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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6910046" data-attributes="member: 2067">Yeah, I think as a level 1 origin option, that works. And keep in mind that innate spellcasting is different from gaze attacks or eye rays, both in story and in mechanics. Compare the innate spellcasting of the Dryad or the Arcanaloth or the Bone Naga or the Couatl with the Githyanki's or the Mind Flayer's - requiring no components at all is distinct for psionics. Creatures that cast spells innately might only eschew one or two of the required components, but they all need something. Medusas and Beholders don't need components, but they're not casting spells, they're using (magical?) abilities that behave differently than spells. Whatever future form psionics might take, right now, it takes the form of casting an innate spell without using any components, and that is one of the only things that mechanically distinguishes it from other spellcasting. When a Rakshasa uses plane shift, they don't need material components, but they must speak magic words and gesture with their backwards tiger-hands to achieve the effect. When a githyanki knight uses plane shift, they don't need to speak, gesture, or use a tuning fork - just raw willpower. In both cases, they won't work inside an anti-magic field. The githyanki might not be counterspell-able, because there's no sign of them casting a spell (a sorcerer using Subtle Spell would avoid the counterspell as well, though she'd still need a fork), but the rakshasa could be counterspelled.</blockquote>

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