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Mike Mearls on D&D Psionics: Should Psionic Flavor Be Altered?
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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 7673334" data-attributes="member: 15582"><p>So as this thread drags on and demonstrates how many different opinions there are about the "right" way to do psionics, you have to pity WotC, really. Unless they put out a book with about five alternate systems with a few sub-systems in for good measure*, there's no way they can please the majority of gamers.</p><p></p><p>I'm just as bad as anyone if not worse:</p><p></p><p>As a player, I'd like something with some different mechanical flavor.</p><p>As a world builder, I'd like something power-level wise that could replace magic</p><p>As a GM, you can't run something much simpler/manageable than Neo-Vancian magic.</p><p></p><p>I know that I would be wishing for a spin on the Neo-Vancian system after about the 5th time a player "forgot" a rule or a math that would have denied them an edge in the heat of battle. I've got enough going on trying to herd the cats called players and their PCs and run the game while I minimize my prep time during the week.</p><p></p><p>*That sounds like a great idea, I don't think the numbers would justify the cost of labor ... especially since Hasbro is always pushing for a print it, stock it, sell it, and print it again mode. I'm sure a 3rd party PDF would do the trick though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 7673334, member: 15582"] So as this thread drags on and demonstrates how many different opinions there are about the "right" way to do psionics, you have to pity WotC, really. Unless they put out a book with about five alternate systems with a few sub-systems in for good measure*, there's no way they can please the majority of gamers. I'm just as bad as anyone if not worse: As a player, I'd like something with some different mechanical flavor. As a world builder, I'd like something power-level wise that could replace magic As a GM, you can't run something much simpler/manageable than Neo-Vancian magic. I know that I would be wishing for a spin on the Neo-Vancian system after about the 5th time a player "forgot" a rule or a math that would have denied them an edge in the heat of battle. I've got enough going on trying to herd the cats called players and their PCs and run the game while I minimize my prep time during the week. *That sounds like a great idea, I don't think the numbers would justify the cost of labor ... especially since Hasbro is always pushing for a print it, stock it, sell it, and print it again mode. I'm sure a 3rd party PDF would do the trick though. [/QUOTE]
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