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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mordhau" data-source="post: 8510816" data-attributes="member: 7032137">In 2nd edition memorising magic was pretty closely linked to some kind of setting reality.  The wizard literally in the game memorised a spell held it in his mind, and it disappeared when he cast the spell. You could refer to this in the game.  And people such as Fighter/Magic Users and Bards, were explicitly using the same form of magic.So given that psionicists didn't memorise spells, it made sense to give them a completely different set of mechanics.But in 5th edition this isn't really the case any more.  It's sort of true for wizards, who at least still memorise spells, but the number of spells they can cast is more abstract, and the same system covers sorcerers and bards who don't memorise anything.So really, when it comes to the spell slot mechanism, it's basically independent from how the magic is used in the setting.  It's just the way that magic functions.  So, given that, there's not really a particularly good reason not to use the standard spell slot progression.  If it's good enough for the sorcerer then I guess it has to be good enough for the Psion.On the other hand, that said, it may be that the Psion would prevent an alternative for a completely different magic system for those who don't much like the existing one.  But it would be a pretty weak alternative as the vast majority of the existing classes use the existing spell slot mechanic - so using just a new psionics system in a game, would probably gut the existing game.5e just isn't really that much of a toolkit.</blockquote>

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