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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7862390" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I don't disagree with your over-arching point that Psionics are different than Arcane magic, but this is a really poor example. Different media portrays powers and sources differently. I have read stories where &quot;wizards&quot; are just psychic individuals manipulating the atoms of the world and &quot;psychics&quot; are really just using magic to do things like talk to the dead or see the future. And a lot of things have crossover. IF a character can enter your dreams as you sleep, are they psychic or magical? Throw blasts of fire, psychic or magical? Heck, Gandalf could be seen as a Psychic, all of the things he does are things that could potentially be seen through the lense of psychic powers. Pointing to literature characters who are not written with the intention of being seen through the DnD lense is not a good way to prove anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7862390, member: 6801228"] I don't disagree with your over-arching point that Psionics are different than Arcane magic, but this is a really poor example. Different media portrays powers and sources differently. I have read stories where "wizards" are just psychic individuals manipulating the atoms of the world and "psychics" are really just using magic to do things like talk to the dead or see the future. And a lot of things have crossover. IF a character can enter your dreams as you sleep, are they psychic or magical? Throw blasts of fire, psychic or magical? Heck, Gandalf could be seen as a Psychic, all of the things he does are things that could potentially be seen through the lense of psychic powers. Pointing to literature characters who are not written with the intention of being seen through the DnD lense is not a good way to prove anything. [/QUOTE]

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