting Dark Sun, while I have been upvoting Dark Sun and downvoting Ravenloft. So, it seems logical to propose the following agreement: I won't downvote Ravenloft, as long as you keep downvoting...

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https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/615985396472647680 I'm so excited!

In the real world it looks like magic and psionics are similar, in that they are both supernatural. But that's just because they don't actually work. If they did work, we would call them natural phenomena or technologies. But in D&D they do work, and so that category is not applicable. 3rd...

Which tweet are you referring to? I can't find it. Never mind https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/606899265202319360

What psionics is is something that you do, as opposed to magic which is something that you "wield". What's wrong with wanting it to be done the way it is?

No, it isn't. When you use psionics in 2nd edition, you roll an ability check. That's a big difference, and it represents a specific narrative difference between magic and psionics. Also, access to most of the powers is not limited by level. Instead, you get better and better at them, which is...

Dark Sun.

I am very excited about the possibility of an UA article on psionics, because it would add a new dimension to the coordinate system of all possible homebrew 5E psionics: one defined by the ideas that WotC put forward. I don't even understand how that excitement could be measured in terms of...

Maybe require an ability check for each use of a power? And higher levels of the power need higher DC for success? Which would be in line with the narrative difference between psionics and magic, namely that psionics is an ability. Something you do. And so it's logical that you need an ability...

Yes, psionics must be simple and elegant, because that's part of being 5E. But without points, how do you limit how often they can use their most powerful powers?

I just need psionics for Dark Sun: wild talent and a psionicist class. I would never try to insert psionics in a standard fantasy campaign, but I understand that some people would like to have that too. As for the Dark Sun psionics, I'd like it to be completely distinct from magic. Use ability...

Even before there was a dedicated psychic class, even in OD&D and in 1st edition, the idea was that you get better and better with your powers, as opposed to having higher and higher level spells. Because it's something that you do. Like a skill. As opposed to magic, which is something that you...

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No. Why would they shape psionics to the needs of a campaign that doesn't have psionics from the get-go? Obviously, the campaigns that have the most relevance regarding psionics are the ones where psionics is central, like for example a Dark Sun campaign. People who would use psionics in a...