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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6669171" data-attributes="member: 57383">Well, one could argue that there are LOTS of things in D&amp;D that are an &quot;ill defined power which lets the user warp reality&quot;.Heck, that category includes hit points, which reliably allow an unclothed human to stand in dragon's breath without being baked to death. You just need to be high enough level.Although that was probably an ill-chosen argument, since I don't want this thread to derail into yet another argument about what hit points are...Anyhow, getting back on track. While I agree Psionics can be considered to fall under the bailiwick of &quot;magic&quot;, I wouldn't want it to be considered &quot;spellcasting&quot;.To my mind, for it to deserve a separate treatment there should be at least some significant mechanical and flavour differences between Psionics and regular spell-based magic, else why bother giving it a different category?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6669171, member: 57383"] Well, one could argue that there are LOTS of things in D&D that are an "ill defined power which lets the user warp reality". Heck, that category includes hit points, which reliably allow an unclothed human to stand in dragon's breath without being baked to death. You just need to be high enough level. Although that was probably an ill-chosen argument, since I don't want this thread to derail into yet another argument about what hit points are... Anyhow, getting back on track. While I agree Psionics can be considered to fall under the bailiwick of "magic", I wouldn't want it to be considered "spellcasting". To my mind, for it to deserve a separate treatment there should be at least some significant mechanical and flavour differences between Psionics and regular spell-based magic, else why bother giving it a different category? [/QUOTE]

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