Is there a Psionic Analogue for the Druid?

[victorysaber]

IMHO, the psionic analogues for magic classes are:

Psion to Wizard
Wilder to Sorcerer
Ardent to Cleric

Is there a psionic analogue for Druid, going along these lines?

Reason being that IMC, magic is split into three categories: divine, nature, arcane. I want psionics to be just as prevalent as magic, hence I'd like to split them accordingly into the three categories.

But the main question is this: is there a "nature" psionic class?

 

[moritheil]

IMHO, the psionic analogues for magic classes are:

Psion to Wizard
Wilder to Sorcerer
Ardent to Cleric

Is there a psionic analogue for Druid, going along these lines?

Reason being that IMC, magic is split into three categories: divine, nature, arcane. I want psionics to be just as prevalent as magic, hence I'd like to split them accordingly into the three categories.

But the main question is this: is there a "nature" psionic class?

Not really. One might say that the Druid tendency to wild shape and buff can be mimicked to a degree by egoists with the right feat and power selection, but there isn't any class thematically tied to nature.

I'm sure that eventually WoTC will get around to releasing one in a splatbook, though.

 

[Arkhandus]

Psion basically covers it, too. They do much more than just blast, soothsaying, and TK.

I think psychic warriors in 3.5 also have access to healing powers? As well as physical buffing powers. I don't recall if they have Empathic Transfer or whatnot, though, to actually heal people besides themselves.

Not really going to find a psionic equivalent to the druid, though. Making plants grow and making animals like you isn't really the psionic shtick. A telepath can probably charm animals with a power, but there's not much reason he would, since he can charm humanoids with class levels instead and get more useful servants/guards that way. Psions already have access to shapeshifting powers, too.

Best to split psionics differently, I guess; sneaky (soulknife, lurk), scholarly (psion, ardent), and wild (psychic warrior, wilder). Or something. I dunno. A pointless division anyway. Psionics is more personal and tied to the individual than magic is. Of course 3.5 messed with that a lot too.

 

[Masquerade]

Divine mind of Obad-Hai/Ehlonna?

 

[Bacris]

But the main question is this: is there a "nature" psionic class?

Seriously not to self-promote, but the closest I'm aware of thematically would be either:

An ardent with the Natural World mantle (Complete Psionic) or
The society mind, who matches the whole "part of a greater entity" theme of a druid, but really doesn't have any of the same mechanics.

If you're looking for both the mechanics and the theme of the druid, there really isn't anything written.

 

[Thunderfoot]

No - besides Digital is better anyway...

(I'm sorry I tried to resist, but I just couldn't - I know, I know, go stand in the corner...)

 

[QuaziquestGM]

I'd say ardent of the Natural world, elements, and later energy domains.

But if you really want a close fit, just call incarnum psionic and use a totemist.