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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 6897291" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>I love the 3e Psion.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, to go with this ‘spell’ approach for the Psion in 5e, I would rethink it as a kind of Wizard tradition, using normal spells.</p><p></p><p>The Wizard lacks a decent Telekinesis cantrip, and a decent Telepathy cantrip. So creating these for a Wizard build is useful.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, most of the 3e Psion powers are redundant with spells that already exist. So most of the time, just use the standard Wizard spells.</p><p></p><p>Also, the Enchanter Wizard already makes a great Telepath. It just needs the Telepathy cantrip or so on, maybe a kind of Psionic Blast, to finetune the feel of a Telepath.</p><p></p><p>I especially want to see a Telekinetic Wizard tradition work well.</p><p></p><p>Actually, converting the 3e Psychic Warrior into 5e as an Eldritch Knight, works awesome too. But dont forget about the 5e Bard. In 5e, the Bard is awesome, a full caster who is competent in melee combat, and who is able to fight magically. A Bard College might make the best version of the Psychic Warrior, because it would emphasize the ‘Psychic’ means by which this Warrior engages combat. The ‘music’ would instead be contemplation and manifestation. The Bard is good at Divination (Seer), Enchantment (Telepath), Shapeshifting and Buffing (Psychometabolism), and even telekinetic manipulation of sonic energy, light, and telekinetic animation of objects (Kineticist). Illusion (Metacreativity) too. Only a few College features and necessary spells is enough to finetune a distinctive ‘Psychic’ feel.</p><p></p><p>The Paladin could also be a kind of Soul Knife, with psionic-flavor weapon, smiting, and spells.</p><p></p><p>Consider Ranger for the Psionic Rogue?</p><p></p><p></p><p>In 3e, the Psion represented a breakthru in nonvancian spellcasting. But in 5e, all spellcasters can cast spells spontaneously. There is even the option to use spell points. But using higher level slots to ‘augment’ a spell on the fly, is already standard and easy. It is also easy to lump or split slots in the rare times it seems beneficial. So actually using spell points would only increase complexity with little gain.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Obviously, the Psi Wizard would never use material components. But the 5e Wizard can use other kinds of focuses. Some might want to use a crystal as a kind of spellcasting focus instead of a material component pouch. Personally, I would rather have something more abstract as a focus − maybe use the flow of ones own bodily ‘ki’ energy as a kind of spellcasting focus. They only difficulty is ensuring a balanced way to convert the gp cost of certain spells into something more mental in flavor and less reductionist. As long as there are alternative options, the money itself isnt so terrible, in the sense that money has psychic energy, representing desire and power, and people spend alot of time thinking about money. Even so, the money in itself seems annoying.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 5e Wizard class itself makes the best ‘Psionic Wizard Clone’.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 6897291, member: 58172"] I love the 3e Psion. At the same time, to go with this ‘spell’ approach for the Psion in 5e, I would rethink it as a kind of Wizard tradition, using normal spells. The Wizard lacks a decent Telekinesis cantrip, and a decent Telepathy cantrip. So creating these for a Wizard build is useful. On the other hand, most of the 3e Psion powers are redundant with spells that already exist. So most of the time, just use the standard Wizard spells. Also, the Enchanter Wizard already makes a great Telepath. It just needs the Telepathy cantrip or so on, maybe a kind of Psionic Blast, to finetune the feel of a Telepath. I especially want to see a Telekinetic Wizard tradition work well. Actually, converting the 3e Psychic Warrior into 5e as an Eldritch Knight, works awesome too. But dont forget about the 5e Bard. In 5e, the Bard is awesome, a full caster who is competent in melee combat, and who is able to fight magically. A Bard College might make the best version of the Psychic Warrior, because it would emphasize the ‘Psychic’ means by which this Warrior engages combat. The ‘music’ would instead be contemplation and manifestation. The Bard is good at Divination (Seer), Enchantment (Telepath), Shapeshifting and Buffing (Psychometabolism), and even telekinetic manipulation of sonic energy, light, and telekinetic animation of objects (Kineticist). Illusion (Metacreativity) too. Only a few College features and necessary spells is enough to finetune a distinctive ‘Psychic’ feel. The Paladin could also be a kind of Soul Knife, with psionic-flavor weapon, smiting, and spells. Consider Ranger for the Psionic Rogue? In 3e, the Psion represented a breakthru in nonvancian spellcasting. But in 5e, all spellcasters can cast spells spontaneously. There is even the option to use spell points. But using higher level slots to ‘augment’ a spell on the fly, is already standard and easy. It is also easy to lump or split slots in the rare times it seems beneficial. So actually using spell points would only increase complexity with little gain. Obviously, the Psi Wizard would never use material components. But the 5e Wizard can use other kinds of focuses. Some might want to use a crystal as a kind of spellcasting focus instead of a material component pouch. Personally, I would rather have something more abstract as a focus − maybe use the flow of ones own bodily ‘ki’ energy as a kind of spellcasting focus. They only difficulty is ensuring a balanced way to convert the gp cost of certain spells into something more mental in flavor and less reductionist. As long as there are alternative options, the money itself isnt so terrible, in the sense that money has psychic energy, representing desire and power, and people spend alot of time thinking about money. Even so, the money in itself seems annoying. The 5e Wizard class itself makes the best ‘Psionic Wizard Clone’. [/QUOTE]
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