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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9582854" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Both, to varying degrees.Both, to varying degrees. Not really sure how this differs from the previous question?This has a question mark but is a statement, so I don't know how to respond to it.I have not done a careful survey (hence why I said &quot;somewhere between three and five&quot; rather than a specific number). But various dichotomies that are things which split these groups apart include:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Degree of sci-fi-ness. Some want it very very hard in the pseudoscience direction. Some want it purely mystical with minimal science jargon. Some want a blend. Some want, for lack of a better term, &quot;yesteryear pseudoscience&quot; e.g. late-19thC/early-20thC occultism.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Degree of difference from spellcasting. Some want it to just be another parallel form of spellcasting, like how we already have arcane, primal, and divine. Some want it to be utterly unrelated to spellcasting, such that it doesn't even have overlap with existing spells. Some accept there will be some overlap, but want the two to mostly be pretty distinctive.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Specific mechanical implementation. Power points, or psi points, etc.? &quot;Wild talents&quot; that can be repeatedly used? Different branches of powers that you have to invest more into in order to get to the stronger stuff? Lots of different approaches here, some folks like many, some folks love only one and hate the rest, some folks hate one and are okay with anything else, etc.</li>
</ul>As you can see, each of these is a multi-polar question. And there might be more that I'm not aware of, because I don't keep an ear to the ground on this one!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9582854, member: 6790260"] Both, to varying degrees. Both, to varying degrees. Not really sure how this differs from the previous question? This has a question mark but is a statement, so I don't know how to respond to it. I have not done a careful survey (hence why I said "somewhere between three and five" rather than a specific number). But various dichotomies that are things which split these groups apart include: [LIST] [*]Degree of sci-fi-ness. Some want it very [I]very[/I] hard in the pseudoscience direction. Some want it purely mystical with minimal science jargon. Some want a blend. Some want, for lack of a better term, "yesteryear pseudoscience" e.g. late-19thC/early-20thC occultism. [*]Degree of difference from spellcasting. Some want it to just be another parallel form of spellcasting, like how we already have arcane, primal, and divine. Some want it to be utterly unrelated to spellcasting, such that it doesn't even have overlap with existing spells. Some accept there will be some overlap, but want the two to mostly be pretty distinctive. [*]Specific mechanical implementation. Power points, or psi points, etc.? "Wild talents" that can be repeatedly used? Different branches of powers that you have to invest more into in order to get to the stronger stuff? Lots of different approaches here, some folks like many, some folks love only one and hate the rest, some folks hate one and are okay with anything else, etc. [/LIST] As you can see, each of these is a multi-polar question. And there might be more that I'm not aware of, because I don't keep an ear to the ground on this one! [/QUOTE]

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