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<blockquote data-quote="Lord-Archaon" data-source="post: 7864157" data-attributes="member: 7017713">All right, the thread derailed quite a bit, and nobody is talking about this UA anymore. I suspect nobody even read it properly.Just take a look at this, from the sidebar nobody read:&quot;Your&nbsp; Psionic&nbsp; FocusEvery&nbsp; member&nbsp; of the Psionics&nbsp; tradition&nbsp; has&nbsp; a&nbsp; story&nbsp; about how their&nbsp; psionic focus&nbsp; came&nbsp; into&nbsp; their&nbsp; life.&nbsp; Consider how you found yours&nbsp; and&nbsp; what&nbsp; form&nbsp; it&nbsp; takes.&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp; event&nbsp; that&nbsp; brought&nbsp; your&nbsp; psionic&nbsp; focus&nbsp; to you probably holds&nbsp; personal&nbsp; significance.&nbsp; Did your&nbsp; master give&nbsp; it&nbsp; to you&nbsp; upon the&nbsp; completion of&nbsp; your apprenticeship?&nbsp; Was&nbsp; it&nbsp; awarded to&nbsp; you when you graduated&nbsp; from&nbsp; your&nbsp; academy&nbsp; of&nbsp; wizardry?&nbsp; Did&nbsp; it&nbsp; call&nbsp; to you&nbsp; in&nbsp; a&nbsp; jeweler’s&nbsp; shop?&nbsp; Was&nbsp; it associated&nbsp; with&nbsp; the moment&nbsp; when&nbsp; your&nbsp; psionic&nbsp; powers&nbsp; first&nbsp; manifested? One morning,&nbsp; did you wake&nbsp; up with it&nbsp; humming&nbsp; under your&nbsp; pillow?&nbsp; &quot;How in the Nine Hells they could think this is remotely in theme with psionics, or even any possible new take on it? Heck, how did they think this would be something fun in the first place, even if it wouldn't be associated to psionics?We have trinkets, they are nice, entire adventures can be had about them, but look what this trinket becomes for the &quot;psionicist&quot;:&quot;Thought&nbsp; Form6th-level&nbsp; Psionics&nbsp; featureWhile&nbsp; you are&nbsp; carrying&nbsp; your&nbsp; psionic&nbsp; focus,&nbsp; you can use&nbsp; a&nbsp; bonus&nbsp; action to&nbsp; magically&nbsp; transform your&nbsp; body into&nbsp; pure&nbsp; psionic&nbsp; energy.&nbsp; The transformation&nbsp; lasts for&nbsp; 10&nbsp; minutes,&nbsp; until&nbsp; you use&nbsp; a&nbsp; bonus&nbsp; action&nbsp; to&nbsp; assume&nbsp; your&nbsp; normal&nbsp; form, or&nbsp; until&nbsp; you&nbsp; are&nbsp; incapacitated&nbsp; or&nbsp; die. While&nbsp; in&nbsp; thought&nbsp; form,&nbsp; you&nbsp; are&nbsp; a&nbsp; figure&nbsp; of luminous psychic energy,&nbsp; with your&nbsp; psionic focus&nbsp; hovering&nbsp; within.&nbsp; Your&nbsp; form&nbsp; can&nbsp; appear&nbsp; as anything&nbsp; you&nbsp; wish,&nbsp; but&nbsp; it&nbsp; is&nbsp; obviously&nbsp; magical,&nbsp; is the&nbsp; same&nbsp; size&nbsp; as you,&nbsp; and&nbsp; sheds dim light&nbsp; in&nbsp; a&nbsp; 5foot-radius.&nbsp; Any&nbsp; other&nbsp; equipment&nbsp; you&nbsp; are wearing&nbsp; or&nbsp; carrying&nbsp; transforms&nbsp; with&nbsp; you&nbsp; and melds into&nbsp; your&nbsp; thought&nbsp; form.&nbsp; You also&nbsp; gain&nbsp; the following&nbsp; benefits:Psionic&nbsp; Spellcasting. When&nbsp; you&nbsp; cast&nbsp; a&nbsp; spell while&nbsp; in&nbsp; thought&nbsp; form,&nbsp; you&nbsp; can&nbsp; cast&nbsp; the&nbsp; spell psionically. If&nbsp; you do so,&nbsp; the&nbsp; spell&nbsp; doesn’t require verbal,&nbsp; somatic, or&nbsp; material components&nbsp; that&nbsp; lack&nbsp; a&nbsp; gold&nbsp; cost.&quot;I believe you still didn't read all of it properly, because you smelled grognard rant, so I will quote the quote, the part you should really know:&quot;a&nbsp; figure&nbsp; of luminous psychic energy,&nbsp; with your&nbsp; psionic focus&nbsp; hovering&nbsp; within. &quot;And I believe you forgot already what the psionic focus is, because again, it must be juat some grognard ranting about this, so I will quote the previous quote:&quot;One morning,&nbsp; did you wake&nbsp; up with it&nbsp; humming&nbsp; under your&nbsp; pillow?&quot; - It's a freaking trinket.The sidebar doesn't finish where I stopped quoting, it goes on about this &quot;focus&quot; possible forms, clarifying they have no idea what they are talking about, except that it's a trinket:&quot;Perhaps&nbsp; it’s&nbsp; a&nbsp; childhood&nbsp; memento&quot;So to cast/manifest powers (ah no, sorry, they must be &quot;psionic spells&quot;) as any mentalist/psion/mystic/psychic would do in any world (that is, without uttering freaking magic formulas accompanied by gestures), you have to become a &quot;figure of luminous psychic energy&quot; (looking however you damn please BTW, as specified in the rules text later) with a &quot;childhood memento&quot; (OR ANY OTHER OBJECT, AS LONG AS IT'S A FREAKING MATERIAL OBJECT, because clearly that's how you unlock the immaterial powers of the mind) &quot;hovering within&quot; this new &quot;luminous&quot; and &quot;obviously magical&quot; body of yours. And this is 6th level.Do we really need to talk about WotC publishing adventures or splat books, or can we just tell the designers that this joke is not funny, already??</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord-Archaon, post: 7864157, member: 7017713"] All right, the thread derailed quite a bit, and nobody is talking about this UA anymore. I suspect nobody even read it properly. Just take a look at this, from the sidebar nobody read: "[B]Your Psionic Focus[/B] [I]Every member of the Psionics tradition has a story about how their psionic focus came into their life. Consider how you found yours and what form it takes. The event that brought your psionic focus to you probably holds personal significance. Did your master give it to you upon the completion of your apprenticeship? Was it awarded to you when you graduated from your academy of wizardry? Did it call to you in a jeweler’s shop? Was it associated with the moment when your psionic powers first manifested? One morning, did you wake up with it humming under your pillow? [/I]" How in the Nine Hells they could think this is remotely in theme with psionics, or even any possible new take on it? Heck, how did they think this would be something fun in the first place, even if it wouldn't be associated to psionics? We have trinkets, they are nice, entire adventures can be had about them, but look what this trinket becomes for the "psionicist": "[B]Thought Form[/B] [I]6th-level Psionics feature[/I] While you are carrying your psionic focus, you can use a bonus action to magically transform your body into pure psionic energy. The transformation lasts for 10 minutes, until you use a bonus action to assume your normal form, or until you are incapacitated or die. While in thought form, you are a figure of luminous psychic energy, with your psionic focus hovering within. Your form can appear as anything you wish, but it is obviously magical, is the same size as you, and sheds dim light in a 5foot-radius. Any other equipment you are wearing or carrying transforms with you and melds into your thought form. You also gain the following benefits: [B]Psionic Spellcasting. [/B] When you cast a spell while in thought form, you can cast the spell psionically. If you do so, the spell doesn’t require verbal, somatic, or material components that lack a gold cost." I believe you still didn't read all of it properly, because you smelled grognard rant, so I will quote the quote, the part you should really know: "[I][B]a figure of luminous psychic energy, with your psionic focus hovering within.[/B][/I][B] [/B]" And I believe you forgot already what the psionic focus is, because again, it must be juat some grognard ranting about this, so I will quote the previous quote: "[I]One morning, did you wake up with it humming under your pillow?[/I]" - It's a freaking trinket. The sidebar doesn't finish where I stopped quoting, it goes on about this "focus" possible forms, clarifying they have no idea what they are talking about, except that it's a trinket: "[B][I]Perhaps it’s a childhood memento[/I][/B]" So to cast/manifest powers (ah no, sorry, they must be "psionic spells") as any mentalist/psion/mystic/psychic would do in any world (that is, without uttering freaking magic formulas accompanied by gestures), you have to become a "[I]figure of luminous psychic energy[/I]" (looking however you damn please BTW, as specified in the rules text later) with a "[I]childhood memento[/I]" (OR ANY OTHER OBJECT, AS LONG AS IT'S A FREAKING MATERIAL OBJECT, because clearly that's how you unlock the immaterial powers of the mind) "hovering within" this new "luminous" and "obviously magical" body of yours. And this is 6th level. Do we really need to talk about WotC publishing adventures or splat books, or can we just tell the designers that this joke is not funny, already?? [/QUOTE]

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