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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Perun" data-source="post: 7969110" data-attributes="member: 6037">I'd go with manifesting displays in any case. You need some sort of indicator that the psion is manifesting in order for his powers to be dispellable. Or, as an alternative,  you could say that in case the psion opts to casts/manifest (the terminology is confusing) a spell without components, he gets a display instead. You could say that when not using components, the strain of the mental focus is so strong, it causes noticeable displays of psionic power, but using components helps ease this strain, and therefore no displays. As for the components, there are a lot of ways this could be developed. You could say that Con saves to maintain concentration on a spell are easier when using components, so the DC for any such Con save is reduced by a given amount (-2? -5?), or, alternatively, that the psion gets advantage on Con saves to maintain concentration on a spell cast using components. This is similar to one of the benefits given by the War Caster feat, so a bonus to the Con save would be cumulative with the feat, while the advantage option would make the feat less valuable to psions. One option would also be to get rid of all inexpensive material components for psion spells on a general principle, and, in case they were used, would replace them by a psionic focus by default. So, friends cantrip would never require 'a small amount of make up applied to the face as the spell is cast', but would use a psionic focus (a crystal or an orb, presumably) instead. Building up on the theme. I could see how a version of Psionic Sorcery (from the Psionic Soul sorcerer bloodline) might work for a psion. Say it's established that the use of verbal and somatic components and psionic foci is not required for psions in order to cast their spells, and psions use them merely as aids in order to achieve the state of mind required to cast (or manifest, if you will) a spell. Then you use a version of psionic sorcery (with a different name, of course), and you get component-less manifesting. Psions could even get a bonus to the roll, in order to emphasise the point (say, at level 3 you apply one-half of your proficiency bonus to the roll). There are a lot of possibilities here...</blockquote>

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