Editing Psion (section)

==[[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition|Third edition]]==
[[File:Mvc2_Psylocke.jpg|right|thumb|Yeah we know why you ''really'' want to play a Soulknife]]
D&D 3.0's first and only psionics splatbook was the ''[[Psionics Handbook]]'', which was an absolute clusterfuck. It made the mistake of simultaneously introducing a psionics system AND bringing back a psionic combat system eerily similar to the one from First Edition. This psionic combat system in turn required all six of a character's ability scores to be good, making it the epitome of [[MAD]], and it required more math than [[anal circumference|FATAL]] and the Apollo missions combined. The psionics system was a bit simpler. Psionic characters were accountant spellcasters who kept track of a mana pool. Psionic powers didn't level up (well, most of them), instead the character would spend mana ("power points") to increase a power's effect. Other players raged about this being h4x because psionic characters could turn themselves into glass cannons and screw a BBEG if they really wanted to. Most of the complaints about psionics came from people who didn't actually read the rules entirely (Few noticed the rule saying you can only spend your manifester level in PP at once stopping you from dumping your entire pool into something) or from pro spellcasters, who want to be the only ones with an "I win" button. 3.0e psionics had one godlike main class: the Psion, or psychic wizard. The only other class was the [[Psychic Warrior]], a hybrid of psion and fighter.

When 3.5e launched, one of the first things it did was replaced the Psionics Handbook with a much better book, the ''[[Expanded Psionics Handbook]]''. It was better because it took the entire bullshit "psionic combat" system, flushed it down the toilet, and pretended it never happened, leaving only the psionics system. It also had some other, much less important contributions. For example, it introduced a new class: the [[wilder]], which was basically just a psion that relied on charisma rather than intelligence, making it the [[sorcerer]] to the psion's wizard while also being a bit of [[barbarian]] with the ability to get pissed for more power.

Later on, 3.5e added [[Complete Psionic]], which brought 3 new psion-like classes: the [[Ardent]], [[Divine Mind]], and [[Lurk]].