Hell if u play this subclass in a more modern setting like ebberon change ur weapon use of swords to guns and use dexterity fr attack with constitution being the next highest then strength ur pretty much gnna be cable from deadpool
Yeah not a good look. I find that this is a significantly worse version of the Battle Master at low levels, comes close to even with it at 7, and surpasses it by 15. That’s an awful long time for a subclass to come into its own, though.
That’s a dumb limit, it’s not like it’s that ridiculous without it. Yeah they will do a bunch of damage but they are burning through half their resource minimum, a resource used for all their other class features.
The Rune Knight got the same treatment, Giant's Might gave originally 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 damage EVERY attack that landed. Seemed bit to OP with a Fighter having Extra attack. Other means are possible to 'extended' use by getting more attacks. Hell If a 5th Level Fighter got this way and rolled nat 20 on both 😅 (1d8*2)*2 + 2d6 and possibly an bonus action if using Dual weapon wielder 1d6 extra 😮
Now I get this image of a "knock-back" party standing in circle, just hilariously pushing the evil guy around like schoolyard bullies. (maybe call them the Knockaround Boys...a reference to the early Vin Diesel movie)
Protective field is quite versatile Since it’s trigger is a damage roll instead of a hit/attack, save, or check. Can be used to reduce damage from traps, spells, poisons, fall damage, etc... Pretty awesome.
Maybe, but reduction is so small that I don't really think it's matter. Unfortunetly the 2 main problems with this subclass is the fact that: 1. This class do nothing actually "good" especially on higher levels. 2. You need intelligence so for fighter, that's really suck. Thay should make this constitution or strength. Being force to focus on 3 skills is just unfair, hexblade warlock for example don't need to be strong, why ? Because he can use charisma in place of strength to make weapon attack. Here we should have similar choice.
@@ZMSKfullpower It’s actually probably better for a fighter to have multiple attribute dependency than it is for other classes, as they get more ASIs to boost their stats. Almost all classes get 5 ASI increases at levels 4,8,12,16, and 19. The rogue gets an extra one be at level 10 for a total of 6. The fighter gets two extra ASIs at levels 6 and 14. The damage reduction doesn’t scale up with spikes of effectiveness like other classes, but gradually. Sticking with the class will result in larger die, as well ability to take advantage of your ASIs to max out your intelligence to make your abilities more effective. You also get many more uses as your proficiency increases. There’s also the fact that since your Psi strike is limited to nice per your turn, you’re less likely to burn through the die as quickly and will have them available for these other uses. These features are impactful, and scale in a way to keep them relevant at all levels of play. There’s also the fact that the only “magical” feature of this class is the spell cast at high levels. The rest of these features cant be counterspelled, anti magic fielded, or dispelled. The saving throw to move creatures on hit also bypasses advantage by magic resistance that might apply to other saving throws.
I think that people pay waaay too much attention to the combat potential of classes and not nearly enough to the RP potential. I've used the ability to move tiny objects around to distract, confuse, and frighten creatures a lot. It's worth taking the Telekinesis feat for this class too. Opens up a lot of shenanigans.
Case in point: The description of Psionic Strike specifically says ONCE per turn. Still, a Fighter Nova will STILL be devastating, plus they can use a die defensively to make sure you GET TO the BBEG.
Considering that every other class that has access to it get telekinesis at level 9 getting telekinesis at 18 is kind of a insult. I would have pushed that back to be their level 13 ability. Because then at least they would get the chance to play with it before the end of the game campaign.
Telekinesis is a 5th level spell. Eldritch Knight only gets up to 4th level spells at 19th level. And it's casted without components, so it can't be counterspelled. And it can be casted more than once per day, provided you have the psionic die for every casting after the first.. Kind of par for course as far as subclass capstones are concerned for martial characters.
@@jkwynn87 be that as it may, considering how early every other class has access to it. And considering that most games never get that high in levels, having it at 18 just seems sad. And honestly it's not all that powerful when you really think about it. For role play yeah It can be a pretty good. in combat however, using your action to move a heavy object and drop it on someone's head as opposed to using your action to make four or five attacks. Is just wasting your abilities! Because you still have to use your action in order to control the spell so it's either attack or control the spell not both. An argument can be said to use your action surge but then you're going to have to wait for that short rest anyways! That being said I never planned on taking my sigh night when I make one all the way to max level. I'm thinking about taking him up to level 6, just to get the second feet for the class and putting everything left into Warlock. Still haven't quite decided what subclass thinking old one would probably be the best fit for the Sigh Knight multi-class. This way I would get access to telekinesis anyways once the Warlock hit Level 9, and that would be at level 15 character level. Three levels earlier than just sticking with the warrior class. I lose out on some extra tax and the ability to reroll a saving throw once a short rest but I gain access to all the Warlock abilities up to that point more than making up for the loss of the other abilities. Still not sure if going to level 7 in a multi-class with syenite is worth it if I multiclassing Warlock. Especially if I choose pact of the blade cuz the invocations will do with the level seven abilities for the Psy night would do
@@HighmageDerin Good luck with that. You're gonna run into some issues with MAD crossing Psi Warrior with Warlock. Unless you're rolling stats, you'll either be dumping charisma or intelligence.
@@jkwynn87 A spell cast without components can still be counterspelled. The RAW requirement for counterspell is only that you are within range and you can see the creature doing the casting. It's still an action to cast the spell, so I'd see them closing their eyes or see the air wobble around their head or whatever. Abilities like this are for Villains, not players. So few players will ever encounter 18th level.
@@SeanBoyce-gp If there are no components, such as verbal, somatic, or material, the spell acts as subtle spell from the sorcerer's metamagic, which means no, you cannot counterspell because you'll never know it's being cast. You have to see the casting. If a sorcerer's casts with subtle spell for instance, he's not waving his arms around, not chanting magic words in a forgotten language, and if the spell requires no material components, not staring intently at a wand or random yard of string. Unless you cast detect magic while weird things are happening, you'll never know who the source is. And even if you do, by the time you realize that yes, Bob the sorcerer (or 18th level psi warrior) is using his mind to drop a 1000 pound Boulder on your healers head, it's too late to counterspell. Now I agree. This ability isn't stellar. I'll never say it's amazing because, well, it's not, especially at 18th level. But being that it is a 5th level spell and EKs only get to level 4 at 19th, like I said its about par for course in fighter subclass capstones.
My opinion based on the actual psi warrior features as written. + You can’t ‘nova’ your psionic dice all in one turn because it’s limited to using that ability is limited to once per turn but this is good because it gives you more options for defensive play and manoeuvrability. + Due to the psionic dice being equal to double your proficiency, you actually have more dice at your disposal than battle master. + You get to use certain abilities once per day without expending a psionic dice. + The dice increase in potential to a maximum of a D12 allowing for significant battlefield effects. - You require a long rest to recover your psionic dice. - You don’t have as many options available to you as the battle master. - Much like Eldritch Knight, this class requires high intelligence modifiers making you Multiple Attribute Dependant. - Your last psi warrior feature is fairly underwhelming especially considering that fighter has access to more ASI/feat options than any other class and that in the same book that this subclass resides also has a feat that provides telekinesis without the need to be level 18.
I'm doing a superman themed psi warrior who's noble elf family was banished for practicing psionics and were eventually killed when their island was destroyed by a volcano. He was sent away on a small boat and found by a wood elf couple who raised him. He later realized he wasn't like his parents and left to learn about his powers and true origins.
@@AllThingsFascinate Maybe this was far into the original stream/recordings? They did rub through Rune Knight as well with the entire page open to see on screen. Maybe they knew they were missing things because they were getting tired/unfocused. It is a thing :/ We are only human, so things like this can happen :D
3:40 Immediately after damage? That kinda made me sad that you can't double it for crits but it is gorgeous for most other times when you really need to break something's concentration.
I find the challenge of creating a Fighter character with psionics to be a bit difficult... Magic is commonplace, usually...psionics are a somewhat lesser-known quantity. I actually could see myself using the "Athlete" background from the "Theros" book; and create a Fighter who maybe used their psionic talent to "cheat" their way to fame. Could work with the "Gladiator" background, too. Maybe they were found out; or maybe they were bitter about getting their fame cheaply...and turned to adventuring as a result.
I'm building a human fighter with the Telekinetic feat whose background is that he tried to learn magic but was terrible at anything that wasn't the Mage Hand cantrip. So he just... ran with it.
Personally, I'd like to build a Dhampir Psi Warrior, an amnesiac with strange markings tattooed across his body and a innate knowledge of combat and lore. Little does he know, his brain was replaced with a modified illithid tadpole, instilling a strong (but manageable) hunger for living brains.
Dex Psi Warrior wielding a whip. Every use of Psionic Strike/Telekinetic Thrust can be flavor that they are being blown back by the sonic boom of the whip.
Imagine your Fighter character reaching Level 3, being sat down by one of their parents or mentor, telling them that every adventurer thinks that they can't die, but that they are truly (Invincible title card).
Miss the unearthed arcana psi knight The whole aspect of having a dice you could role and have it shrink in size if you rolled the max number just felt right thematically since psionics would put a strain on your mind. Have just a limited pool kinda cheapens it for me
3.5 edition psionic complete and expanded. Mind blade or psychic warrior! Just reintroducing old classes with a twist. I Like the original psychic warrior 8die, same feats progression as fighter plus psionics!
Got the book and loving it! Only question I have with Psionic Strike is if the weapon returns to you... I don't want to chase after my weapon every time I use this. I can see me using throwing daggers with Psionic Strike but I'm trying to picture force throw only the wording isn't in the description block.
@@leahbeah1585 heya! After spending many a nights with the book I saw the word propelled and had thought this ability was a force throw type skill. Will just have to pay for a weapon of returning or multiclass into Artificer. Especially since Battle Smith lets you use Intelligence to attack and damage rolls. I basically work on INT and DEX playing a Psi Warrior for me.
@@basilisksquad1013 if you wanna make a psi knight that uses thrown weapons then cool! I will repeat myself and say that nothing in the psionic strike description requires you to use a thrown weapon, the only requirements are that it is a weapon strike on a creature within 30ft of you, the range only matters if you are using ranged weapons.
@@leahbeah1585 No need for a repeat. I realized what you were trying to say between my initial post and my reply to you. In the game I've been playing I've ended up mostly using the protective field or telekinetic movement to reposition allies when needed. I'll probably use Psionic Strike sparingly until level 7 when telekinetic strike comes into play for more cc.
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@dndbeyond Q: on the actions tab for the psi fighter, at the psionic strike action it shows a hit button, what is this for? Must I roll for a hit with the psionic strike?
I REALLY like this sub-class. We have a character in an upcoming campaign who is reskinning the Psi Warrior as a Warforged Psi Warrior as the Alita-like plasma she can use during battle. So a robot Jedi. Her backstory is great and the whole party will be Warforged as a plot hook. The mechanics of the Psi Warrior aren't as in-depth as say the Battle Master. Just set aside a pool of dice and burn them as you wish. Done and done.
I had a friend who built a tabaxi Grappler and all he wants is for someone to cast Spike growth so he can drag them back and forth through the spike growth don't ask me why he just wants to do that really really bad.
I really miss the UA fluctuating die mechanic - probably the freshest idea WOTC have come up with of late - I like the class but psi-battlemaster feels lesser than what it was originally.
I just really liked the idea of a powerful psi attack that's rolling d12s and then taps out as that peak suddenly drops off. Perhaps accompanied by a single streak of blood from a nostril hastily wiped away. Conversely, the neonate psionicist who at each release of their mental power feels the power swell inside them. It had I felt great flavour, a tonne of role-play potential and it was really different in a good utilsation of a fresh dice mechanic. But, nope battle-master 2.0 it is. I'm just going to mod it back to the sub-class it was supposed to be because DM fiat.
@@VBane I've heard people argue that it was too book-keepy, and on it's face it's an argument that seems without merit. And, when you're comparing it to what they replace it with-- a pool of dice--- they've made it more book-keepy, so it makes even less sense. And it didn't punish you for rolling poorly-- in fact, your Psi Die would increase in size for rolling a one on it. It would decrease in size if you rolled the highest number on the die. On average, you actually get more psychic power uses out of the Psi Die than you do with the pool system they moved to. At least at the start. I haven't looked at the math down the line. I'll also argue that even if it was more book-keepy, that would be okay. Some classes are more book-keepy than others. I'm far more likely to play a Warlock than a Wizard because of it. That doesn't mean Wizards shouldn't exist. Or that they should be dumbed down. I really want to know who gave the negative feedback. It seems insane. The decision to move from it is such a massive disappointment for me.
Still watching the video but curious if you guys mention what happens when a Psi warrior and a Soulknife rogue multiclass. Double dice? two separate pools? Only higher level pool survives?
Both the psi warrior and soul knife get the same feature: Psionic power While I don't think this multiclass has be addressed directly, when two features share the same name, they do not stack.
@@aldoushuxley5953 id say rogue 17-fighter 3. If you can use the dice for either class abiilitiy but do have 2 pools (so 12 d12 and 12 d6) i think this split makes most sense. You can use the d6 for the level 17 Rogue feature, or for when a d12 might be overkill (the psychic mind connections)
@Hamish Reynolds "technically" you're wrong, it says "once on each of your turns, immediately after you hit a target within 30 feet of you with an attack and deal damage to it with a weapon", it has to be with a weapon, unarmed strikes are not weapons.
The explanation of Psionic Strike didn't make sense. It specifically says once on your turn, so why in the video are they implying you can add it to each attack on your turn + action surge shenanigans? it specifically isn't worded that way...
@@Firestorm422 I get what you’re saying but the Paladin’s Smite ability isn’t a spell, it costs a slot but there’s no limit specified to how many times you can do it, it’s a class feature. The psionic strike specifies only on one attack per turn
We must inevitably compare this subclass to the Battle Master, and in that respect, it does… POORLY at low levels, and eventually surpasses it at very high level. The dice size scales more slowly with the psi warrior, the total pool starts small, and the extra damage doesn’t come with bonus effects until level 7. By level 15, free half cover to allies and accumulated improvements to its other features lifts the Psi Knight over the battle master, but that’s an awful long time for a subclass to become relevant. The subclass’s MAD virtually requires an investment in INT as well. This isn’t as much of an issue for the ASI-loaded class-however, fighters are highly dependent on feats like sharpshooter and great weapon master to keep their damage relevant. Players will need to sacrifice these necessary improvements to make effective Psi knights. And of course, like all martial characters, this one will be dramatically overshadowed by full casters by the time it reaches the high levels where it comes into its own as a fighter. The flavor is fun, but it just doesn’t stand out as dramatically powerful, and I think the Battle Master’s power at low levels and greater flexibility will prove superior overall.
This definitely should have been reworked before Tasha’s. MAD build that favors defense (IMO) which is fine, it’s just really lacking. All flavor, not a lot of substance
Sadly this is yet more proof that nobody working at Wizards D&D have a single clue what psionics are in the game. Obviously none of them ever played D&D prior to 4th edition or never played psionics one it became something amazing. 3.0 and 3.5 had the best ideas. I won't let any of my players use the psionics in this book. It's just really bad. One could argue this isn't psionics but what non psionic types think psionics are. Magic used to very poorly mimic psionic ability. It's still a giant pile of bull malarkey. This is a fail Wizard. Just a big FAIL!!!
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@@aldoushuxley5953 exact same as cleric and paladin both getting seperate uses of channel divinity. You get the same feature but different uses!
Psi warrior backstory: woke up after a knight of long night of partying to find a mind flyer in bed next to you. Definitely the haunted one background
Omg I'm dying
Love how many different ways you can play Fighter! Never thought I would be able to be a Jedi in DnD
Hell if u play this subclass in a more modern setting like ebberon change ur weapon use of swords to guns and use dexterity fr attack with constitution being the next highest then strength ur pretty much gnna be cable from deadpool
May the force damge be with you
Time for some Jedi mind tricks. Being able to “float” at 6th level has been really flexible for the class.
Suggestion completes the package and allows you to use the Jedi Mind Trick.
Fighter gets an Ability Score Increase at 6th level. Psi Powered Leap happens at 7th.
Be an Aarakocra and you have this at level 1
Psi Powered Leap isn't really 'hover.' It says the flight lasts until the end of your turn.
@@Jedwoods they said "float", and you can if only for a turn but it is double speed flight which can be very useful.
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Psionic strike is limited to one use per Your turn.
Once on that your turn.
Can’t be used on reaction attacks on Other turns.
It’s a slow burn.
Same with them talking about using it on each attack during a turn right after reading "once during your turn."
Yeah not a good look.
I find that this is a significantly worse version of the Battle Master at low levels, comes close to even with it at 7, and surpasses it by 15. That’s an awful long time for a subclass to come into its own, though.
That’s a dumb limit, it’s not like it’s that ridiculous without it. Yeah they will do a bunch of damage but they are burning through half their resource minimum, a resource used for all their other class features.
The Rune Knight got the same treatment, Giant's Might gave originally 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 damage EVERY attack that landed. Seemed bit to OP with a Fighter having Extra attack. Other means are possible to 'extended' use by getting more attacks.
Hell If a 5th Level Fighter got this way and rolled nat 20 on both 😅 (1d8*2)*2 + 2d6 and possibly an bonus action if using Dual weapon wielder 1d6 extra 😮
Now I get this image of a "knock-back" party standing in circle, just hilariously pushing the evil guy around like schoolyard bullies.
(maybe call them the Knockaround Boys...a reference to the early Vin Diesel movie)
Protective field is quite versatile Since it’s trigger is a damage roll instead of a hit/attack, save, or check.
Can be used to reduce damage from traps, spells, poisons, fall damage, etc...
Pretty awesome.
Maybe, but reduction is so small that I don't really think it's matter. Unfortunetly the 2 main problems with this subclass is the fact that:
1. This class do nothing actually "good" especially on higher levels.
2. You need intelligence so for fighter, that's really suck. Thay should make this constitution or strength. Being force to focus on 3 skills is just unfair, hexblade warlock for example don't need to be strong, why ? Because he can use charisma in place of strength to make weapon attack. Here we should have similar choice.
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It’s actually probably better for a fighter to have multiple attribute dependency than it is for other classes, as they get more ASIs to boost their stats. Almost all classes get 5 ASI increases at levels 4,8,12,16, and 19. The rogue gets an extra one be at level 10 for a total of 6. The fighter gets two extra ASIs at levels 6 and 14.
The damage reduction doesn’t scale up with spikes of effectiveness like other classes, but gradually. Sticking with the class will result in larger die, as well ability to take advantage of your ASIs to max out your intelligence to make your abilities more effective. You also get many more uses as your proficiency increases.
There’s also the fact that since your Psi strike is limited to nice per your turn, you’re less likely to burn through the die as quickly and will have them available for these other uses.
These features are impactful, and scale in a way to keep them relevant at all levels of play. There’s also the fact that the only “magical” feature of this class is the spell cast at high levels. The rest of these features cant be counterspelled, anti magic fielded, or dispelled. The saving throw to move creatures on hit also bypasses advantage by magic resistance that might apply to other saving throws.
I think that people pay waaay too much attention to the combat potential of classes and not nearly enough to the RP potential. I've used the ability to move tiny objects around to distract, confuse, and frighten creatures a lot. It's worth taking the Telekinesis feat for this class too. Opens up a lot of shenanigans.
Case in point: The description of Psionic Strike specifically says ONCE per turn. Still, a Fighter Nova will STILL be devastating, plus they can use a die defensively to make sure you GET TO the BBEG.
Considering that every other class that has access to it get telekinesis at level 9 getting telekinesis at 18 is kind of a insult. I would have pushed that back to be their level 13 ability. Because then at least they would get the chance to play with it before the end of the game campaign.
Telekinesis is a 5th level spell. Eldritch Knight only gets up to 4th level spells at 19th level. And it's casted without components, so it can't be counterspelled. And it can be casted more than once per day, provided you have the psionic die for every casting after the first.. Kind of par for course as far as subclass capstones are concerned for martial characters.
@@jkwynn87 be that as it may, considering how early every other class has access to it. And considering that most games never get that high in levels, having it at 18 just seems sad. And honestly it's not all that powerful when you really think about it. For role play yeah It can be a pretty good. in combat however, using your action to move a heavy object and drop it on someone's head as opposed to using your action to make four or five attacks. Is just wasting your abilities! Because you still have to use your action in order to control the spell so it's either attack or control the spell not both. An argument can be said to use your action surge but then you're going to have to wait for that short rest anyways!
That being said I never planned on taking my sigh night when I make one all the way to max level. I'm thinking about taking him up to level 6, just to get the second feet for the class and putting everything left into Warlock. Still haven't quite decided what subclass thinking old one would probably be the best fit for the Sigh Knight multi-class. This way I would get access to telekinesis anyways once the Warlock hit Level 9, and that would be at level 15 character level. Three levels earlier than just sticking with the warrior class. I lose out on some extra tax and the ability to reroll a saving throw once a short rest but I gain access to all the Warlock abilities up to that point more than making up for the loss of the other abilities. Still not sure if going to level 7 in a multi-class with syenite is worth it if I multiclassing Warlock. Especially if I choose pact of the blade cuz the invocations will do with the level seven abilities for the Psy night would do
@@HighmageDerin Good luck with that. You're gonna run into some issues with MAD crossing Psi Warrior with Warlock. Unless you're rolling stats, you'll either be dumping charisma or intelligence.
@@jkwynn87 A spell cast without components can still be counterspelled. The RAW requirement for counterspell is only that you are within range and you can see the creature doing the casting. It's still an action to cast the spell, so I'd see them closing their eyes or see the air wobble around their head or whatever.
Abilities like this are for Villains, not players. So few players will ever encounter 18th level.
@@SeanBoyce-gp If there are no components, such as verbal, somatic, or material, the spell acts as subtle spell from the sorcerer's metamagic, which means no, you cannot counterspell because you'll never know it's being cast. You have to see the casting. If a sorcerer's casts with subtle spell for instance, he's not waving his arms around, not chanting magic words in a forgotten language, and if the spell requires no material components, not staring intently at a wand or random yard of string. Unless you cast detect magic while weird things are happening, you'll never know who the source is. And even if you do, by the time you realize that yes, Bob the sorcerer (or 18th level psi warrior) is using his mind to drop a 1000 pound Boulder on your healers head, it's too late to counterspell.
Now I agree. This ability isn't stellar. I'll never say it's amazing because, well, it's not, especially at 18th level. But being that it is a 5th level spell and EKs only get to level 4 at 19th, like I said its about par for course in fighter subclass capstones.
I'm trying to run a force damage wizard like this. Handheld mordenkainen's sword type of thing
My opinion based on the actual psi warrior features as written.
+ You can’t ‘nova’ your psionic dice all in one turn because it’s limited to using that ability is limited to once per turn but this is good because it gives you more options for defensive play and manoeuvrability.
+ Due to the psionic dice being equal to double your proficiency, you actually have more dice at your disposal than battle master.
+ You get to use certain abilities once per day without expending a psionic dice.
+ The dice increase in potential to a maximum of a D12 allowing for significant battlefield effects.
- You require a long rest to recover your psionic dice.
- You don’t have as many options available to you as the battle master.
- Much like Eldritch Knight, this class requires high intelligence modifiers making you Multiple Attribute Dependant.
- Your last psi warrior feature is fairly underwhelming especially considering that fighter has access to more ASI/feat options than any other class and that in the same book that this subclass resides also has a feat that provides telekinesis without the need to be level 18.
I'm doing a superman themed psi warrior who's noble elf family was banished for practicing psionics and were eventually killed when their island was destroyed by a volcano. He was sent away on a small boat and found by a wood elf couple who raised him. He later realized he wasn't like his parents and left to learn about his powers and true origins.
Dude that sounds awesome, love the elf angle of psionics being outlawed.
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Telekinetic strikes can’t be applied to multiple attacks, it can only be used once per turn.
4:22 James seems to imply you can add the psi Damage to each attack but reading the text of the ability it suggests it can only be used once per turn.
I really don't get how they both just glossed over that??
@@AllThingsFascinate Maybe this was far into the original stream/recordings? They did rub through Rune Knight as well with the entire page open to see on screen. Maybe they knew they were missing things because they were getting tired/unfocused. It is a thing :/
We are only human, so things like this can happen :D
3:40 Immediately after damage? That kinda made me sad that you can't double it for crits but it is gorgeous for most other times when you really need to break something's concentration.
This crits, dude. This limits to damage is that you can't just touch someone and burst it around
I find the challenge of creating a Fighter character with psionics to be a bit difficult...
Magic is commonplace, usually...psionics are a somewhat lesser-known quantity.
I actually could see myself using the "Athlete" background from the "Theros" book; and create a Fighter who maybe used their psionic talent to "cheat" their way to fame.
Could work with the "Gladiator" background, too.
Maybe they were found out; or maybe they were bitter about getting their fame cheaply...and turned to adventuring as a result.
Do you mind if I steal that? That sounds real cool
I'm building a human fighter with the Telekinetic feat whose background is that he tried to learn magic but was terrible at anything that wasn't the Mage Hand cantrip. So he just... ran with it.
@@ofekofek7058 Not at all! : )
Psionic Gladiator? I'm feeling the merciless heat of a Dark Sunrise here
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Personally, I'd like to build a Dhampir Psi Warrior, an amnesiac with strange markings tattooed across his body and a innate knowledge of combat and lore. Little does he know, his brain was replaced with a modified illithid tadpole, instilling a strong (but manageable) hunger for living brains.
Dex Psi Warrior wielding a whip. Every use of Psionic Strike/Telekinetic Thrust can be flavor that they are being blown back by the sonic boom of the whip.
Imagine your Fighter character reaching Level 3, being sat down by one of their parents or mentor, telling them that every adventurer thinks that they can't die, but that they are truly (Invincible title card).
My DnD character is this and a kalashtar who is actually just a human who was killed by a psychic attack, having to be resurrected by a cleric.
I totally agree with Todd that the half cover things at 15th is meh. Otherwise I think the class is fantastic
0:55 Rocks fall, maximum pain I must endure.
*yoda death sound*
Miss the unearthed arcana psi knight
The whole aspect of having a dice you could role and have it shrink in size if you rolled the max number just felt right thematically since psionics would put a strain on your mind. Have just a limited pool kinda cheapens it for me
3.5 edition psionic complete and expanded. Mind blade or psychic warrior! Just reintroducing old classes with a twist. I Like the original psychic warrior 8die, same feats progression as fighter plus psionics!
perfect subclass for Duergar
Adoy Retsam, goblin psi warrior with the sage background
Telekinesis having to have the target within 60' of you, and you can fly... That's a lot of fall damage if that works
Got the book and loving it! Only question I have with Psionic Strike is if the weapon returns to you... I don't want to chase after my weapon every time I use this. I can see me using throwing daggers with Psionic Strike but I'm trying to picture force throw only the wording isn't in the description block.
You don’t have to throw a weapon to do this
@@leahbeah1585 heya! After spending many a nights with the book I saw the word propelled and had thought this ability was a force throw type skill. Will just have to pay for a weapon of returning or multiclass into Artificer. Especially since Battle Smith lets you use Intelligence to attack and damage rolls. I basically work on INT and DEX playing a Psi Warrior for me.
@@basilisksquad1013 if you wanna make a psi knight that uses thrown weapons then cool! I will repeat myself and say that nothing in the psionic strike description requires you to use a thrown weapon, the only requirements are that it is a weapon strike on a creature within 30ft of you, the range only matters if you are using ranged weapons.
@@leahbeah1585 No need for a repeat. I realized what you were trying to say between my initial post and my reply to you. In the game I've been playing I've ended up mostly using the protective field or telekinetic movement to reposition allies when needed. I'll probably use Psionic Strike sparingly until level 7 when telekinetic strike comes into play for more cc.
Average mid size sedan weighs about 3,300 pounds, the lightest car in the US is the Mitsubishi Mirage which weighs 2,051 pounds. ENGINES are 200+ pounds alone.
I was thinking the same about car weight...
I kinda wish they used superiority dice instead of their own type, so that the Battlemaster Feat had a bit more use.
>attack the foe
>lose psionic energy because you hit the sword lol
@@g80gzt what?
@dndbeyond Q: on the actions tab for the psi fighter, at the psionic strike action it shows a hit button, what is this for? Must I roll for a hit with the psionic strike?
I REALLY like this sub-class. We have a character in an upcoming campaign who is reskinning the Psi Warrior as a Warforged Psi Warrior as the Alita-like plasma she can use during battle. So a robot Jedi. Her backstory is great and the whole party will be Warforged as a plot hook.
The mechanics of the Psi Warrior aren't as in-depth as say the Battle Master. Just set aside a pool of dice and burn them as you wish. Done and done.
I actually kinda liked the changing die feature all psions had in the UA
I had a friend who built a tabaxi Grappler and all he wants is for someone to cast Spike growth so he can drag them back and forth through the spike growth don't ask me why he just wants to do that really really bad.
wonder why you cant use it with unarmed strikes.
I have a Yoda character! His name is Master Nimble
If you play as a Ranged Weapon fighter you can really suffer in useful reactions. Psi Warrior is a perfect solution.
I'm just picturing a Psi Warrior with a few levels of Bearbarian that' now resistant to EVERYTHINg while raging :)
Make goblin psi warrior.
Wait for obvious Yoda jokes.
Obsess on merchandising and speak like Mel Brooks.
Win DnD as Yogurt wielding the Schwartz.
SPACEBALLS- I remember that movie!
I really miss the UA fluctuating die mechanic - probably the freshest idea WOTC have come up with of late - I like the class but psi-battlemaster feels lesser than what it was originally.
I whole heartedly agree.
I heard it was very badly received. It seemed gratuitously bookkeepy and punished you extra hard for rolling badly.
I just really liked the idea of a powerful psi attack that's rolling d12s and then taps out as that peak suddenly drops off. Perhaps accompanied by a single streak of blood from a nostril hastily wiped away. Conversely, the neonate psionicist who at each release of their mental power feels the power swell inside them.
It had I felt great flavour, a tonne of role-play potential and it was really different in a good utilsation of a fresh dice mechanic.
But, nope battle-master 2.0 it is.
I'm just going to mod it back to the sub-class it was supposed to be because DM fiat.
@@VBane I've heard people argue that it was too book-keepy, and on it's face it's an argument that seems without merit. And, when you're comparing it to what they replace it with-- a pool of dice--- they've made it more book-keepy, so it makes even less sense.
And it didn't punish you for rolling poorly-- in fact, your Psi Die would increase in size for rolling a one on it. It would decrease in size if you rolled the highest number on the die. On average, you actually get more psychic power uses out of the Psi Die than you do with the pool system they moved to. At least at the start. I haven't looked at the math down the line.
I'll also argue that even if it was more book-keepy, that would be okay. Some classes are more book-keepy than others. I'm far more likely to play a Warlock than a Wizard because of it. That doesn't mean Wizards shouldn't exist. Or that they should be dumbed down.
I really want to know who gave the negative feedback. It seems insane. The decision to move from it is such a massive disappointment for me.
@@richardhealy YUP!
Still watching the video but curious if you guys mention what happens when a Psi warrior and a Soulknife rogue multiclass. Double dice? two separate pools? Only higher level pool survives?
Both the psi warrior and soul knife get the same feature: Psionic power
While I don't think this multiclass has be addressed directly, when two features share the same name, they do not stack.
@@marc0s158 DnD Beyond atm creates two pools of dice. Each for the level of their class.
So my rogue17/warrior3 has 12 d12 and 12d6
@@Okkebeltman If I were to DM a multiclass for those, that is how I would do it.
@@aldoushuxley5953 id say rogue 17-fighter 3. If you can use the dice for either class abiilitiy but do have 2 pools (so 12 d12 and 12 d6) i think this split makes most sense. You can use the d6 for the level 17 Rogue feature, or for when a d12 might be overkill (the psychic mind connections)
According to Jeremy Crawford they should be seperate pools
Question: can the Psionic Strike feature be used with the Unarmed Fighting Style? Can I get away with an unarmed Psi Knight?
I think it requires a weapon to be used
It specifies that you need to use a weapon,but homebrewing that out will prob not break your game so you might be able to convinse your Dm
@Hamish Reynolds i know this works most of the time but for some reason they specify ",after you deal damage with a weapon"
@@pangolimazul6055 your unarmed strikes count as "natural weapons." It's just there to clarify it doesn't work on spell attacks.
@Hamish Reynolds "technically" you're wrong, it says "once on each of your turns, immediately after you hit a target within 30 feet of you with an attack and deal damage to it with a weapon", it has to be with a weapon, unarmed strikes are not weapons.
The explanation of Psionic Strike didn't make sense.
It specifically says once on your turn, so why in the video are they implying you can add it to each attack on your turn + action surge shenanigans? it specifically isn't worded that way...
500 pound cars? Do they also get 300 mpg? Sorry but how can anyone be that ridiculously wrong?
lol yeah I had to rewind to make sure I heard that right
So..telepathic movement...in theory could you move someone off a cliff? If you can see that point in space? (no save?)
A bit late, but its for willing creatures or objects only. So yes you could do that if they agree to letting you move them.
so you can do psionic strike every attack? I thought the book said once per turn.
Did you say "itching a scratch"? Think you got that around the wrong way there
It's a frustratingly common turn of phrase to interpose them.
Did they say you can use psi strike more than once a turn??
Basically, a jedi knight!
But, how about reflavoring this as a blood bender?
So you can use you're mind axe?
Doesn’t concentration take your action?
Pounds per square inch warrior
Psi warrior-bladesinger MC is the ultimate jedi or sith
How many levels on each?
@@marcialhd maybe 2-5 levels of bladesinger. Rest psi warrior.
Psionic strike can only be used on one attack per turn! I don't mean to be that guy, but this is not just a 'psychic' smite
That's exactly what it is because remember, RAW you can't cast multiple level spells per turn
@@Firestorm422 I get what you’re saying but the Paladin’s Smite ability isn’t a spell, it costs a slot but there’s no limit specified to how many times you can do it, it’s a class feature. The psionic strike specifies only on one attack per turn
@@rehmanmir7865 yeah I guess you're right but, Personally I would rule it as basically a class spell
@@Firestorm422 honestly, 100% good with that it can be so busted with their double smites
So we are going to ignore that he joke a car is 500 lbs haha a large motorcycle is 900 but I get youlol
so basically Jedi for those who don't wanna play paladin, because Jedi are basically just Paladins with telekinesis instead of holy power
I've never seen a subclass suggest you take the mobile feat.
We must inevitably compare this subclass to the Battle Master, and in that respect, it does… POORLY at low levels, and eventually surpasses it at very high level. The dice size scales more slowly with the psi warrior, the total pool starts small, and the extra damage doesn’t come with bonus effects until level 7. By level 15, free half cover to allies and accumulated improvements to its other features lifts the Psi Knight over the battle master, but that’s an awful long time for a subclass to become relevant.
The subclass’s MAD virtually requires an investment in INT as well. This isn’t as much of an issue for the ASI-loaded class-however, fighters are highly dependent on feats like sharpshooter and great weapon master to keep their damage relevant. Players will need to sacrifice these necessary improvements to make effective Psi knights. And of course, like all martial characters, this one will be dramatically overshadowed by full casters by the time it reaches the high levels where it comes into its own as a fighter. The flavor is fun, but it just doesn’t stand out as dramatically powerful, and I think the Battle Master’s power at low levels and greater flexibility will prove superior overall.
Screw the battle Master, this sub-class is good, they all can't be the great and powerful battle Master.
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Hahaha I wonder why this is coming up
This definitely should have been reworked before Tasha’s. MAD build that favors defense (IMO) which is fine, it’s just really lacking.
All flavor, not a lot of substance
Sadly this is yet more proof that nobody working at Wizards D&D have a single clue what psionics are in the game. Obviously none of them ever played D&D prior to 4th edition or never played psionics one it became something amazing. 3.0 and 3.5 had the best ideas. I won't let any of my players use the psionics in this book. It's just really bad. One could argue this isn't psionics but what non psionic types think psionics are. Magic used to very poorly mimic psionic ability. It's still a giant pile of bull malarkey. This is a fail Wizard. Just a big FAIL!!!
This is weak as hell.. smh!