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personally i think i fall more on the side of a different power/casting mechanic mattering more to the psion than the spells themselves, ultimately there's only so many distinct effects supernatural powers will produce so i think making the playfeel of the psion feel distinct to regular casting...

by spellcaster psion i think they pretty much just mean a 'psion' who's mechanics are just those of a regular caster's with a themed list, maybe with some tweaked mechanics for them like metamagic. like how some people consider aberrant mind sorcerer enough to count as a 'psion'.

PCs are special, but not that special IMO, they're no more special than athletes or actors are in our world, so a cut above the masses perhaps but not enough to qualify as a whole different category of being, and certainly not the only ones around.

the time pressure is all the loot, EXP and rewards getting taken by the other adventuring group who was hired by the client because they actually get up off their arses and can complete the three day job in less than a fortnight.

they shouldn't want to end up in the water but i think making it a slightly more accessible territory is still a good decision, it gives them options, both in battle and out, it lets them be more down for all those things they might decide to not do because 'aw hell i don't wanna risk ending up...

I don’t think i have much to add beyond don’t make interacting with the water a pain, your players are likely going to end up in the drink at some point or another so it might pay to be a little generous and just say everyone gets a swim speed equal to half walkspeed, perhaps also something like...

my only real exposure to 4e is here on Enworld, and honestly it sounds pretty great all around apart from a personal bugbear against tactical combat/abilities that i just struggle with.

didn't (most methods of) healing in 4e burn your healing surges to function? so while most encounters are self contained ultimately they ARE grinding down your resources, as well as any dailies you burn.

i wouldn't ban it wholesale personally, but i'd remove the fact it keeps enemies and attacks out as a base feature and let it be an additional bonus if you upcast it to 5th level, otherwise it just serves as climate controlled bubble to protect from the weather and suchlike,

8 hours short rests make sense given it's your overnight sleep but do long rests honestly need to be a whole week to serve their function in the recovery schedule? i feel like you could make them 48 hours and that'd serve as enough as a narrative speedbump to function just as well as weeklong rests.

thematically, witchers are just rangers who can actually brew their own desired potions IMO, the fact that Wizards chose to design rangers who can't brew things and also they and most every class with abilities beyond 'i stab things' rely on spells doesn't change that, it'd be great if we had...

i recognize erza and byakuya and though it's been a good while since i read either of those series i think i can recall their abilities well enough, edit: i don't know if it'd be my first inclination to call either a gish/swordmage though, even if they are both technically swordfighters who also...

that people think we need a new independent class to play a witcher is i think, a sign of the failure of the ranger's design.

rather than the large pool of points those spell point casters are usually designed with don't the people requesting point psions usually desire a smaller pool that recharges more frequently

that is to say, because i know your comment will get nitpicked, it is not as powerful a martial as a dedicated martial, nor as potent a spellcaster as a dedicated fullcaster, but the synergy of its martial and caster components make it individually as strong at swordmage things as either of...

because while bladesinger might be powerful as a fullcaster wizard with additional martial capabilities on top it's actually pretty ass at actually capturing the desired fantasy of the swordmage, of someone who seamlessly synergizes martial technique and magical effects into a single fighting style.

i feel like it's more likely the latter, it's one of those things that when used in a book the writer has absolute control to implement it as and when needed for to do things for the story and there's no-one to get irritated at the consequences because they're all fictional, but in a game you...

i think for me final fantasy came before harry potter as my first proper exposure to 'wizards' which maybe caused a bit of a different impression given it's a videogame rather than literature but yeah same general sentiment, my black mage is casting fira as their standard action not plinking...

not if designed properly i think, i don't mean abilities that only work in and are only applicable to a specific environment, i mean ones that are generically useful but thematic to the biome they come from, having a swim speed, cold resistance and the ability to freeze things and turn into a...

i really wish they would split the shapeshifting from the spellcasting with the druid, if not IMO ideally into it's own class then at least as an either-or choice at first level, you can have the shapeshifting OR the spellcasting to go with the rest of your druid abilities but not both (barring...