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The telepath for the #dnd unearthed arcana Psion is boring
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Jun 5, 2025
The telepath for the #dnd unearthed arcana Psion is boring. #unearthedarcana #dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #characteroptimization #dungeonsanddragons
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the fourth and final subclass for the
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unearthed archana scion is the telepath
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And this is intended to be kind of the
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support subclass for the class The
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telepath leans into the scion's core
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feature to spend a sonic energy die and
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create sort of a telepathic hub that
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allows you to communicate telepathically
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at short range with members of your
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party And a lot of the features in the
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subclass are built around that So
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creatures affected by that telepathic
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hub can get certain benefits as you gain
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levels Uh most importantly you can give
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everyone a d4 on saving throws and
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eventually you can spend a psionic
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energy die to add to failed checks and
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saves potentially turning them into
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successes So like those are pretty good
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support abilities but they come online
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very very slowly And the subclass gives
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you very little to do that's proactive
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So at low levels like the third level
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proactive thing that you get to do is be
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slightly better at communicating
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telepathically and also be good at
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reading minds Like those things are are
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kind of interesting but they don't have
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the same impact as most of the what the
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other subasses are getting Like the
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ability to grow super long arms and claw
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people Like you're going to actively
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push that button routinely
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But the telepath doesn't have a
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proactive answer to those abilities It
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is a primarily reactive subclass So um I
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think this subclass needs more things
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that it can do proactively I think the
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the like short range telepathy needs a
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buff in general Like the range is simply
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too short and too resource expensive to
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justify ever using So I don't think they
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have this one right It looks boring The
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mechanics are uninteresting And honestly
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most of them are pretty weak Um even if
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like as written even if this was
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exceptionally powerful I don't think
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anyone's going to play it just because
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it's so boring
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