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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3016278" data-attributes="member: 13966">Psionics are not lessened in their healing effect upon Warforged.Psionic powers are not like spells.  They are stated as being psi-like abilities, which are themselves described as being similar to spell-like abilities.  Therefore the Warforged healing restrictions do not apply regarding psionic healing (unless it comes from some odd supernatural psionic ability).Eberron was produced with psionics integrated into it.  I have no doubt that if they meant for psionic healing to be less effective on Warforged, it would have been specifically called-out in the Warforged description.  Instead the description only mentions spells of the healing subschool and supernatural abilities.  Nowhere does it say 'spells and powers' and nowhere does it mention spell-like or psi-like abilities.Psionic healing does not channel positive energy.  Also, note that psionic healing only works on the individual who manifests it; a Warforged normally must take psionic class levels and learn a power like Body Adjustment in order to heal themselves psionically.Further, note that Body Adjustment is a 3rd level power for psions/wilders and 2nd level for psychic warriors; it only heals 1d12 HP, +1d12 more per 2 power points spent on augmentation (and remember the limitation of spending no more than your manifester level in power points on any single manifestation).  A 6th-level Warforged Psion could, with one of their few 3rd-level powers known, heal themselves of 1d12 damage (7 dmg avg) for 5 power points (equivalent to a 3rd-level spell slot in cost), or 2d12 damage (13 dmg avg) for 7 power points if overchanneling that at the cost 1d8 HP and a feat (and also equivalent to a 4th-level spell slot in cost; but these are a steep price just to heal 1d12 more HP).  Compare to a 6th-level Warforged Cleric casting Cure Serious Wounds on himself; that WC would heal 3d8+6 damage (20 dmg avg), reduced to approximately 1.5d8+3 damage (9 dmg avg).  But it would always only cost the WC a 3rd-level slot, whereas the WP would need to spend a 4th-level slot's value in power points just to get an equal or slightly superior benefit on average (plus the WP would only be able to heal themselves; the WC could heal other folks instead and give those others twice the amount of healing).</blockquote>

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