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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8100774" data-attributes="member: 23751">That's not true. The evidence contradicts him anyway.&nbsp; Special abilities have never required components.&nbsp; That's a function of them being special abilities.&nbsp; Psionics casting is a separate thing from special abilities.&nbsp; Psionic casting directly equates to normal casting.&nbsp; Those are the apples that you compare, not the oranges of special abilities.&nbsp; When you look at psionic casting in the MM(and other monster books) and in all the UAs where psionics are used, a lack of components is there.It doesn't have to be a unique rule to psionics.&nbsp; It just has to be a function of psionics.&nbsp; Breath weapons aren't a unique rule to dragons, but breath weapons are a function of dragons. There might be an exception out there, but the general rule is dragons have breath weapons.Because WotC clearly views psionics to be as it has been historically.&nbsp; It's not just the MM psionic casters, but every iteration of psionics in the UA.&nbsp; Even the wizard/sorcerer subclasses that use some psionics do so to remove components(among other things).Edit: I hope whatever you have going on that is stressful resolves itself soon. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Edit part 2: This is the full quote from the MM. Note the bold part which describes no components as a special function of Psionics.&quot;A monster that casts spells using only the power of its mind has the psionics tag added to its Spellcasting or Innate Spellcasting special trait. This tag carries no special rules of its own, but other parts of the game might refer to it. A monster that has this tag typically doesn't require any components to cast its spells.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8100774, member: 23751"] That's not true. The evidence contradicts him anyway. Special abilities have never required components. That's a function of them being special abilities. Psionics casting is a separate thing from special abilities. Psionic casting directly equates to normal casting. Those are the apples that you compare, not the oranges of special abilities. When you look at psionic casting in the MM(and other monster books) and in all the UAs where psionics are used, a lack of components is there. It doesn't have to be a unique rule to psionics. It just has to be a function of psionics. Breath weapons aren't a unique rule to dragons, but breath weapons are a function of dragons. There might be an exception out there, but the general rule is dragons have breath weapons. Because WotC clearly views psionics to be as it has been historically. It's not just the MM psionic casters, but every iteration of psionics in the UA. Even the wizard/sorcerer subclasses that use some psionics do so to remove components(among other things). Edit: I hope whatever you have going on that is stressful resolves itself soon. :( Edit part 2: This is the full quote from the MM. Note the bold part which describes no components as a special function of Psionics. "A monster that casts spells using [B]only the power of its mind[/B] has the psionics tag added to its Spellcasting or Innate Spellcasting special trait. This tag carries no special rules of its own, but other parts of the game might refer to it. A monster that has this tag typically doesn't require any components to cast its spells." [/QUOTE]

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