I guess one of the biggest challenges for the update of the psionic powers is beyond the psionic handbook more sourcebooks about psionic crunch is more difficult to be sold. Then I have thought a possible solution could be the psionic powers to can be casted as "spirit spells" according certain little changes.
The main difference may be psionic doens't need magic components (verbal, somatic or material) but it shows displays (auditory, material, olfatory, mental or visual). Displays can be a very important factor when the psionic manifester doesn't want to be detected or discovered during infiltration operations.
This should allow psionic powers to be used by no-psionics, for example a psionic tatoo with "catfall" power to be used during an emergency.
Here you are a little example:
"Daze" (spell) Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting] Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0 Components: V, S, M Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Target: One humanoid creature of 4 HD or less Duration: 1 round Saving Throw: Will negates Spell Resistance: Yes
Daze (Psionic) Telepathy (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting] Level: Psion/wilder 1 Display: Material and mental Manifesting Time: 1 standard action Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Target: One humanoid creature that has 4 HD or less Duration: 1 round Saving Throw: Will negates Power Resistance: Yes (Power Points: )1
As the daze spell, except as noted here. Augment For every additional power point you spend, this power can affect a target that has Hit Dice equal to 4 + the additional points.
The merged or recycled version would be like this:
Daze (spiritual magic) Telepathy/Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting] Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0, Psion/wilder 1 Components: V, S, M Display: Material and mental Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Target: One humanoid creature of 4 HD or less Duration: 1 round Saving Throw: Will negates Spell Resistance: Yes Augment For every additional power point you spend, this power can affect a target that has Hit Dice equal to 4 + the additional points.
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To say "we don't need a new class" is an useless debate because always there are some players who want a different style in the same way some people want to wear dressing style from certain urban tribe.
Do you imagine psion like Momo Ayase and mystic like her grandmother (Seiko Ayase) from Dandadan manganime?
Kinda wish they just converted the 4E Psion class, for all the hate 4E gets, at least we HAD full psionic classes from level 1 to 4E's cap of level 30 back then, instead of gating psionics behind sub/ prestige classes that are only available to certain Base classes at level 3 or buried in a half baked subset of rules that everyone including the writers barely remember exists.
(Side note: Artificer gets shafted and forgotten in pretty much all of 5E too, even 3rd party books neglect them and all but 4 or 5 of their subclasses are locked behind patreon/ subscribestar memberships.)
That is the great challengue for the game designers. The psionic powers aren't easy to be sold beyond the first psionic handbook. My suggestion is "spiritual spells" could be used to craft magic item that would be used by the rest of classes. Then that crunch could be useful for all the classes.
I like the idea of "soulbreaker" a psionic barbarian subclass style Stephen King's Carrie.
* More twenty years after the psionic handbook of 2nd Ed the myhtology about the physhic powers have evolutioned because the manga+anime and superheroe comics. Then the psionic powers in the 5e need to drink from different new sources.
* The martial maneuvers from "Tome of Battle: Book of the nine Swords" shouldn't be difficult to be updated to 5e. They are like at-will catrips but with a special action to reload.
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I guess one of the biggest challenges for the update of the psionic powers is beyond the psionic handbook more sourcebooks about psionic crunch is more difficult to be sold. Then I have thought a possible solution could be the psionic powers to can be casted as "spirit spells" according certain little changes.
The main difference may be psionic doens't need magic components (verbal, somatic or material) but it shows displays (auditory, material, olfatory, mental or visual). Displays can be a very important factor when the psionic manifester doesn't want to be detected or discovered during infiltration operations.
This should allow psionic powers to be used by no-psionics, for example a psionic tatoo with "catfall" power to be used during an emergency.
Here you are a little example:
"Daze" (spell)
Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One humanoid creature of 4 HD or less
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
Daze (Psionic)
Telepathy (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Psion/wilder 1
Display: Material and mental
Manifesting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One humanoid creature that has 4 HD or less
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: Will negates
Power Resistance: Yes
(Power Points: )1
As the daze spell, except as noted here.
Augment
For every additional power point you spend, this power can affect a target that has Hit Dice equal to 4 + the additional points.
The merged or recycled version would be like this:
Daze (spiritual magic)
Telepathy/Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0, Psion/wilder 1
Components: V, S, M
Display: Material and mental
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One humanoid creature of 4 HD or less
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
Augment
For every additional power point you spend, this power can affect a target that has Hit Dice equal to 4 + the additional points.
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To say "we don't need a new class" is an useless debate because always there are some players who want a different style in the same way some people want to wear dressing style from certain urban tribe.
Do you imagine psion like Momo Ayase and mystic like her grandmother (Seiko Ayase) from Dandadan manganime?
Kinda wish they just converted the 4E Psion class, for all the hate 4E gets, at least we HAD full psionic classes from level 1 to 4E's cap of level 30 back then, instead of gating psionics behind sub/ prestige classes that are only available to certain Base classes at level 3 or buried in a half baked subset of rules that everyone including the writers barely remember exists.
(Side note: Artificer gets shafted and forgotten in pretty much all of 5E too, even 3rd party books neglect them and all but 4 or 5 of their subclasses are locked behind patreon/ subscribestar memberships.)
That is the great challengue for the game designers. The psionic powers aren't easy to be sold beyond the first psionic handbook. My suggestion is "spiritual spells" could be used to craft magic item that would be used by the rest of classes. Then that crunch could be useful for all the classes.
I like the idea of "soulbreaker" a psionic barbarian subclass style Stephen King's Carrie.
* More twenty years after the psionic handbook of 2nd Ed the myhtology about the physhic powers have evolutioned because the manga+anime and superheroe comics. Then the psionic powers in the 5e need to drink from different new sources.
* The martial maneuvers from "Tome of Battle: Book of the nine Swords" shouldn't be difficult to be updated to 5e. They are like at-will catrips but with a special action to reload.