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<blockquote data-quote="Bendris Noulg" data-source="post: 1563252" data-attributes="member: 6398"><p>My two coppers on the matter...</p><p> </p><p>As "psionics", I despise 3.x Psi. I think it's the <em>stupidist</em> psi-system ever conceived.</p><p> </p><p>I did have a player that wanted to use them, so I re-flavored the system as a form of back-water Arcane Magic (Mysticism) used by primitive cultures based on fragments of psi-lore hidden within their myth and folklore, the last memories of their mighty heritage as a SpellJamming empire that spanned thousands of worlds. As such, the system works just fine, as written, and has enough association to psionics to provide clues in role-playing to its actual origins. (By the same token, the only Class from either of the WotC Psi Books used is the Psychic Warrior, renamed as the Mystic.)</p><p> </p><p>For actual Psi, I'm using a revamped/rescaled version of the Psionics presented in the <em>Fading Suns d20</em> game, being a Class/Skill system bolstered and expanded by Feats (referred to in-game as "True Psi"). I'm also considering GR's <em>Psychic's Handbook</em> for my next campaign, but no decision is yet made.</p><p> </p><p>As for "why?", it has to do with the nature of psionics coming from "within". You aren't manipulating energy from outside yourself (ex: "The Weave" of FR, draining life energy ala Dark Sun, or other methods), nor must you belittle youself to a deity. Indeed, every campaign I've run for the last decade has featured psionics as a central component; My next campaign is distinctly Psi vs Divine in nature (specifically, self-empowered mortals using psience to combat the brainwashed followers of the parasitic deities), with no Arcane knowledge at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bendris Noulg, post: 1563252, member: 6398"] My two coppers on the matter... As "psionics", I despise 3.x Psi. I think it's the [i]stupidist[/i] psi-system ever conceived. I did have a player that wanted to use them, so I re-flavored the system as a form of back-water Arcane Magic (Mysticism) used by primitive cultures based on fragments of psi-lore hidden within their myth and folklore, the last memories of their mighty heritage as a SpellJamming empire that spanned thousands of worlds. As such, the system works just fine, as written, and has enough association to psionics to provide clues in role-playing to its actual origins. (By the same token, the only Class from either of the WotC Psi Books used is the Psychic Warrior, renamed as the Mystic.) For actual Psi, I'm using a revamped/rescaled version of the Psionics presented in the [i]Fading Suns d20[/i] game, being a Class/Skill system bolstered and expanded by Feats (referred to in-game as "True Psi"). I'm also considering GR's [i]Psychic's Handbook[/i] for my next campaign, but no decision is yet made. As for "why?", it has to do with the nature of psionics coming from "within". You aren't manipulating energy from outside yourself (ex: "The Weave" of FR, draining life energy ala Dark Sun, or other methods), nor must you belittle youself to a deity. Indeed, every campaign I've run for the last decade has featured psionics as a central component; My next campaign is distinctly Psi vs Divine in nature (specifically, self-empowered mortals using psience to combat the brainwashed followers of the parasitic deities), with no Arcane knowledge at all. [/QUOTE]
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