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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7693387" data-attributes="member: 12731">My opinion is that the draw of plsionics is a new kind of spellcaster that does not work like the others.That you gain unique powers is not the most important point, and to be honest, why can't there be spells replicating psionic powers?The main thing any psionic supplement must offer is mechanically different casters. Having psions use the same systems as wizards or clerics is a mistake. Just as it was a mistake to have fighters and spellcasters use the same framework in 4th edition.Since no PHB spellcaster is using the DMG spell point system, I have to give this PDF a pass. But only just. Ideally Psionics should use its own mechanism; balance be damned. A psion should just be as different to a wizard as a thief is to a druid, or a monk to a warlock. Otherwise, what's the point?That's why I'm kind of drawn to the idea of using your whole score for stuff (like Intelligence 17 counting as seventeen), since that's completely unlike any PHB mechanism.</blockquote>