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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7673262" data-attributes="member: 5100">I think you might be right.This bothered me, even in 3E. I see a lot more differences between arcane and divine magic than I do either of those and psionics. If psionics is going to play by totally different rules, the other two "sources" should, too.So, there's a part of me that thinks psionics must have a separate mechanic. Then, there's another part of me that finds it jarring that arcane and divine magic work the same, but psionics don't. Ultimately, the tradition of having variant rules for psionics wins, for me. I'm just pointing out that there's some justification for having the mechanics in the same ball park.Which is an excellent argument for having a separate psion class.Or, it might be a better argument for ditching the sorcerer class, entirely, and creating the psion as an internally-powered "caster" class that covers anyone who is their own battery, whether that battery is there because they have a mutant brain, are touched by "things man was not meant to know", grand-pappy was a dragon or angel, or their mother was caught in a magical accident (wild sorcerer, maybe).None of those should really have to cast spells, any more than a god or arch-devil would actually cast a spell. They just make effects happen by force of will. That's the trappings of the mentalist. It's also what I'd expect to see from someone whose blood ran with magic. The effects might look like magic -- and they might radiate magic -- but they wouldn't be because of the rote incantations or petitions necessary for a caster to shape external energy. To truly own the power, it has to flow smoothly. A sorcerer/psion might need to use foci of some sort to, well, focus their internal power. Those foci could look a lot like the words or tools a wizard might use (dragon blood), the holy symbol of a priest (favored soul), or just strange crystals (3E psion). Regardless, a substitution mechanic could be worked out allowing for the use of standard PHB spells, but the psion gets to swap out glowing eyes for any "spell" that uses verbal components. It would feel a lot like the 3E psion, if done right.</blockquote>

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