vacian (sp?) psionics? (please don't kill me) [Archive] - Wizards Community

vacian (sp?) psionics? (please don't kill me) [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Grod_The_Giant
03-11-07, 07:50 PM I know this may not go down well with psionics-lovers...but...

has anyone ever tried redoing psionics with the normal spells-per-day system? I realize that psionics-lovers really like their power point system, but I'd like to include psionics in my campaign without having to teach my players a totally new magic system.

and yes, I have looked back a few pages.
Bacris
03-11-07, 08:10 PM Seriously, just use a sorceror.

The incredible amount of work you're talking - converting powers to spells and changing augmentation to scaling or new spells - about amounts to rebuilding the sorceror.

And, honestly, the mechanics of psionics is simple enough that I am usually able to explain it to new players in 5 minutes. Spell slots? Yeah, not so much.
Sysane
03-11-07, 08:15 PM Check out the link below where this same question was discussed.

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=799583
Tempest Stormwind
03-11-07, 08:16 PM I've taught D&D to about twenty people. The youngest of which was SEVEN.

Every last one of them found psionics more intuitive a system to learn and asked fewer questions about it. Not one accepted Vancian magic without asking, at the very least, why it worked the way it did (typically with something like "But [fantasy magician here] never forgot his spells!").

I guarantee that unless your players are Gygaxian flunkies who are also bad at math, they will find psionics an easy system to learn.

If they don't, well... there's always the sorcerer.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Grod_The_Giant 03-11-07, 07:50 PM	I know this may not go down well with psionics-lovers...but... has anyone ever tried redoing psionics with the normal spells-per-day system? I realize that psionics-lovers really like their power point system, but I'd like to include psionics in my campaign without having to teach my players a totally new magic system. and yes, I have looked back a few pages.
Bacris 03-11-07, 08:10 PM	Seriously, just use a sorceror. The incredible amount of work you're talking - converting powers to spells and changing augmentation to scaling or new spells - about amounts to rebuilding the sorceror. And, honestly, the mechanics of psionics is simple enough that I am usually able to explain it to new players in 5 minutes. Spell slots? Yeah, not so much.
Sysane 03-11-07, 08:15 PM	Check out the link below where this same question was discussed. http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=799583
Tempest Stormwind 03-11-07, 08:16 PM	I've taught D&D to about twenty people. The youngest of which was SEVEN. Every last one of them found psionics more intuitive a system to learn and asked fewer questions about it. Not one accepted Vancian magic without asking, at the very least, why it worked the way it did (typically with something like "But [fantasy magician here] never forgot his spells!"). I guarantee that unless your players are Gygaxian flunkies who are also bad at math, they will find psionics an easy system to learn. If they don't, well... there's always the sorcerer.