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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2263989" data-attributes="member: 2011">Ok, I just have to throw in my two cents before going to work for 3 hours and then getting off by my management to go see Star Wars (and then get the rest of the afternoon off, it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it <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=";)" /> ).Psions are powerful.But, this 3 to 4 encounter nonsense is just that for a challenging encounter. Nonsense.In a challenging encounter, it tends to be one encounter, sometimes two. Not 3. Not 4.One or two.This has repeatedly happened in our game since first level. I have an 8th level psion now, but just last week when she was still 7th level, she burned through all but 6 of her PP in a single combat (out of 56 PP).In this particular combat, she had already used up 21 PP that day, 7 PP for Inertial Armor that morning, 7 PP for Interial Armor that afternoon, 7 PP for Thicken Skin just before the encounter.Now granted, this was nearly 40% of her PP before going into combat, but even if she had not done that (i.e. buffing herself 24/7), she would have basically been limited to two encounters instead of one.Again, not three, not four.And, I am fairly conservative with my PP once in combat. I do a lot of 1 PP Entangling Ectoplasm type powers and she often uses her Psionic Meditation / Psion Weapon combo, especially against low AC foes (stunned, prone, flanked, etc.).However, crap happens in combat and I am often forced to use more PP. For example, Empathic Transfer to heal a seriously wounded ally. Or, Dimension Door to get out of a serious jam.All in all, I suspect that many in the "psions are broke" camp has not played them. It's hard to not use up most of your PP in a single encounter. For example, at 7th level, she could use up all of her PP in 8 rounds. Most of our combat run more than 8 rounds.Anyway, I'll add more to this discussion later on this evening.</blockquote>

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