I'd have an eye on how these would all translate to Dark Sun - I expect we'll see these either around the time of a DS book, or in a DS book.
Drizzt's Guide to Psionics?My gut says the former - something like a Xanthar's Guide to Everything where the player chapters are the psionics rules and classes with the DM's side as psionic items and monsters and discussion of using psionics in a campaign. And then is followed up by a Dark Sun adventure book. That way it appeals to players and DMs who have no use for Dark Sun but would like to play a psionic character somewhere else (like the Realms or Eberron or Ravenloft), as well as DMs who might just want to drop some differently flavored magic items or monsters into their games.
Drizzt's Guide to Psionics?
There's got to be a moderately famous Realms character that uses psionics, doesn't there?
I've got nothing - but my Realms knowledge is a half-mile wide but an inch deep - enough to run games in the setting but not enough to care if I get details wrong while running games in the setting.
(Also would they use "psionics" in the title? Even if the book is all about psionics, it seems like it would be a weird thing to put on the cover. But "Elminster's Guide to all things Mental" probably wouldn't be a good choice either...)
All sub-class and most classes are unnecessary, or would be if 3.x-style MCing were standard and classes were designed to work seamlessly with it.I haven't seen the latest streams, so could someone explain the rationale behind the possible Bard subclass? Seems unnecessary.
Well, that's the thing...none of the other books have been by people who represent the topic, they've been by people who have observed the topic. Volo (and Elminster) aren't monsters, Xanathar isn't an adventurer, and Mordenkanien isn't associated with any of the factions profiled in the book. "Psionic character's guide to Psionics" would be to on the nose, compared to the other books.There's got to be a moderately famous Realms character that uses psionics, doesn't there?
I've got nothing - but my Realms knowledge is a half-mile wide but an inch deep - enough to run games in the setting but not enough to care if I get details wrong while running games in the setting.
(Also would they use "psionics" in the title? Even if the book is all about psionics, it seems like it would be a weird thing to put on the cover. But "Elminster's Guide to all things Mental" probably wouldn't be a good choice either...)