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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 1770648" data-attributes="member: 478">Yeah, and this is exactly the point where the problems begin (IMHO, of course).Damage (or more generic manifesting/spellcasting power) is close, but the psion has so many advantages over the sorcerer, which did not figure in here, that the sorcerer is lacking behind by far in total power.Stuff like the better flexibility (which allows to tap the full power reserve pretty much every day, while the sorcerer has to have enough encounters to go through all those spell slots to gain the above advantage of having some low level slots left over), faster power level progression, more powers known (even without ridiculous stuff like Psychic Reformation - and please don't start with those 0th level spells again, I'll gladly trade those for 5th level spells, if you think they are worth the same <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />), no relevant components (not hindered by grapple and silence in a meaningful way), more feats and psionic feats, more skills, armor, ...The sorcerer has not much to compare to those, really... mostly more friends, since the spells are better to buff the party, and a bit more breadth in spell selection. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But I told you that already, I think. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Sure, it's possible for a DM to set the game up in a way (heavily tailored to favor non-psions), that this doesn't show up much, but that isn't exactly the point of balance between classes, at least not to me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ByeThanee</blockquote>

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