Editing Psionics (section)

==D20 Modern==
[[D20 Modern]] includes Psionics in its core rulebook, albeit as a variant. This is expanded on in [[Urban Arcana]]. This is the first time Psionics appeared under [[Open Gaming License]], which may be why the 3.5 incarnation was OGL, since it's clearly derived from this sytem. They're a cross between 3E and 3.5 psionics, using many of fixes of 3.5 psionics but still requiring various attributes for each discipline. Augmenting powers is completely absent from this incarnation and, like spells, powers scale naturally with manifester level.

* '''Telepath''' has a bunch of mental powers and gets extra PP from its Charisma. It is, oddly, the only one of the four to get bonus power points for high attribute score, which may be an oversight. Until the final D20 Modern book, ''Dark Matter'', they had virtually no options for offensive powers, especially against mindless creatures like undead or robots, and even with it they're very dependent upon hitting a low will save to be useful in combat. Their sole offensive options beyond that are summoning a gun to shoot people with (this power is not on their table, but does say it's a telepath power in the text) and weak telekinesis. Their power list is the most focused attribute wise, as aside from five exceptions based on wisdom (one a cantrip, and one utter crap) all their powers with saving throws are based on Charisma and others are based on Dexterity or Constitution. They're also the only one with fifth level powers. Qualifying at the earliest possible opportunity requires at least one level in Charismatic Hero due to requiring three skills no other base class has and no occupation offers as bonus skills (let alone all three at once). 
* '''[[Battlemind]]''' is a combination of Psychic Warrior and Soulknife. Since magic items are rare and not expected in D20 Modern, full BAB is rare, and hiding your weapons is more of a concern, mindblades are actually quite decent. Their power list most focuses on buffs, but is very scattered in attribute dependencies. Qualifying at the earliest possible opportunity requires three levels in Strong Hero, due to to a BAB +3 requirement and needing max ranks in Jump, which no other base class has for some inexplicable reason.
* '''Psionic Agent''' was introduced in ''Urban Arcana'' and focuses on movement powers. They otherwise depend on shooting stuff. ''Mostly'' dexterity based, but wants wisdom and intelligence as well for some important powers. Qualifying at the earliest possible opportunity is the most flexible, as it can be done with 1:Fast Hero 3, 2: levels in a combination of Fast Hero and Strong Hero, or 3: a non-charismatic hero, non-smart hero with a starting occupation of military, criminal, adventurer, scavenger, impoverished, on the run, or slave.
* '''[[Mesmerist]]''' was introduced in ''D20 Past''. They only get a fraction of the normal psionics progression and no other class abilities. Supposedly for low psionics games, this class is [[Truenamer]] tier broken since it doesn't actually say what powers it can take as powers known (the example character pulls from the telepath list, but WotC example characters are wrong, often blatantly, more than they are right.). Due to identical skill requirements, it requires Charismatic Hero for earliest entry.

Psionics are also referenced in ''D20 Future'' and ''D20 Apocalypse'', but only as special abilities of aliens and mutants. There's a handful of new powers and feat support in ''d20 [[Dark Matter]]'', but no new classes. Unlike casters, there is no Psionic Prestige Class to continue advancing after hitting level 10. This role is instead filled by the ability to multiclass and stack power point progression, but it's not as nice a deal since you don't get as many extra castings (four levels of Archmage doubles your casting slots. Four levels of an extra psionic class doesn't even give you an extra casting of a 5th level power.) and don't increase your caster level. Despite this problem and the all attributes thing they're still casters in a system where, despite the many nerfs they got, casters are ''still'' king.