MoI Recharge Trick has multiple variants. Here is what I think is most efficient and low level.
Step 1. Metapower, Linked Power, and a 1st level power. Use Metapower to permanently join Linked Power to your choice of self-targeting 1st level power. (Precognition is my personal favorite.) Now, every time you manifest Precognition (or whatever) + Link Power + Bestow Power, you pay 2 pp in turn 1 (1 for Precognition + 3 for Bestow Power -2 for Metapower), and regain those 2 pp in turn 2. Whee! A free 1st level power. (Requires two feats (Metapower, Linked Power) a 1st and 2nd level power and ML 3; possible by character level 3.)
Step 2. Add any means of reducing augmentation cost by one point. Options include Torc of Power Preservation (limited uses, as amended by MIC), Earth Power, Midnight Augmentation, or (for Ardents) Dominant Ideal. Dominant Ideal is hands down the best in every way, but only available to one class and not available until 10th level in that class. Torc has limited uses. The least expensive feat investment is Midnight Augmentation (requires Midnight Augmentation + Psicrystal Affinity + Psicrystal Containment):
Midnight Augmentation grants 1 essentia, which is the maximum we can invest in a 1st level power anyway, and all that we need. (This moots the need for Psycarnum Infusion.) Select Precognition as your augmented power, and manifest as per Step 1, but now discharge the second focus (from the Psicrystal) to activate Midnight Augmentation. Because players may apply modifiers in the order they prefer, we take the total power cost (4), subtract 1 for Midnight Augmentation (which can only reduce augmentation costs to a minimum of +1), and then subtract 2 more for Metapower (which can reduce augmentation costs to 0).
Now, we are paying 1 pp to manifest Precognition in turn 1 and getting back 2 pp in turn 2 when Bestow Power manifests.
This routine may only be done every third turn. The two intervening turns are required to regain the two foci. But what does it matter? There is no expiration on the pp granted. Instead of resting for 8 hours, our psionic spends 1 hour (600 rounds, so 200 iterations) playing this game and has 200 pp.
Earliest possible level: we've added 3 feats since Step 1, so a human with two flaws could still do this by character level 3.
I don't understand how that works.
But i thought this
Metapower any 1st lvl power with Linked Power
Manifest 1st lvl Linked with Bestow power
That makes a total of 4 pp Spent, but -2 for the Metapower ability that makes metapsionic feats costs -2 PP for the choosen power, that's my 1st lvl, and another -1 for Earth Power.
So 1PP spent, and the next turn, 2PP gained.
Im i right?
I swear to god that if im right, i'll never post another thing of psion tricks here
Step 1. Metapower, Linked Power, and a 1st level power. Use Metapower to permanently join Linked Power to your choice of self-targeting 1st level power. (Precognition is my personal favorite.) Now, every time you manifest Precognition (or whatever) + Link Power + Bestow Power, you pay 2 pp in turn 1 (1 for Precognition + 3 for Bestow Power -2 for Metapower), and regain those 2 pp in turn 2. Whee! A free 1st level power. (Requires two feats (Metapower, Linked Power) a 1st and 2nd level power and ML 3; possible by character level 3.)
Step 2. Add any means of reducing augmentation cost by one point. Options include Torc of Power Preservation (limited uses, as amended by MIC), Earth Power, Midnight Augmentation, or (for Ardents) Dominant Ideal. Dominant Ideal is hands down the best in every way, but only available to one class and not available until 10th level in that class. Torc has limited uses. The least expensive feat investment is Midnight Augmentation (requires Midnight Augmentation + Psicrystal Affinity + Psicrystal Containment):
Midnight Augmentation grants 1 essentia, which is the maximum we can invest in a 1st level power anyway, and all that we need. (This moots the need for Psycarnum Infusion.) Select Precognition as your augmented power, and manifest as per Step 1, but now discharge the second focus (from the Psicrystal) to activate Midnight Augmentation. Because players may apply modifiers in the order they prefer, we take the total power cost (4), subtract 1 for Midnight Augmentation (which can only reduce augmentation costs to a minimum of +1), and then subtract 2 more for Metapower (which can reduce augmentation costs to 0).
Now, we are paying 1 pp to manifest Precognition in turn 1 and getting back 2 pp in turn 2 when Bestow Power manifests.
This routine may only be done every third turn. The two intervening turns are required to regain the two foci. But what does it matter? There is no expiration on the pp granted. Instead of resting for 8 hours, our psionic spends 1 hour (600 rounds, so 200 iterations) playing this game and has 200 pp.
Earliest possible level: we've added 3 feats since Step 1, so a human with two flaws could still do this by character level 3.
I don't understand how that works.
But i thought this
Metapower any 1st lvl power with Linked Power
Manifest 1st lvl Linked with Bestow power
That makes a total of 4 pp Spent, but -2 for the Metapower ability that makes metapsionic feats costs -2 PP for the choosen power, that's my 1st lvl, and another -1 for Earth Power.
So 1PP spent, and the next turn, 2PP gained.
Im i right?
I swear to god that if im right, i'll never post another thing of psion tricks here
