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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 6899158" data-attributes="member: 58172">For the sake of comparison, here is the standard 5e diction for a spell, and the current diction deriving from Pathfinder.DISPEL MAGIC3rd-level abjurationCasting Time: 1 actionRange: 120 feetComponents: V, SDuration: InstantaneousChoose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each spell of 4th level or higher on the target. make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check, the spell ends.At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you automatically end the effects of a spell on the target if the spell's level is equal to or less than the level of the spell slot you used.DISPEL PSIONICS3rd-level (5 psi points) psychokinesisClasses: PsionSources: dispel psionics, dispel magicManifesting Time: 1 actionRange: 120 feetDisplay: VisualDuration: InstantaneousChoose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any power or spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each power or spell of 4th level or higher on the target, make an ability check using your psionic ability. The DC equals 10 + the power's level. On a successful check, the power ends.Augment. If you spend additional psi points, you automatically end the effects of a power on the target if the power's was manifested with equal to or less than the amount of psi points you used. 6 psi points for 4th level, 7 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 10 for 7th, 11 for 8th, and 13 for 9th.With the big picture in mind. If the goal is to integrate psionics as a normal and common part of D&D 5e, then I feel it is imperative to use standard nomenclature for standard concepts. Oppositely, if the goal is to divorce psionics from the rest of the D&D tradition, to evolve as an independent game with its own gaming terms, mechanical system, and settings, (maybe like Gammaworld is separate?), then keep using the unfamiliar psionic technobabble. (But if the goal is to divorce psionics from the rest of D&D, why bother converting psionics into 5e? Just stick with Pathfinder and evolve the psionics gaming system from there?) My hope is, psionics becomes a normal feature of the D&D experience.So, if there is psionic spell that is exactly the same as a standard spell. Just use the standard spell. In this case, Dispel Psionics is identical in concept to Dispel Magic. Use the standard spell. That said, it seems possible to tweak the standard spell so it can function more smoothly with those classes and players who prefer to use the spell point system.  A Wizard too, or any spellcasting class, can also use the spell point system. A Bard player might want to call the spells ‘songs’. A Cleric player might want to call the spells ‘prayers’. A Psion player might want to call the spells ‘manifestations’. But a spell is a spell is spell is a spell. It is ok for spell descriptions to use familiar technical jargon, while a world setting flavors it up.Maybe format the spell as something like this.DISPEL MAGIC3rd-level (5-point)abjuration, psychokinesisCasting Time: 1 actionRange: 120 feetComponents: V, S, D (visual)Duration: InstantaneousChoose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level (5 points) or lower on the target ends. For each spell of 4th level (6 points) or higher on the target, make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check, the spell ends.At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level (6 points) or higher, you automatically end the effects of a spell on the target if the spell's level is equal to or less than the level of the spell slot you used.</blockquote>

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