Do you use psionics?

[Jeph]

Psions are Soooooooo much better at stopping time then Wizards will ever be . . . 3d4 rounds to summon Astral Construct 9s, toss them each a pair of Boots of Speed, and let er' rip!

I recently did the calculation for a Psion doing this without the Boots of Speed, and it's over 850 damage in round 1 when done right.

So if you ever tell me that "Psionics are week," I'll tell you to take a look at the PsyWar entries in Sultans of Smack.

-Jeph

 

[Jeph]

Oh, and when you have a Contingency set to re-manifest Temporal Velocity when the first one ends, it gets EVEN BETTER.

 

[Hopping Vampire]

i use the sleeping imperium psionics rules set

 

[Wycen Adamantite]

psionics

3E psionics disgust me and I do not use them. I wont stop a player from using them, but they'll be treated like a red headed step child.

I would and have used Ken Hood's skills and feats system however.

 

[Silverthrone]

So if you ever tell me that "Psionics are week," I'll tell you to take a look at the PsyWar entries in Sultans of Smack.

And I'll tell you to check out what psionic could do in 2e.

 

[mkletch]

I use it primarily as a DM, for new/different monsters, non-magical traps (I use the psionics is different option), some magic items/artifacts, etc. We don;t us it in any of our campaigns for players.

-Fletch!

 

[roytheodd]

I used psionics in 1st Ed. because it was so limited, but now that there's no limit to the number of psions you can make I think it stinks. It has too much of a sci-fi feel for fantasy and I think if it is to be included it should remain limited.

 

[Dinkeldog]

Roy, I recommend you read Katherine Kurtz' Deryni series of books. Then pick up the old Dragon issue that had the 1E Psionicist in it.

 

[Bendris Noulg]

Dinkledog: That was issue 96.

I voted Other...

I use PsyWarriors, calling them Mystics. Flavor wise, they are retainers of lore from the ancient Empire, which was more or less a fascist state ruled over by a psi-talented military. Over the millenia since the Fall of Empire, this lore has merged into the current Mystic orders.

I don't use Psions, although I am working on a few PClasses based on the Psion as a model, for those that take the mental-aspects further than the norm.

In all cases, these use "Psionics=Magic", determining that the practicioners of Mysticism are using mental energy to cause Arcane effects.

Beyond this, I use a Feat/Skill/Feat add-on system for a "Core" Class called Shapers ("Shapers of the Will"), which holds true to much of the flavor of 2E Psionics ("fantastical science", so to speak).

 

[s/LaSH]

There are psionic creatures in my campaign, but I'm too cheap to buy the book. I just use standard spell effects.

Anyway, I'm developing my own homebrew system to deal with this sort of thing. It's a 'spell point' system, but instead of specific spells you tailor your own effects on the fly. I base it on a system I developed years ago, but simplifying it to use a d20 (and the associated numbers) is a bit of a challenge. It's designed for a scifi setting I'm working on.

I'd agree that psi does have a scifi flavour if the terminology is kept (simply renaming it magery would go a long way to fantasising it). But that's touching on Big Secrets of my campaign, so I won't continue.