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Yes, I still do call that class a Thief sometimes and yes I would rather play a LG paladin with a code.

Yes, you're right. IMO, there have been far to many associations throughout the editions of D&D for the name Mystic to work for everyone. Of course, it really doesn't mater what Mearls calls the class, some people will still use the old class name. He's basically just chasing the wind...

well I'm not a fan of the fighter's non-magical healing ability. The very idea of it stands against my play-style. I was really hoping for an option to remove second wind from the game, but it seems Mearls was hell bent for self healing. oh well, dreams crash one by one to the ground....

When you look back on D&D in 5 to 10 years, what do you think the legacy of the fighter be? Will you consider Extra actions and Self Healing to be the Fighter's legacy? Here is what Mearl's said in a recent podcast "...and if we've done our job in 5-10 years people will think oh that's...

When selecting a name for a game element the designers should take the fans of previous editions into consideration. In fact, I'd offer up the same set of arguments against the term Hit Dice being reconstituted in 5e. It doesn't mater how you want to spin it, reconstituting a term that has...

Yeah, Psionics is not magic.

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1. D&D Basic Monk (Rules Cyclopedia) 2. Faith's and Avatar's Divine Class (candle user) 3. Dragonlance 5th Age 4. 2e Wizard Kit 5. Al-Qadim (Mystic of Nog, a sha'ir kit) 6. Mystic PrC appeared in Dragon 274 7. Mystic in 2e as part of Masque of the Red Death 8. Celestial Mystic (Exalted Deeds)...

I agree, a class name should be evocative of the concept to a non-gamer. All I'm saying is that Mystic doesn't exactly work for psionics, but it's far better than "Duskblade" I mean WTF is a duskblade anyway? Does his blade only work at Dusk?

Thanks, my memories of 1e are mostly flashbacks. So that makes 10. Do we really need another? come on Mearls.... think this one through.

It's actually been used a total of 5 times. 1. 1e Monk 2. Faith's and Avatar's Divine Class (candle user) 3. Dragonlance 5th Age 4. 2e Wizard Kit 5. Al-Qadim Any in 3e?

yeah, it's already had several... Google image "Mystic Character" and then "Psionic character".. Which term provides a more evocative image?

It does make more sense that way, we have a similar house rule at our table. It's just rather unfortunate that Mike Mearls (in the last podcast) wants healing to be a legacy feature of the fighter class. He thinks that if he's done his job right people will look back on the fighter and...

After listening to the recent podcast with Mearls I'm rather happy that dispel magic will not work on a psionic power. He is correct to say that it's not magic. Now all he needs to do call the class a Psionicist or psion again.

I think it informs the player that you will get to use magic, just not directly like the wizard. In 2e, unless it's a low magic campaign, you'd be hard pressed to find fighters at high level not using any magical items. At high level is damn near impossible to play without them. In...

I'd argue that you can build a fighter without any disassociated powers. You'd be hard pressed to argue that basic maneuvers like trip, pull, pin, grab, disarm, death blow, etc are disassociated. It's only when you start to add in powers that control the narrative or seem magical that...

It's simply part of the class description

What's the 2e source? Why do you think I'm complaining about the Far Realm? It should be clear to you, if you've read my posts that I'm not happy with the class name "Mysitc"

Yes, handing out magical items has returned to being a carefree pleasure and not a guilt stricken requirement to ensure the math works.

I totally agree. In fact, I'd argue that in a world with magic matrial classes would also be using it. They might not access magic directly as a spell caster, but they certainly would access it indirectly via items. Of course, the fighter's use of magical items was an actual class...