Please review this power!

[JLXC]

Flash
Discipline: (Psychokinesis) [Light]
Level: Psion 5
Display: Vi
Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Area/Target: Cone
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Power Resistance: No
Power Points: 9

A blinding flash affect all creatures that can are in the area of effect and can see you. They are stunned for 1 round/level and temporarily blinded for 1d4/level rounds, independently of HD.

Hadel Ionque on the WOTC boards posted this and I wanted to put it out to the masses, i.e. You, to see if you feel it is balanced before allowing it into my game. Please tell me what yo think.

 

[Lily Inverse]

What does it do?

 

[JLXC]

Flash
Discipline: (Psychokinesis) [Light]
Level: Psion 5
Display: Vi
Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Area/Target: Cone
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Power Resistance: No
Power Points: 9

A blinding flash affect all creatures that can are in the area of effect and can see you. They are stunned for 1 round/level and temporarily blinded for 1d4/level rounds, independently of HD.

I am sorry for the earlier error

 

[Plane Sailing]

Stunned for 1r/level is a death sentence. The only thing that I can think of that stuns for more than 1r is the Mind Blast power.

In fact I can't see the stun making sense in here.

I would have thought it would be better as merely blinding all targets in the cone for 5d4r, fort save to avoid - toughing it out (why Will save?)

Cheers

 

[JLXC]

Plane I didn't make the power, I'm trying to iron it out though.

Why not Fort? Why Will? I dunno. Seems most people are arguing Why is it not a Ref save?

So you feel it is overpowered as is? Cool.

Making a 5th level power that can blind for a few rounds in a cone is WEAK. I liked the Stun aspect of it, I just think it's overpowered. Any suggestions?

 

[gamecat]

Change from stunned rounds to one and a half as many dazed rounds, and you're good to go.

 

[Al]

I don't think it's overpowered. Using the parity between spells and powers, it quickly is demonstrated not to be excessive. After all, confusion is lower level and lasts for 1rd/level. Perhaps not as immediately deadly as stunning, but nearly as disruptive. A Chained Hold Person would be 5th level: the DC to save against is much lower, but the effects (held vs. stunned) are much much nastier. Feeblemind and Dominate Person affect a narrower category of people (one vs. a coneload) but the effects are very nasty indeed. Bear in mind that the 1st level Color Spray manages to stun for 1 round against those with high HD, making a 5th level power stun for 1 round seems virtually pathetic. I think it's pretty much balanced as written: if you really are still apprehensive, drop the stun to 1 round/2 levels.