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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4594912" data-attributes="member: 46713">How about a different angle?In WotC's 'The Mind's Eye' article series they introduced different options for psionic classes similar to the ones in PHB2. <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070214a&amp;pf=true" target="_blank">Here's</a> the article containing the soulknife.It replaces Wild Talent with Hidden Talent and remove's Hidden Talent's restriction that it can only be taken at level 1. Now the soulknife gains two PP AND the ability to use a power.Imho, now that the soulknife character gets a way to actually use and expend his power points, it's a lot more reasonable to keep the restriction of not being able to manifest the mindblade when at zero PP.I'd like to add that one of the players in my campaign is playing a soulknife using that option. So far he's never been reduced to zero PP.How many ways are there to lose PP involuntary, anyway?I can only think of a handful of powers and monsters that can do this. The former are typically pretty ineffective and thus rarely used, the latter will never show up in most campaigns. And, finally, all of these are encountered _only_ if the DM chooses to. You don't like the soulknife losing the ability to manifest his blade, well don't use the powers/monsters that will cause it!Or are you worried about the players being able to easily 'disarm' npc soulknives?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 4594912, member: 46713"] How about a different angle? In WotC's 'The Mind's Eye' article series they introduced different options for psionic classes similar to the ones in PHB2. [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070214a&pf=true]Here's[/url] the article containing the soulknife. It replaces Wild Talent with Hidden Talent and remove's Hidden Talent's restriction that it can only be taken at level 1. Now the soulknife gains two PP AND the ability to use a power. Imho, now that the soulknife character gets a way to actually use and expend his power points, it's a lot more reasonable to keep the restriction of not being able to manifest the mindblade when at zero PP. I'd like to add that one of the players in my campaign is playing a soulknife using that option. So far he's never been reduced to zero PP. How many ways are there to lose PP involuntary, anyway? I can only think of a handful of powers and monsters that can do this. The former are typically pretty ineffective and thus rarely used, the latter will never show up in most campaigns. And, finally, all of these are encountered _only_ if the DM chooses to. You don't like the soulknife losing the ability to manifest his blade, well don't use the powers/monsters that will cause it! Or are you worried about the players being able to easily 'disarm' npc soulknives? [/QUOTE]

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