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<blockquote data-quote="jgbrowning" data-source="post: 1483516" data-attributes="member: 5724">Of course, but would you associate what the old ladies are doing more with &quot;magic&quot; than to &quot;psionics&quot;? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; There's the rub. None of us (well, almost none) believe in magic. Quite a few of us believe in psionic (psychic) abilities.I know it's a matter of taste. But I've heard it so much that I can't help but think that is part of the reason why a lot of people don't like psionics. The concept has always been outside the tradtional D&amp;D mechanics wise and because I like the concept, I'd rather see some of the naming conventions change. I think the psionic concept fits better with many different fantasy role-playing archetypes (power of the mind over matter is not an uncommon trope), and I think psionics could, effectively, expand to fit those concepts by losing some of it's sci-fi flavor.joe b.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgbrowning, post: 1483516, member: 5724"] Of course, but would you associate what the old ladies are doing more with "magic" than to "psionics"? :) There's the rub. None of us (well, almost none) believe in magic. Quite a few of us believe in psionic (psychic) abilities. I know it's a matter of taste. But I've heard it so much that I can't help but think that is part of the reason why a lot of people don't like psionics. The concept has always been outside the tradtional D&D mechanics wise and because I like the concept, I'd rather see some of the naming conventions change. I think the psionic concept fits better with many different fantasy role-playing archetypes (power of the mind over matter is not an uncommon trope), and I think psionics could, effectively, expand to fit those concepts by losing some of it's sci-fi flavor. joe b. [/QUOTE]

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