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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 1436758" data-attributes="member: 8158">OK, let me use the monk as an example of what I'm talking about. The monk is a hedge fighter. He's not the heavy hitter that other warriors are, but his enhanced movement capabilities as well as his defensive class features give him special roles that a fighter can't fill. He's the guy you can count on to not be floored by a lich's spells or the mind flayer's mind blast, and he can roll right past their guards in order to reach them. The class has more than its share of problems but at least it's got a niche. He gets a chance to really shine once in a while.I see the psychic warrior as being more like a paladin, as it fills the "supernatural warrior" role. For the most part, a paladin just hits things, but he has some defenses against magical attacks and can cast spells to better combat foes with supernatural abilities. Does a psychic warrior ever outhsine a paladin?Likewise, the introduction of the sorcerer into the 3e added a new venue for PC's to explore. Fundamentally similar to wizards, but some mechanical differences that change the way a player designs his character. So does that greater versatility with a single power simply equate to a spellcaster knowing a bunch of related spells? Do psionicists have different types of attacks that you can't get through arcane magic? Do they have some utility or restorative effects that you can't get through divine magic? In short, when does a psionicist have a chance to shine?</blockquote>

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