doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Sure
But it has all the fiddly resource stuff Crawford says the playtest fedback hates.
This is what I am sensing is the issue. The design team doesn't have a resource mechanic for psionics.
- The majority of the fans don't want a new mechanic for a resource.
- The majority of fans want cool stuff for psionics
- Cool stuff need a resource to limit them (cantrips are weak)
- They are afraid to plop a spell table and spell list on psionic warriors and soul knives.
The thing that bugs me about dnd, and not just 5e, is the idea that cool stuff needs limited resource management. Throwing a rock or chair or whatever at someone isn't necessarily more powerful than a longbow, it doesn't need to cost more than shooting with a longbow.
Add telekinesis to the psychic warrior, and it's everything I could want from such a subclass. If it has to have a "weak" (ie you can make ranged weapon attacks with objects affected by your telekinesis as part of the attack action, and are proficient with them) version, and a resource limited more powerful version (x/short rest you can increase the size of object your can move with your mind), then that's fine, but I don't need it.
A telekinetic subclass doesn't have to have limited resources.