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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bogmad" data-source="post: 6174442" data-attributes="member: 6695559">I guess I could see something like that working.  Ideally, if mechanically they're going to match with other "mages" I'd prefer that psionics be kept distinct in fluff and separated from arcane classes by virtue of having a completely separate powers list that no arcane users would have access to.If I had my way completely I'd make the powers list for psions much smaller than the spell list, but give each power more flexible use.  For instance, what you could do with a "telepathy" power would be much broader than a simple send thoughts spell (not restricted to a message, send images, emotions, etc).  Bigger, more creative, effects would require more power point usage but you wouldn't necessarily have to hit the next power level to spend your points that way, you'd just have less of them.  And "talent" progression would be slower than a the typical mage spell progression to compensate, though you would gain power points per level.A completely different mechanic for psions that could be kept "simple" by virtue of making psion players be more creative in their interpretations of a disciplines effect might be nice in my imagination, but getting something folks to agree on one that works would be the hard part.My guess is that a power point system will get at some of the flavor  of escalating powers by letting you cast spells at higher slots by  spending more points, and maybe that'll work well enough, though I don't really like psionics where every effect is perfectly analogous to something a spell can do.</blockquote>

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