Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:15:57 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: OneDnD seems to mainstream psionics Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:15:56 -0400 Message-ID: References: <7ivk2j560cru7gbb1eb1gl0drn76k2pg6b@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 37 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-hNBZ3pYFa/jCMQhyJBgL6SteXG4Wtl52bRgopjKp/FqaMS+DgJeawEeM4b5xOSXaxF7qvvkPssiG3yr!0Z/gm3RL+wW13sX+a6qNdLNkN6T1tQcewrJ1OdDMCXtNELrsepXB+6V7LMfZtB4hOD+Hdho= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2675 On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:57:08 +0200, Kyonshi wrote: >Don't forget warlocks, which didn't use to be a thing but now are. On >the other hand it sounds as if those they want to have are just >variations on fighters and thieves instead of proper psions. (I actually >think the word psion is kind of cool, and it's a pity it now sounds like >a piece of antiquated telecommunications technology) Well, it was, sort of. Not telecommunications, but it was a handheld device; a portable computer made to fit into the palm of your hand. Essentially, a monochrome LCD display coupled to a tiny keyboard; a teeny-tiny notebook for your palm. They were quite neat, but - being so underpowered - also incredibly limited. I LUSTED after one in the 90s, but once I finally acquired a Psion (I think it was a Psion5?) I was disappointed by how little I could actually do with. By default, its 'killer apps' were an address book and calendar. Later versions of the Psion gained connectivity options - cellular, bluetooth, wireless, the usual - but by then smartphones (and even dumbphones) were crowding the market, and the larger form factor of the devices didn't sell well in comparison to those devices. The name was really cool, though. I think that was 50% of the reason I wanted one. ;-) What? Oh, right. This is a D&D newsgroup. I should add something D&D related. Umm... I think there was a dice-rolling app for the Psion5. Does that count?