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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SweeneyTodd" data-source="post: 1393162" data-attributes="member: 9391">I'm running something slightly similar (sort of D20Modern meets Dark*Matter meets Orpheus) and I use temporary ability damage (usually Wisdom) as the currency for using powers. It seems to work well if you want to encourage PCs to not rely heavily on their powers, and it sort of has that _Scanners_ or _Firestarter_ feel that a psionic can kick some butt but they'd better have a chance to rest afterwards because they're going to have a nosebleed and a nasty migrane.One idea would be to offer Feats or class abilities that give a 'buffer' of Wisdom points used only to spend on activating powers, and have different classes recover from this type of expenditure at a different rate. It works pretty well for my Projector class (modeled on Orpheus) because a projector out of their body will lose concentration and grasp on the real world the more they exert their ghostly powers. Skimmers (using yoga techniques) spend Wis fast and regain it fast, while Sleepers (projecting from cryogenic suspension tanks) have a large buffer but recover slowly.</blockquote>