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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7063186" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>One of the strongest uses I can think of is to summon shadows using Mastery of Light and Darkness. Imagine you are on the other side of the door that leads to the BBEG (or just a tough fight) and you know this due to having used other abilities. You can summon up 6 shadows and send them under the door (Amorphous). Shadows don't have great accuracy, but with 6 attacks you'll probably land a few shots before they die, especially if they manage to surprise their target (they're fairly good at stealth), and that's -2.5 Str to the BBEG per hit. It's the perfect way to soften up a heavy hitter before the fight (less relevant against magic users unless you manage to zero out their Strength and outright kill them). A DM could declare that there is no 1 inch gap to squeeze through under the door, but it's unlikely that the DM will be able to put their BBEG in a hermetically sealed room every single time you encounter one. Frankly, this power probably needs to be looked at. There are plenty of otherwise hard fights that this could trivialize starting at 11th level...</p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>If you do need nova DPR, the Psychic Assault discipline's Psychic Blast is the way to go. A 60 foot cone that, when using all 11 pts from psionic mastery deals 18d8. That's not quite on par with Meteor Swarm, but it blows a 9th level fireball out of the water.</p><p></p><p>ANOTHER EDIT:</p><p>Psychic Phantoms' Phantom Foe is a good choice for sustained single target DPR. With all 11 pts, it deals 9d8 damage per round for up to a minute (admittedly, it's a gamble, since if the target makes their save they take nothing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7063186, member: 53980"] One of the strongest uses I can think of is to summon shadows using Mastery of Light and Darkness. Imagine you are on the other side of the door that leads to the BBEG (or just a tough fight) and you know this due to having used other abilities. You can summon up 6 shadows and send them under the door (Amorphous). Shadows don't have great accuracy, but with 6 attacks you'll probably land a few shots before they die, especially if they manage to surprise their target (they're fairly good at stealth), and that's -2.5 Str to the BBEG per hit. It's the perfect way to soften up a heavy hitter before the fight (less relevant against magic users unless you manage to zero out their Strength and outright kill them). A DM could declare that there is no 1 inch gap to squeeze through under the door, but it's unlikely that the DM will be able to put their BBEG in a hermetically sealed room every single time you encounter one. Frankly, this power probably needs to be looked at. There are plenty of otherwise hard fights that this could trivialize starting at 11th level... EDIT: If you do need nova DPR, the Psychic Assault discipline's Psychic Blast is the way to go. A 60 foot cone that, when using all 11 pts from psionic mastery deals 18d8. That's not quite on par with Meteor Swarm, but it blows a 9th level fireball out of the water. ANOTHER EDIT: Psychic Phantoms' Phantom Foe is a good choice for sustained single target DPR. With all 11 pts, it deals 9d8 damage per round for up to a minute (admittedly, it's a gamble, since if the target makes their save they take nothing). [/QUOTE]
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