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Is the Psion class balanced?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scion" data-source="post: 2723867" data-attributes="member: 5777"><p>And apparently does.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No caster types like to be in a grapple. Psions do have an easier time of it.</p><p></p><p>Although I personally consider this an issue with other caster types having a problem that they need to work on.</p><p></p><p>Grappling itself is kindof wonky though.. most creatures, even those designed for it, are better off 'not' grappling except in special circumstances, especially against a party.Typically it cuts down how many attacks they get to make and makes them more vulnerable to attack, plus not everyone is overly hindered by it to begin with.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which, given its low level and the havock it can play with the system, is a broken spell. Fix the spell.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, this is a rather large detriment to the psion <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Where the wizard usually gets to pay a bit of gold for a focus or component the psion has to burn something much more precious: exp.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which of course actually makes energy abilities useful.</p><p></p><p>Bad players! trying to be useful and making viable builds instead of feeling worthless and giving up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At cost, along with it being easier for the other caster types to do consistantly with feats.</p><p></p><p>Not all powers even augment, of those not all augment well, of those not all augment dcs, and of those that do augment dcs some do it very slowly.</p><p></p><p>The other caster types could also heighten for increased dcs and other benefits also.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At the expense of versitility (in the case of the wizard and cleric) or durability (in the case of the specialist wizard, sorcerer, or cleric).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Assuming that this is true there are still way, way more in the magic side of the equation.. but apparently that is ok.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep. There are counterarguements all over for what you have put up, and likely for most everything you have not.</p><p></p><p>One has to look at the system as a whole and how interactions work. Taking things too far out of context can make anything look strange.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scion, post: 2723867, member: 5777"] And apparently does. No caster types like to be in a grapple. Psions do have an easier time of it. Although I personally consider this an issue with other caster types having a problem that they need to work on. Grappling itself is kindof wonky though.. most creatures, even those designed for it, are better off 'not' grappling except in special circumstances, especially against a party.Typically it cuts down how many attacks they get to make and makes them more vulnerable to attack, plus not everyone is overly hindered by it to begin with. Which, given its low level and the havock it can play with the system, is a broken spell. Fix the spell. Yes, this is a rather large detriment to the psion :( Where the wizard usually gets to pay a bit of gold for a focus or component the psion has to burn something much more precious: exp. Which of course actually makes energy abilities useful. Bad players! trying to be useful and making viable builds instead of feeling worthless and giving up. At cost, along with it being easier for the other caster types to do consistantly with feats. Not all powers even augment, of those not all augment well, of those not all augment dcs, and of those that do augment dcs some do it very slowly. The other caster types could also heighten for increased dcs and other benefits also. At the expense of versitility (in the case of the wizard and cleric) or durability (in the case of the specialist wizard, sorcerer, or cleric). Assuming that this is true there are still way, way more in the magic side of the equation.. but apparently that is ok. Yep. There are counterarguements all over for what you have put up, and likely for most everything you have not. One has to look at the system as a whole and how interactions work. Taking things too far out of context can make anything look strange. [/QUOTE]
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