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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7675196" data-attributes="member: 996">I'm glad to see the willingness to add a new class.&nbsp; Psionics &lt;&gt; magic is potentially a little problematic, and the exception (that seems like it's for backwards-MM-compatibility) looks like it'll generally favor the PCs (PC casters will be able to cope with psionic monsters, NPC/monster casters won't be able to counter psionic PCs).&nbsp; Also, the re-naming/re-flavoring to sound less sci-fi is at odds with it somehow not being magic, a Psion sounds maybe a little sci-fi, an Awakened Mystic sounds decidedly magicky.&nbsp;&nbsp; Similarly, explicit connection to the Far Realms could be an issue for some campaigns.&nbsp; Both, however, are the kinds of things the DM can change with minimal effort, so not serious objections.Anyway, it's good to see a class, not just a phoned-in sub-class.&nbsp;I don't see the need to change it, not while keeping 'Psionics' as the name of it's powers.&nbsp; If it was the 'School of Mysticism,' sure...&nbsp; Class names really shouldn't matter, they're not necessarily used &quot;in the fiction&quot; - one PC could call himself a Mystic, another 'Gifted' or whatever, they needn't say Psion, just because it's on the character sheet.&nbsp; So why change it?&nbsp; Keeping the Psion name would have maintained continuity.It goes all the way back to the Attack Modes in the 1e PH Psionics Appendix.&nbsp; Similarly, Intellect Fortress was a Defense Mode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7675196, member: 996"] I'm glad to see the willingness to add a new class. Psionics <> magic is potentially a little problematic, and the exception (that seems like it's for backwards-MM-compatibility) looks like it'll generally favor the PCs (PC casters will be able to cope with psionic monsters, NPC/monster casters won't be able to counter psionic PCs). Also, the re-naming/re-flavoring to sound less sci-fi is at odds with it somehow not being magic, a Psion sounds maybe a little sci-fi, an Awakened Mystic sounds decidedly magicky. Similarly, explicit connection to the Far Realms could be an issue for some campaigns. Both, however, are the kinds of things the DM can change with minimal effort, so not serious objections. Anyway, it's good to see a class, not just a phoned-in sub-class. I don't see the need to change it, not while keeping 'Psionics' as the name of it's powers. If it was the 'School of Mysticism,' sure... Class names really shouldn't matter, they're not necessarily used "in the fiction" - one PC could call himself a Mystic, another 'Gifted' or whatever, they needn't say Psion, just because it's on the character sheet. So why change it? Keeping the Psion name would have maintained continuity. It goes all the way back to the Attack Modes in the 1e PH Psionics Appendix. Similarly, Intellect Fortress was a Defense Mode. [/QUOTE]

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