Psionics in your game?

[The Crippler]

I allow and even encourage psionics... all to no avail. I cannot convince my players to give it a try. So, there are no psionics in my game, but it's not my fault.

 

[fineousdfd119]

first of all psionics IS NOT A DIFFERENT FORM OF MAGIC !! psionics is a whole different thing all together ( refer to 1e payers handbook ) it adds alot of depth and varity to your game. think monster with LOTS of resistence to magic suddenly finding out that he has a tender area he he

 

[Nifft]

first of all psionics IS NOT A DIFFERENT FORM OF MAGIC !! psionics is a whole different thing all together ( refer to 1e payers handbook )

No thanks, I think I'll refer to the Expanded Psionics Handbook, or the SRD section on transparency.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

True, it isn't, but it hurts nobody to discuss it as if it were.

 

[Bacris]

I allow and even encourage psionics... all to no avail. I cannot convince my players to give it a try. So, there are no psionics in my game, but it's not my fault.

I feel your pain. Anytime I DM, the only psionic aspects are NPCs. I've almost convinced my wife to play a seer... maybe next game She absolutely hates Vancian magic.

 

[Nifft]

One of my PC's cohorts has taken a level of Psion (Shaper). It's the first Warforged on that particular world, and it likes the idea of being able to heal itself soon.

So, my group now officially includes a Psion. Yay!

Happy, -- N

 

[Nifft]

True, it isn't, but it hurts nobody to discuss it as if it were.

Is this directed at me (my post directly above the quoted one)?

If so, I somewhat disagree: telling people something that's not currently true is hurtful, if it confuses DMs who don't have much experience, or who only have experience with 2e or 1e Psionics -- my memories of those earlier systems are that Psionics were terribly poorly balanced back then, that it could be a real campaign-killer if a PC ended up randomly rolling some kick-ass power which nothing could resist.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Christoph the Magus]

I don't think that psionics belong in a fantasy again and I never allow it in a game I run. However, if I'm running a modern or sci-fi game then I absolutely allow it.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

first of all psionics IS NOT A DIFFERENT FORM OF MAGIC !! psionics is a whole different thing all together ( refer to 1e payers handbook )

I'm with Nifft on the magic transperancy issue. It's all fine and dandy to say that psionics isn't the same at your table, but please don't imply that it has to be that way at all tables. The XPH and SRD specifically address both options. I like my magic/psionic transparency quite well, and wouldn't want it any other way. I don't think many of the 3.5 core monsters were written up with psionics in mind. So, it really seems quite unfair to me to suddenly hit the magically resistant creature who was designed in a psionic-free world with a gaping hole in its armor called psionics. Just isn't in the spirit of my game.

But that's just it. Its my game. Other people are welcome to have psionics not be transparent. But it doesn't have to be one or the other.

 

[Psion]

If so, I somewhat disagree: telling people something that's not currently true is hurtful, if it confuses DMs who don't have much experience, or who only have experience with 2e or 1e Psionics -- my memories of those earlier systems are that Psionics were terribly poorly balanced back then, that it could be a real campaign-killer if a PC ended up randomly rolling some kick-ass power which nothing could resist.

/nods

FWIW, I instituted something akin to transparency in my 2e house rules. It went a long way towards resolving the fundamental problems of integrating psionics in a game.

I was glad to see WotC come around.