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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7673156" data-attributes="member: 6677017">Thing is, unless they do something completely different than what they've done before, any psionic subclasses they throw on would have to add to, but not alter, the basic class.So a psionic subclass for fighter and/or rogue--no problem.Psionic subclasses for sorcerers, wizards, or bards--problem.All of those wield arcane powers. They come, one way or another, through an arcane source.All 1st-level wizards have the same arcane magic with spellbooks going on. A subclass that kicks in at 2nd level isn't going to change that.All bards are arcane casting performers. You can't just look at the class by how many HD, weapons, and spells it has. The flavor is inseparable. Regardless of how you slice it, they are inspiring, charismatic performers. 3 musical instrument proficiencies even come baked in--whether you want them or not. A subclass at 3rd-level doesn't take away the music or turn their arcane words of power into brain waves.All sorcerers* wield arcane magic that they have internal access to from some means. The same considerations I mentioned with wizards and bards apply.Furthermore, sorcerers are different enough from psions anyway, because the point that many of us are making is that psionics should be an internal power source that comes from the wielder. Maybe something awakens it, but it doesn't come from outside and infuse you. It is a manifestation of your mind, soul, etc. For a sorcerer, their magic actually is external. While it is infused in them from an ancestor or some other means, the magic itself involves arcane gestures and components that manipulate the external Weave (or the generic interface that does the same thing in non-FR settings) and tap into the magic inherent in all of the multiverse. They have a built in key, or maybe a battery to jump start it, but they still have to wield the same external energy as all the other spellcasters do. Psions don't metaphysically care about the rest of the multiverse. They draw their power purely from within.Honestly, a Far Realms subclass of Sorcerer makes a lot more sense than a Far Realms connection for psionics.* A case could be made that the Favored Soul is divine rather than arcane--but I don't think that is at all clear.</blockquote>

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