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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8097227" data-attributes="member: 5142">IMHO, I think that having psionics as spells would actually help mainstream psionics, as it would integrate the themes with the other sub-systems of the game. The issue, however, pertains to some of the things that people expect from psionics regarding VSM, but there are some relatively easy fixes for that. 4e is ready to ruin your day. From PHB 3 flavor text on the Psionic Power Source: [spoiler]Some speculate that psionic magic is a force that originates in the Far Realm and came into the universe with the sundering of the Living Gate. Others, including most practitioners of psionic ways, believe that their power is the world’s response to the intrusionof the Far Realm, similar to a mortal body’s reaction to disease. Perhaps Ioun herself learned the mysteries of the psionic way when she peered through the Living Gate, and foreseeing a future incursion of Far Realm monstrosities into the world, she taught her mortal followers the use of psionics so that they might have a defense prepared.In more recent years, the presence of the Far Realm has had an increasing influence on the world. Perhaps Pelor and Ioun failed to completely seal the rift where the Living Gate once stood, and the passage of uncounted centuries has allowed the slow of the Far Realm’s defiling energy into the universe. Or perhaps another rift has opened, allowing aberrant monstrosities to stream into the worldand spread their corruption. Whatever the cause, the heightened presence of Far Realm energy has provoked a stronger response from the psionic forces of the world, making psionic magic more common, stronger, and easier to control.Monks continue to study their disciplined techniques of harnessing psionic magic as though it were still a precious resource to be husbanded. Psions share a similar approach, using careful study and rigorous self-control to measure and direct the powerful stream of psionic magic at their command. Ardents and battleminds, though, seem to acquire psionic powers at the whim of the universe, channeling their power with little effort and carrying it on the tides of their emotions.[/spoiler]The phrase "psionic magic" appears 26 times in PHB3. It appears twice in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting. Honestly, I don't think that it takes much adjustments for "the process from the creation of the effect" to have spells act like powers. A big part of that, IMHO, is just providing ways to bypass VSM components, and providing a sidebar about power points.</blockquote>

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