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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PeterDonis" data-source="post: 677989" data-attributes="member: 6906">My 2cp:1) I prefer the current powers/power points based system to a skill/feat based system; but I'd like to see more powers that weren't carbon copies of spells and fewer that were (and conversely: although I like ITCK in general, as you'll see below, I thought its conversion of all the spells in the core rules to psionic powers was absolutely the worst idea I've ever heard of);2) I like the idea of the psionic classes needing more than one ability score to be good (kind of like the monk--my psionic characters have always been the sort that prefer being multi-talented and multi-faceted, viewing plain wizards and fighters as basically being one-trick ponies)--but needing all six to be good is a bit much. I think ITCK strikes the right balance here with secondary disciplines (those rules are already house rules IMC);3) I also like the power scaling rules from ITCK--but if I used them for psionics, I wouldn't want to introduce something similar for magic (like Monte's apparently doing)--power scaling could be one of the flavor aspects that makes psionics different (i.e., psionics can be "powered up" or "powered down" by spending more or less points, whereas magic spells have to be defined exactly in advance and cast just one way);4) And OBTW, Psionics Are Different IMC, and I think that should be the core rule;5) I like psionic combat, but I've always viewed it as being strictly for use against other psionics--for when you're by yourself and you meet an enemy psionic one on one, or when you're the lone psionic in a party and you're trying to take out the lone psionic in the other party. I've never thought of it as being intended for general use in combat; that's what the powers are for. For the psionic vs. psionic scenario I think the current system is OK (though it would be nice to find an easier mechanic than that darned table).Peter Donis</blockquote>

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