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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shirt Guy John" data-source="post: 1048609" data-attributes="member: 2356">Is this really true?Okay, I was starting to plan out my house-rule psionics, and I was just reaching the point of adjusting power points, thinking that maybe they could just use a little tinkering, but when I decided to compare them (at 20th level) to the Specialist Wizard (by converting to so-called "spell-points", which I don't really know is an acurate system or not, but is the closest that I could manage or could care to manage in a very short period of time for rough estimation), which is what I assumed would have the closest general spellcastig ability per day, I was just stunned by the results... and I reworked them, just to check my math.  Then I reworked them for a non-specialist wizard, but got a very similar result.  As it turns out, the Psion isn't even a distant cousin of the Sorcerer in the number of powers per day area.  Instead he lacks behind even the generalist wizard... by a lot.Now if this was just a small numerical difference, I would simply disregard it as another innocent misconception of the imaginary "versatility" that the Psion has, but no, it's a HUGE difference.  I counted 324 base spell points for the generalist wizard on a direct spell-to-points conversion.  Now, this is 324 base points as opposed by the Psion's measly 183... am I the only one that didn't realize this!?!  I mean it's like... well, really fricken' close to being just half of the number of powers per day as the generalist wizard has spells!I think I'm gonna do a level-by-level breakdown of the comparison and try to figure out how the Psion's power points should be adjusted, and at what levels, to make their manifesting at least in the ballpark of their Arcane and Divine spellcasting bretheren (whose spells still scale, so no arguing that a Wizard isn't using half of those spells when he reaches that level).Anyone got any comments on this?  Anyone want to tell me that I really messed up my calculations, and it all isn't really that bad?  (No really, please do!  I mean... if I messed up, and/or I'm just overreacting because I don't see some other balance issue, please, for the Gods' sake, tell me!  I need some sort of faith in the Psion restored...)</blockquote>

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