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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8712129" data-attributes="member: 58172">I agree about the minimalism! Elegant: as simple as possible but not simpler − and as versatile as possible, useful for various character concepts.I am less of a fan of fiddly underpowered Sorcerer mechanics. But Warlock is popular, and its high level slots from the arcanums satisfy my desire for a fullcaster.I am hardcore in the camp of &quot;magic-psionics transparency&quot;.That said. 5e has power sources, and the psionic power source can have meaningful mechanical weight such as innate spellcasting.The Warlock is a standard 5e spellcaster. But its invocations can open the door to unusual mechanics.Yes!The concept of a Psion can be intuition (Intelligence Investigation), willpower (Wisdom), or self-expression (Charisma). The player chooses the casting ability during character creation.For now, I am going with Wisdom and choice of Intelligence or Charisma. But the player can use Wisdom for Concentration checks instead of Constitution.The &quot;psionic power source&quot; means innate spellcasting without components.I feel strongly about &quot;transparency&quot; because of gaming balance and normal spellcasting.But there is room to play. For example, perhaps one of the &quot;talents&quot; (invocations) can modify a spell that has the psionic tag.Well, &quot;fire starter&quot; and other elementalists are &quot;flashy&quot;. But I feel we can restrict these to a specific subclass.We can think this thru. 5e already has psionic rules, and it includes innate spellcasting without components. But perhaps we can add a benefit if using a Verbal (speaking or chanting to focus ones mind), visible aura, or other casting &quot;display&quot;.Cool.We will figure out the spell lists. The 5e spells that are already appropriate for the Psion. Plus, identify which spells are missing that we need to write up.Yeah the Psion class has many subclass concepts.Maybe divide up the spell list into psionic disciplines. The let the player pick any two disciplines. One of these disciplines must correspond to their subclass archetype.Yeah. Me too. I care about balance. Alot. But we can balance it later. First lets get the concepts down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8712129, member: 58172"] I agree about the minimalism! Elegant: as simple as possible but not simpler − and as versatile as possible, useful for various character concepts. I am less of a fan of fiddly underpowered Sorcerer mechanics. But Warlock is popular, and its high level slots from the arcanums satisfy my desire for a fullcaster. I am hardcore in the camp of "magic-psionics transparency". That said. 5e has power sources, and the psionic power source can have meaningful mechanical weight such as innate spellcasting. The Warlock is a standard 5e spellcaster. But its invocations can open the door to unusual mechanics. Yes! The concept of a Psion can be intuition (Intelligence Investigation), willpower (Wisdom), or self-expression (Charisma). The player chooses the casting ability during character creation. For now, I am going with Wisdom and choice of Intelligence or Charisma. But the player can use Wisdom for Concentration checks instead of Constitution. The "psionic power source" means innate spellcasting without components. I feel strongly about "transparency" because of gaming balance and normal spellcasting. But there is room to play. For example, perhaps one of the "talents" (invocations) can modify a spell that has the psionic tag. Well, "fire starter" and other elementalists are "flashy". But I feel we can restrict these to a specific subclass. We can think this thru. 5e already has psionic rules, and it includes innate spellcasting without components. But perhaps we can add a benefit if using a Verbal (speaking or chanting to focus ones mind), visible aura, or other casting "display". Cool. We will figure out the spell lists. The 5e spells that are already appropriate for the Psion. Plus, identify which spells are missing that we need to write up. Yeah the Psion class has many subclass concepts. Maybe divide up the spell list into psionic disciplines. The let the player pick any two disciplines. One of these disciplines must correspond to their subclass archetype. Yeah. Me too. I care about balance. Alot. But we can balance it later. First lets get the concepts down. [/QUOTE]

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