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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6666668" data-attributes="member: 57383">Yes, well that's the whole problem isn't it.These words have very different associations to people depending upon their individual experiences, and this whole thread's been spent arguing over them.To me, a Mystic could be one of many things, but it makes me think of either (a) an initiate of a Mystery cult (the original meaning), (b) an occultist (who in D&D terms would probably just be an expert with some obscure Knowledge skills, but would likely be a ritual spellcaster of some kind if their powers were literally true), or (c) a shyster or stage performer who get money by claiming to possess "secrets of the Oriental swamis" and the like.When I think of someone with psionic abilities, terms like "Psychic" come to mind, not "Mystic".</blockquote>