3e-style Psionics using 4e-style tools

[D10]

Why not simply transcribing the 3e system to 4e and fixing it where it breaks down ?

I liked Power levels costing different ammounts for different powers (esp cheaper than pk or telepathy for instance), I also liked how some power thresholds allowed access to cool habilities (like combat sense).

[dataweaver]

Originally Posted by D10

Why not simply transcribing the 3e system to 4e and fixing it where it breaks down?

That will get you a functional psionics system; but that’s all it will get you. I’m trying for something a little more ambitious than that.

[D10]

Originally Posted by dataweaver

That will get you a functional psionics system; but that’s all it will get you. I’m trying for something a little more ambitious than that.

No psionic system will be perfect unless its perfectly suited for the setting, something that is completely dependant on setting assumptions and therefore even a more ambitous system will break down if its not operating under the same assumptions.

In sum, when making a system to be generalized, I tend to be ambitious only when it concerns to adapting a system to my campaign world. Otherwise ill be constantly reinventing the wheel.

[dataweaver]

The key lies in making it adaptable.