The Vorpal Tribble
2007-07-31, 10:01 PM
Ok, I'd started something like this this quite some time ago and can't find it again for the life of me.
Anyways, I keep hearing folks saying that there is no difference in magic and psionics except for flavor, that what you can do with one you can do with the other. Well, as one who has at many times had to find magical equivalents for psionic beings, I say thats a bunch of hooey. While many are similar or downright the same thing, a great deal have no real equivalent that I can find.
Lets test this however and begin to match up powers. Lets begin with the A's.
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A's
Adapt Body / Endure Elements (SD)
Affinity Field
Anchored Navigation
Animal Affinity / Bear’s Endurance, Bull’s Strength, Cat's Grace, Eagle’s Splendor, Fox’s Cunning, Owl’s Wisdom
Apopsi
Assimilate
Astral Caravan
Astral Construct
Astral Seed / Clone (SD)
Astral Traveler
Attraction
Aura Alteration
Aura Sight
Aversion
(SD) = Slight Difference. This means the powers do the basic same thing, but one does more or less than the other in addition.
Anyways, I keep hearing folks saying that there is no difference in magic and psionics except for flavor, that what you can do with one you can do with the other. Well, as one who has at many times had to find magical equivalents for psionic beings, I say thats a bunch of hooey. While many are similar or downright the same thing, a great deal have no real equivalent that I can find.
Lets test this however and begin to match up powers. Lets begin with the A's.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
A's
Adapt Body / Endure Elements (SD)
Affinity Field
Anchored Navigation
Animal Affinity / Bear’s Endurance, Bull’s Strength, Cat's Grace, Eagle’s Splendor, Fox’s Cunning, Owl’s Wisdom
Apopsi
Assimilate
Astral Caravan
Astral Construct
Astral Seed / Clone (SD)
Astral Traveler
Attraction
Aura Alteration
Aura Sight
Aversion
(SD) = Slight Difference. This means the powers do the basic same thing, but one does more or less than the other in addition.