Psionics--the Poll!

[thirdkingdom]

Ironically, I'm about a month away from launching my psionics book for Old School Essentials. I've tweaked standard psionics rules to eliminate the need for psionic points, and have a secondary system based on The Book of Nine Swords that is psionically powered.

The Backerkit Preview page for Mind over Matter is now live, and I'm shooting to launch next week, if all goes according to plan.

 

[Scribe]

The Backerkit Preview page for Mind over Matter is now live, and I'm shooting to launch next week, if all goes according to plan.

Good luck! I'm sending emails now to get some art commissioned for my Shadowdark version.

 

[thirdkingdom]

Good luck! I'm sending emails now to get some art commissioned for my Shadowdark version.

Do you have a link?

 

[Jeff2222]

I like the idea of psionics, and it has worked fairly well for me in Traveller games, but not so well in D&D.

 

[Jd Smith1]

I would never use psi powers in a fantasy setting (except for the Illithid). But I'm OK with it in non-fantasy settings.

 

[CleverNickName]

I suspect the results would be different if this poll was in the 5E D&D forum:

Yes please...............Votes: 27....|
No thank you.............Votes: 13....|
Yes but not like that....Votes: 9534..██████████████████████████████████████████

Looks like my assessment remains correct, judging from the latest Unearthed Arcana thread...

 

[Jd Smith1]

Looks like my assessment remains correct, judging from the latest Unearthed Arcana thread...

Yeah, the original poll was too generic.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yeah, the original poll was too generic.

Yep, that's the joke. Anything more specific than a flat yes-or-no gets swamped in an ocean of "not like that."

 

[Corinnguard]

Yep, that's the joke. Anything more specific than a flat yes-or-no gets swamped in an ocean of "not like that."

And "Anything, but that!"

 

[Aldarc]

Looks like my assessment remains correct, judging from the latest Unearthed Arcana thread...

I'm not the biggest fan of psionic dice as a mechanic, but I have been a pretty vocal and visible advocate of just having psionics being spells for probably over the past 5-7 years at least, especially after the Mystic bombed.