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In 2E, psionics were a middle step between martial and caster. Psionics were weaker and had less variety than magic, because they were...

After looking through this article I just realized something about myself (and perhaps the hobby). I just gloss over the non-5e...

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In general me too. However, I am finding that by leaning into psions as spellcasters I am finding them much more acceptable.

As long as the psion is in a separate book that I can avoid, I'm happy for those who wanted it - best of both worlds!

That is irrelevant with regard to the common trope of hand gestures, facial expressions, and other somatic components being part of...

What is bad to you, isn't universally bad. Look, my preference is that the only spellcasting class is the wizard and all other magic...

Just the fact that it was in the 2024 PHB is also throwing that bone

It's recycled art from the 2024 PHB, but I think it was drawn deliberately to throw a bone to Dark Sun fans.

Using something like a crystal to focus the mind is a trope that is common in psionics in pretty much every medium. You don't have to...

The idea of hand gestures and psionics going together has a long history (Jedis being the obvious example). I don't think that should be...

Why not? It hasn't hurt 5th edition up to this point. Having a Psion class with somatic components and costly material components next...

I can ignore the material spell components, but just ‘thinking’ with no gestures is a ‘no’ from me. It should be obvious who is ‘casting...

Ignoring rules you don't like is entirely point. This is exactly what you should be doing, and why it doesn't matter what WotC chooses...