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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erechel" data-source="post: 7055851" data-attributes="member: 6784868">In fact, I picked the disciplines at glance, as if I were a random, non optimized player. I have not a "build", only picked the ones that look interesting, as my stupid damage is pretty much covered by two disciplines (Brute Force and Bestial Form). Yes, I hate Adaptative Body. I've always said that. I hate it. The Focus mechanic is PROBLEMATIC, but I don't hate it, at least if it's limited in some way (like requiring a Short Rest to change it again); you wanted to discuss psychic focus only, ignoring everything else. The fact is that the Psychic focus is pretty much the best at-will that a character needs, and it's very easy to change it. Change it as a bonus action, but limit it to 1/short rest, and you will be actually talking about a balanced, and still useful, passive. You will be talking about options. Yes, it's easy to house rule it, but you wouldn't need to if it weren't broken. It's easy also to limit some of the AB abilities; make the AB psychic eat only half rations, and hold its breath for twice as much time, and sleep half as much, and you still will have a great survival focus. And as someone said earlier, previous cheese don't justify future cheese. The fact is that you need only a few disciplines to make a "Build" (I pretty much hate that word); and a stupid build is still pretty much powerful and abarcative. I've made a level 16th that way because it is an NPC based on an AD&D player character who played stupidly and random, wanting to punch everyone; and chose similar powers, but some of their former companions were super useful as dramatic villains, and other (a nasty Necromancer with very high stats) is a reluctant ally both to the actual party and the psion NPC. AS I said earlier, I've made a subpar character on purpose, to show how powerful and versatile it is even that way. If I could make something like that in a few minutes, someone who purposefully choose to "build" a powerful and versatile character could do it very quickly, and it will be very nasty.</blockquote>

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