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<blockquote data-quote="jedavis" data-source="post: 5828222" data-attributes="member: 35933"><p>It's not a hard limit on rituals like TB is, but... it's better than nothing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />.</p><p></p><p>Hm. That sounds like overkill. Me, I'd keep the power lists separate, give psion full BmB and their normal list, and handle the PsiWar like the Bard (2/3 BmB and caster level bonuses at levels where they miss out), also with their own list. Then, to figure out readies and slots, you index into the BmB table, ready per normal TB rules treating psi lists as spell lists, and allow the instantaneous conversion of spell slots into piles of 2n-1 powerpoints for an nth-level slot. Such a scheme also (relatively) encourages caster / psion multiclassing, in the Trailblazer idiom. You could compensate for psi's increased versatility by providing them with no or fewer bonus readies / bonus slots than a wizard or sorc.</p><p></p><p>Ex:</p><p>A wizard 3 / psion 3 has BmB +6, for 4/3/3/2 spell slots (in the old 3.x NPC notation), plus some bonus from Int and 0/2/1/0 bonus wizard readies. He readies Energy Wall and Haste as his 3rds. Combat rolls around and he decides he needs the Wall, so he converts one of his two 3rd-level slots into 5 PP, which he then spends. That slot / those PP is/are written off as having been used for a restricted spell.</p><p></p><p>Actually, now that I think about it, converting TB to a full spell-point system would be pretty sweet and might fix a lot of crap with casters if you did it with the psionic augmentation rules. Each spell slot of nth level gets turned into 2n-1 PP. When you cast an nth level spell, it costs 2n-1 +a PP to cast (where a is some amount of augmentation chosen at casting time), and takes effect as if cast by a caster of level 2n-1+a, where 2n-1+a <= your BmB. PP spent on restricted / rote spells could then be easily marked down separately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jedavis, post: 5828222, member: 35933"] It's not a hard limit on rituals like TB is, but... it's better than nothing :p. Hm. That sounds like overkill. Me, I'd keep the power lists separate, give psion full BmB and their normal list, and handle the PsiWar like the Bard (2/3 BmB and caster level bonuses at levels where they miss out), also with their own list. Then, to figure out readies and slots, you index into the BmB table, ready per normal TB rules treating psi lists as spell lists, and allow the instantaneous conversion of spell slots into piles of 2n-1 powerpoints for an nth-level slot. Such a scheme also (relatively) encourages caster / psion multiclassing, in the Trailblazer idiom. You could compensate for psi's increased versatility by providing them with no or fewer bonus readies / bonus slots than a wizard or sorc. Ex: A wizard 3 / psion 3 has BmB +6, for 4/3/3/2 spell slots (in the old 3.x NPC notation), plus some bonus from Int and 0/2/1/0 bonus wizard readies. He readies Energy Wall and Haste as his 3rds. Combat rolls around and he decides he needs the Wall, so he converts one of his two 3rd-level slots into 5 PP, which he then spends. That slot / those PP is/are written off as having been used for a restricted spell. Actually, now that I think about it, converting TB to a full spell-point system would be pretty sweet and might fix a lot of crap with casters if you did it with the psionic augmentation rules. Each spell slot of nth level gets turned into 2n-1 PP. When you cast an nth level spell, it costs 2n-1 +a PP to cast (where a is some amount of augmentation chosen at casting time), and takes effect as if cast by a caster of level 2n-1+a, where 2n-1+a <= your BmB. PP spent on restricted / rote spells could then be easily marked down separately. [/QUOTE]
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