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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7861249" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>Here's I think the big stumbling blocks Crawford et. al. are going to have to deal with after they start getting the surveys back, and will make them decide whether or not there needs to be a new class or not.</p><p></p><p>- People will say the psionicist can't be a Wizard subclass because they don't want a spellbook, and they want the character to have its abilities from Level 1.</p><p></p><p>- People will say the psionicist can't be a Sorcerer subclass because they want it to use INT rather than CHA.</p><p></p><p>- People will say the psionicist can't be a spellcaster at all, because they don't want to use spell slots for their abilities.</p><p></p><p>But when you look at it through that lens... it just means you are creating a class that uses the spell point option from the DMG, and is a sorcerer that uses INT.</p><p></p><p>Does that really warrant being an entirely "new" class... seeing as how it really isn't a "new" class at all? It's just a sorcerer that uses INT and the spell points option? From that point of view... they're going to have to decide if its worth using 4 to 5 pages in whatever book they put it in just to get those couple changed rules down on paper... as opposed to making it a Wizard subclass (for example) and just tell people "You can call yourself your subclass identity at Level 1 even if you don't get your first "unique" feature until Level 3, and all we need to do is give you a Variant Class Feature (a la that previous UA) that allows you to exchange 'Spellbook' for 'Psicrystal'."</p><p></p><p>And as far as the few spells that require GP spell components... if it matters that much to players they can just not take those spells and they never have to worry about the potential brain injury of having to question why a psionicist has to spend gold pieces to use their abilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7861249, member: 7006"] Here's I think the big stumbling blocks Crawford et. al. are going to have to deal with after they start getting the surveys back, and will make them decide whether or not there needs to be a new class or not. - People will say the psionicist can't be a Wizard subclass because they don't want a spellbook, and they want the character to have its abilities from Level 1. - People will say the psionicist can't be a Sorcerer subclass because they want it to use INT rather than CHA. - People will say the psionicist can't be a spellcaster at all, because they don't want to use spell slots for their abilities. But when you look at it through that lens... it just means you are creating a class that uses the spell point option from the DMG, and is a sorcerer that uses INT. Does that really warrant being an entirely "new" class... seeing as how it really isn't a "new" class at all? It's just a sorcerer that uses INT and the spell points option? From that point of view... they're going to have to decide if its worth using 4 to 5 pages in whatever book they put it in just to get those couple changed rules down on paper... as opposed to making it a Wizard subclass (for example) and just tell people "You can call yourself your subclass identity at Level 1 even if you don't get your first "unique" feature until Level 3, and all we need to do is give you a Variant Class Feature (a la that previous UA) that allows you to exchange 'Spellbook' for 'Psicrystal'." And as far as the few spells that require GP spell components... if it matters that much to players they can just not take those spells and they never have to worry about the potential brain injury of having to question why a psionicist has to spend gold pieces to use their abilities. [/QUOTE]
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