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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6437456" data-attributes="member: 92511">How else do you gage it then, the level of their power, how many tricks/stunts they can do with their "super power" (since that sounds like what you're going for) without power points?I think they work fine mechanically if you give them enough points to work with. Story/fluff wise, when they run down on PP they are mentally exhausted and have trouble focusing/concentrating enough energy to manifest their powers...though, we've already agreed in other psionic threads, a "push themselves beyond their limits" is essential.For me, when one says "Psionics/Psychics" in D&D, I think Prof. X for Telepathy and Jean Grey for Telekinetics. Magneto is, explicitly, controlling electro-magnetism and moving/shaping things and creating forcefields with electromagnetism. If you want to make the argument that that control is telekinetics, I suppose it makes sense. But Magneto is hardly a common image for telekinesis. It's like saying Pyro is a Telekinetic. Well, sure...he is when it comes to fire...but that's all.I don't think I would want a Telekinetic class built around controlling one kind of thing...now, a Telekinetic class with it's own subclasses...well, I guess you could follow a Warlock kind of structure...?Class: PsychicThe Subclasses: Select a "Focus" [instead of Pact]: Mind, Matter...Spirit? Time?Select a "Discipline" [instead of Patron]: Telepathy or TelekineticsSo you could have a Telepathic Mind Psychic [your Prof. X telepath as commonly understood], a Telepathic Matter Psychic [effecting the body through manipulating the brain], or a Telepathic Spirit Psychic [mediums, astral projecting, aura reading, etc... Channeling spirits to give you different knowledge or powers?]You could be a Matter Kinetic: selecting fire, magnetism, ice, etc..., a Mind Kinetic [Jean Grey/Jedi "force" effects], or a Spirit Kinetic [I'mmmm not sure here...something with ethereal/astral travel, maybe your 'porters/formerly "psychoportation" discipline/powers? Being able to "move yourself" seems fairly telekineticky. Not sure how "spirit" oriented it is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> ]Unlike Warlocks, as you leveled up you could maybe pick up multiple foci to gain new powers.That gives you the "classic psychic" tropes and the mutant/superhero angle as well...though how that plays/meshes in D&D setting/game I am not sure. [I know you have that magneto guy in Zeitgeist. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />]</blockquote>

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