Rikka66
Adventurer
If Elementals are part of Material Plane, then they can easily be psionic.
I for sure would not want that.
If Elementals are part of Material Plane, then they can easily be psionic.
Real basic:
1) All High Magic defiles. (Elemental and Necromancy spells do not, this is specific for my campaign.) Defiling kills plant life and evaporates water in a (10xlevel) ft radius around the caster, it also inflicts (level-1)^2 damage (Physical save half) to everyone in the vicinity. Level 4-5 defiling is intentionally brutal.
2) A caster may make a Magic check (difficulty 6+spell level) to not defile. Failing this check means the spell defiles, OR the caster takes system strain equal to the level of the spell.
3) Preserver's Art: Commit effort for the day as an Instant Action whenever casting a high magic spell. This spell does not defile. (I might tweak this to scene, not sure if it's too punishing.) This art is available to High Mages, Elementalists, and Necromancers.
Having a psionic nature isnt the same thing as having psionic powers. It just means they have minds.I for sure would not want that.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I've never thought of the elements as needing the psionic label to be thought of as having a conscience. Associating them as too many suggestions (in my head) I don't want.Having a psionic nature isnt the same thing as having psionic powers. It just means they have minds.
I am coming from the perspectiveMaybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I've never thought of the elements as needing the psionic label to be thought of as having a conscience. Associating them as too many suggestions (in my head) I don't want.
Yeah, I just don't have that perspective (for the first two). To each their own, though.I am coming from the perspective
• Psionics is "mind only!" and is the primordial magic that all other magical sources rest on top of.
• Psionics and Primal are the same thing, except Psionics is the minds of humanoids, while Primal also includes the minds of rocks and trees.
• Primal (= animism) is the minds of rocks and trees (and humanoids) in the Material Plane − different from the fey spirits in the Fey Plane.
Maybe a more helpful phrasing is that Elementals have a Primal nature.
So... It might be more helpful to break it down into a structure of different forms of Supernatural Power. In alphabetical order.I am coming from the perspective
• Psionics is "mind only!" and is the primordial magic that all other magical sources rest on top of.
• Psionics and Primal are the same thing, except Psionics is the minds of humanoids, while Primal also includes the minds of rocks and trees.
• Primal (= animism) is the minds of rocks and trees (and humanoids) in the Material Plane − different from the fey spirits in the Fey Plane.
Maybe a more helpful phrasing is that Elementals have a Primal nature.