I came around to the Psion being a spellcaster because D&D has 500 bespoke mechanical effects locked behind spells. A class that more directly effects the nature of those spells in unique ways as compared to the Sorcerer is cool to me. Yes, we could make it a non-spellcaster, but the amount of...
I think it's the opposite, Steampunkette came in here and yucked this Psion and said she'd prefer her own. I think she's in her rights to do that, but you're really flipping the cause and effect here.
You have no idea how long I've waited for this. I want an official Psion so dang bad. I love the homebrew ones but IMO a baseline is always good to have to work off of.
FINALLY!!!!
EVERYONE WH OTOLD ME THAT WOTC SHOULDN'T DO A PSION, BE DEFEATED!
BE STRUCK DOWN BY THE MIGHT OF THE PSION FANS!
WE HATE EACH OTHER BUT THIS TIME WE SHALL BOND! WE SHALL COMBINE FORCES!!
THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL PSION AND YOU CANNOT STOP IT ANYMORE!!!!!
(except via surveys)
This is it.
Now make no mistake, Eberron 100% draws on Magicpunk, Steampunk, and other -punk elements. That's undeniable. But that's because those genres are usually responses to pulp genres. Punk and pulp may not be commonly seen put together, but they can be and in doing so you can enhance...
This makes sense, though I'm wondering how less essential updating monsters really is. MM 2024 has some interesting paradigm upgrades that, imo, do leave 2014 monsters feeling a little flat.