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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7868331" data-attributes="member: 29398">That they don't have any spells unique to themselves is, from my view, a missed opportunity in design.Ditto with their psyonic abilities - if all they can do is replicate existing spells (albeit with a different casting mechanism) then what's the point?Well, first off if they're going to do psyonics right* there'll be a whole list of not-all-that-powerful abilities that are unique to psyonics; which they CAN use without gestures (other than maybe looking in the intended direction of effect) or components and CAN use in null-magic zones...and CAN use as reactions or bonus actions depending on the ability and-or situation.Then, have their more powerful abilities - which again would ideally not just replicate existing spells for the most part but be unique to psyonics - require some sort of focus and-or gestures a la wand use in the Potterverse, if needed.  They'd still work in null-magic zones. (and think of the nasty challenges an adventuring party could face when psyonic opponents set up their lairs as null-magic zones - their psyonics work but the party's magic doesn't.  The front-liners would get a real chance to shine for a change!)The counter-balancing cost could simply be that using psyonic powers is fatiguing and-or painful, expressed by losing some h.p. every time.  Even just losing 1 h.p. per 'level' of the ability adds up over time, and there's nothing sayng the number of ability levels has to stop at nine; and to make it even more 'costly' have it that points lost in this way require two long rests to recover instead of just one.* - not holding my breath on this...</blockquote>

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