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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 6649491" data-attributes="member: 58172">I now strongly associate the word ‘evocation’ with elemental magic, including psionic elemental kinesis like pyrokinesis. It evokes the mystical properties within each element.Evocation&nbsp; - especially in the form of elemental energies (Air lightning thunder,&nbsp; Water cold, Fire fire acid, often with Earth as metal weapon)&nbsp; is a feature of 3e psionics.Evocation (Elemental Kinesis) feels saliently different from the invisible Force&nbsp; of Telekinesis. In modern pop-parapsychology, the trope of moving an&nbsp; object invisibly with gravity-like Telekinesis, is vibrant. For a psionic setting, Telekinesis is often central, and it deserves some plot protection to emphasize its feel. Keep&nbsp; telekinetic Force separate from elemental Evocations, as different disciplines. The Force&nbsp; discipline includes Fly, and other gravity altering&nbsp; effects. It includes force fields, like Mage Armor. It includes force&nbsp; damage, like Magic Missile and Eldritch Blast. Because force damage is defined as ‘pure magical energy’,&nbsp; personal telekinesis seems to be the essence of magical energy. Thus the&nbsp; Force discipline, by logical necessity, also includes things related to&nbsp; magical auras, like Detect Magic, and is also the go-to place for&nbsp; Dispel Magic. The Force discipline is flavorful. It feels different from&nbsp; the elemental flavor of the Evocation discipline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 6649491, member: 58172"] I now strongly associate the word ‘evocation’ with elemental magic, including psionic elemental kinesis like pyrokinesis. It evokes the mystical properties within each element. Evocation - especially in the form of elemental energies (Air lightning thunder, Water cold, Fire fire acid, often with Earth as metal weapon) is a feature of 3e psionics. Evocation (Elemental Kinesis) feels saliently different from the invisible Force of Telekinesis. In modern pop-parapsychology, the trope of moving an object invisibly with gravity-like Telekinesis, is vibrant. For a psionic setting, Telekinesis is often central, and it deserves some plot protection to emphasize its feel. Keep telekinetic Force separate from elemental Evocations, as different disciplines. The Force discipline includes Fly, and other gravity altering effects. It includes force fields, like Mage Armor. It includes force damage, like Magic Missile and Eldritch Blast. Because force damage is defined as ‘pure magical energy’, personal telekinesis seems to be the essence of magical energy. Thus the Force discipline, by logical necessity, also includes things related to magical auras, like Detect Magic, and is also the go-to place for Dispel Magic. The Force discipline is flavorful. It feels different from the elemental flavor of the Evocation discipline. [/QUOTE]

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