In the PHB (page 136), it is clearly stated in the first line under Psychic Blades "You can manifest shimmering blades of psychic energy. Whenever you take the Attack action or make an Opportunity Attack, you can manifest a Psychic Blade [...]"
So, I fail to see the problem here.
That's true in the 2024 PHB. That text was not there in the original version of the Soulknife subclass published in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, which is what this thread from 2020 is talking about.
Not a problem anymore. It's been corrected/clarified in the new PHB.
Not completely. Other subclasses do have the ability to grant an attack to other characters and the Soulknife still leaves those up n the air. I know my group would in all probability apply it to all cases as that seems to be the intent of closing the biggest gap in the rules, but one person I used to game with would most certainly not (he loved to play "Gotcha!" whenever he could, which is why most of the gamers I know don't play in his games).
Not a problem anymore. It's been corrected/clarified in the new PHB.
Not completely. Other subclasses do have the ability to grant an attack to other characters and the Soulknife still leaves those up n the air. I know my group would in all probability apply it to all cases as that seems to be the intent of closing the biggest gap in the rules, but one person I used to game with would most certainly not (he loved to play "Gotcha!" whenever he could, which is why most of the gamers I know don't play in his games).
One example might be the Voice of Authority feature from Order Domain Cleric: "You can invoke the power of law to embolden an ally to attack. If you cast a spell with a spell slot of 1st level or higher and target an ally with the spell, that ally can use their reaction immediately after the spell to make one weapon attack against a creature of your choice that you can see."
Even with the updated language in the 2024 PHB it seems the Soulknife wouldn't be able to use Psychic Blades for this attack (RAW).
Another example would be the Battle Master Fighter's "Commander's Strike" maneuver, which also allows an ally to use their reaction to make an attack that isn't an opportunity attack.
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That's true in the 2024 PHB. That text was not there in the original version of the Soulknife subclass published in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, which is what this thread from 2020 is talking about.
Correct, that verbiage was not in TCoE. I like to think that my original 2020 post led to that change in the 2024 rule book :)
Oh, ok! As the few last messages were posted but a few days ago, I did not realize a necromancer sneakily ressurected this thread.
Not a problem anymore. It's been corrected/clarified in the new PHB.
Not completely. Other subclasses do have the ability to grant an attack to other characters and the Soulknife still leaves those up n the air. I know my group would in all probability apply it to all cases as that seems to be the intent of closing the biggest gap in the rules, but one person I used to game with would most certainly not (he loved to play "Gotcha!" whenever he could, which is why most of the gamers I know don't play in his games).
Can you provide an example?
One example might be the Voice of Authority feature from Order Domain Cleric: "You can invoke the power of law to embolden an ally to attack. If you cast a spell with a spell slot of 1st level or higher and target an ally with the spell, that ally can use their reaction immediately after the spell to make one weapon attack against a creature of your choice that you can see."
Even with the updated language in the 2024 PHB it seems the Soulknife wouldn't be able to use Psychic Blades for this attack (RAW).
Another example would be the Battle Master Fighter's "Commander's Strike" maneuver, which also allows an ally to use their reaction to make an attack that isn't an opportunity attack.