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That's not entirely true. In the Expanded Psionics Handbook of 3.5, there was something like 42 powers that were just psionic versions of spells. EDIT: If I've quoted that before, I apologize. I didn't realize this post wasn't recent.

I would definitely like to see the return of some psionic races. Luckily, thri-kreen, githyanki, githzerai, gem dragonborn, and kalashtar are all available options in 5e. Goliaths are there too and were known to be the same as half-giants in Dark Sun and Exandria. What I caution against is too...

You know, I would be okay with that. Psioncs has always had that tradition of using Psionic Strength Points/Power Points. However, my guess is that WotC will want to keep things consistent. A friend of mine uses it in his games.

Agreed. It's interesting to note that the 3.0 Forgotten Realms said no psionics (even after the inclusion of psionics in 2e), but 3.5 did. They even added the College of the Eclipse, a psionic school. Dragonlance traditionally does not have psionics. However, they were introduced to the...

I used to be in the "psionics are different" crowd, at least until I realized that about 42 powers in the Expanded Psionics Handbook are just psionic versions of spells. The idea of simplifying and having one system for manifesting supernatural powers/spells has become appealing to me in 5e...

How did I miss that? The shard swarm ability is straight from the shardmind. Even if the race doesn't come back, I'm glad they live on in one form or another.

Would it be better to make him an earth genasi, a shardmind, or create something different?

Yeah, I'm tired of the idea of psionics being tied to aberrations and the Far Realm. I like the idea of the intelligent Professor X type. I do like that we have both options, though.

Yeah, I posted that in a hurry and didn't look at the obvious watermark. Oops! So you played Crystar? How did that go?

I have considered that. There are plenty of conversions of them out there. They don't exactly look like Crystar and I'm not sure about that. Also that shard swarm ability is not something I have seen Crystar do.

It's funny, because a friend of mine used Crystar in his old game back in 2e and statted him up as a paladin. :) I had considered the idea of Crystalium being a part of the elemental plane of earth or just some land in some other setting. I hadn't considered just making it its own world. :)

Back in the 80s, there was a comic book series called The Saga of Crystar: Crystal Warrior. It lasted for 11 issues and was known for having a toy tie-in. The short version is that in the kingdom of Crystalium was ruled by two princes - Crystar and Moltar. They were given a choice between...