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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6668346" data-attributes="member: 22779">So, it's okay to change names, so long as we do it long enough ago?&nbsp; And, note, a thief was a thief in 2e, it's just that the umbrella term of rogue appeared for thieves and bards.&nbsp; A wizard wasn't a wizard, he was a mage.&nbsp; Look, again, you've asked the question and the question was answered.&nbsp; You might not like the answer but that doesn't make it wrong.&nbsp; There is a&nbsp; reason we don't call Rogues &quot;Covert Operatives&quot; and Artificers &quot;Bio-mechanical Engineers&quot; and Clerics &quot;Theologians&quot;.&nbsp; Those names don't fit in a fantasy game.&nbsp; They are too modern, despite being entirely accurate.&nbsp; Psion or Psionicist is an SF term used by SF writers to add magic powers to their otherwise SF setting.&nbsp; IMO, it doesn't really fit in a fantasy setting.&nbsp; It's too modern.&nbsp; It's jarring and it was a bad idea twenty years ago and it's still a bad idea now.&nbsp; ((The name I mean, not the mechanics))A mystic is a name that fits perfectly well in a fantasy setting.&nbsp; You asked about finding pictures of mystics and the first five Google image images I got were fantasy works.&nbsp; When I looked up Psionic character, I got D&amp;D art.&nbsp; Understandable.&nbsp; The first fifteen or so images that come up on my Google Image search are all D&amp;D works.&nbsp; The first non-D&amp;D specific psionic character that comes up is this one:<img src="http://orig02.deviantart.net/a6d0/f/2013/357/8/7/psionic_by_adamkuczek-d6z4wfa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />See, this is what I think of when someone says Psionicist./edit - I changed the image because I took a second look and THIS was the actual first non-D&amp;D psionic character image.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6668346, member: 22779"] So, it's okay to change names, so long as we do it long enough ago? And, note, a thief was a thief in 2e, it's just that the umbrella term of rogue appeared for thieves and bards. A wizard wasn't a wizard, he was a mage. Look, again, you've asked the question and the question was answered. You might not like the answer but that doesn't make it wrong. There is a reason we don't call Rogues "Covert Operatives" and Artificers "Bio-mechanical Engineers" and Clerics "Theologians". Those names don't fit in a fantasy game. They are too modern, despite being entirely accurate. Psion or Psionicist is an SF term used by SF writers to add magic powers to their otherwise SF setting. IMO, it doesn't really fit in a fantasy setting. It's too modern. It's jarring and it was a bad idea twenty years ago and it's still a bad idea now. ((The name I mean, not the mechanics)) A mystic is a name that fits perfectly well in a fantasy setting. You asked about finding pictures of mystics and the first five Google image images I got were fantasy works. When I looked up Psionic character, I got D&D art. Understandable. The first fifteen or so images that come up on my Google Image search are all D&D works. The first non-D&D specific psionic character that comes up is this one: [img]http://orig02.deviantart.net/a6d0/f/2013/357/8/7/psionic_by_adamkuczek-d6z4wfa.jpg[/img] See, this is what I think of when someone says Psionicist. /edit - I changed the image because I took a second look and THIS was the actual first non-D&D psionic character image. [/QUOTE]

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