D&D (2024) Githzerai Psion? Thri-kreen Psion? Where's My Psion?

[Minigiant]

what are the major factions again?
beyond the anti psion faction as they are worthless

1) Far Realm Struggling Tentacles and Claws Psychic
2) Psionic Spell Slot Wizard
3) Power Point Goey Psion
4) Mind Psuedoscience Psionicist

 

[Minigiant]

The community doesn't need to agree. If they'd put Bards into playtesting in the same way, they'd never have been agreed. Or really any full caster. Hell, the community mostly did agree on what they wanted from Sorcerer in the DND Next Playtest, and WotC still said "Nah we'll just revert to 3.5E's take!", which they'd already implied was unpopular!

Indeed, if there's ever a future edition with this kind of playtesting, expect several classes to be so divisive they can never reach 70% approval, and also expect WotC to just pick a lane and put them in anyway!

Blaming "the community" is, frankly, just a bad excuse for incompetence on WotC's part. If they wanted a Psion class, we'd have a Psion class. They don't need 70% approval or w/e, they've shown this countless times by just dropping content on us that never got playtesting (or never got much approval/engagement).

That they're putting in things actually called Psion in the MM is nice, maybe they'll actually give it a go in future. God knows 5E could use another INT class.

Bards went through playtesting

That's why they're full casters and not 2/3 spell dabblers.

 

[Corinnguard]

2) Psionic Spell Slot Wizard

Pathfinder took this route by making psionics into another brand of magic. Psychic Magic.

 

[Epic Meepo]

The new traffic light rating system might make it easier to pass the approval point now, and by directly connecting it to the Far Realms, WotC might have a clearer vision of what they think a psion should be, rather than relying on the competing visions of the community.

In the meantime, it’s not hard to convert the gith psion to an NPC of a different species.

Well, sure. It's easy to use the Psion stat blocks to create all kinds of NPCs.

But that doesn't really address the OP's point about the lack of a Psion class for PCs.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Bards went through playtesting

That's why they're full casters and not 2/3 spell dabblers.

Was there are a 5E version which wasn't full caster? Which packet?

 

[Micah Sweet]

Well, sure. It's easy to use the Psion stat blocks to create all kinds of NPCs.

But that doesn't really address the OP's point about the lack of a Psion class for PCs.

Which is why I strongly recommend going outside WotC for that, since they don't have robust psionic rules.

 

[SkidAce]

1) Far Realm Struggling Tentacles and Claws Psychic
2) Psionic Spell Slot Wizard
3) Power Point Goey Psion
4) Mind Psuedoscience Psionicist

I'll take a #4, go large, and a side of fries please.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

1) Far Realm Struggling Tentacles and Claws Psychic
2) Psionic Spell Slot Wizard
3) Power Point Goey Psion
4) Mind Psuedoscience Psionicist

There's not much difference between 3 & 4, typically, apart from vibes and not even always then.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Sure. But if that's the case and they say otherwise, what does that say about them?

Nothing.

 

[Micah Sweet]

There's not much difference between 3 & 4, typically, apart from vibes and not even always then.

Not sure what "goes psion" is actually.