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<blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 3526265" data-attributes="member: 16285">Good catch - my bad on classification of Energy Burst.But normally still is normally.Now since this power centers on the manifester that means that his targets must already be within 40 ft before he manifests.And as pointed out he will damage his allies. When a PC manages to outright kill 2 party members and damages 5 others (real large party which always makes running a game more difficult) and then damages all of the foes - well he already did more damage to the PCs then the foes probably would have before, (20% of resources expended per even EL encounter) - so doing the &quot;Heroes&quot; thing is real risky.Only the Cold version uses a Fort save the rest use a reflex for 1/2 damage so evasion and improved evasion apply - which means that a barbarian and rogue stand a real good chance of coming out very well on this deal.Since the radius centers from the manifester he will almost always (unless surrounded by party members willing to take a lot of damage from their &quot;friend&quot;) will have to manifest defensively or survive AoO from all threatening opponents.Good power but its damage to allies limits its situational advantage.I don't have access to my copy of Complete Psionic at the moment - did they &quot;nerf&quot; this power?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="irdeggman, post: 3526265, member: 16285"] Good catch - my bad on classification of Energy Burst. But normally still is normally. Now since this power centers on the manifester that means that his targets must already be within 40 ft before he manifests. And as pointed out he will damage his allies. When a PC manages to outright kill 2 party members and damages 5 others (real large party which always makes running a game more difficult) and then damages all of the foes - well he already did more damage to the PCs then the foes probably would have before, (20% of resources expended per even EL encounter) - so doing the "Heroes" thing is real risky. Only the Cold version uses a Fort save the rest use a reflex for 1/2 damage so evasion and improved evasion apply - which means that a barbarian and rogue stand a real good chance of coming out very well on this deal. Since the radius centers from the manifester he will almost always (unless surrounded by party members willing to take a lot of damage from their "friend") will have to manifest defensively or survive AoO from all threatening opponents. Good power but its damage to allies limits its situational advantage. I don't have access to my copy of Complete Psionic at the moment - did they "nerf" this power? [/QUOTE]

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