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I think this is what they are doing. They are not being transparent with the release cycle because they don't want to alienate fans of certain settings that are scheduled late in the release cycle. The Forgotten Realms expansion, The Eberron expansion, The Dragonlance expansion, the Dark Sun...

... of course people might not want to wait a decade to see their favorite setting adapted to 5e so this might backfire. We see this as the slow release schedule is becoming a growing problem for fans. Mearls is in a tough spot, though, because he doesn't want to splinter his sales across five...

What is Mike Mearls hinting at? I think he wants to tie any and all expanded rules ... new classes, new spells, etc ... to settings. Each new setting would hopefully extend the normal 5-6 year rule set cycle. He wants to concentrate on one setting every 3-4 years to reinvigorate the game with...

I think any major rule revisions should be handled in an Unearthed Arcana / Pathfinder Unchained like product and be presented along with new rule options side by side. This would make the new rules optional while keeping the original edition as canon. I think this has the potential to extend...

I personally would prefer a greater separation between the divine and arcane spells than exists currently. But psionic powers are not even spells ... they may be magic ... and they are definitely supernatural ... but they are not spells. I don't have a problem with the neo-vancian framework. It...

Psion "metamagic" should be slightly more powerful than the sorcerer's but be tied to an exhaustion mechanic.

I can see this. Int-Cha = Force (Psychokinesis, Fly, Force Damage) Int-Wis = Divination (Clairsentience) + Enchantment (Telepathy) + Illusion (Metacreativity) Int-Con = Transmutation (Psychometabolism) + Teleport (Psychoportation)

Perhaps the primary psion class requires intelligence with each of the subclasses requiring a different secondary ability score ... wisdom, charisma, or constitution.

I see your point about charisma and wisdom, but intelligence is more than book lore. It is the ability to understand complex things quickly. Wisdom and Charisma is already the prime stat. for multiple classes. Hyper-intelligence has always been associated with psi powers in popular culture. You...

I think the bard of valor was an attempt to recreate the warlord. I would have liked the bardic healing to use the hit die mechanic instead of just mimicking cleric healing. I think this more actually reflects a bard's or warlord's ability to inspire and strengthen their companions. A Psion is...

Intelligence should be the primary stat. Constitution should be the secondary. Constitution would be secondary because it would come into play only you wanted to empower or extend the duration of a power. Intelligence would become the "concentration" statistic. Psions would use their intellect...

Your post might be hyperbole, but if psionic bloodline sorcerer is all they are going to do. I'd rather WotC not do anything with psionics. I agree. It would feel underwhelming.

Any healing the psionicist has should use the hit die mechanic so that it doesn't step on the toes of the cleric. A psionicist would allow you to spend hit dice during combat to heal. It's a mechanic new to 5e and it is underutilized. It also keeps the psionicist healing from feeling divine in...

Presentation is important. This new system has to feel distinct. They way you present it is important. I'm done with "is it magic or isn't it magic" discussion. It's like a dog chasing it's own tail. It has to be different enough from traditional magic found in the core to be worth doing...

The powers of psionicists have to be different than spells even if it is a type of "magic" in your world. Many have mentioned that there should be some sort of exhaustion or point system to extend or empower these abilities. Others have mentioned the need to use the concentration mechanic to...

I agree with everything in the original post except the above statement. The psionic wild talent feat can not be any more powerful than the magic initiate feat, so the power scale has to be equivalent to two cantrips and a first level spell.

Agreed, but the question of whether psionics is the same as divine and arcane is important and having a sense of the narrative of psionics helps you determine whether it should interact with current divine and arcane "magic". Does counterspell work? Do creatures with resistance to spells have...

That is why it is important that the psionicist not pull from the current spell list. These powers have to be unique in feel if not always unique in effect. It can be done but it will require a lot of new supernatural powers that feel different than casting a divine or arcane spell.

In Dark Sun the gods are gone and the arcane destroys life force. Arcane is not gone but it is definitely broken. It is in these settings that psionics shine. If psionics is pulling from the same spell list as arcane and divine ... if it has the same source, it doesn't feel like a true...

I'm not saying it's not magic of some sort, just not the sort that works in tandem with the arcane and divine magic found in D&D. By drawing on a different source it becomes worthy of doing. If the psionicist draws from the same source as the divine and the arcane, then the psionic user is just...