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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8288305" data-attributes="member: 67296">But why does it need to be different? I'm not asking as an objection, I'm genuinely interested in your response.The supernatural is already very varied in D&amp;D. The biggest divide is arcane magic vs divine magic; one is made, the other is granted. Kind of. They are obviously different types of supernatural.Even within the arcane, the wizard traditions are different from sorcerer powers (which are manifestation of their will or persona or something), different yet from magical patterns of bards, and the granted-but-not-quite-divine magic of the warlock. These are obviously different kinds of supernatural, and we're not comparing them to clerics or druids yet. They all do magic because that's how D&amp;D names the supernatural. So why can't psionic powers be psychic magic, one of the three realms of supernatural (arcane/divine/psychic)?Yes, the psionics =/= magic dates back to its roots, but clerics, at their roots, were also distinct from magic-users (therefore not practitioners of magic). I can understand the need of a psionic class because that's how D&amp;D separates supernatural (magic) traditions, but what is the attraction of making psionics so different from all other types of supernatural manipulations?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 8288305, member: 67296"] But why does it need to be different? I'm not asking as an objection, I'm genuinely interested in your response. The supernatural is already very varied in D&D. The biggest divide is arcane magic vs divine magic; one is made, the other is granted. Kind of. They are obviously different types of supernatural. Even within the arcane, the wizard traditions are different from sorcerer powers (which are manifestation of their will or persona or something), different yet from magical patterns of bards, and the granted-but-not-quite-divine magic of the warlock. These are obviously different kinds of supernatural, and we're not comparing them to clerics or druids yet. They all do magic because that's how D&D names the supernatural. So why can't psionic powers be psychic magic, one of the three realms of supernatural (arcane/divine/psychic)? Yes, the psionics =/= magic dates back to its roots, but clerics, at their roots, were also distinct from magic-users (therefore not practitioners of magic). I can understand the need of a psionic class because that's how D&D separates supernatural (magic) traditions, but what is the attraction of making psionics so different from all other types of supernatural manipulations? [/QUOTE]

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