Expanded Psionics Handbook

[Remathilis]

My original House Rule was

Con = Psychometabolic and Psychoportive
Int = Metacreative and Psychokinetic
Wis = Telepathy and Clairsentience

The other Problem with MAD was it inspired some selective Multiclassing (fighter/egoist, rogue/nomad, etc). The Skills choices concreted this, any almost anyone playing a physical Psion ended up picking up levels in a fighter/rogue because they could (not as much pain as say, fighter/sorcerer).

 

[Salthorae]

just curious

what is the MAD you guys keep refering to?

 

[Stalker0]

what is the MAD you guys keep refering to?

multiple ability dependence. ITs the fact that psions tended to need a lot of good scores if they wanted any kind of power diversity.

 

[Psiblade]

The removal of MAD goes a long way towards fixing problems with Psions. I also would not mind the removal of psionic combat. The wilder class looks interesting, but I also want to see how psions and psychic warriors are handled.

-Psiblade

 

[Seule]

It looks like psychic combat is out, as Mind Thrust is given as an example power... one which does 2d10 damage for 3 power points no less. The speculation is that that is non-lethal damage, and further speculation is that the power is 1st level, 1d10 damage, with an extra 1d10 per extra power point put in.
I couldn't be happier about the removal of a separate combat system, it was always clunky and unnecessary. There have been versions (skills and powers for example) where you on average hurt yourself more than your target, even if your attack worked!
I've removed psionic combat fro my game, and have never missed it.

--Seule

 

[Kesh]

I'm just wondering where the idea that Int was the primary stat came from. Everything I've read to this point implies that a Psion picks a specific class of powers (ie. Telepathy, Metacreativity, etc.). The primary stat for that set of powers becomes his primary stat for all powers. I've seen nothing to indicate that INT is the only stat that applies.

Wilders are the exception, as all their powers are based on CHA. But, they're not the same as Psions anyway.

 

[Lalato]

I'm just wondering where the idea that Int was the primary stat came from. Everything I've read to this point implies that a Psion picks a specific class of powers (ie. Telepathy, Metacreativity, etc.). The primary stat for that set of powers becomes his primary stat for all powers. I've seen nothing to indicate that INT is the only stat that applies.

Wilders are the exception, as all their powers are based on CHA. But, they're not the same as Psions anyway.

This is exactly the way I understood it would work. I'm also not sure where people are getting the idea that Int is the one and only stat for Psions.

--sam

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

Bruce Cordell confirmed that INT is the primary stat of psions over on the WOTC boards.

 

[Remathilis]

This is exactly the way I understood it would work. I'm also not sure where people are getting the idea that Int is the one and only stat for Psions.

--sam

Bruce Cordell Said Something Akin to this on the WotC board, IIRC. The article was a bit off.

Oh Well.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

Yea, the article was written by Bruce, but it wasn't very clear in that area. An email to Bruce from one of the guys over on WOTC cleared up the issue.