Psionics Appreciation Thread

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Are you a psionics fancier? Bring yourself into the open and proclaim your love for the powers of the self and mind. Don't know anything about psionics? Ask away.

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Psionic Links

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GITP Monster Competition XX - Gone Mental

Psionics on the SRD
All open content material of the Expanded Psionics Handbook (see below)

Psionic Forums
Official Wizards of the Coast forum devoted to discussions on psionics.

Order of the Pstick
Collection of psionic avatars made in the OOtS fashion. All are up for grabs and permission previously granted for their use (I did not make them. The skilled artist's names can be found with the avatars).

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Psionic Books



The Expanded Psionics Handbook
This is the official 3.5 edition guide to psionics. It brings to the table the first balanced and well written psionic system yet published.

Complete Psionic
A continuation of the Expanded Psionic Handbook, it was nevertheless not well recieved by the psionics community (including yours truley). I give the link however for if you wish to make that judgement for yourself.

Hyperconscious
Though not official Wizards material, this supplement was written by Bruce R. Cordell, the writer of both the XPH and Complete Psionics. It is what many believe Complete Psionic should have been. It includes many new powers, feats, monsters and PrC's, as well as a brilliant psionic adventure and the 'psionic combat' system. It deals heavily with dream and subconscious based psionics.

[Winged One]

I like psionics because it allows me to RP a character who has absolutely no control over the fact that they have such powers. That, and I just read Carrie.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Psionic Artwork

Here is some various psionic artistry I thought that I might share.

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A banner of my favorite psionic characters



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Deepti, the Crystal Goddess

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Mickle the Northman
(Psychometabolicist)

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Plethelid

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[oriong]

Aren't you missing the Erudite from the poll? Or was it just a variant?

I approve of psionics myself, especially liked the changes from the 3.0 psionics rules to 3.5, it feels a lot better with the power scaling and the actual use of power-points as more than just a system to track your number of abilities per day.

I do get annoyed with a few things about psionic, and I'm afraid that the Complete Psionic filled me with unfathomable rage, especially after I paid for it.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Aren't you missing the Erudite from the poll? Or was it just a variant?

Ugh... had completely forgotten about that one as they stuck it in the very back of Complete Psionic instead of with the other class.

I personally felt it was very unpsionic myself. Book-learned psionics is just so completely againsts its very concept.

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

I love psionics. Ever so much. I love the thought of power in the mind, bringing forth the power of self and mind into potent force against those you oppose(or even those you do not). Plus the mechanics are alot nicer than those of arcane magic, it feels alot smoother with power points instead of spell-slots.

I voted Psion.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

I'm not in a particularly talkative mood right now, so I'll just say I'm a fan of all things psionic and will leave it at that for the time being.

[Emperor Tippy]

I love my Psionics but any one who tries to use Complete Psionics in any of my games gets a long tirade on why its the 1 book that I will not allow in its entirety.

[oriong]

personally, I find there is good and useful stuff in complete psion, but it's cluttered with a lot of bad ideas, and frankly just was a terrible disapointment in terms of actual amount of content.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Haven't really played with psionics. But the BBEG's of my current campaign shall be hideous psionic nightmares, so I better read up on the rules.

Umm. Players of mine, you didn't hear that.

[Lord Iames Osari]

@^^: Same here. I voted Psion, but I like Wilder just as much.

[Behold_the_Void]

Absolutely love psionics. It needs to be core.

[Brickwall]

I like the psionics. When I first saw them, I thought they were an unnecessary added dimension. So they're still unnecessary. But now I have come to like them.

So, psionics...



I picked psychic warrior, but psion is a close second.

[PinkysBrain]

As long as you are linking third party stuff you might as well link Untapped Potential, partially written by a CO forumite ... so it can't be all bad.

[Skyserpent]

I liked the Henna on that one pic...

[Khantalas]

I voted Ardent.

You can kill me now.

[pestilenceawaits]

I always loved psionics and they are finally playable with 3.5 wohoo.

[Leon]

Nomad Psion, with Psi Warrior a very close second

[cokefiend]

I just love the Wilder. It's what the Sorceror always wanted to be, but failed miserably at. And psychic warriors are pretty awesome too.
Psionics in general are made of Win, I feel. Except for Psicrystals... ew. Just ew.

Oh, and what is the consensus on how balanced psionics is/isn't? Are psions as bad as wizards? Are wilders better than sorcerors?

[Pegasos989]

Had hard time choosing between psion and psywar... Chose the latter.

To tell the truth, I haven't ever played with psionics (we aren't counting two level dips to psywar...) but I still like the system.

[Bears With Lasers]

Oh, and what is the consensus on how balanced psionics is/isn't? Are psions as bad as wizards? Are wilders better than sorcerors?

Arcane casters are significantly more powerful than their psionic counterparts. Most of the top-rank arcane spells have no psionic equivalent (or a much less effective equivalent).

[squishycube]

I love psionics, I think its fantastic. I love the flavour of it and all the original ideas for powers and feats etc.
The messages of many posters here made me try to convince my group that psionics is balanced, to no avail alas. This has made me doubtful, but I won't post about that here, as it would not be very appreciative.

[Were-Sandwich]

Psionics, I love them.

I voted soulknife, because although they are woefully underpowered, they are so freakin' awesome. Especially once you get Races of Eberron. For Kalashtar goodness

[Ikkitosen]

Psions for me.

[Leon]

Arcane casters are significantly more powerful than their psionic counterparts. Most of the top-rank arcane spells have no psionic equivalent (or a much less effective equivalent).

And...?

Psionics is a interesting change of pace from the standard "Caster" of D&D, when i first saw the book (EXP) i wasnt that interested but my DM loaned me his book to read (and point out what he had used in the games we had played) i saw that it had some interesting idea's aswell as classes and races.
Since then i know own EXP and have read the various other things relating to it (Not mentioning the books name...), i am looking foward to playing in a series of Dark Sun games soon - cant still decide what it will be as

[Telok]

I rather approve of the base psionic system. It is (for me) both a more flexable/freeform magic and a more limited/not overpowered magic.

Unfortunately the Soulknife is recycled vegetation via cow and pisons have a rather hard time running out of power points at high levels. Meaning that you have one class that needs a home-brew no-magic-weapon world to be semi-useful, and a "caster" who gets confused as to why the party wants to stop and rest a day after two minutes of combat. Oh, and the steaming, huge pile of fermented recycled vegetation via cow that was never actually published has only one good point, Cranial Deluge.

[Pegasos989]

And...?

Psionics is a interesting change of pace from the standard "Caster" of D&D, when i first saw the book (EXP) i wasnt that interested but my DM loaned me his book to read (and point out what he had used in the games we had played) i saw that it had some interesting idea's aswell as classes and races.
Since then i know own EXP and have read the various other things relating to it (Not mentioning the books name...), i am looking foward to playing in a series of Dark Sun games soon - cant still decide what it will be as

I don't think that he meant it as a negative thing but was just answering to question about it's balance.

[Bears With Lasers]

And...?

And... and that answers the question someone asked about arcane vs. psionic balance?

[Balesirion]

I voted Soulknife, though Ardent and Shaper Psion come in a close second. Soulknives are a very cool concept, though the game material itself doesn't always come off very well. I also think Ardent could work very well, and I'm about to start playing a shaper.

[Khantalas]

Well, the question is, why isn't there a naturally psionic baatezu?