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Sepulchrave II · 19th November 2006, 06:13 PM

I dunno. Psychic reformation seems eminently abuseable if it is routinely available, but there are situations where it could help restore balance to a seriously underpowered character. It's the fact that it can be repeated at the convenience of the caster which concerns me: if there was some other mechanism which prevented its use (maybe a character could only benefit from it once), then it might be OK. And the idea of a character being able to redefine himself every day (or more than once every day) would make bookkeeping a monumental nightmare.

Perhaps the answer is to make psychic reformation itself an esoteric seed (assuming the 500 xp/epic level reconstruction cost, which could be factored in) - [reintegrate], or something. Meh.

Honestly, I think on balance that the idea is so metagame that DMs should make decisions based on circumstances. I don't think that there should be any kind of rule at all to address it.

Edit: I like Nomothetic, btw.

19th November 2006, 06:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sepulchrave II Orgone Accumulator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 846	I dunno. Psychic reformation seems eminently abuseable if it is routinely available, but there are situations where it could help restore balance to a seriously underpowered character. It's the fact that it can be repeated at the convenience of the caster which concerns me: if there was some other mechanism which prevented its use (maybe a character could only benefit from it once), then it might be OK. And the idea of a character being able to redefine himself every day (or more than once every day) would make bookkeeping a monumental nightmare. Perhaps the answer is to make psychic reformation itself an esoteric seed (assuming the 500 xp/epic level reconstruction cost, which could be factored in) - [reintegrate], or something. Meh. Honestly, I think on balance that the idea is so metagame that DMs should make decisions based on circumstances. I don't think that there should be any kind of rule at all to address it. Edit: I like Nomothetic, btw.