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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 8000487" data-attributes="member: 926">I am still utterly baffled as to why they abandoned the Unearthed Arcana Mystic class and psionics rules, and then went on to release that far inferior subsystem of psionic class substitution abilities (and then apparently dropped that version as well, I guess?)  The final 28-page Unearthed Arcana Mystic document was utterly fantastic; I absolutely loved how the psionics system worked, how the Mystic class worked, how all the Mystic Order subclasses worked, and even just loved the feel of the whole system, making it very distinct from magic and really felt like abilities the character could just do when they had the psionic discipline activated, rather than spells that were cast. Did a bunch of people complain about it for some reason, or something?  I just don't get it at all.  They had an entire psionics system worked out, a completed cool and interesting class, a full selection of flavorful subclasses, and a plethora of psionic powers... an entire system which could easily allow you to emulate various types of mystic mental powers from all kinds of different flavors of stories... anything from oldschool pulp Weird Fiction villains with sinister mentalist powers, to Dune style advanced body control and mentalism, all the way up to crazy Dragon Ball Z-style ki blasts.  I loved absolutely everything about it except for the class name of "The Mystic," which could easily be changed.  What was the problem people had with it, if any?Regardless of its official deprecation by WotC I will continue to be using the Unearthed Arcana Mystic document as the psionics system for my own games.  It's just too bad they won't be continuing to support it, since it's just so great.And I will always continue to clamor for a new updated Greyhawk sourcebook for 5th Edition... which is perhaps something I will end up wishing I hadn't done.  I really don't want to see Dragonborn and 5E style Tieflings normalized into my beloved Oerth. Bizarre fringe creatures, fine, but not something that is widespresd enough to be listed in the main rulebooks as a core playable race.</blockquote>

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