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<blockquote data-quote="Kannik" data-source="post: 9227964" data-attributes="member: 984">Part of the oddity might arise from how Psionics in D&amp;D cover a lot of ground, from the traditional Telepathy/Psionic Blast as well as Telekinesis and object control powers, to including Body Control/Manipulation/Healing, Elemental Control/Pyrokinesis powers, and other things.&nbsp; The Monk can fit well within those aspects in the &quot;body control/manipulation&quot; aspect of it, with its higher movement abilities, ability to run on vertical surfaces, self-healing, stunning attacks, resistance to disease, withering palm, and more (depending on the edition).&nbsp; So while in 4e they might feel the odd person out within the Psionics power source as they don't interact with any of the mechanics or feats of the other psionic classes, they also do fit within the realm of what psionics has meant within D&amp;D.&nbsp; (This isn't to say whether they work best in the Psionic power source and/or whether more could've been done to integrate them into other power sources... or if they should've been Psionic/Martial as a power source... or just martial... or something else.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />&nbsp; Just that I can understand how/why they fit within the Psionic source.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kannik, post: 9227964, member: 984"] Part of the oddity might arise from how Psionics in D&D cover a lot of ground, from the traditional Telepathy/Psionic Blast as well as Telekinesis and object control powers, to including Body Control/Manipulation/Healing, Elemental Control/Pyrokinesis powers, and other things. The Monk can fit well within those aspects in the "body control/manipulation" aspect of it, with its higher movement abilities, ability to run on vertical surfaces, self-healing, stunning attacks, resistance to disease, withering palm, and more (depending on the edition). So while in 4e they might feel the odd person out within the Psionics power source as they don't interact with any of the mechanics or feats of the other psionic classes, they also do fit within the realm of what psionics has meant within D&D. (This isn't to say whether they work best in the Psionic power source and/or whether more could've been done to integrate them into other power sources... or if they should've been Psionic/Martial as a power source... or just martial... or something else. :P Just that I can understand how/why they fit within the Psionic source. :) ) [/QUOTE]

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