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Unearthed Arcana 2025 - The Psion
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One system for psionics I have always liked, and was used in 2nd, is some sort of power points. All psi powers are available, no readying needed, no spell slots. I was hoping to see a system at least not using spell slots.
Yeah, I agree.
It's especially odd because the two psion-inspired subclasses, both in 5e and 2024 (Fighter's Psi Warrior and Rogue's Soulknife), actually have a different resource (Psionic Energy Dice scaling with the character's level).
Seems like they just gave up when it came to designing the class itself.
They tried that with the Mystic. It was a poorly balanced disaster.