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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...

If that's what you think the response about Post Apocalyptic settings, then you're the one reading to respond and not understand. I...

The obvious answer is that they use drugs and drug delivery systems like pipes and vaporizers for focuses. A psion just absolutely...

Yep. At not just the Deryni. The crystal idea comes from a bunch of different mediums. Plus, as you mention, there really aren't a...

I am fairly certain you are likely to have read various novels and stories where the mystics/psionics needed/used material components...

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...

I didn't discount anything. I laid out my counter arguments one by one, and then tied them together in the end. Everything you listed...

It's not from an external source. There are ways to focus the mind to allow it more power and achieve greater things. The magic still...

A majority of the Material components necessary for casting Psionic spells are just a jewel or pearl or dust from a jewel or something...

It's a balance issue - if the psionics has no components then using it cannot be detected, making it much more powerful. I would suggest...

I don't mind them, but not as they are in the PHB. I'll probably end up changing them to some sort of focusing crystal that you need to...

With the UA Psion out now, obviously WotC has already decided what book it would be part of. Whatever they decided, I will work with...

I would hazard a guess at “mystic” for a wild talent background.

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