Psionics: Yea or Nay?

[JeffB]

I've no problem with the IDEA of Psionics, but I've yet to see an implementation rules-wise that didn't make it entirely too complicated or too different from the rest of the ruleset for me to want to bother with.

I have not seen 4E's version yet.

 

[Camelot]

I've no problem with the IDEA of Psionics, but I've yet to see an implementation rules-wise that didn't make it entirely too complicated or too different from the rest of the ruleset for me to want to bother with.

I have not seen 4E's version yet.

4e is not too different from the core mechanics nor too complicated. However, it can be argued that psionics in 4e are not balanced.

 

[Crazh]

I like the idea of psionic toons. i wish there were more then 2 classes of psionic toons though not counting prestige

 

[Psion]

I like the idea of psionic toons. i wish there were more then 2 classes of psionic toons though not counting prestige

Toons? So like Bugs Bunny, but not normal humans with psionic powers?

 

[Nifft]

I like the idea of psionic toons. i wish there were more then 2 classes of psionic toons though not counting prestige

There were psionics in TOON?!

Was it in a supplement?

"Speaw and psionic hewmet", -- N

 

[Xris Robin]

I'm open to the idea of psionics, but I've neither liked the implementation nor the name.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

This is a tabletop RPG forum, we refer to them as characters or PCs, not toons.

 

[Desdichado]

I suspect that was either some kind of spam or some kind of troll.

Of course, it's possible that it's just someone who got really confused and lost on the internet...

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

I suspect that was either some kind of spam or some kind of troll.

That's more than a little high and mighty, and completely unfounded based on the content of the post.

No small number of people who started in video games (with common slang terms like "toon" for character) have gotten into D&D after the fact. I was one of them many moons ago. This isn't even the first time that term has come up on these boards.

Maybe that was simply a lurker who was learning more about D&D and who finally decided to post, but is still more comfortable with the terms used in MMO circles.

 

[Desdichado]

That's more than a little high and mighty, and completely unfounded based on the content of the post.

No... it's completely based on the content of the post. Other than the key word of psionics, it didn't have anything to do with the rest of the thread.