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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bogmad" data-source="post: 6180773" data-attributes="member: 6695559">I really don't get saying sorcerers and psions are essentially doing the same thing.  I mean, sure it's all fluff [when powers/spells work the same way], but still pretty different fluff.Arcane power, whether from an internal source (sorcerer) or external (wizard), is a matter of manipulating some sort of arcane power or "weave" or underlying force.  Sorcerers just happen to create that power from within.  Psions [when done the way I prefer with them being separate from "magic" in the arcane sense] aren't necessarily creating or pulling at something new into being, but using force of mind to manipulate reality or that "supernatural essence".  It's a fine distinction that gets mushy easily, I'll concede as psionics are clearly "supernatural" as well.  The sorcerers power isn't mental, even if it's charisma as his base stat; he's just manipulating this extra power that is created or expelled by him.</blockquote>