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<blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 8243637" data-attributes="member: 6061">Sorcerers are terrible. They are Wizard light, Now with Metamagic! They are a half-baked class who muddy up the difference between an innate caster with absolute control over their supernatural abilities and the incantation/ritualistic wizard class. The love for Vancian inspired D&amp;D spellcasting baffles me. It is a terrible system. But 50 years on, here we are.I would like to explore the narrow band of powers for the Psion, like superhero powers like Minigiant said above. You have your Telepath able to link minds, read thoughts, suggestion/dominate and rewrite memories. Since 5E needs combat a Mind Blast at will dealing psychic damage.If we are committed to a point system, no using more than half your points on any single power. I would suggest a blend of points to power up abilities and battlemaster like psychic maneuvers to broaden abilities. A metapsionic style of power-ups to keep power descriptions smaller and give the system room for growth. Amplify Damage for adding a damage die. Expand Power to change the shape of the effect. Use the psychic die mechanic to powers outside of your specialty. So limited number of times to boost.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grimslade, post: 8243637, member: 6061"] Sorcerers are terrible. They are Wizard light, Now with Metamagic! They are a half-baked class who muddy up the difference between an innate caster with absolute control over their supernatural abilities and the incantation/ritualistic wizard class. The love for Vancian inspired D&D spellcasting baffles me. It is a terrible system. But 50 years on, here we are. I would like to explore the narrow band of powers for the Psion, like superhero powers like Minigiant said above. You have your Telepath able to link minds, read thoughts, suggestion/dominate and rewrite memories. Since 5E needs combat a Mind Blast at will dealing psychic damage. If we are committed to a point system, no using more than half your points on any single power. I would suggest a blend of points to power up abilities and battlemaster like psychic maneuvers to broaden abilities. A metapsionic style of power-ups to keep power descriptions smaller and give the system room for growth. Amplify Damage for adding a damage die. Expand Power to change the shape of the effect. Use the psychic die mechanic to powers outside of your specialty. So limited number of times to boost. [/QUOTE]

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