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4027 No. 4027 ID: 17d661

So psionics.
It has its problems, but I like it better than vancian magic, and wish to use it instead of wizards and sorcerers.
Has anyone attempted this?
I've already had a player complain that the terms it uses are 'too sciency', but the only other problem I see is explaining psionic focus without giving spellcasters something akin to monk training.

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No. 4028 ID: f95872

It seems as though your problem would be best solved by using one of the many systems that use non-vancian magic.
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No. 4031 ID: 383547
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4031

Fuck anyone who says it's "too sciency."

Fantasy can have just as much Science as it damn well pleases.

Pic related. The Witcher has heavy implications of there being genetics in the setting that actually function somewhat like real genetics.
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No. 4032 ID: 40cb26

I've seen the vancian wiz/sor spell list changed to model the psionics system, it looked pretty good.
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No. 4036 ID: 4ae7b5

I've used psionics to replace sorcerers, but somehow I like the arbitrary weirdness of the vancian system for wizards.
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No. 4037 ID: 5a2e05

One of my friends always forces the use of Spell Points from Unearthed Arcana, I think, when he DMs 3.5. As for Psionics, I just think of it as a different kind of Magic. Divine casters take energy from some greater power and channel that, Arcane casters use the energy of the world around them, and Psions use their own personal energy. At least, that's the way I think of it so I can blissfully ignore how the flavor is different.
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