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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eldritch_Lord" data-source="post: 5192461" data-attributes="member: 52073">Well, psionic power points are there the same reason core has Vancian casting: it was that way in prior editions.Using different mental scores is a far cry from using the 3.0 psionics system; if that's the only part you liked, you should have said so. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> In fact, I'd also like to see them use different mental stats, since that's the way it was in 1e as well (your psionic potential and number of PSPs was based on a combination of the three).  I'm fairly sure the only reason they didn't do that was that WotC were afraid to try something new, so they stuck with one key ability.Think of it this way.  Wizards are those who pore over tomes and study for their magic, whereas sorcerers have their magic just happen, right?  It's basically the same way for the psion and wilder.  Psions are Zen masters, meditating all day and focusing on their power; wilders are X-Men, people who wake up one morning and say "Holy crap, why am I floating 3 feet above my bed and why is the house on fire!?"</blockquote>