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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7710999" data-attributes="member: 58172">Psionic Mastery needs a rewrite that includes the ability to perform as a full caster.There is a concern that the Mystic is substandard at higher levels.Currently, the Mystic is a half-caster, or even a gimped full caster. The Mystic cannot do psionic powers that are equal to spell-slot level 6 spells (9 points), slot 7 spells (10 points), slot 8 spells (11 points), or slot 9 spells (13 points).It seems to me the designers have gimped this Mystic class, similar to the way that designers gimped the 3e Sorcerer class and the 3e Bard class. The 5e versions of Sorcerer and Bard feel better as full casters, with normal access to spell slot level 9 spells. They work fine as full casters, and it was unnecessary to gimp them at upper levels.Given the design philosophy of 5e, there are four categories of spell levels. Slot-levels 1 and 2 are apprentice spells. Slot-levels 3, 4, and 5, are ‘adventurer’ spells, like Fireball. The slot-levels 6, 7, and 8 are ‘master’ spells. And slot level 9 is legendary spells, like Wish.The Mystic class handles the master and legendary levels separately, via the "Psionic Mastery" class feature. This feature supplies extra points buts gimps access to master and legendary abilities. I feel handling these higher levels by a separate feature is ok. But its current iteration has a number of problems, and the concern here is, it performs at a significantly inferior manner in comparison to other full casters. Psionic Mastery needs a rewrite that includes the ability to perform as a full caster.The Mystic class lacks access to master spells (slots 6, 7, 8), and legendary spells (slot 9).The thing is, a legendary Celerity Mystic should be getting Time Stop (slot 9, 13 points), and there is no reason to gimp the Mystic class.And so on.</blockquote>

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