The Psychic: An Arcane/Grace Class Who Fights with the Power of the Mind
Hello! I'm back at it again with another PF2e class conversion in preparation for my group's switch to Daggerheart.
This time I'm converting my wife's character: the Psychic. While she originally told me that she would be okay re-imagining her character as a bard so that I wouldn't have to work to convert her character, I ended up getting really excited thinking about the concept and stayed up late banging out a working version of it last night! With *three* whole subclasses!
**Design Principles**
* I wanted to emphasize a theme and mechanical loop of burning and replenishing Stress. ***Unleashed Psyche*** is a class feature that I wanted to create in the spirit of the PF2e psychic feature of the same name, offering periods of increased power that can end up being mismanaged and paid with periods of mildly-to-significantly reduced effectiveness. * ***Your Mind is a Weapon*** ended up being a bit of a ribbon feature. It was inspired by the fact that most psychics are rarely if ever seen with a weapon. In my mind, the *Internalized* weapon can either be flavored as a invisible force blastsvisual psionic projection of the weapon, or as a psionic projection of the weapon(s). * The Hope feature, ***Seek the Serene*** was designed with a Spellcast Roll to add a bit of uncertainty with multiple tiers of success. **EDIT:** It is supposed to be a Spellcast (14) roll, not 10.
**Subclasses**
* The **Perceiving Mind** is the Telepathic subclass. It is inspired by characters like Professor X (X-Men) and Mantis (Guardians of the Galaxy). Mechanically it has an emphasis on debuffing, and out of combat utility flavored through reading and manipulating minds. * The **Forceful Mind** is a straight forward telekinetic subclass inspired by Jean Grey (X-Men), Magneto (X-Men), Irelia (League of Legends), and Tetsuo (Akira). Mechanically I wanted the subclass to emphasize attack rolls, forced movement, and the gimmick of being able to make Strength rolls from range. I am curious if the choice to make Strength the Spellcasting trait for this subclass will be unpopular to others. * The **Unhinged Mind** represents the "nosebleed psychic" trope, with characters like Eleven (Stranger Things), Phoenix (X-Men), and Tetsuo (Akira) as touchstones. This is a rather tanky subclass, where my goal is to emphasize a high risk-reward playstyle with a lot of dark undertones.
**Questions**
* Do you feel like the class features align with the class fantasy? * Do the subclasses fit the class chassis, and fulfill a distinct fantasy not already met in the game? * Do the features seem balanced and intentional? Do the feature/ability costs align with the game's core fundamentals? * Would you find the class fun to play?
Thank you, and I hope you like it! I also attached a character sheet and a bonus "helper card" that I made entirely to help my wife (she does really well with tactile visualization and loves how the game uses cards).
Credit to u/Sax7777299 and u/The\_Sad-Optimist for the [**Homebrewery Template**](https://www.reddit.com/r/daggerheart/comments/1lh9pg8/daggerheart_homebrewery_class_template_created_by/)
Link to my other Daggerheart Class Homebrew: [**The Investigator**](https://www.reddit.com/r/daggerheart/comments/1n0m4xy/the_investigator_a_midnightbone_class_with_a/)