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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7710861" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>I had some more time to go through a second read of the UA article, although still far from a complete reading...</p><p></p><p>Once again I have to say that I have never been a far of psionics in D&D, mostly because they felt too much "sci-fi" in flavor for my own preferences. But this version of psionics does not feel that much "sci-fi" to be honest, and that's good.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps it's a matter of fluff and names being used. I even criticized the class name "Mystic" in the feedback for the previous two related UA articles, but now I see that moving away from modern/sci-fi feel might be the purpose behind this choice, because "Mystic" doesn't feel out of place in a medieval-esque fantasy setting (or even older), compared to "Psion" which always sounded more appropriate to me ("Mystic" has a non-necessary religious connotation in many languages) but also clearly modern.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, older terms like "kineticist" sound very modern to me. "Wu Jen" is not modern at all, and that's why it sounds a much better choice to me. </p><p></p><p>"Wu Jen" is oriental, which I don't typically approve by default in D&D. However I realize that the main reason why I have typically disliked having the Monk in default D&D is not exactly because they are oriental, but rather because they are the <strong>only</strong> oriental character option, so they always felt to me like an extraneous addition that doesn't match with the rest of the characters. But if now we are going to have Monks, Samurai, Kensai, Wu Jen and maybe Sohei as options, then they are a whole bunch of archetypes instead of just one oddball.</p><p></p><p>And yes, let's hope the Far Realm connection is gone... it's way too specific for a whole class. By comparison, it would be as if all Warlocks were required to have Fiend patrons or even more restricted to Devils only (i.e. all their powers explained in terms of a connection to Hell). The game is so much better with Warlocks having lots of options, and so why not Mystics?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7710861, member: 1465"] I had some more time to go through a second read of the UA article, although still far from a complete reading... Once again I have to say that I have never been a far of psionics in D&D, mostly because they felt too much "sci-fi" in flavor for my own preferences. But this version of psionics does not feel that much "sci-fi" to be honest, and that's good. Perhaps it's a matter of fluff and names being used. I even criticized the class name "Mystic" in the feedback for the previous two related UA articles, but now I see that moving away from modern/sci-fi feel might be the purpose behind this choice, because "Mystic" doesn't feel out of place in a medieval-esque fantasy setting (or even older), compared to "Psion" which always sounded more appropriate to me ("Mystic" has a non-necessary religious connotation in many languages) but also clearly modern. Similarly, older terms like "kineticist" sound very modern to me. "Wu Jen" is not modern at all, and that's why it sounds a much better choice to me. "Wu Jen" is oriental, which I don't typically approve by default in D&D. However I realize that the main reason why I have typically disliked having the Monk in default D&D is not exactly because they are oriental, but rather because they are the [B]only[/B] oriental character option, so they always felt to me like an extraneous addition that doesn't match with the rest of the characters. But if now we are going to have Monks, Samurai, Kensai, Wu Jen and maybe Sohei as options, then they are a whole bunch of archetypes instead of just one oddball. And yes, let's hope the Far Realm connection is gone... it's way too specific for a whole class. By comparison, it would be as if all Warlocks were required to have Fiend patrons or even more restricted to Devils only (i.e. all their powers explained in terms of a connection to Hell). The game is so much better with Warlocks having lots of options, and so why not Mystics? [/QUOTE]
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