A class, perhaps. But I absolutely would not want the amount of extra parallel rules in 5E that the Level Up Psion has. That sort of added complexity and having slightly different spells simply to me is just confusing and unneeded. The character's flavour is not depended on such mechanical details that do not actually come across in the resulting fiction in a meaningful way.
One person's yuck is another person's yum, I suppose.
Sure. I don't really see mechanical complexity for its of sake as a plus, which is why I'm rather lukewarm about Level Up even though I could use an updated version of 5E. I would prefer a steamlined version over one that adds more complexity.
It's the only way I was ever able to explain my father's love for blood sausages and Brussels sprouts.
In 2024 you're likely to get your wish.
This is why I don't believe we're going to see any more psionics from WotC. They are too dedicated to the cult of simplicity to bother.
I think that's probably right (unfortunately). The whole thing was fraught right from its beginning, and it seems they've never figured out a version of it that doesn't become madly OP and/or baroque. The 2017 mystic class was their last real effort at it, and those things are.....demigods.
It depends on your goal. If your goal is to have this one character that's kind of like a psion if you squint a little, sure. If you want a setting where psionics plays a major part (like Dark Sun, or parts of Eberron), you need to have the ability to create psions that differ from one another just as much as different wizards do, you need at least one class which should ideally have multiple sub-classes.
Why don't you do some research first before asking?
Required? Depends one what you can psionics. Thecurrnt model doesn't do psionic effects well because it doesn't do intricate and fine controlled telepathy, telekinesis, sensing, etc and it likely can't be replicated in spells of current classes without breaking them.
