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Assuming that folks following the project are white supremacists is a bit much. Many of them are likely not fully aware of the...

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...

can you to the point of performing Telekinesis? otherwise I am not sure your real-world experience counts ;)

Sure - but it needs to be in the rules. If you remove v/s/m components you need to replace them with something else. And I think some...

Where does it describe these “mental waves” in the rules? I see no mention of that in the rules either. And it’s not always the target...

we will first have to agree that it is a bad rule, so far it is mostly about personal taste

what about third parties observing the caster? I want it as clear to them as to the target. It also doesn’t address the restraint part…

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 think the worst aspect of psionics is that people get it in their brain (heh) that psionics should not only not look like...

That is not how it will end up working. What will happen is everyone will spam their highest level spells, end fights quickly because...

Then YOU ignore it. You don't need the book to say it. Unless you just can't deal with the fact that WotC's beliefs in psionics don't...

Material components aren’t just about assigning a cost it’s about limiting availability. All control over spell access was ceded to...

Deal with it. You aren't getting completely component-free psionics written down in the book, so take what you can get. No Verbal, no...

Each to their own. I think they add flavour. They do assist with balance issues - usually either permanent effects (Magic mouth) or...