Psionics--the Poll!

[Maxperson]

To which my answer is, "Only in some settings."
So, once again, forming a false dichotomy by bad poll construction.

Which means your answer is yes. Your game includes all the settings you choose to play, so you want psionics in your game, but they may not be in X setting, but would be in Y setting.

 

[Maxperson]

Then you don't call it "psionics". That term has its origins in 1950s sci-fi, and has mostly been used in sci-fi and academic parapsychology since then, with D&D as one outlier fantasy use.

Call it "psychic powers", or some such, if you want to divorce it from the sci-fi connotations.

Everyone knows that psionics in a science fantasy setting is called the Force.

 

[Corinnguard]

Everyone knows that psionics in a science fantasy setting is called the Force.

The Jedi and the Sith are Psion subclasses who lean toward the Monk class.

 

[Maxperson]

The Jedi and the Sith are Psion subclasses who lean toward the Monk class.

I always saw them as the psychic warrior from 3e. The 5e psi warrior subclass also tries to be a Jedi.

 

[Corinnguard]

I always saw them as the psychic warrior from 3e. The 5e psi warrior subclass also tries to be a Jedi.

In PF1, they would have been a Monk/Kineticist hybrid class who focused on telekinesis and the Kinetic Blade infusion.

 

[Micah Sweet]

In PF1, they would have been a Monk/Kineticist hybrid class who focused on telekinesis and the Kinetic Blade infusion.

In Level Up, they're both Psyknights with the Praetor subclass.

 

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

Everyone knows that psionics in a science fantasy setting is called the Force.

The nice thing about the Force is that it's treated as mystical, having a Will and good and bad sides.

 

[Corinnguard]

In Level Up, they're both Psyknights with the Praetor subclass.

After reading through the Praetor subclass, I can see why.

Edit: If I was to play a Psyknight (Praetor), I would be aiming for a two-bladed Starglaive.

 

[Micah Sweet]

After reading through the Praetor subclass, I can see why.

I like when it's clear what a rules widget is going for.

 

[CreamCloud0]

i would like psionics, i like that it brings a different flavour and mechanics, i like the idea that there can exist more than one power system in a setting and that they could work differently, i think it's incredibly boring and limiting to just throw everything vaguely supernatural into the bucket of 'magic'