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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9864222" data-attributes="member: 4534">As far as the grimaces go, I thought it just depended on how much effort he was putting into things.&nbsp; Even Superman shows signs of visible straining when lifting something especially heavy.&nbsp; Depending on what source material you're looking at, psionics might have very visible cues like sizzling air or waves of energy, they might require the Psion to utter some mantra to help him concentrate, they might make funny gesticulations to make the <s>magic</s>, uh, psionics happen.&nbsp; The magic in Wheel of Time is very much like psionics in my opinion.&nbsp; You can't see someone else channel (cast) unless you yourself are a channeler.&nbsp; And while they don't use verbal components, that I can recall, some of them do use somatic components.&nbsp; Not because it's necessarily require but just because it's how they were taught to weave the one power for a particular effect.&nbsp; I dislike psionics immensely in D&amp;D, so I don't have a dog in this race.&nbsp; I don't really care what WotC decides to do with it, but they've got to decide on something.&nbsp; And it's probably not a good idea to have three or four different ways to handle psionics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9864222, member: 4534"] As far as the grimaces go, I thought it just depended on how much effort he was putting into things. Even Superman shows signs of visible straining when lifting something especially heavy. Depending on what source material you're looking at, psionics might have very visible cues like sizzling air or waves of energy, they might require the Psion to utter some mantra to help him concentrate, they might make funny gesticulations to make the [S]magic[/S], uh, psionics happen. The magic in Wheel of Time is very much like psionics in my opinion. You can't see someone else channel (cast) unless you yourself are a channeler. And while they don't use verbal components, that I can recall, some of them do use somatic components. Not because it's necessarily require but just because it's how they were taught to weave the one power for a particular effect. I dislike psionics immensely in D&D, so I don't have a dog in this race. I don't really care what WotC decides to do with it, but they've got to decide on something. And it's probably not a good idea to have three or four different ways to handle psionics. [/QUOTE]

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