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<blockquote data-quote="Immoralkickass" data-source="post: 7164013" data-attributes="member: 6864983"><p>My understanding of balance? Better than you to know that its not a cantrip. I'm starting to wonder if you even understand the class at all. Mystic's cantrips are Talents, and they are always separate from Disciplines.</p><p></p><p>Using the DMG as a guide is not wrong, but IMO the first thing you should do when judging the balance of something is the compare a similar existing version in the PHB/splatbook. This gives a better idea because even WoTC themselves don't really follow the guide. For example, a homebrew Iceball spell that deals 8d6 ice damage would be overpowered by DMG guideline standards, but if its just a ice version of the existing Fireball spell, how is it considered OP? </p><p></p><p>Someone has already done the math at reddit to prove that nerfing it to d6 would somewhat bring it in line with Magic Missiles, the original auto-hit spell in the PHB. Scroll down a bit to find the table. The scaling is a bit weird, as the d8 version would be quite similar to MM in the first 2 levels, but PB pulls ahead later on. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/5zhixe/the_psionic_handbook_tweaking_the_mystic_and/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/5zhixe/the_psionic_handbook_tweaking_the_mystic_and/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Immoralkickass, post: 7164013, member: 6864983"] My understanding of balance? Better than you to know that its not a cantrip. I'm starting to wonder if you even understand the class at all. Mystic's cantrips are Talents, and they are always separate from Disciplines. Using the DMG as a guide is not wrong, but IMO the first thing you should do when judging the balance of something is the compare a similar existing version in the PHB/splatbook. This gives a better idea because even WoTC themselves don't really follow the guide. For example, a homebrew Iceball spell that deals 8d6 ice damage would be overpowered by DMG guideline standards, but if its just a ice version of the existing Fireball spell, how is it considered OP? Someone has already done the math at reddit to prove that nerfing it to d6 would somewhat bring it in line with Magic Missiles, the original auto-hit spell in the PHB. Scroll down a bit to find the table. The scaling is a bit weird, as the d8 version would be quite similar to MM in the first 2 levels, but PB pulls ahead later on. [URL]https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/5zhixe/the_psionic_handbook_tweaking_the_mystic_and/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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