All New 5e Psionics Class
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2023
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Dying from going over Max Strain is crazy but also A: EPIC and B: Revivify is only a 3rd level spell, so at a certain point the Talent burning themselves out is a temporary setback. :D
I mean superheroes dying and coming back 6 seconds later is kind of a thing.
If i ever get around to dming for a player using this class prolly gonna house rule that if you kill yourself with an ability it supercharges your spell in some cool way (so long as they dont pull revivify shenanigans in which case they can enjoy their lame normal effects)
Going Supernova has a new ring to it now! :D
I’m always looking for ways to get make death dramatic, or something that the players are in control of. It’s so much more heroic, the fantasy of “I’m going down swinging, trying to save the squad” is huge!
Max Strain is going to be the name for my fantasy superhero; he lives on the edge.
By the way, this idea: that a spellcaster can just...keep casting spells as long as their Endurance holds out, is how a lots of fantasy RPGs handle casting, including at least two official Middle-earth RPGs.
We think this design brings what you as a player are doing (managing strain) more in line with what your CHARACTER is doing (also managing strain!). As opposed to 5e spellcasters who have never even HEARD of spell slots! I got like 50+ hours in Baldur's Gate 3 and I've NEVER HEARD Gale say "I'm outta SLOTS! I gotta rest to get my SLOTS BACK!"
I want that soft limit system for regular spellcasters. I'll probably get most of my mileage from this book trying to cannibalize it for a new arcane spellcaster system that none of my players will ever be interested in.
It is funny how completely weird the Vancian system is, especially now that ritual spells and cantrips exist which contradict the system.
As a 1st level wizard I can cast a Firebolt 600 times an hour and literally be a harbinger of destruction, but can only cast Burning Hands once before telling my party "sorry everyone, but I'm tapped out. I need to study for 8 hours before doing that one again."
So silly. 😉
I actually literalized spell slots in my setting. They appear like little coin like scars that fill with a shimmer or glow when a person has enough magic in them to channel it into a spell. When you get new ones you choose or roll on where they appear on your body, and what colour each level is. The glow is faint enough you can't really see it in the light, and even in darkness its not really visible until you cast a spell, in which case there's a flare of energy. Casters can suppress this effect, and try to hide their power, like tensing a muscle. Detect Magic can sense the level of spell a caster can cast, unless they are hiding it behind an illusion or by suppressing it, in the latter case you basically do an opposed roll to see if you can see what they're hiding. The big ones 7th level on appear as halos or motes of flame at the brow or hands.
Helped me explain it to the players better. Different cultures call them different things. Gates, wards, crowns, or have like a title for different levels "Marks of the humming bird" for 1st level slots, things like that. Levels are sometimes called Risings, or Hosts depending on faction and philosophy. So a wizard might say they have "Three wards of the third Rising." Or a someone might say of a Cleric "She bears a Crown of the Seventh Host!".
But I also am fine with like mana and spell points and I kind of feel like that makes way more sense for innate casting creatures, or like devils and demons and the like. Powers are cool, and I like strain. Even with a slot system, I kind of which there was more casting checks with cool results. You cast the spell but X happens, kind of thing. Looking forward to The Talent.
@@Lurklen Cannibalizing this
@@andrewshandle Well I see it as pretty reasonable, and not "silly" as if it is an oversight. It's a major part of the game that still holds up.
No need to read my further thoughts but I would like to share:
You're being intellectually dishonest by saying it is contradictory because when you compare the limits of magical effects most cantrips do compared to levelled spells there is a big jump in effectiveness.
The intuitive design of spell slots is self-explanatory and I agree with it because it presumes that the PC is still a mortal who cannot simply go on forever taxing their body and mind.
Cantrips are like warm-ups, it's a very non-taxing form of ejecting magic from your body. Yes, it's so natural to you, you can do it 600 times. Like a bodybuilder curling a 1 lb. dumbbell.
Rituals require time which makes up for the need to immediately expend magic to cause an effect like most spells require. I can understand how it is just a way to use a LEVELED spell without exhausting yourself because of familiarity with it. To touch on your example: Burning Hands is literally spewing flame from your hands in a concentrated, continuous form for damage naturally higher than firebolt. Yeah, that sounds much more mentally and physically taxing because it's a giant sheet of fire coming from your body that you are trying not to get burned by as you use it as a weapon compared to a small fireball you launch. If you do it over and over, yeah that sounds exhausting...a REST is reasonable for your body and mind to regain the capacity to do the spells. Higher level spells have less spell slots to use for them, and that makes sense because they generally have stronger magical effects compared to cantrips.
The Talent is basically the exception because you are intentionally trying to exhaust yourself in a almost suicidal manner if you want to be very effective, with a cost, which is cool. It also makes sense for the class that the strain on the corporeal form of the PC is suffering as they overexert themselves using a unique form of psionics magic.
Boots was always a talent.
8:57 “dispel magic doesn’t affect psionics”
Yay! You just sold me! For me, the table stakes for psionics in D&D are “isn’t magic” and “is way better than magic at mental stuff, but much less versatile in other ways”. Sounds like you’ve nailed both of those.
One of my favourite D&D moments was when I played a playtest pyrokinetic in a one-shot who maxed out their strain and went out in a blaze of glory.
Matt just casually kicking Gambit while he's pitching the concept got me good 😂
Hey, "death by a thousand cuts" is a saying for a reason.
mon ami
@@Lishtenbirddeath by a thousand paper cuts more like 😂
Throwin' shade on my favorite mutant.
he was my favorite mutant growing up, I was humorously blindsided by this
MCDM doing what Wizards refuses to do. We love to see it
Moreso, doing something Wizards literally gave up on doing.
I'll never stop to say this but the art for your product is on another level. I will buy your stuff just for that, however the content is on par with the graphic, so it's a jackpot!
Your hate for Gambit disheartens me *Stares at the screen to blow shit up with my mind*
I had to close my eyes on that one.
I made an overburn mechanic for standard 5e spellcasting with a similar idea to strain and it was blasted on reddit and it's honestly very validating to see MCDM publish something similar. I think it does add epicness.
I just have a thing in my (non DnD) game that works similar (strain is uncapped, you don't randomly roll to reduce it, it randomly goes down on rests, but basically on sorcerer miscast, it adds the strain to the misscast, with my own wild magic table) and while i don't think it would be that great in general, it was well liked by the player that got to play with it, and liked and hated by the party suffering the misscasts (sometimes the misscasts were even beneficial, summoning a great storm for them to escape with, for example)
So reddit reviewers be darned :D
Sounds exciting! I didn't like Tasha's Cauldron's approach to psionic abilities which were just "let's reskin old spells as psionics!". It missed the Eleven / Charles Xavier / Babylon 5's Psi Corps vibe of things.
Still better than mystic lol
My god I love this art
Matt, you had me at "Folks!"
One of my players played the beta Talent to I think 6th level, and he had a lot of fun with it! You guys are doing amazing work.
The moment you said there’s a Pyrokinetic option for The Talent, I immediately thought of Liz Sherman, of Hellboy. I’ve been so excited for this class. This also makes a D&D Dune game very viable.
Sounds like you guys really had fun developing this!
We DID! :D
Writing completely boutique fiction following fantasy supers for the art in a psionics TTRPG supplement is probably one of the _most_ MCDM things to ever happen, and then you all made 4e style Power Cards just to be sure. Amazing.
Matt as soon are you where done talking I went and bought it. You and your team make great stuff. It sounded amazing. Now let’s all start fires with our minds 🔥
Now my wife can be the “spellcaster” she always wanted
This is so flipping cool. Everything about this - the idea that this is totally difference and has its own mechanics, the fact that is was highly tested, and the idea of a fully unique type of supernatural ability - love it!
Wow you guys are talented
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Matt, your passion and the joy you project is utterly infectious. Thank you for being you!
Been playing a Kinetic Talent for 8 months, this class is a ton of fun for EVERYONE at the table.
Reading through The Talent PDF now and it looks AWESOME. A ton content and ways to build this class. Didn't expect feats, magic items and monster stat blocks but that's a great bonus, since I'm usually the DM.
I love how genuienely excited and passionate you are about your videos and the content you and the team create :)
Thank you so much for this Matt. I cannot wait to try this class out!
Love everything you guys do! Really been enjoying my copy of Flee Mortals. One of the best 5e books I have ever gotten my hands on. THIS is what 5e needs and should have. So thank you for everything you do!
Awesome! Been waiting for this for a long time - 100 pages!!
Sounds really cool. I seem to remember there was Psionics in 3 / 3.5 edition and I'm glad you guys brought it back. Thanks!
I saw the cover art and my jaw dropped! Amazing work team!
Looking forward to this day for a long time! So excited to get into it.
Such a cool class to test, (and I can confirm the testing is top notch.) Get this amazing class. I love them so much!
I'm excited to check this out and see how it plays!
Ive been waiting for this for a while, super hyped it's here! Once again the art is out of this world too
Love it, will be picking it up this weekend! You've got a great thing going here
Ive been waiting for a psionic class in 5e for so long! Glad it came from MCDM too
Honestly pretty cool. I also appreciate MCDM's consistent use of playing card-sized things for your products. If I ever play in-person, these would save me printing and laminating my own for my notebook lol.
Also, what's weird is your voice sometimes migrates from left, right, and both audio channels when I'm listening on my headphones for some reason. It's kinda trippy.
This sounds awesome! I would love to see what MCDM and the community come up with for a Talent Stronghold!
Oh man, I've been waiting for this. The Talent! Let's rock!!
Grace Cheung's cover art is amazing!
Damn. This is really clean. Good job MCDM.
I have a concept for a West Marches campaign where the players are from a small town and discover an anomalous build that presents differently depending on their expectations, but is essentially a mix between Stargate Command, the Federal Bureau of Control and a magic school, from which they can enter alternate worlds. The idea is to allow the group to try different games and systems whilst still advancing their characters meta narrative. In each world their psyche crafts an avatar for their conciousness to occupy, the death of which would have ramifications beyond that setting. Because the players are outsiders I wanted their powers to be personal and slightly different from the natives, with the more connections to places and beings of power manifesting in the real world facilities available to support the players.
So this new take on powers may just be what I'm looking for.
I buy every MCDM project sight unseen knowing it will be amazing. Have yet to regret a single purchase.
thats my favorite cover on an MCDM product yet
Just in time for my home game! I was planning on reskinning the warlock but I'm super stoked to be able to use something tailor made.
Don't know why, but the Senjutsu tee made me very happy.
Might be the fastest I've ordered a bundle. Thanks team!
Damn this is cool af, thanks MCDM team for cranking out another dope ass class
Well, I know what my next two purchases are.
Darn you for selling me what I want! You brilliant madman!
Sounds good, will have to give it a look and see if I can figure out how to use for Pathfinder.
What excellent timing! I'm about to start a new campaign, and I was already going to put forward the Illrigger and Beastheart as options for my players. I get the feeling that one of them will really love the idea of the Talent.
There is much hype for this class!
LOVE THIS!
My second PC (in the 90s) was a psionic from AD&D 2nd edition. It was weird and very cool. When my party messed up and had to flee before an army of undead, my magically paralyzed character - tied to a horse to escape - used its power to dematerialise a hole in the necromancer’s chest! Only to fail the roll and narrowly avoiding blowing up its own chest. Good times.
Truly another epic class, definitely changed my mind about psionics
I love that the mechanics of Strain match the flavour and fantasy of the class so well - you can use your power, but at what cost to yourself? Also the pushing your luck with the dice - in a desperate situation, the Talent knows they are on borrowed time, but you don’t know when your luck will run out and which spell might end you. Awesome crunch and flavour.
Finally! Definitely going to pick this up asap!
Been playing the talent since the beta! Soooo excited to get the final polish and especially the art!!!
I am SO HERE for this!! I cannot wait to get my hands on this and see what it inspires! This sounds awesome, and I already love the Illrigger for its flavor. What will come next for my party...?
Alright, you've sold me.
Please please PLEASE keep making 5th Edition Classes. I don’t see ONE-D&D being half as good as 5e and want to see more of those 80’s and 90’s inspired classes!
Sadly, I don't think they're planning to make any more products for 5e. But! They're in the process of making their own new RPG which so far looks really awesome!
I too am very excited for their RPG system, but I think it would be a missed opportunity to cease creating supplements for 5e. ONE D&D is not going to be the step up that Wizards THINK it is, so 5e is going to remain a staple I think, that’s just my opinion though! I support everything MCDM does, I love their designs and core values of content creation!
@@DMTatDad Unfortunately, D&D 5e is a Wizards of the Coast product, and they've proven that they're willing and able to throw all their 3rd party developers under the bus to rake in a few extra dollars. I don't think ANY 3rd party developer is interested in continuing to do business with them.
@@kevingriffith6011 Yes this is true but with a lot of 5e’s mechanics as part of the SRD and OGL now in Creative Commons, it allows supplementary content to keep being made for 5e. And if anything, continuing to make supplements for 5e that directly rival the quality WoTC puts out I think is a based moved.
I’m just tryna have a positive outlook and hope they continue making baller classes 😂
@@DMTatDad It's less that it's OK to make 5e products NOW, and more that nobody trusts WOTC to not try something like this AGAIN. There is no financial security with the wizards on the coast.
I was in the open playtest after a severe CTE (I was probably annoying tbh) and had a blast. Roleplaying strain just seemed to come so, so very naturally. The Talent is extremely fun and will be a part of any setting I use for sure.
Love it - looking forward to how this translates into your new game!
The main difference between the 5E Talent and the MCDM Talent (right now) is that the 5E Talent is a Generalist, because the 5E Wizard is a Generalist. But we don't think there ARE any Generalist classes in the MCDM RPG. Basically, we think the Wizard's design is the source of the "Linear Fighters, Quadratic Wizards" problem, so instead we have different classes like the Elementalist and the Summoner. What would, in 5E, be weaksauce, watered-down Wizard subclasses, get to be their own cool thing in our game.
Which means the Talent is also not a generalist, they're more specialized.
@@mcolville Will there be Wizard style ritual casters in the MCDM game? Like the classic "has to prepare their spells each morning" spellcaster with spell slots and the like? I'm digging how flavourful you've made the Talent and I'm hoping there'll be other flavours too. And the wizard flavour of not actually having any internal magical power is a cool one.
Great cover!
Super psyched about this one.
So excited to get home and buy it!!!
Christmas came early! Yay! 🎁🎄
I love the strain idea. I might add that to my grittier games. When you take certain levels of strain, you take one level of exhaustion and so on
MCDM continually puts out phenomenal content. Thank you so much for making all my games better. INTO, THROUGH, BEYOND!
that seems like such a fun design. Id love to have a complete game that works like this haha
SHOW ME MATT COLVILLE : D
I got a fever, and the only prescription is Matt Colville.
Thanks for the video Matt. I love the content
Very excited for the talent!
This is the reinvention of magic using classes I've been homebrewing for years and years. I'm beyond stoked that someone else sees the value of this concept. I can't wait to see it on my table.
And her i was making my own Psionic class like a chump.
As someone who loves my characters dying (and staying dead) in a narratively cool manner, my mind immediately leapt to how cool this could be! A character, who knows their time is coming. It's a question of when, not if. Someone who can tell others "my mind, my body, my self is a resource. I've _got_ to use it to protect you.". This is just, oh, chef's kiss for my approach to characters! I hope my DM will allow it :3
Thanks Matt. I needed some good news today.
That was the fastest I've ever bought a book upon seeing a release.
The writing has been on the wall about this release for a long time :)
Matt rocking the Senjutsu t-shirt makes me happy! And the Talent sounds awesome
I am so excited to buy this and use it!
I’m running a veeery low magic game where no PC is a magic user at all. Having Talents available would provide access to cool stuff without introducing sources of magic.
I wasn't expecting the comic book super hero style. I'm really excited to try this along side Illrigger and Beast Heart.
Congratulations 🎉 I will definitely be ordering.
X-Men vibes going HARD!
Thank you, Matt, for pronouncing Xavier correctly!
I recently ran a homebrew action-oriented monster: the werewolf packlord. He had a bunch of cool abilities that he could use only few times each, which kept the battle dynamic and interesting because it forced me to do something different every few turns. One ability my players loved was his howl, which had a chance to impose the frightened condition or make the pc lose a bonus action on their next turn. This affected combat hugely, since both the monk and the rogue had to adapt their whole strategy whenever they failed a save
1:39 You landed square on why I have so many issues with a lot of Starfinder classes... there just aren't existing fantasies that really fit into the archetypes they provide, or are downright misleading as to what sort of fantasy they're trying to represent. Solarion, Nanocyte, Precog, Vanguard, Evolutionist, Witchwarper... they're all so very specific about what they do that it's hard to imagine and be invested in a character idea that fits into those classes... and classes like Nanocyte and Mechanic just don't embody the fantasy that they're trying to sell you effectively, I think.
Absolutely love systems that do away with spell slots in favor of balancing through mechanics like risk management. Offers much more rewarding player agency and most importantly, never forces you to ration your ability to do cool stuff in the cool fantasy game. Excited about this!
Just off the cusp of Baldur's Gate 3 was the best time to launch this, when everyone is feeling more generous towards the idea of psionics in D&D.
Can't think of anything clever to say! Just want to put in my input, this is awesome.
Matt, you are running an absolutely fantastic company.
Good chance I will never get to play it, but I am 100% happy to support y'all and the design is *amazing*
Snagged it! Looks great at first scan!
soul strain evokes for me bilbo from fellowship, "like butter scraped over too much bread"
3:28 is how long it took me into this video before I wanted to play a Talent. No idea why that was the moment, but it was. lol
Matt, this is cool as fuck.
Love the comic style cover .
Im inspired. Im going to make a full psionics campaign for my players next
Finally here, can’t wait to sink my teeth into this.
I have never been so excited to play or run 5e! Great job!
I love the strain idea. I wonder how classic casters could be mapped to that type of system.
X-Men reference on the cover. F'ing Love it!