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<blockquote data-quote="reiella" data-source="post: 1483676" data-attributes="member: 160"><p>[ Realization Disclaimer : Doh, me a bit off topic here, see above for my reasons why <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. I do happen to agree with jb here as this is a reason some folks don't like psionics. I just don't happen to think it's 'the real reason' <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. And I'm sorry if I seem a bit riled up over it <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. ]</p><p></p><p>And therein lies simply an inherit problem of a venture, you can't please everyone.</p><p></p><p>If you make psionics too "Flavor-Ful" similiar to magic, you'll find others upset (in fact, many are now at 3.5's treatment of psionics); and you'll have to deal with the question of "Why do we need another sort of magic". Especially when the back-flavor between a psionicist and a sorcerer are extremely close (power of the mind versus power of the blood).</p><p></p><p>As an aside, for the gripes about the latin base.</p><p>Latin is used in scientific terms for a few reasons, most notably is that it's a dead language and words are fairly absolute in that regard. The other, a bit more historically at least, is that it was a more arcane (dict definition closer to 'secret' than magic) language that was only known by the learned.</p><p></p><p>To me, at least, assuming that use of latin implies a sci-fi feel, is akin to saying melee weapons implies a fantasy feel. [Hrm, not as good an example as I wanted, but oh well ]</p><p></p><p>[ Grammar fix and an aside ]</p><p>Seems while I was writing, some folks decided to chime in enough to prove my first point <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reiella, post: 1483676, member: 160"] [ Realization Disclaimer : Doh, me a bit off topic here, see above for my reasons why :). I do happen to agree with jb here as this is a reason some folks don't like psionics. I just don't happen to think it's 'the real reason' :). And I'm sorry if I seem a bit riled up over it :). ] And therein lies simply an inherit problem of a venture, you can't please everyone. If you make psionics too "Flavor-Ful" similiar to magic, you'll find others upset (in fact, many are now at 3.5's treatment of psionics); and you'll have to deal with the question of "Why do we need another sort of magic". Especially when the back-flavor between a psionicist and a sorcerer are extremely close (power of the mind versus power of the blood). As an aside, for the gripes about the latin base. Latin is used in scientific terms for a few reasons, most notably is that it's a dead language and words are fairly absolute in that regard. The other, a bit more historically at least, is that it was a more arcane (dict definition closer to 'secret' than magic) language that was only known by the learned. To me, at least, assuming that use of latin implies a sci-fi feel, is akin to saying melee weapons implies a fantasy feel. [Hrm, not as good an example as I wanted, but oh well ] [ Grammar fix and an aside ] Seems while I was writing, some folks decided to chime in enough to prove my first point :). [/QUOTE]
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