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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4532930" data-attributes="member: 19675">Uh...I don't agree with that.Many of the psionic powers we think of as &quot;post modern&quot; were derived from legends ancient Eastern philosophies dating back to at least 1200-900 BCE.&nbsp; The masters of Qi/Ki/Prana/Lung manipulation were said to have abilities like astral projection, healing or harming touch, levitation/flight, walking through walls, various powers of mind over matter (including drawing on energy to strengthen the mind and body), even some kinds of energy projection (usually fire) and more.&nbsp; Eventually, those abilities were co-opted by the psychics of the past 200 or so years and the more modern new age movement. From there, they have been imported into D&amp;D in the Monk, Oriental Adventures, Magic of Incarnum and yes, psionics.&nbsp; (Which is why one of my homebrew projects is to either unify all the Ki/Psi/Incarnum into one system or have analogs of each class in each subsystem.)The nomenclature may be quasi-scientific and post-modern, but the inspiration for the powers is as old as anything else in D&amp;D.Don't get me wrong- run whatever game you like.&nbsp; If you don't like Psi, don't use it, but make your decision a fully informed one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4532930, member: 19675"] Uh...I don't agree with that. Many of the psionic powers we think of as "post modern" were derived from legends ancient Eastern philosophies dating back to at least 1200-900 BCE. The masters of Qi/Ki/Prana/Lung manipulation were said to have abilities like astral projection, healing or harming touch, levitation/flight, walking through walls, various powers of mind over matter (including drawing on energy to strengthen the mind and body), even some kinds of energy projection (usually fire) and more. Eventually, those abilities were co-opted by the psychics of the past 200 or so years and the more modern new age movement. From there, they have been imported into D&D in the Monk, Oriental Adventures, Magic of Incarnum and yes, psionics. (Which is why one of my homebrew projects is to either unify all the Ki/Psi/Incarnum into one system or have analogs of each class in each subsystem.) The nomenclature may be quasi-scientific and post-modern, but the inspiration for the powers is as old as anything else in D&D. Don't get me wrong- run whatever game you like. If you don't like Psi, don't use it, but make your decision a fully informed one. [/QUOTE]

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