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Dungeons & Dragons 5e Adds Psionics

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

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

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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• Re:It's been in the game since the 1st edition Re:It's been in the game since the 1st edition (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Wednesday November 27 2019, @05:19PM (1 child)

  by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.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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• Re:It's been in the game since the 1st edition (Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Wednesday November 27 2019, @11:18PM

  by khallow (3766) 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?"

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