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<blockquote data-quote="Wyvern" data-source="post: 7411273" data-attributes="member: 2374"><p>My hypothetical psychic class wouldn't have any reference to pacts -- when I said I'd model it on the warlock I simply meant that I'd give them a short list of spells and a selection of at-will abilities (changing the name from "invocations" to "disciplines" or "talents") that may or may not be spell-like, as opposed to all-spells-all-the-time. The pact benefits would be replaced by something specific to the Path they follow.</p><p></p><p>(Which is not to say a reskinned warlock couldn't serve as a stop-gap solution, just as a reskinned wizard or sorcerer could. In fact, I think it would work better, for the reasons I outlined above.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's not what I was asking about. I'm well aware that, when it's not simply used as a straight synonym for "wizard" (as in The <em>Sorcerer's</em> Apprentice, Harry Potter and the <em>Sorcerer's</em> Stone), it has connotations of evilness. Dictionary.com defines sorcery as "the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery". And in "sword & sorcery" fiction -- which was a major influence on the early editions of D&D you're talking about -- the sorcerers are usually the villains. My question was regarding Tony Vargas' assertion that in real-life, "sorcerer" is used to refer to "con men, who bilk the superstitious by claiming magical powers". I've never heard it used *that* way. The word I'd use to describe such a person is, well, "psychic".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wyvern, post: 7411273, member: 2374"] My hypothetical psychic class wouldn't have any reference to pacts -- when I said I'd model it on the warlock I simply meant that I'd give them a short list of spells and a selection of at-will abilities (changing the name from "invocations" to "disciplines" or "talents") that may or may not be spell-like, as opposed to all-spells-all-the-time. The pact benefits would be replaced by something specific to the Path they follow. (Which is not to say a reskinned warlock couldn't serve as a stop-gap solution, just as a reskinned wizard or sorcerer could. In fact, I think it would work better, for the reasons I outlined above.) That's not what I was asking about. I'm well aware that, when it's not simply used as a straight synonym for "wizard" (as in The [I]Sorcerer's[/I] Apprentice, Harry Potter and the [I]Sorcerer's[/I] Stone), it has connotations of evilness. Dictionary.com defines sorcery as "the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery". And in "sword & sorcery" fiction -- which was a major influence on the early editions of D&D you're talking about -- the sorcerers are usually the villains. My question was regarding Tony Vargas' assertion that in real-life, "sorcerer" is used to refer to "con men, who bilk the superstitious by claiming magical powers". I've never heard it used *that* way. The word I'd use to describe such a person is, well, "psychic". [/QUOTE]
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