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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sorren" data-source="post: 1751085" data-attributes="member: 20920">Exactly.If it doesn't cause problems, it isn't a problem itself.Simple calling it broken doesn't make it true.Has anyone actually had a problem with a psion in the group? Did it detract from the game? Was the sorcerer's player bitter?Here's a good one...Was he bitter because the psion was more powerful, or because it was a new and interesting class that did things differently.Check out this scenerio:Party consists of a fighter, cleric, rogue, and wizard When played from 1st level, the players are used to 12 points of damage to a single enemy being a good hit. When 5th level rolls around, and that first fireball goes off, everyone is jazzed. *BOOM* Look at the power!Now do they start screaming that the wizard is unbalanced? No. It's expected, but it's still a little shocking to see the wizard obliterate several enemies at once where previously he wasn't that effective. Now, same party, but with a psion instead of a wizard.Psion slings a fully augmented energy missle for the first time. *BOOM* Look at the power!Now do they start screaming that the psion is unbalanced? Maybe. They've never seen the psion before, it's new, and that much power is as much of a shock when seen for the first time. I think it's a matter of perspective. Psionics are different. When I first saw Energy Missle and Mind Thrust, I assumed they were a mistake. Surelly this would be errataed.Then I played with them as written. Not a problem. Psions are just different, no more of less powerful in the grand scheme of things, just different. They fill a different roll than the sorcerer. They hit hard and fast, and then they're done. Is that unbalanced? In a typical encounter, if the psions does 30 points of damage one round, and 0 the next, is that unbalanced compared to the sorcerer who does 20 points the first round, and 20 points the next?I don't think so. It's just different.I mean sure, sometimes you need to do damage fast. The psion is your man. Sometimes you need long lasting spellcasting, the sorcerer is your man. You don't ask a fighter to solve your social challenges. You don't ask the bard to be your front line fighter. Don't ask the psion to be a sorcerer, and don't ask the sorcerer to be a psion.</blockquote>

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