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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdweller" data-source="post: 2269912" data-attributes="member: 14563"><p>Few issues and minor quibbles.</p><p></p><p> I personally have some issues with your reasoning in this matter. While psions do in fact get more uses of their higher-level powers, psionic power progression doesn't quite follow the "exponential increase" that spells are reputed to have. Many of the staple, and better powers are actually lower level...which sort of works from a balance perspective because of the whole augmentation ruleset.</p><p></p><p> While certainly inefficient against multiple opponents, and while the presence of a save is pretty nasty, Cloud Mind also has some HUGE advantages over Invisibility: It affects hearing as well, and cannot be defeated by some of the more traditional means of finding an invisible enemy.</p><p></p><p> You might want to check the errata on this one. Psionic Domination can now be augmented to give the day per level duration without the requirement of concentration.</p><p></p><p> Indeed. Which is a great source of misconception about many different aspects of D&D. Simply because a class, or spell, or what-have-you, is more powerful than what is offered by any other does NOT make it inherently unbalanced.</p><p></p><p>Although I can say I don't especially care for the FLAVOR of having psions be more powerful blasters than arcane casters (seeing as how at one time, that was supposed to be the arcane casters' archtypical strength).</p><p></p><p>Edit: Formatting error</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowdweller, post: 2269912, member: 14563"] Few issues and minor quibbles. I personally have some issues with your reasoning in this matter. While psions do in fact get more uses of their higher-level powers, psionic power progression doesn't quite follow the "exponential increase" that spells are reputed to have. Many of the staple, and better powers are actually lower level...which sort of works from a balance perspective because of the whole augmentation ruleset. While certainly inefficient against multiple opponents, and while the presence of a save is pretty nasty, Cloud Mind also has some HUGE advantages over Invisibility: It affects hearing as well, and cannot be defeated by some of the more traditional means of finding an invisible enemy. You might want to check the errata on this one. Psionic Domination can now be augmented to give the day per level duration without the requirement of concentration. Indeed. Which is a great source of misconception about many different aspects of D&D. Simply because a class, or spell, or what-have-you, is more powerful than what is offered by any other does NOT make it inherently unbalanced. Although I can say I don't especially care for the FLAVOR of having psions be more powerful blasters than arcane casters (seeing as how at one time, that was supposed to be the arcane casters' archtypical strength). Edit: Formatting error [/QUOTE]
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