Are Psionic's now Core Rules?

[Henry]

hrm like a psionicist or a SORCERER(the REAL psionicist...)

A.

Nah - a Sorcerer is more like a science prodigy - he's somebody who just knows the answer to a problem without having to show his work. I use as evidence the fact that he casts his spells with components and all, and from the outside looks exactly like a wizard when casting his spells. A psion is to me a step beyond that; he has no equivalent. If a Wizard is the guy who practices with a guitar for years before becoming a virtuoso, and the sorcerer is the guy who simply picks up a guitar sight unseen and starts playing with pure natural talent, the psion is the guy who doesn't even need equipment to make guitar music... Kind of like Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies

 

[Psion]

If a Wizard is the guy who practices with a guitar for years before becoming a virtuoso, and the sorcerer is the guy who simply picks up a guitar sight unseen and starts playing with pure natural talent, the psion is the guy who doesn't even need equipment to make guitar music... Kind of like Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies

And I just changed my sig, too!

 

[reanjr]

I don't think that the total amount of content in books like Frostburn or RoS devoted to Psionics is that much. While I also don't generally use Psionics, I support minimal cross-referencing. I think it's a good thing to refer to non-core products, as long as it is not essential to have those non-core products.

To answer the main question, no I don't think the ExPsiHb is a core rule book. It is perfectly possible to run a D&D campaign without it.

It's also perfectly possible to run a game without the MM. I do it all the time. Doesn't make it a non-core book.

Actually it's possible to run without the DMG, too, though maybe a bit more difficult.

 

[jester47]

Nah - a Sorcerer is more like a science prodigy - he's somebody who just knows the answer to a problem without having to show his work. I use as evidence the fact that he casts his spells with components and all, and from the outside looks exactly like a wizard when casting his spells. A psion is to me a step beyond that; he has no equivalent. If a Wizard is the guy who practices with a guitar for years before becoming a virtuoso, and the sorcerer is the guy who simply picks up a guitar sight unseen and starts playing with pure natural talent, the psion is the guy who doesn't even need equipment to make guitar music... Kind of like Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies

Yeah, but if you say "ok play a sorcerer and pay no attention to components" you pretty much have a psion that has a limited number of powers and a number of time they can use those powers. I don't know if the material component thing is such a game mechanic anymore as it is so assumed that it is almost non-present. IMC sorcerers don't need material components as the sorcerer IMC is a catch all for people with strange ancestry, bestowed powers, and psionics users.

Aaron.