Unearthed Arcana Why UA Psionics are never going to work in 5e.

[Aldarc]

NB It's not just corporations that lie - it's everyone: "Did you like that jumper I knitted you last Christmas dear?"

I don't owe WotC the same courtesy and love that I gave my grandmother.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I don't owe WotC the same courtesy and love that I gave my grandmother.

But WotC owe their shareholders the courtesy of not saying something that will lower their share price.

This is what happens when businesses tell the truth: The man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10 seconds

 

[Aldarc]

And? So what?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

And? So what?

Your Grandmother's pension has shares in Hasbro.

 

[Catulle]

Are... you okay?

 

[FlyingChihuahua]

Are... you okay?

Ah yes, someone is defending a corporation, clearly this means that there is something wrong with them.

 

[Aldarc]

Your Grandmother's pension has shares in Hasbro.

Ah yes, someone is defending a corporation, clearly this means that there is something wrong with them.

Let's be clear, the argument essentially amounts to if we don't rate the psionics UA at satisfactory or higher, then WotC won't be able to give a good report to their shareholders. So maybe there is not something wrong with the person, but there is with the argument.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

...And dear old grandma will be cast out into the snow to make strawmen for a crust of bread.

 

[FlyingChihuahua]

Let's be clear, the argument essentially amounts to if we don't rate the psionics UA at satisfactory or higher, then WotC won't be able to give a good report to their shareholders. So maybe there is not something wrong with the person, but there is with the argument.

And they wouldn't be able to make a profit off of psionics, thus it would never come out.

 

[Maxperson]

True, and as Elfcrusher says, they could choose to ignore their own rule if it suits them to do so. That's my only hope.

NB It's not just corporations that lie - it's everyone:

Sure. Everyone lies. But not all the time and as a general rule, not when it doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense for WotC to lie about why the Mystic was abandoned, so I have no reason to think that stepping on the toes of others isn't the reason or at least the primary reason for abandoning that class. I'm actually more inclined to think that they are lying about the 70%, because it doesn't make much business sense to run their business that way, and they are a successful business.

"Did you like that jumper I knitted you last Christmas dear?"

Yes, snookums. I wear it every day and think of you always.