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10/10. Would not shoot.

Psionics to me was always a mix of sci-fi, new age practice, occultism, Eastern mysticism and superheroes. I'd be very happy if the tradition continues. Part of my problem with aberrant sorcerer was that it was only focused on the horror/alien aspect. This psion has room enough to grow and be...

On the positive, yes it can go anywhere. On the negative, there is less need for them to devote resources to it. You can't do Eberron without the artificer. You can't do Dark Sun without psionics. Thus, resources get devoted to them. I just think that those two classes were going to have to be...

I think the biggest drawback to the Warlord making it to 5e is that no setting requires it. Eberron and the artificer and Dark Sun and the psion are linked in such a way you really can't do the setting without that class. I don't think Warlord is linked enough to any setting (maybe Nentir Vale?)...

Fine in the short run, but I guess you probably can't keep them more than 24 hours without C&UP (constantly drugged or unconscious) or relying on magic itself (anti magic cells and manacles). Admittedly, it's a problem with all D&D magic, but removing the components check makes the problem go...

I remember doing a deep dive on 3.5 psionics a great while ago. The core psion class with access to Complete Psion abilities could do most of what the base wizard could do. It had defensive abilities like Force Armor, could create fireball like energy attacks, teleport, divine info, summon...

While psionics in D&D has always danced in the weird fantasy and sci-fi domains, I think psionics fit well in occult pulp and horror genres too. I hope at some point we get a medium/mystic type horror-themed psion sub.

Because if a suspected criminal cannot be detained safely short of an anti magic field, you cannot arrest them and that only leaves killing or inhumane methods (keeping them in an induced coma) as the only way you can be sure they won't escape and continue to break the law. If it's a caster...

I'm going to assume all you town guards kill on sight.

Sounds good in theory, but that also sounds awfully complex to do at the table each round. Unless you are going to pre build each power, the player must create the effect, calculate the cost, and then resolve the effect (saves, damage, etc). That's a recipe for very long turn just to create a...

Isn't that meta magic and sorcery points?

Question: what can stop a psion from using their powers while nude, bound and gagged? At least an S component allows you to bind their hands to stop use of their magic.

I don't understand the need for endless novelty. I played 3.5 when you could have a wizard, a psion, a binder, a shadow mage, an incarnate, and a warmain all playing their own special version of D&D with their unique mechanics and interactions. You know what? It wasn't good. No class beyond...

Still the ability to flex between traditional caster and pact magic at will is powerful. It would need massive trade offs to be balanced. That's op. Psionics would be unstoppable. I'd rather NOT return to the era when psionics was banned in sight. Augments sounds like meta magic and that's the...

I think the worst aspect of psionics is that people get it in their brain (heh) that psionics should not only not look like spellcasters, it should ignore all the limitations of it. I mean, I too would love to cast two 9th level spells, both without components (costly included) and can't be...

1. It is my understanding that spell points are notoriously hard to balance as you can spam higher spells at the cost of lower ones, essentially getting the best of traditional progression and pact magic. Plus it wrecks havoc with multiclassing. I would have wanted points too for nostalgia sake...

I didn't want pact magic but every time I open my PHB it stares me in the face.

Eight years ago, I would have wanted a psionic system with a unique mechanism for casting. Power points, unique powers, etc. Today, I'm happy I have a psionic themed caster not bursting with tentacles. That said, this is pretty close to what I would have liked. It's different enough that it...

It's a little more nuanced then that and I don't want to get into it here (that is new thread territory) but the issue isn't that slavery is bad, it's that it's tolerated in everywhere but Tyr. That creates a lot of systemic issues.