When will psionics for 4th ed come out? :)

[Silverblade The Ench]

as a lover of Dark Sun and illithids (*) , I really need a psionics book for 4th ed!
So when will such come out?
Enquiring minds want to know, yes they do!!! *psychic aura probes WOTC brains!*

(*) well, ok, I don't love the brain suckers in the...hentai way... , but as a DM I do adore the slimey sods! So many PCs with Int and Wis as dump stats, munchy time! )

 

[Jack99]

If you are talking about a WotC book, PHB3 is probably a good guess. If you are talking in general, then much earlier.

 

[Nikosandros]

It has not yet been announced.

Most likely either in 2010 in PHB3 or in 2011 in PHB4.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

It has not yet been announced.

Most likely either in 2010 in PHB3 or in 2011 in PHB4.

(((Fingers crossed hopeing))) rumor has it 2010 will introduce Dark Sun as a campign setting for 4e...so that leads to Phb 2 being 4 psionic classes, 2 elmental classes, and 2 other classes...

 

[Nikosandros]

(((Fingers crossed hopeing))) rumor has it 2010 will introduce Dark Sun as a campign setting for 4e...so that leads to Phb 2 being 4 psionic classes, 2 elmental classes, and 2 other classes...

As I've argued elsewhere, I think that we'll get only two power sources in PH3, with 4 classes each, so that we can get two "power" books in 2010.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

Yeah hope they do a decent job of Dark Sun!! (like, ignore just about everything after the very first boxed set ,hehe)

Psionics has been such a long time part of D&D, the delay seems a wasted opportunity
At moment I am just house ruling psionicists to use warlock class, as best I can do for a psionic class.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Your only gonna see new Power Sources as complete Classes (already have for instance a Shadow PP) in the PHBs. So as such, it will be down to PHB3 or PHB4 for Psionics. My bet will be PHB3, of all the Power Sources it is probably the most wanted/talked about (from what I have seen).

I am really interested in seeing what angle they are going to go with for it. Will they try to make it more fantastical, keep pseudoscience in it, etc. I personally want pseudoscience for Psionics.

 

[Asmor]

There're already psionics. They're in the monster manual. Mindflayers use psionics.

As has been stated, there aren't going to be "special" rules for psionics, they'll just be a different power source with a different flavor.

 

[physicscarp]

I really expected psionics to show up with the Eberron campaign setting this summer. They were an integrated part of that world design, and I'd hate to think of the 4E version of it being released without them. I'm thinking that the Eberron Player's Guide may include something about them.

If not by then, a smart release would be in PHB3, if Dark Sun is next year's campaign setting. That would place the psionics classes directly between the release of Eberron and Dark Sun.

 

[Shroomy]

I really expected psionics to show up with the Eberron campaign setting this summer. They were an integrated part of that world design, and I'd hate to think of the 4E version of it being released without them. I'm thinking that the Eberron Player's Guide may include something about them.

If not by then, a smart release would be in PHB3, if Dark Sun is next year's campaign setting. That would place the psionics classes directly between the release of Eberron and Dark Sun.

While psionics are probably integrated into Eberron better than any other campaign setting, with the obvious exception of Dark Sun, I wouldn't exactly call them integral, at least not to the core parts of the setting, Khorvaire and Xen'drik. Psionics are mostly restricted to Sarlona, Dal Quor, the Dreaming Dark, and the Kalashtar (all of which are related together); I expect that they would be addressed (and really, the Inspired, Quori, and Kalashtar can be modeled with the existing rules in the PHB and MM), but not in any sort of indepth fashion.

My bet is that psionics will be in PHB3, since if you were going to discuss earlier edition classes in terms of power sources, they'd be fairly popular and have traction. I actually think that of the remaining 4 power sources, the next PHBs will couple the ones with more traction and history (psionics and ki) with one that is new to the edition (or just newer to the game). My bet is that PHB3 will have Psionics and Shadow, PHB4 will have Ki and Elemental.