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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2266220" data-attributes="member: 2011">Your question is irrelevant to my original point that she would have still been limited to two combats (instead of the three or four combats as some earlier posters claimed).You question also does not change the fact that she used up (and typically uses up) well over 50% of her PP in a single combat. I suspect that most psions do that as well unless they are really high level.You tell me. Is +10 to AC with no penalties to hit or skills or movement or fatigue better or worse than +5 to AC (e.g. chainmail or a breastplate) and a bunch of penalties?Do the math.Well, you play your way, I'll play mine.This character has only gone unconscious once from first level to eighth (and that was at second level and due to her fighting all of the bad guys by herself because the rest of the party was stuck 15 feet below her and then she jumped off the ledge when she ran out of PP and knocked herself out).The reason she does not go unconscious is that she took a lot of defensive powers.She has offensive powers and uses them, but every character has offense. Offense sometimes wins the day, but what typically wins the day is good tactics.This psion also has, on several occasions, helped take out the BBEG with Psionic Weapon and her Greatsword (on two occasions, she took out the BBEG all by herself with her sword). Now, she could use up feats or a level in another class acquiring armor, but that would limit her in other ways. And wearing armor without acquiring the feats for it would result in her rarely hitting with her sword.In fact, at earlier levels, she often did more damage with her Greatsword than most of the fighter types. And, she also used leather armor at lower levels and eventually, +1 Studded Leather armor. But, IA makes them look weak and she eventually gave her +1 Studded Leather to the Ranger/Barbarian.We have another Psion in the group who took 2 levels of Fighter and walks around in a magical breastplate and does not manifest Interial Armor.He too runs out of PP very quickly using your (according to you, superior wear armor) tactic. The difference is that his character has gone unconscious on multiple occasions (one major combat in three?) and mine has not. Personally, I think that my tactic is not only superior, but that the example I gave is fairly typical in that psions tend to use up well over half of their PP in a single challenging battle.PS. I do not always do 7 PP full Interial Armor, in fact, I mostly walk around with 1 PP Interial Armor up and then manifest a 7 PP one before going into combat, a dungeon, a ruin, whatever. But, we were in a threatening situation, so I had Interial Armor up 24/7.</blockquote>

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