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<blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 3351294" data-attributes="member: 1543">I look at the tropes that wizards follow and then the ones that psions follow. Wizards derive their power from dedicated study and rote memorization. They perform the gestures, they visualize the spell patterns, and they invoke the words, and the magic happens. They don't just wave their hand and get the effect they want. If a wizard attempts to create some new type of magic, they have to spend time and money researching that new magic. Essentially, they are scientists with different toolbox.Psionics, on the otherhand, isn't from a mastery over some universal rules of reality that can be predictably manipulated. They use themselves as the catalyst to change the magical energy either in themselves, or in their environment, into the effect they want. When a psion talks about inner strength as the source for their power, they mean that the discipline they have over their bodies, minds, and spirits allows them to transform the useless magical energy around them into whatever they wish. And in Eberron, you could think of the Quori and the Daelkyr as &quot;alien beings&quot; from other worlds, but you could also easily call them &quot;fiends&quot; from evil planes. It's all in how you spin it to avoid the bad flavor and make it good flavor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nameless, post: 3351294, member: 1543"] I look at the tropes that wizards follow and then the ones that psions follow. Wizards derive their power from dedicated study and rote memorization. They perform the gestures, they visualize the spell patterns, and they invoke the words, and the magic happens. They don't just wave their hand and get the effect they want. If a wizard attempts to create some new type of magic, they have to spend time and money researching that new magic. Essentially, they are scientists with different toolbox. Psionics, on the otherhand, isn't from a mastery over some universal rules of reality that can be predictably manipulated. They use themselves as the catalyst to change the magical energy either in themselves, or in their environment, into the effect they want. When a psion talks about inner strength as the source for their power, they mean that the discipline they have over their bodies, minds, and spirits allows them to transform the useless magical energy around them into whatever they wish. And in Eberron, you could think of the Quori and the Daelkyr as "alien beings" from other worlds, but you could also easily call them "fiends" from evil planes. It's all in how you spin it to avoid the bad flavor and make it good flavor. [/QUOTE]

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