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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6669449" data-attributes="member: 996">Squares & rectangles.  In D&D, wizards, clerics, bard (in 5e, all 12 classes) are special cases of spell-casters, all using magic, all at least referencing spell write-ups to do so.  The mystic using psionic powers isn't that different except......there's only one psionic class, so it's not a specific case..and, this is the kicker:  'Mystic' was chosen to be more 'fantasy' than psychic, psionic, or psionicist - so were the sub-classes and at least some of the powers.  But, then they go and call the powers they're using 'psionic' and decide it's 'not magic.' That just seems a little conflicted.  If we're going all 'fantasy,' it would be consistent as magic, even if it's not spells, but 'mystical powers.'  If we're sticking with it being 'not magic' psionics, it'd be consistent to call the class psionicist or psion or even psychic.That's the issue.  It's not a big deal, just odd.   Sure, and if they used 'mystical powers' that were a form of magic, or 'mastery of the force,' which wasn't (or was ambiguous) that'd be cool - cooler than Vancian magic (Star Wars, in some ways, having more fantasy in it's science-fantasy than the Dying Earth), for that matter.   But, if they go around referring to everything they do as 'psionics' instead of 'the force,' that wouldn't be so awesome.</blockquote>