>started out having to roll a percentage dice to randomly determine whether a character is psionic or not, and could get massively fucked over if you rolled low on psionic points>then graduates to a full fledged class>never adapted into any of the video games>then gets replaced by mystic which apparently was so bad everyone bans it from their games>now reduced to subclasses of other classesWhat went wrong? Psychics are cool. It shouldn't be that hard to have a psychic class.
You're the first poster, who are you quoting?
>>98315322>What went wrong?You didn't make your game how you wanted to play it.
>>98315322You're missing the 3.0 overhaul cutting a bunch of fiddly bullshit while making it more of an alt-casting, the 3.5 revision cutting more fiddly bullshit and better distinguishing the alt-casting, the 4e version being literally the only divergence from the AEDU formula, and are glossing over the in-between dΨ wonkiness before it was settled as Long Rest dice-pool.>What went wrong?Retarded subsystem addiction struggling against retarded sacred cows and retarded attempts at simplification. >>98315334 has the right of it, (You) have the power to identify your issues with the mechanic and make changes to fix them, even port implementations between editions outright.
>>98315322>Psychics are coolIncorrect. Just play a wizard with a focus on mind spells.
>>98315361The Wizard's mechanics have real practical issues with representing the themes people expect of psychic powers, even as of 5e. You'd more want an Enchantment/Divination oriented Sorcerer build/subclass as the mechanical chassis.And dedicated mechanics are ALWAYS the best option if you can get them, it's just horrible for game design and character-building to be filling out legions of niches that way.
>>98315322>mystic which apparently was so badThat's the opposite of the problem that people had with the mystic. The issue was that it was too good at being built for any niche, while still being able to dabble in some generalist areas. Which, yes, is exactly the same thing that can be said about the wizard, but wizard is core and a sacred cow.
>>98315474Wizard has more and harder to jump through hoops than Mystic, so it's a lot easier for DMs to wrangle irrespective of sacred cows.
>>98315322What's the point? Psionics are just another version of arcane magic now.
>>98315322>never adapted into any of the videogamesPretty sure the Dark Suns series had psionics in the video game. Its always been a mess though.
>>98315530Mystic also had a lower ceiling than wizard, as it never graduated beyond the equivalent of fifth-level spells.It definitely needed some work, but outright abandoning it always seemed rather absurd.
>>98315322OG psionics is just a bootleg version of the Force anon.
>>98316020Psionics got added in 1976 with eldrich wizardry. Star Wars came out in 1977. Check your facts before posting. Misinformation is harmful.
>>98321090People forget that Star Wars is extremely derivative of old pulps, psychic powers were a staple of 1930s fiction
