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In your Years of Gaming, How many Psionic Characters did you See played
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7868089" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Yes there is a difference. How one goes about getting from A to B is supremely important, since it completely changes the feel of the ability. I would play a Warlock and use that ability. I wouldn't play an Artificer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just look at 3e. Psions were basically spellcasters, but the feel was drastically different.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Infusing IS a new mechanic. It does not get from A to B in the same way the Warlock does.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. It's not because it is used in science fiction. It's because psionics has that distinction. Look at it this way. A car can be in a science fiction story and it's a car. That car will be distinctly different from a cart. Now move that car into a fantasy show and it's still going to have the same distinction when compared to a cart. The clear distinction is not dependent on science fiction. psionics is the same way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eh, no. I doubt many of the original science fiction writers were like, "Hmm. How can I fit magic into my sci-fi story without it being magic. I know! I'll call it psychic." You're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole here and it's not working.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure. The Jedi are even referred to as sorcerers by Grand Moff Tarkin. Star Wars is sci-fi/fantasy, not sci-fi. As such, it's one of the few exceptions out there. And note, Jedi don't have any internal power. They use a symbiosis with bacteria to draw on the weave, I mean the force. Which begs the question, why can't they just inject the bacteria into others and create more Jedi?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7868089, member: 23751"] Yes there is a difference. How one goes about getting from A to B is supremely important, since it completely changes the feel of the ability. I would play a Warlock and use that ability. I wouldn't play an Artificer. Just look at 3e. Psions were basically spellcasters, but the feel was drastically different. Infusing IS a new mechanic. It does not get from A to B in the same way the Warlock does. No. It's not because it is used in science fiction. It's because psionics has that distinction. Look at it this way. A car can be in a science fiction story and it's a car. That car will be distinctly different from a cart. Now move that car into a fantasy show and it's still going to have the same distinction when compared to a cart. The clear distinction is not dependent on science fiction. psionics is the same way. Eh, no. I doubt many of the original science fiction writers were like, "Hmm. How can I fit magic into my sci-fi story without it being magic. I know! I'll call it psychic." You're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole here and it's not working. Sure. The Jedi are even referred to as sorcerers by Grand Moff Tarkin. Star Wars is sci-fi/fantasy, not sci-fi. As such, it's one of the few exceptions out there. And note, Jedi don't have any internal power. They use a symbiosis with bacteria to draw on the weave, I mean the force. Which begs the question, why can't they just inject the bacteria into others and create more Jedi? [/QUOTE]
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