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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: OneDnD seems to mainstream psionics
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:25:42 +0200
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While I do like the idea of psionics, this all sounds to me like they're 
basically replacing the fighter and the rogue with powered classes. 
Going further onto the path of fantasy superheroes it seems.

Source: 
https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/subclasses-revised-players-handbook-psi-warrior-soulknife


Psi Warrior DnD subclass confirmed for new Player’s Handbook

The Psi Warrior wasn’t part of the One DnD playtest but will be in the 
new edition from day one, along with an unexpected Rogue subclass.
DnD subclasses Psi Warrior - a figure suspended in the air, surrounded 
by blue energy, superimposed against a blue ship - MTG Card Art for
Timothy Linward


Jeremy Crawford, Lead Rules Designer for Wizards of the Coast, has 
confirmed that two surprising DnD subclasses will be included in the 
Revised Player’s Handbook (PHB) for the next edition of DnD. Speaking in 
a fireside chat video, Crawford reveals that the One DnD PHB will 
include the Psi Warrior and Rogue Soulknife subclasses.

These two DnD subclasses weren’t included in the PHB for DnD 5e, but 
were added in the Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything supplement. Neither 
subclass was included in the Unearthed Arcana playtest materials for One 
DnD, so their inclusion as a core part of their DnD classes in the new 
PHB is a pleasant surprise.

The Psi Warrior gives the DnD Fighter 5e psionic powers, effectively 
turning it into a Jedi. Crawford explains that the other Fighter 
subclasses in the new PHB will be the Champion, the Eldritch Knight, and 
the Battle Master. The Brawler subclass which appeared in the One DnD 
playtest “didn’t make it” to the PHB.

The Soulknife is another psionic class, which grants the DnD Rogue 5e 
the ability to summon psychic blades into its hands. The video doesn’t 
reveal which other Rogue subclasses make the leap into the new PHB.

While both these subclasses skipped out on the One DnD playtest, don’t 
expect them to appear in the new PHB unchanged. Crawford states: 
“subclasses that migrated from Tasha’s Cauldron of everything into the 
new Player’s Handbook… went through additional playtesting and 
development”. They’ve been “improved in a number of ways, and in some 
cases have new features”.

DnD subclasses Soul Knife - an assassin holds a blade of purple energy, 
waiting behind a wall for an unwitting victim - MTG card art for 
Assassin's Strike by Chase Stone

Crawford also explains why so many psychic subclasses are being included 
in the PHB: “We decided that because Aberrant Sorcery had migrated into 
the player’s handbook… it would be good to give the psionic Sorcerer 
along with the Great Old One Warlock some more psionic friends”.

The revised PHB will be the first of the overhauled core DnD books to 
release, and will mark the end of DnD 5e and start of One DnD. Check our 
guide to the DnD release schedule to find out when you can expect all 
the books for the new edition.



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