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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8585300" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>Usually, yes. In the past, spells and magic items (Synaptic Static and even the Annulus itself) were put in the hands of the DM to reign in games where you decide to run with magic and psionics being completely different.</p><p></p><p>Even in 2e, where this was the default, many spells could interact with psionics in odd ways (my favorite was Free Action blocking psionic posession- so mind control prevents me from "moving and attacking normally?" I'm sure my DM will love that interpretation!). </p><p></p><p>Which is why in 3rd edition, they made that NOT the default, because they realized that takes a lot more effort on the DM's part to have to make sure to add special things for psionics to interact with in their games. Far easier to say "funky terminology aside, magic resistance = psionic resistance, magic = psionics". Some psionics fans don't like this, but we have never been officially presented with a game where you can have psionics completely replace magic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8585300, member: 6877472"] Usually, yes. In the past, spells and magic items (Synaptic Static and even the Annulus itself) were put in the hands of the DM to reign in games where you decide to run with magic and psionics being completely different. Even in 2e, where this was the default, many spells could interact with psionics in odd ways (my favorite was Free Action blocking psionic posession- so mind control prevents me from "moving and attacking normally?" I'm sure my DM will love that interpretation!). Which is why in 3rd edition, they made that NOT the default, because they realized that takes a lot more effort on the DM's part to have to make sure to add special things for psionics to interact with in their games. Far easier to say "funky terminology aside, magic resistance = psionic resistance, magic = psionics". Some psionics fans don't like this, but we have never been officially presented with a game where you can have psionics completely replace magic. [/QUOTE]
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