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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6665285" data-attributes="member: 42582">From the PDF:Psionics is a source of power that originates from within a creature’s mind . . . Psionics indirectly originates from the Far Realm . . . The tumult caused by the Far Realm creates echoes that can disturb and awaken minds that would otherwise slumber. Such awakened creatures look upon the world in the same way that creatures existing in three dimensions might look upon a two-dimensional realm. They see possibilities, options, and connections that are unfathomable to those with a more limited view of reality.So psionics is from the mind, and is not channelling the Far Realm. Exposure to the Far Realm or its effects is simply a cause of the awakening of minds.This link to the Far Realm actually fits with  [MENTION=6777078]RotGrub[/MENTION]'s request upthread not to override past flavour - the 4e PHB3 somewhat similarly stated thatSome speculate that psionic magic is a force that originates in the Far Realm and came into the universe with the sundering of the Living Gate. Others, including most practitioners of psionic ways, believe that their power is the world's response to the intrusion of the Far Realm . . . Depending on your DM's campaign, your psionic characters might have a very different role to play in protecting the world - defending it, perhaps, from a demonic invasion or the reawakening of slumbering primordials.Just as the 4e book noted that GMs might change default flavour, I'm sure the same is possible in 5e!Your other concerns seem not to involve the name or background flavour at all, but the mechanical details of the class.</blockquote>

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