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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 9327884" data-attributes="member: 5142">My vision for the Psion is pretty simple. I don't think that WotC needs to reinvent the wheel. I would prefer a full class Psion. I don't just want the Psion to be a Sorcerer or something bolted onto another class. I believe that there is ample room for subclasses for the Psion, probably more so for the Psion than some other classes in the game.I don't necessarily think that Metamagic, for example, is the best way to express the Psion's unique talents. If anything, I think that the Warlock (i.e., autoscaling powers, recharge on short rests, relying a lot on cantrips, and invocations = wild talents) provides a better model for the Psion than the Sorcerer. However, having the Psion as a regular fullcaster is also acceptable.I don't need psionic magic to be its own thing. I have no problems with the Psion casting spells. I don't mind that they cast magic spells and their spells are affected by things like anti-magic. However, I think that there needs to be a more thematically-appropriate curated spell list for the Psion than what the base Sorcerer or other spellcasting classes provide. When it comes to the casting stat for the Psion, I would prefer Wisdom > Intelligence > Charisma, in that order. This is to say, that the Psion is focused around intuition, extrasensory perception, and insight into the world around them. This would move them closer to the divine casters and Monks. It also means that they would be better at skills like Perception and Insight. If there are balance concerns about things like spell components, then my suggestion would be that (1) the ability to naturally negate spell components are unlocked through Psion levels, and (2) this ability applies only to spells on the Psion spell list or those possibly gained from a Psion's subclass.While I understand the characterization that psionic fans can't agree on what they want from psionics, I think that it does a huge disservice to psionic fans to then suggest that this means that desires of psionic fans are therefore unreasonable or impractical. As I said before in this thread, I do think that WotC left a lot of unexplored design space between the Mystic and their current subclasses route completely untouched.</blockquote>

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