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Yup noticed myself, reading comprehension error on my part. Thanks for pointing it out either way. /Edit: Now I remember what confused me..... the Psionics trait on MM page 10 specifically calls out that it has no rules attached to it. Which it doesn't need to since the Monster Statblock...

Yes. The Innate Spellcasting Trait doesn't remove V or S. Was that different in an older edition? Innate Spellcasting A monster with the innate ability to cast Spells has the Innate Spellcasting Special trait. Unless noted otherwise, an innate spell of 1st Level or higher is always cast at its...

BTW don't remember who came along with "the designers think using psionics doesn't require VSM", but I went and rechecked. Psions creatuers don't require Material component, but still need V,S. Mindflayer from the MM, Elder Brain, Alhoon and Mindflayer Lich from Volos. In contrast the Mindflayer...

FYI - Sleet Storm does. Probably the thing you had in the back of your head when you started looking. Until the spell ends, freezing rain and sleet fall in a 20-foot-tall cylinder with a 40-foot radius centered on a point you choose within range. The area is heavily obscured, and exposed flames...

Sure, I get that. But that's an easy way to just not get a Psion class. By slapping heavy restrictions on it you can add that part after the framework stands. You'll have a specialization in things you're particularly good at, there's no way around it. Anything outside the field you're...

Rather than nitpicking about the details, what niche do we want to fill with the base class? The Mystic is dead precisely because he could do too much stuff at once. While Psionics cover a whole lot of areas, what would the baseclass do? 1. Full Caster without components. 2. ??? Speaking from...

You misread that a bit. While technically possible if Dragon Breath is around the hallmark of 10k °C and sustained I don't think melting or burning through a stone wall is a feasible scenario. That was mostly just to outline how Fireballs are probably a lot less effective at breaching a castle...

If we're talking about real world physics a bit: Stone starts burning/melting if it's hot enough (IRL WW2 air raid bombings did that frequently i.e. Dresden). Fireball vs Dragon breath is different in terms of the kind of energy levels involved. A Fireball would be less temperature damage and...

Imho there should be shared spells, basically using existing spells to psionic abilities that would be mechanically very similar. But also a few Psion exclusives. Restricting the Psion to certain schools doesn't make much sense looking at how some spells in pretty much every school fit very...

Gonna double down on the theory this UA is related to Larian's upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 and WotC wants a piece of the cake. Not complaining, I don't mind at all. Good for them if we get a good book and they get to make some money, win win, really. It just makes sense from a business point of...

Seeing this and considering the circumstances, I'm pretty much convinced we'll get an official book with some sort of Psionics in it sometime around the Baldurs Gate 3 release. For better or worse. They might be pretty confident this is more or less what they want to print. Although I'd be...

All the new Feats are Half Feats (neat). While some are clearly stronger than others, I really like the options for all of them. Telekinetic is going to be pretty wild though. Moving stuff in between 5-30 ft at lvl 1 seems a tad bit too random. Likewise 5-80 ft at higher levels, pretty damn...

Morals are a construct of the society that births them to begin with. Civilizations and time periods have very different ideas of what i.e. a person is. Slavery would be a okay for almost everywhere of the Roman times. A good horse could easily beat the value of several peasant lives during...