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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9671784" data-attributes="member: 6807784">I came around to the Psion being a spellcaster because D&D has 500 bespoke mechanical effects locked behind spells. A class that more directly effects the nature of those spells in unique ways as compared to the Sorcerer is cool to me. Yes, we could make it a non-spellcaster, but the amount of effects covered in level 1-5 spells means that the Psion gets too experimental for WotC OR becomes very repetitive.I also like the narrative aesthetics of some of these subclass features. Expanding your Confusion spell from a single target to a sphere is a cool idea. The fact that you always have Confusion as its your prepared spell, and then having a way to use it in a novel style, is really cool and reminds me of the latest progressions in Shounen Manga magic systems. In the latest cohort of series, your magical power's limits are based on how you imagine it. As your understanding and imagination of the power changes, you develop either new powers or new ways to use your old ones. The Psion captures this better than the Sorcerer, who is more about flavoring any of their spells to their theme, while the Psion has signature spells that it can warp and stretch.I do think they need to go in a little harder on this mechanical idea. I don't want metamagics, but I'd like the features that alter spells give another alteration as a minimum that you can choose between. Maybe you can turn Confusion into either a Sphere OR you can alter the odds on the target losing their turn to be more in your favor OR you can turn it into an attack roll that, if it hits, guarantees the target loses their next turn, etc etc. Regardless, even if this version went to print, I would be happy. It's a fundamentally good class, if a little safe, and has a fun narrative bent to it. I think the class also serves almost every D&D setting and really makes the game feel more like "D&D" to me, which I know is purely subjective.</blockquote>

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