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<blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4532915" data-attributes="member: 70778">The concept of psionics in general. Mind over matter only and the sci-fi emphasis that surrounds it always.Just use specialized arcane magic instead and follow the same conventions it does to produce effects and the same penalties it has for using them.Also it just doesn't fit that a diviner or oracle or seer would be that good of an adventurer, because even the wizard fearing a housecat could be effective in battle, and the psionics just doesn't fit the fantasy I want to play in.Nostradamus was killed 7 times but did little to injure another, so in a fight I would not want a psionic party member with me.As a DM I don't want to deal with the psionic baggage.IF it can be made to work like a spell-like ability, then it should be able to be converted into a spell and just use a divine or arcane magic and used form there.Psionics outside of divination is post-modern philosophy and archetype, and doesn't belong in past-modern fantasy genre.Might as well give the fighter a shotgun and call him Master Sgt to bridge the gap from past and future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="justanobody, post: 4532915, member: 70778"] The concept of psionics in general. Mind over matter only and the sci-fi emphasis that surrounds it always. Just use specialized arcane magic instead and follow the same conventions it does to produce effects and the same penalties it has for using them. Also it just doesn't fit that a diviner or oracle or seer would be that good of an adventurer, because even the wizard fearing a housecat could be effective in battle, and the psionics just doesn't fit the fantasy I want to play in. Nostradamus was killed 7 times but did little to injure another, so in a fight I would not want a psionic party member with me. As a DM I don't want to deal with the psionic baggage. IF it can be made to work like a spell-like ability, then it should be able to be converted into a spell and just use a divine or arcane magic and used form there. Psionics outside of divination is post-modern philosophy and archetype, and doesn't belong in past-modern fantasy genre. Might as well give the fighter a shotgun and call him Master Sgt to bridge the gap from past and future. [/QUOTE]

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