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I have to say, the negative reaction the halfling art gets bemuses me a little (that's not a request to have people explain their issues; I have seen some very vehement explanations over the years!). I mean, I get that it's a distinct style and some people don't like it, but the violence of the...

If the only women allowed in rpg art are sexualised, then it conveys the message that the only role for women is as a sexual object. In case you missed it, that's not exactly going to demonstrate that the hobby is open to anyone who isn't male. One of the most important jobs of the art in an...

I... couldn't disagree more. What's more, I think that is a dig on females, even if you didn't intend it to be so. I think this is exactly the sort of comment, though, that has made groups like this feel like it is hostile. Imagine yourself as a woman who is into tabletop, reading that comment...

See, that's my point. Historically, online communities have been pretty awful for casually disrespecting people. I am very glad that's changing (I'd say changed - things are a hell of a lot better - but there's still a way to go).

Well - historically, places like this haven't exactly been as open and friendly to non-males. I think that's improved, but it can take a long time for something like that to balance out.

Hmm. I think you have the balance off. So, you appear to be using the UA Psychic Talent Die unmodified. None of your higher level powers reduce the die size, though, which means there are no controls on the usage. Obviously this is only my own analysis, but from looking at the UA balance,all...

Part of this is that 5e was designed with two natural start-points - 1st and 3rd. This is why levels 1 and 2 go so quickly, and why level 3 is the point when every class has its complete basic toolkit. I like starting at level 1, but it's very much 'apprentice level', to my mind.

The Sorcerer base class is already good for damage dealing; the bonus damage at 6th synergises nicely with it. What you get from psionics opens up a lot of options that would otherwise be hard to achieve with the class. Most of the Sorcerer subclasses will boost damage as well, though. It fits...

Edited: Clicked post early. Ah! Then I didn't understand you. Hmm. I don't think that would make a massive difference, no... ... barely anything. Same number of expected uses, +1.7% chance of not running out, +3.3 damage per day. I don't particularly like the idea for being fiddly, but there's...

I mean... You could argue that the DMG already has the big picture parts.

Hell, I never read it. I mostly use Planescape as a backdrop (although some friends have talked me into running a planar campaign soon). The point is that there are more choices to make, and more opportunities to get things "wrong" than with, say, Dark Sun. Hell, the latter has material from...

I think the main problem with a Planescape book is that you have to do something about the Faction War mess. Probably the best thing would be to say time has passed and there are factions back (with some changes) - that was, according to the writers, what the Faction War arc was supposed to end...

The problem is, the d&d community is almost entirely made up of corner cases. Half the dimensional anomalies in our games are actually caused by trying to fit enough corners in. (I have two entirely different parties with axe-wielding sorcerers. Anecdotal, of course, but they exist!)

So, WotC have done surveys on settings, but I can't find anything since mid 2015. Here's a quote: It's interesting to note that of the top tier, only Dark Sun and Planescape have not had official releases now, and the last few UAs could easily be for either. I've not seen any engagement from...

They will very likely have at least one other version of this in test internally, based on previous work. If they absolutely need to have psionics for a book and don't have consensus from the surveys, I expect we'll see a version that's something like the last UA version, but with changes that...

I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't make the cut. I mean, I really like it, but given how much discussion we've had it's clear that it's not intuitively good. It's possible that presenting it a different way could help with that, but there's limited opportunity for it. Anyway, I'll be waiting...

Hmm. So, since I'm already falling down the stats rabbit hole... here's a bit where the Psi Knight may actually be too good. Okay, again. Assume 40 combat rounds. When you get to level 5, the talent die increases to a d8. Let's see what that does... Median number of uses achieved: 40 Average...

That's not the usual set of encounter assumptions I've seen - usually it's 6-8. I'd have said 2-3 rounds was too short, too. I've been assuming 6-8 five round, for a maximum of 40 combat rounds per day. Of course, that goes a long way for the champion too!

It's a lot easier to compare the two extra-die-using subclasses, though, since you can look at how many times you can use the thing, and how much difference it makes. Comparing with the Champion, I guess you'd have to look at the expected difference from an extra fighting style and crit damage...

It does. The important thing about the psychic blades is that they don't need the talent die to be available. The Soul Knife doesn't actually roll the talent die that often, and will mostly be using it as a consumable. What they get, though, is a versatile, 60' thrown d6 weapon that converts...