At least in terms of how the engine worked. It was the precursor to the Psion in every way that really matters, but it still relied on the same godawful psychic combat mechanics as 1e. In 2nd edition, the Complete Book of Psionics introduced the Psionicist class, which was dedicated to having psychic powers. Whoop-de-doo.Ĭan you tell Gygax didn't even want to include it yet? Everyone else would just stand around and watch 10 rounds of an invisible, silent fight between people standing perfectly still for each round of actual combat. Only one attack could actually affect non-psionics, and it was less effective than casing Feeblemind or just punching someone in the jaw.
They had their own psionic-only battles that were invisible to non-psionics, and required their own combat matrix (complete with only one always optimal attack and one always optimal defense) on the DM's screen so you could play rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock with the five attacks and five defenses. In 1st edition, psions were normal characters that rolled 99-100 on d100 during chargen, and gained extra spellcasting that didn't require spellbooks nor devotion to a faith.
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