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<blockquote data-quote="lukelightning" data-source="post: 5076857" data-attributes="member: 9745">1: Psionics is basically magic. Sure, it has a sci-fi spin to it, but it is for all intents and purposes a fantasy concept.2: Many books and games have a concept of &quot;mind magic&quot; 3: Real occult practices/superstitions link the two. Fortune tellers can &quot;ee the future in their minds&quot; and also &quot;cast spells&quot; to remove curses, etc.4: There is no definition of magic in D&amp;D. &quot;Arcane&quot; is generally considered synonymous with magic, but that would leave out divine, primal, etc. all of which (depending on the specific power) definitely have magic.5: Most importantly: This is an opportunity to turn your dislike of lumping psionics into magic in roleplaying. Play a psion, and when anyone in the game calls your powers magic, your psion glares at them and gives them a technical lecture on how psionics are not that hokey &quot;magic&quot; but is the real power source without all the superstition and junk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lukelightning, post: 5076857, member: 9745"] 1: Psionics is basically magic. Sure, it has a sci-fi spin to it, but it is for all intents and purposes a fantasy concept. 2: Many books and games have a concept of "mind magic" 3: Real occult practices/superstitions link the two. Fortune tellers can "ee the future in their minds" and also "cast spells" to remove curses, etc. 4: There is no definition of magic in D&D. "Arcane" is generally considered synonymous with magic, but that would leave out divine, primal, etc. all of which (depending on the specific power) definitely have magic. 5: Most importantly: This is an opportunity to turn your dislike of lumping psionics into magic in roleplaying. Play a psion, and when anyone in the game calls your powers magic, your psion glares at them and gives them a technical lecture on how psionics are not that hokey "magic" but is the [i]real[/i] power source without all the superstition and junk. [/QUOTE]

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