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<blockquote data-quote="Machiavelli" data-source="post: 4001665" data-attributes="member: 40964">Hm.&nbsp; You're emphasizing maintaining focus, while I'm emphasizing expending focus then providing a time-limited means to easily refocus.&nbsp; Your emphasis involves class features potentially layering multiple reasons for maintaining focus, while mine encourages defocusing by making the refocus simple.&nbsp; I rather like your emphasis, Nifft, but a nice mixture could be nice.&nbsp; Using your basic class format (making attunement an advancing, improving ability instead of a decreasingly time-limited but otherwise static ability) which seems like the smarter way to go, I'd like to add reasons to go ahead and expend that focus.&nbsp; I know that Psionic Shot/Weapon/Fist, Greater Psionic S/W/F, Deep Impact(et al), and Invest/Energize Armor exist.&nbsp; Still, non-feat means of encouraging defocusing would be nice.Oh!&nbsp; Spontaneous idea:I was just thinking that the manifester level should be cut in half or otherwise delayed, since the powers are NOT the emphasis of this class.&nbsp; To re-boost the manifester level of course Practiced Manifester helps nicely.&nbsp; Overchannel isn't bad, either, but it could be offered as a bonus feat, along with &quot;Talented&quot;.&nbsp; The powers are then relegated to lower emphasis, but can be elevated artificially by temporarily sacrificing psionic focus and its attendant benefits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Machiavelli, post: 4001665, member: 40964"] Hm. You're emphasizing maintaining focus, while I'm emphasizing expending focus then providing a time-limited means to easily refocus. Your emphasis involves class features potentially layering multiple reasons for maintaining focus, while mine encourages defocusing by making the refocus simple. I rather like your emphasis, Nifft, but a nice mixture could be nice. Using your basic class format (making attunement an advancing, improving ability instead of a decreasingly time-limited but otherwise static ability) which seems like the smarter way to go, I'd like to add reasons to go ahead and expend that focus. I know that Psionic Shot/Weapon/Fist, Greater Psionic S/W/F, Deep Impact(et al), and Invest/Energize Armor exist. Still, non-feat means of encouraging defocusing would be nice. Oh! Spontaneous idea: I was just thinking that the manifester level should be cut in half or otherwise delayed, since the powers are NOT the emphasis of this class. To re-boost the manifester level of course Practiced Manifester helps nicely. Overchannel isn't bad, either, but it could be offered as a bonus feat, along with "Talented". The powers are then relegated to lower emphasis, but can be elevated artificially by temporarily sacrificing psionic focus and its attendant benefits. [/QUOTE]

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