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Message: <blockquote data-quote="schnee" data-source="post: 7150421" data-attributes="member: 16728">I don't like Psionics for player characters.I love it as an alternate power source for villains and BBEGs, that is really weird and difficult to predict because it does things that normal magic doesn't do.I think it's because when you see magic in Conan or most other pulp sword & sorcery fiction, those wizards are doing things that are subtle, weird, and offbeat. It's not Fireballs, it's... like the 'Noose of Flesh' from the Elric saga that made a big wall of flesh that surrounded an army, swept inward like a tidal wave, and basically dissolved and absorbed all the living combatants inside and left their empty armor on the battlefield. Really gross and odd.Having everything in the world obey the same logic is boring. I want threats that players can't automatically figure out sometimes to keep them on their toes.</blockquote>