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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4531998" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'm looking at it right now- 1Ed AD&amp;D PHB p 110- 117.Almost every power has a spell counterpart, they just have different names.&nbsp; Many are just different kinds of divination.What is a &quot;Psionic Blast&quot; if not a more potent version of what 3.X calls &quot;Daze?&quot; What is&nbsp; What is &quot;Telekinesis&quot; (the power) but a version of &quot;Telekinesis&quot; (the spell).Much of that language came from the mystics of the 1700's on, who were following the same paths as mages, orcacles and holy men of previous centuries.&nbsp; They just dressed up their &quot;spells&quot; in the new language of science, using greco-roman terminology to lend respectability to their claims.&nbsp; A spell that a wizard would use to move objects at a distance with his force of will thus becomes the psionic power of telekinesis- &quot;tele&quot;- far off; &quot;kinesis&quot; - movement.Eventually, this language found its way into pulp fiction stories, and pulp spawned modern fantasy and sci-fi.All Gygax &amp; crew did is use the quasi-scientific lingo of the post-Renaissance con men and deluded pseudoscientists.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4531998, member: 19675"] I'm looking at it right now- 1Ed AD&D PHB p 110- 117. Almost every power has a spell counterpart, they just have different names. Many are just different kinds of divination. What is a "Psionic Blast" if not a more potent version of what 3.X calls "Daze?" What is What is "Telekinesis" (the power) but a version of "Telekinesis" (the spell). Much of that language came from the mystics of the 1700's on, who were following the same paths as mages, orcacles and holy men of previous centuries. They just dressed up their "spells" in the new language of science, using greco-roman terminology to lend respectability to their claims. A spell that a wizard would use to move objects at a distance with his force of will thus becomes the psionic power of telekinesis- "tele"- far off; "kinesis" - movement. Eventually, this language found its way into pulp fiction stories, and pulp spawned modern fantasy and sci-fi. All Gygax & crew did is use the quasi-scientific lingo of the post-Renaissance con men and deluded pseudoscientists. [/QUOTE]

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