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Really? Let's just fact-check that. vs. ... nah. Same crunch, different editor. Looks like basically the same deal for Psionic Teleport vs. Arcane Teleport. Is this debunked now? Can we move on to new arguments?

So, just trudged through the last few pages. A couple of points of discussion seemed worthy of reply. First, so far as I can tell, ever edition of Psionics has referenced spellcasting. I didn't even have to read a whole page of my 1e PHB to find this: ... and it's not the only example of...

Disagree strongly. Warlocks, Bards, and Wizards are all drawing on the same source as the Sorcerer, and they're not just Sorcerers. If you're trying to say that a Psonic Sorcerer subclass alone would not be sufficient to represent Psionics, then you might be saying something decent, but what...

(emphasis added) Agree. This is a point which I made some pages back. I feel like 5e magic basically took one of the main things which separated magic and psionics: the scaling mechanic. On top of that, Sorcerers get Sorcery Points which translate into spell slot levels, at rates which are...

If it were a poll, then the only correct answer would be "Yes."

Monte Cook did a cool thing in Arcana Evolved: - Some spells have a [Psionic] descriptor. - If you are an AE Psion, you can cast [Psionic] spells without components or arcane spell failure. So an arcane caster could cast Detect Thoughts, and for her it's just another spell with hand-gestures...

Fighters and Rogues have an option to cast Wizard spells. Wizard spells have setting elements (Tasha's hideous laughter, Tenser's floating disc). It's everything. If someone really is incapable of ignoring implicit setting elements, that person has a significant problem with every edition of...

I like my campaigns to have more ambiguity and room for disagreements between one Good faction and another Good faction, so I prefer the Gods to be merely one (partially correct) interpretation of the truth. That means another region might have different Gods, or no Gods, or just one God -- and...

Yeah that's basically what I did last campaign. My previous campaign had the Gods as formerly human Psionic constructs. (Made from lots of humans, rather than just one, so you got more archetype and less ego.) The Gods don't hate Psionics. If anything, they hate Arcane magic, which originated...

I feel like the Warlock patron "Great Old One" is basically the level of Far Realms which I want to see in the core rules.

From a functional standpoint, what I want to see is: - Attack Modes & Defense Modes matter; they are unlike spells or other powers. They are at-will, perhaps constant, and have their own rock-paper-scissors thing. - Integration with core classes. I want a Psionic Monk, with about as much power...

Something I haven't really seen brought up in this thread so far, is the fact that 5e spells seem to have already stolen the main Psionics scaling mechanic: the fact that you have to spend a higher-level slot to get a higher-level effect. Since 5e magic already works like pre-5e Psionics, I...

The forum trolls.

All creatures of the Dragon type and Dragon-ish subtype are able to use any musical instrument so long as they can ... (wait for it) ... play the scales.

There are no male Elves. There are no female Dwarves. They fight in public because they're married to each other. Cheers, -- N

I am unable to give useful and insightful explanations for the numbers in my judgment tonight. I'll post a (hopefully) eloquent write-up tomorrow evening. In the mean time, in the spirit of music and the arts, a song to inspire us all: A bard is a guy who can't cast fly Also known as a busker...

I did, now I'm mostly back. But please volunteer next time! :) Currently digesting Waylander the Slayer vs Lwaxy. I'll post a judgment tomorrow evening. Cheers, -- N

(At first I thought this was a thread about marital maneuvers inspired by The Princess Bride...) To have a martial arts system, which this is tending towards, you need some sort of rock-paper-scissors which require resource commitments. Like, you have some sort of "Rock" stance which gives you...

You can't hear anything if you are clanking around in heavy metal armor. Thus, put a ceiling on the Perception result which is equal to Stealth check. Now the Thief is perceptive because he's sneaky, Rangers have a reason to wear light armor, and the Cleric is very seldom worst (thanks to Wis...

r2m1 - Deuce Traveler vs. ender_wiggin It took me some time to get through these. Since I'm last, I'm not going to sblock my judgement. Let's take a look at the ingredient uses. Bundle of Straw: ender_wiggin had the straw "rolled into cigars", which is not something I think of straw as being...