D&D General What’s The Big Deal About Psionics?

[Maxperson]

There not a single problem that can't be solved with the proper application of Fireball.

Except not getting jokes.

Sorry man. It can be hard to tell with you sometimes. Trying putting in a winky face or smiley face with the jokes.

 

[Vaalingrade]

That ruins the deadpan delviery.

 

[Minigiant]

I personally think it should be stronger at... whatever they focus on. The metabolic should be an A tier shapeshifter/self buffer, beating out the druid.

Versatility should have a price. Honestly the wizard should be the B tier at whatever they want to do because they get to change what they can do after a nap. The swiss army knife should never be the best tool.

Like I said before WOTC & Da Community has to commit to locking a lot of spells and effects away from the wizard.

The Psion, if it uses spells, needs exclusivity as the Sorcerer has displayed it's need.

One must be special to be a specialist.

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[Tales and Chronicles]

Like I said before WOTC & Da Community has to commit to locking a lot of spells and effects away from the wizard.

The Psion, if it uses spells, needs exclusivity as the Sorcerer has displayed it's need.

One must be special to be a specialist.

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I have half a mind of giving wizard access to all the spells of the game...but only from their school!

 

[Maxperson]

I have half a mind of giving wizard access to all the spells of the game...but only from their school!

Strixhaven campaign it is!

 

[Minigiant]

I have half a mind of giving wizard access to all the spells of the game...but only from their school!

I'd be totally okay with 6e going back to power sources and just giving wizards all the arcane or wizardly school spells.

I'd accept psionic spells then.

 

[jgsugden]

...Please read the entire thread of a conversation rather than snipe replying to one message out of context. Reading your reply....we have 95% compatible ideas of what abpsion "should be".

Your expectation that someone will recall what a specific person said many pages prior (or in another thread entirely) is unrealistic.

might I suggest you consider an alternative way to read my post, other than as a snipe or criticism? Perhaps considering "IF" as truly meaning "IF", and not, "HEY - J'ACCUSE YOU!"

 

[cbwjm]

I'd be totally okay with 6e going back to power sources and just giving wizards all the arcane or wizardly school spells.

I'd accept psionic spells then.

I'd actually prefer something like pathfinder with their 4 types of spells: Arcane, Divine, primal, and I think eldritch. The type of spellcaster determines which spells you get access to so a paladin and cleric will have access to the same divine spell list rather than each class having their own distinct spell list. One thing I loved about this is that sometimes a sorcerer that you'd assume was arcane was something else because their bloodline tapped into a different power source.

 

[Micah Sweet]

It's not hard to have Fireball memorized.

When all you have is a searing ball of flame...

 

[Hussar]

@Hussar

I think my point keeps whooshing over your head.

No need to get personal.

My point is that

1. The 5e spell system is designed to create classes like the wizard, cleric, and sorcerer.
   

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   And bard and warlock and artificer.
   
   Unless you think that an artificer is just another sorcerer or wizard. Is that the case?