The Awakened Psion (Dragon Article)

[Wednesday Boy]

I've felt the Dragon and Dungeon magazines have been lagging lately but this Awakened Psion Unearthed Arcana article is excellent. Very nice work Robert Schwalb!! (Unfortunately it's for subscribers only.)

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (The Awakened Psion)

So far I really love their Unearthed Arcana articles. They always have great storytelling flavor to them.

 

[Piratecat]

Excellent! Thanks for the link.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

It's interesting for the Psion taking pieces of an opponents mind or placing pieces of their mind in opponents, and I can certainly see why it's an optional rule.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

It's interesting for the Psion taking pieces of an opponents mind or placing pieces of their mind in opponents, and I can certainly see why it's an optional rule.

Yeah, it's so undefined and open to creativity that it works best with a DM and player who have a good collaborative storytelling relationship.

 

[Marshall]

With Dragons new(continuing?) emphasis on actually having zero content, this article fits right in. I suppose it would be some nice lite reading in between really juicy articles....but it just comes across as a waste of space in the current atmosphere. I hate to say this, since he's the only author they actually publish, but Schwalb really needs to leave Dragon before his rep gets pulled down by the crap around him.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

With Dragons new(continuing?) emphasis on actually having zero content, this article fits right in. I suppose it would be some nice lite reading in between really juicy articles....but it just comes across as a waste of space in the current atmosphere.

To each his own but I thought this article showed much more creativity and groundbreakingness than another article of purely combat related crunch.

 

[Scribble]

And here I was actually liking the articles this month... Go figure.

Haven't finished this one, but so far I like what I see... Not something I'd make use of every day, but an interesting twist now and again.

 

[Piratecat]

With Dragons new(continuing?) emphasis on actually having zero content, this article fits right in. I suppose it would be some nice lite reading in between really juicy articles....but it just comes across as a waste of space in the current atmosphere. I hate to say this, since he's the only author they actually publish, but Schwalb really needs to leave Dragon before his rep gets pulled down by the crap around him.

I couldn't disagree more. This is exactly the kind of article I want to see; flavorful, full of interesting options and plot hooks, it's the first article in a while that has really made me excited and started the wheels turning.

 

[Scribble]

I couldn't disagree more. This is exactly the kind of article I want to see; flavorful, full of interesting options and plot hooks, it's the first article in a while that has really made me excited and started the wheels turning.

Did you read the Eladrin one?

Lots of flavor in that one- although the items are basically just normal (rare.)

 

[Aegeri]

With Dragons new(continuing?) emphasis on actually having zero content, this article fits right in. I suppose it would be some nice lite reading in between really juicy articles....but it just comes across as a waste of space in the current atmosphere. I hate to say this, since he's the only author they actually publish, but Schwalb really needs to leave Dragon before his rep gets pulled down by the crap around him.

I think this article is really great actually. It's definitely very interesting and it's something I could see myself using at some point - not as something that can be done all the time, maybe something plot related - but it has its uses. At the same time, the sheer "DM Fiat" aspect that something like this has to even enter the game I can see being annoying. Then again as a DM, when something is this full of flavor and sheer interesting mechanics I make sure to work on putting it into my game in the first place.