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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8101299" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>There are currently no examples of Type 2 or 3 intergalactic civilizations either. Does that mean that there is no purpose in considering the possibility when classifying within that field? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The good reason is exactly what I said. Because it was a distinction that did not need to exist. Psionics are not currently special by default. They can be, by also having the rule that they do not require components, but since that is a rule that could apply to any form of magic, it does not make them special.</p><p></p><p>Whether or not the designers have taken advantage of that fact, does not change that they wrote the rules to leave that door open.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Sigh</em></p><p></p><p>If a monster has the spellcasting tag, they act just like a spellcaster. Innate Spellcasting is different, so it has its own rules. </p><p></p><p>By you wanting to make no components an aspect of the rule called "the psionic tag" you want to make it so that one of three things happen. </p><p></p><p>1) All Psionics, monster and PC have zero indications of casting. No components, no displays, nothing. You have said you do not want this. </p><p></p><p>2) The Psionic tag means different things in different books. If a players has "Psionics" it works differently and uses different rules than a monster who has "Psionics". No rules currently in the game do this. They do occassional have the same rules under different names, (such as sneak attack and the hobgoblin Martial Advantage) but if a monster has the rule "sneak attack" then it works like sneak attack. </p><p></p><p>3) All monster will need to be errata'd to conform to the new psionic rules attached to the psionic tag. </p><p></p><p></p><p>None of these options are good. If instead though, the book is left to read as exactly what it says (Psionic as a tag has no special rules for it) then none of those things need to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8101299, member: 6801228"] There are currently no examples of Type 2 or 3 intergalactic civilizations either. Does that mean that there is no purpose in considering the possibility when classifying within that field? The good reason is exactly what I said. Because it was a distinction that did not need to exist. Psionics are not currently special by default. They can be, by also having the rule that they do not require components, but since that is a rule that could apply to any form of magic, it does not make them special. Whether or not the designers have taken advantage of that fact, does not change that they wrote the rules to leave that door open. [I]Sigh[/I] If a monster has the spellcasting tag, they act just like a spellcaster. Innate Spellcasting is different, so it has its own rules. By you wanting to make no components an aspect of the rule called "the psionic tag" you want to make it so that one of three things happen. 1) All Psionics, monster and PC have zero indications of casting. No components, no displays, nothing. You have said you do not want this. 2) The Psionic tag means different things in different books. If a players has "Psionics" it works differently and uses different rules than a monster who has "Psionics". No rules currently in the game do this. They do occassional have the same rules under different names, (such as sneak attack and the hobgoblin Martial Advantage) but if a monster has the rule "sneak attack" then it works like sneak attack. 3) All monster will need to be errata'd to conform to the new psionic rules attached to the psionic tag. None of these options are good. If instead though, the book is left to read as exactly what it says (Psionic as a tag has no special rules for it) then none of those things need to happen. [/QUOTE]
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