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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5797660" data-attributes="member: 32740">In a literary sense Science Fiction is simply a subset within the general umbrella of Fantasy.&nbsp; Historically speaking, while D&amp;D has not wholeheartedly embraced elements of science fiction, neither has it EVER shied away from genre blending to a variety of degrees.&nbsp; As far as psionics specifically is concerned 1E is NOT the first appearance of psionics in D&amp;D.&nbsp; You can also add me to the camp of those who have no problem with seeing psionics as part of D&amp;D but I also have never particularly liked ANY official system that D&amp;D has implimented for psionics.&nbsp; Really, I haven't liked any system for psionics that I've ever seen, period.&nbsp;Psionics &quot;doesn't belong&quot; with D&amp;D?&nbsp; Hogwash.&nbsp; It's virtually always been part of D&amp;D at some level.&nbsp; It's frequently been vilified it's true, but that has never yet prevented it from being implemented.&nbsp;Those who dislike psionics in their D&amp;D for whatever reason - I wholeheartedly agree that they should not have to suffer the chore of REMOVING it from the rules in order to implement their games.&nbsp; However, not only do I say it can be part of D&amp;D, I say it SHOULD be, maybe even MUST be if the rules being printed want to have &quot;D&amp;D&quot; on the cover.&nbsp; There are simply too many people who DO use Psionics, love them, embrace them, build and buy settings fixated around them to possibly assert that they &quot;don't belong&quot;.&nbsp; The preference for or against psionics is a personal one - its omission is not justifiable as a matter of genre or &quot;D&amp;Dness&quot;, so to speak.&nbsp;If Psionics for 5E sucks, well... that too will simply be in keeping as a D&amp;D tradition as far as I'm concerned.&nbsp; Denying that Psionics even has a place in D&amp;D?&nbsp; Sacrilege.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 5797660, member: 32740"] In a literary sense Science Fiction is simply a subset within the general umbrella of Fantasy. Historically speaking, while D&D has not wholeheartedly embraced elements of science fiction, neither has it EVER shied away from genre blending to a variety of degrees. As far as psionics specifically is concerned 1E is NOT the first appearance of psionics in D&D. You can also add me to the camp of those who have no problem with seeing psionics as part of D&D but I also have never particularly liked ANY official system that D&D has implimented for psionics. Really, I haven't liked any system for psionics that I've ever seen, period. Psionics "doesn't belong" with D&D? [U]Hogwash.[/U] It's virtually always been part of D&D at some level. It's frequently been vilified it's true, but that has never yet prevented it from being implemented. Those who dislike psionics in their D&D for whatever reason - I wholeheartedly agree that they should not have to suffer the chore of REMOVING it from the rules in order to implement their games. However, not only do I say it can be part of D&D, I say it SHOULD be, maybe even MUST be if the rules being printed want to have "D&D" on the cover. There are simply too many people who DO use Psionics, love them, embrace them, build and buy settings fixated around them to possibly assert that they "don't belong". The preference for or against psionics is a personal one - its omission is not justifiable as a matter of genre or "D&Dness", so to speak. If Psionics for 5E sucks, well... that too will simply be in keeping as a D&D tradition as far as I'm concerned. Denying that Psionics even has a place in D&D? Sacrilege. [/QUOTE]

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