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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7864599" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>As someone trying make a unified idea of how magic interacts, this is the most frustrating and annoying thing to deal with. </p><p></p><p>Arcane magic is different than Divine magic which is different than Primal magic which is different than Ki which is different than Psionics which is different than Incarnum which is different than True Naming which is different than X</p><p></p><p>And then you look at the world and realize you have a mess of a dozen different power sources which never intersect and are all possible of doing incredibly similar things. </p><p></p><p>Simplifying allows you to build connections between things and make a cohesive whole.</p><p></p><p>Now, because of Far Realms craziness being my favorite type of antagonist, I'm actually not against Psionics existing, but deciding how it slots into the world is much more difficult.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I saw on another site that Crawford posted this on Twitter</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"We haven’t closed the door on a class like mystic/psion. But right now, we’re focused on exploring subclass options. Just as the wizard doesn’t own arcane magic and the cleric doesn’t own divine magic, a potential psionic class doesn’t own psionics."</strong></em></p><p></p><p>So, it seems they are indicating this is just an addition to the psionics arena. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No True Scotsman. </p><p></p><p>Taking that stance only weakens your position and turns people who might agree with you against you, because now they have to defend the fact that they like this and psionics from before.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You can't judge how much someone else cares for a subject, especially by how they try and create a balanced game. They have to decide how to approach everything by what is best for the entire game, not just what is best for a certain subject.</p><p></p><p>And, how can you have a reasonable debate and judge people's intentions when you go come right out and say you don't care about other people's opinions and stances? Nothing I say can convince you? Then why would I attempt to come to an understanding with you? Why would someone else come in and try and discuss the subject with you? You don't care and will likely dismiss what they say. </p><p></p><p>Passion is commendable. Passion that leads you to dismiss the people who try and engage you on the subject isn't helpful.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Those are some interesting ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7864599, member: 6801228"] As someone trying make a unified idea of how magic interacts, this is the most frustrating and annoying thing to deal with. Arcane magic is different than Divine magic which is different than Primal magic which is different than Ki which is different than Psionics which is different than Incarnum which is different than True Naming which is different than X And then you look at the world and realize you have a mess of a dozen different power sources which never intersect and are all possible of doing incredibly similar things. Simplifying allows you to build connections between things and make a cohesive whole. Now, because of Far Realms craziness being my favorite type of antagonist, I'm actually not against Psionics existing, but deciding how it slots into the world is much more difficult. I saw on another site that Crawford posted this on Twitter [I][B]"We haven’t closed the door on a class like mystic/psion. But right now, we’re focused on exploring subclass options. Just as the wizard doesn’t own arcane magic and the cleric doesn’t own divine magic, a potential psionic class doesn’t own psionics."[/B][/I] So, it seems they are indicating this is just an addition to the psionics arena. No True Scotsman. Taking that stance only weakens your position and turns people who might agree with you against you, because now they have to defend the fact that they like this and psionics from before. You can't judge how much someone else cares for a subject, especially by how they try and create a balanced game. They have to decide how to approach everything by what is best for the entire game, not just what is best for a certain subject. And, how can you have a reasonable debate and judge people's intentions when you go come right out and say you don't care about other people's opinions and stances? Nothing I say can convince you? Then why would I attempt to come to an understanding with you? Why would someone else come in and try and discuss the subject with you? You don't care and will likely dismiss what they say. Passion is commendable. Passion that leads you to dismiss the people who try and engage you on the subject isn't helpful. Those are some interesting ideas. [/QUOTE]
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