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<blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 638196" data-attributes="member: 530">Okay, but that's just synonym.Why not?&nbsp; Detect thoughts is a magic spell in the PHB.Jedi are sci-fi.Again, different genre.&nbsp; Also, isn't wuxia usually defined through mysticism and spiritualism rather than psionic/psychic power?&nbsp; I don't really see the connection with psionics here.Okay, although personally I do think that monster abilities and PC abilities are two completely different subjects.Dowsing predates the concept of psionic power by several millenium I think, perhaps quite a bit more.Okay - but you could have a mystical link between twins instead.Prophecy also predates the concept of psionic power.&nbsp; This one probably goes back a couple hundred thousand years though - nobody knows for sure.You mean like HP Lovecraft's dreamworld?&nbsp; I don't see why a magical portal couldn't be a conduit, or mysticism, or dreams, or drugs, or meditation.&nbsp; I'm probably misunderstanding you though as I don't follow the term too well.&nbsp; Could you elaborate?I don't know this reference I'm afraid.&nbsp; Could you enlighten me?I think this brings up a good point though.&nbsp; What is the difference between psionics and magic?&nbsp; The only difference, really, is one of terminology.&nbsp; One is more modern and thus couched in the pseudoscientific trappings of our age but essentially they are birds of a feather.&nbsp; You could easily use the psionic system as a replacement for the D&amp;D magic system -- I like it better in fact except for the terminology and all of the new age influence (i.e. crystals), which I would replace with talismans, staves, and more traditional counterparts.&nbsp; That's just because I don't like slot based magic though.&nbsp; This being the case, it really isn't needed in the core rules.&nbsp; There's already a magic system there and the system is complete and works great without psionics.&nbsp; I think psionics works great as a supplement/alternate though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenjib, post: 638196, member: 530"] Okay, but that's just synonym. Why not? Detect thoughts is a magic spell in the PHB. Jedi are sci-fi. Again, different genre. Also, isn't wuxia usually defined through mysticism and spiritualism rather than psionic/psychic power? I don't really see the connection with psionics here. Okay, although personally I do think that monster abilities and PC abilities are two completely different subjects. Dowsing predates the concept of psionic power by several millenium I think, perhaps quite a bit more. Okay - but you could have a mystical link between twins instead. Prophecy also predates the concept of psionic power. This one probably goes back a couple hundred thousand years though - nobody knows for sure. You mean like HP Lovecraft's dreamworld? I don't see why a magical portal couldn't be a conduit, or mysticism, or dreams, or drugs, or meditation. I'm probably misunderstanding you though as I don't follow the term too well. Could you elaborate? I don't know this reference I'm afraid. Could you enlighten me? I think this brings up a good point though. What is the difference between psionics and magic? The only difference, really, is one of terminology. One is more modern and thus couched in the pseudoscientific trappings of our age but essentially they are birds of a feather. You could easily use the psionic system as a replacement for the D&D magic system -- I like it better in fact except for the terminology and all of the new age influence (i.e. crystals), which I would replace with talismans, staves, and more traditional counterparts. That's just because I don't like slot based magic though. This being the case, it really isn't needed in the core rules. There's already a magic system there and the system is complete and works great without psionics. I think psionics works great as a supplement/alternate though. [/QUOTE]

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