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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday November 27 2019, @04:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the about-time dept.

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Whether you want to slice down your foes with psychically augmented physical strikes, slice them with invisible force weapons, or cast spells bristling with telekinetic power, there are now options for you in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.

Wizards of the Coast just released a new Unearthed Arcana (their monthly research and development workshop where they playtest new ideas) focusing on a long-loved set of abilities: Psionics. The psychically-charged new content includes sub-classes for the fighter and rogue, and a new spell tradition for wizards, along with new feats for characters.

I knew they were going to say that.

Source: https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/dungeons-dragons-5e-adds-psionics

[Note - This is part of the Unearthed Arcana playtest material and is not legal to use in Adventurer's League - Ed]


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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Wednesday November 27 2019, @04:30PM (4 children)

    by looorg (578) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @04:30PM (#925377)

    How is this new? Psionics have been around as a thing since the 1st edition. There was even a specific handbook for the second edition. There was an entire world setting (Dark Sun) that was heavily into Psionics. I'm not sure about the 3rd and 4th edition since we never bothered with them since the game sort of turned to shit then as far as me and the people I played with were concerned.

    Is this some kind of unpaid promo from Wizards of the Coast?

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  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday November 27 2019, @05:19PM

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @05:19PM (#925388)

    > I'm not sure about the 3rd and 4th edition since we never bothered with them
    > Is this some kind of unpaid promo from Wizards of the Coast?

    Come on, TSR went bust more than 20 years ago, you can't still be bitter?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Wednesday November 27 2019, @05:19PM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday November 27 2019, @05:19PM (#925389) Homepage
    In /Advanced/ D&D, yup, it goes all the way back, but wasn't in the original "Dungeons & Dragons".

    Used to only be available for people who rolled 18 intelligence, and who then passed an extra throw after that. So it's presumed absense from later AD&D editions should only have affected a small minority of players, and at that only the ones who we DMs used to like to call "cheats".
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    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Wednesday November 27 2019, @11:18PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 27 2019, @11:18PM (#925479) Journal
      I always thought of it as a tribute to the minmaxers, griefers, and monty haulers who all helped make D&D what it is. Psionics is awesome until you run into something like mindflayers or psionic Dragons, then it's time for spontaneous braining melting while the non-psionic characters go "What's wrong with you?"
  • (Score: 2) by tekk on Wednesday November 27 2019, @07:57PM

    by tekk (5704) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 27 2019, @07:57PM (#925440)

    Because it's finally launching in 5e 5 years into its lifespan (to be fair, Pathfinder also added psionics 6 years in, but the point of Pathfinder was that you could just use the 3.5 material, including psionics.