D&D 5E Psionics

[anthr]

I have been out of the loop a while.
I know that "official" 5E Psionics is Mystic at Unearthed Arcana, but that class can be seen as beta as best, and since the release there haven't been any updates from WotC.
I also know that WotC released the Mystic at dmsguild.com with the intention that community would create some interesting stuff of it.
As I have been out of the loop: what sort of 5E psionics stuff is interesting/good at dmsguild and/or other sites?
Any answers, even links to other threads would be apreciated.

 

[Zaukrie]

I bought the Psionics Handbook by Jason Steele. It is quite good. The free preview gives you an idea.....

 

[Talltomwright]

I have been out of the loop a while.
I know that "official" 5E Psionics is Mystic at Unearthed Arcana, but that class can be seen as beta as best, and since the release there haven't been any updates from WotC.
I also know that WotC released the Mystic at dmsguild.com with the intention that community would create some interesting stuff of it.
As I have been out of the loop: what sort of 5E psionics stuff is interesting/good at dmsguild and/or other sites?
Any answers, even links to other threads would be apreciated.

I'd just logged into ask the same thing! There is a bewildering array of options on DMsguild on top of the UA Mystic. Has anyone got both Jason Steele's Psionics Handbook and The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer and can recommend one over the other?

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

My suggestion is to hire Dreamscarred Press as outsorce because it had got really some good ideas for psionic, akasha/incarnum and warpaths/martial maneuvers. And I would rather dazed for a round as penalty by a wilder's psychic enervation.

Psionic is not only for D&D but also for future more modern settings, maybe even in that future sci-fi videogame.

I would bet there is a project about a videogame based in DS, and this means a lot of playtesting in the computer simulation about the psionic powers.

And maybe a Ravenloft modules compilation about the grand conjuction will arrive before.

In the end of this year maybe we will see a PDF about psionic powers, but the true sourcebook will arrive later.

 

[touc]

I'd just logged into ask the same thing! There is a bewildering array of options on DMsguild on top of the UA Mystic. Has anyone got both Jason Steele's Psionics Handbook and The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer and can recommend one over the other?

My two bits.

After a few years, I opted for the Korranberg Chronicle ($10) in my Dark Sun 5E conversion over the UA Mystic and the other attempts at conversions (many supremely unbalanced), and I've reviewed the free preview for Steele Handbook ($10 full). Korranberg is solid in design and the author has several well-reviewed products, definitely shows signs of significant design work and playtest.

Further, it gave bang for the buck, providing 2 distinct types of psionic classes with subtypes + 3 subtypes for the fighter, monk, and rogue + feats, NPCs, and racial work. While flavored for Eberron, it's also perfect for Dark Sun. Ultimately, it fit the flavor I was looking for along with design balance (psions activate a core power that opens up a tree of powers related to that core power; as time goes on they can gain access to more core powers).

 

[Talltomwright]

My two bits.

After a few years, I opted for the Korranberg Chronicle ($10) in my Dark Sun 5E conversion over the UA Mystic and the other attempts at conversions (many supremely unbalanced), and I've reviewed the free preview for Steele Handbook ($10 full). Korranberg is solid in design and the author has several well-reviewed products, definitely shows signs of significant design work and playtest.

Further, it gave bang for the buck, providing 2 distinct types of psionic classes with subtypes + 3 subtypes for the fighter, monk, and rogue + feats, NPCs, and racial work. While flavored for Eberron, it's also perfect for Dark Sun. Ultimately, it fit the flavor I was looking for along with design balance (psions activate a core power that opens up a tree of powers related to that core power; as time goes on they can gain access to more core powers).

Thank you - that’s really helpful!

 

[Larnievc]

I'd just logged into ask the same thing! There is a bewildering array of options on DMsguild on top of the UA Mystic. Has anyone got both Jason Steele's Psionics Handbook and The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer and can recommend one over the other?

I use the Psion Primer and it works very well. Dunno about the other one.