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<blockquote data-quote="Faerl'Elghinn" data-source="post: 3307910" data-attributes="member: 17810">Metamind?!?I find it funny that your DM will allow the Metamind and not the Abjurant Champion--apparently he/she is not filtering out PRCs based on power level.&nbsp; Although the Abjurant Champion is a fairly powerful class, a Kineticist 5/Metamind 10 is capable of dealing an absurd amount of damage with a single power.&nbsp; While they do trade manifester levels for their free manifestation ability, a 10th-level manifester (with Overchannel) is capable of augmenting energy current for 8d6 (+4 save DC = 19 + int mod) while also applying&nbsp; Maximize Power for a total of (17x6) 102 points of damage to a single enemy and half that amount to a second each round for 1 round/level.&nbsp; With either fire or cold, that damage becomes a disgusting 119 points of damage at 15th level...&nbsp; Granted, this option can only be used once per day, but the Metamind can also freely manifest 3rd- and 4th-level powers once per day each and 1st- and 2nd-level powers thrice per day each in addition to the powers he or she can manifest normally.Given the choices, I would forego the whole Sorcerer thing and play either a straight Psion or a Psion/Metamind without question.&nbsp; IMO, most Psions are strictly more powerful than arcane casters.&nbsp; In fact, when I showed the Expanded Psionics Handbook to my playgroup, the general consensus was that--while very cool--everything but the Soulknife was ridiculously overpowered when put into the wrong hands (i.e., those of anyone in our playgroup).&nbsp; The ability to scale 1st-level powers to rival 9th-level powers in effectiveness just seems somehow inherently bah-roken...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faerl'Elghinn, post: 3307910, member: 17810"] [b]Metamind?!?[/b] I find it funny that your DM will allow the Metamind and not the Abjurant Champion--apparently he/she is not filtering out PRCs based on power level. Although the Abjurant Champion is a fairly powerful class, a Kineticist 5/Metamind 10 is capable of dealing an absurd amount of damage with a single power. While they do trade manifester levels for their free manifestation ability, a 10th-level manifester (with Overchannel) is capable of augmenting [i]energy current[/i] for 8d6 (+4 save DC = 19 + int mod) while also applying Maximize Power for a total of (17x6) [B]102[/B] points of damage to a single enemy and half that amount to a second each round for 1 round/level. With either fire or cold, that damage becomes a disgusting 119 points of damage at 15th level... Granted, this option can only be used once per day, but the Metamind can also freely manifest 3rd- and 4th-level powers once per day each and 1st- and 2nd-level powers thrice per day each in addition to the powers he or she can manifest normally. Given the choices, I would forego the whole Sorcerer thing and play either a straight Psion or a Psion/Metamind without question. IMO, most Psions are strictly more powerful than arcane casters. In fact, when I showed the [i]Expanded Psionics Handbook[/i] to my playgroup, the general consensus was that--while very cool--everything but the Soulknife was ridiculously overpowered when put into the wrong hands (i.e., those of anyone in our playgroup). The ability to scale 1st-level powers to rival 9th-level powers in effectiveness just seems somehow inherently bah-roken... [/QUOTE]

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