D&D 5E Build a Better Psion (Poll)

Which Core Race should we use as a template for our Psion class?


I think it is imperative that the Mystic/Psion have its own unique structure. otherwise, it may as well be a subclass. However, the Battlemaster seems closest with regards to the flexibility and quirkiness of psionic disciplines and the furthest from spells.
 

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Monk makes sense from a disciplined/thematic standpoint. But man, you'd really have to ramp the "ki"/PSP to make it workable as a "magic" using class.
You don’t actually. Counting a ki point as a “spell level”, like most monk subclasses do except for the underpowered 4 Elements monk, gives you spell resources roughly parallel to the warlock for the 1st 10 levels.

Druid is actually really interesting. A full caster Wisdom-based base, plus a templated buff on a short rest refresh. Maybe a subclass that’s more like land Druid, gaining arcane recovery and bonus spells. Another more like the recent wildfire Druid, giving damage bonuses to a energy kineticist type psion.
 

I’d also note that this poll is about what class makes sense as a template mechanically. The fact that a class might have thematic resonance with a psion is pretty orthogonal to that question.
 

I’d also note that this poll is about what class makes sense as a template mechanically. The fact that a class might have thematic resonance with a psion is pretty orthogonal to that question.
I was just about to say something very similar. :) This is just a template, a starting point. The end result should look very different from anything on this list.
 

As an aside, I'm a fan of how Starfinder essentially combined the Cleric, Druid, and Psion into a Mystic Class via its Subclasses that is meant to represent the mysticism and spiritualism of these concepts.
Warcraft does something similar, by giving psychic powers to its Priest class. I think a linkage between psionic and divine tropes is intriguing.
 




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