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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8570301" data-attributes="member: 58172">So if I understand correctly, the 3e psicombat is a 3.0 thing rather than a 3.5 thing? My 3e group starts with 3.5, so that might explain how I never came across it.If I can, I might borrow the 3e Psionic Handbook for comparison. You mention its psicombat is convoluted, and you simplified it. Good!Take it to heart, that 3.5 rejected 3.0 psicombat for reasons. If you want to salvage something from it, "as simple as possible but not simpler", is the way to go.More than any other edition of D&D, 5e is a democracy. We need to pass the 60% approval rating threshold, in order for any form of psionics to exist at all. Homebrew and DMs Guild will continue, but official 5e support is valuable.Star Wars jedi are welcome in my D&D!Heh, they might be wielding a Rod of Radiance and hopping planes, but they fit in.Yup. All of the above sounds awesome, and feels like the 3e Psywar. I want the 5e Mystic to these kinds of things.The Psywar has a superhero feel, where the powers that the player chooses for the character concept become a vivid personality that feels archetypal.Most of these powers are defacto spells. But there is also design space for class features. The ability to "steal" spell slots from an other caster is interesting. It might work as a 5e Mystic class feature or subclass feature.Regarding nomenclature. I prefer when psionics uses the standard D&D terms like "telekinesis" when appropriate. Metacreativity is "conjuration". I refer to psychometabolism as "shapeshifting" and it includes healing spells.In my view, the "Astral Constructs" are actually force constructs, made out of force, like other spells with similar effects, Unseen Servant, Spiritual Weapon, etcetera.Moreover, I consider force, ethereal ether,  and magical energy to all be the same thing (compare Eldritch Blast and force affecting ethereal creatures). Psionicists are minds so the astral plane as a real of thoughts is important. But when psionicists manipulate the material world by means of telekinetic force, they are actually wielding ethereal force. Likewise, the psionic conjurations are made out of force (like other conjurations are).I honestly like the term "prescient" better, but nevertheless use "divination" for the sake of standard D&D nomenclature.Psionics is already complex, and to use nonstandard terms redundantly is less helpful for familiarity, gameplay, and popularity.</blockquote>

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