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<blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 57198" data-attributes="member: 308">This isn't a rant. Really it isn't. And I'm not looking for house rules to improve/degrade psionic combat. What I'm trying to do is understand the purpose of psionic combat.From my limited experience as a player, I've seen it used a couple of times, almost always by psychic monsters with unlimited uses per day to erode the PP of the psionic characters in the group. That makes a sort of limited sense, Mind Shield and Thought Blank only cost 1 PP to manifest and that won't run through their PPs very quickly. Mind Shield also gives a MH of 1, so it helps offset the stat damage that does leak through.The other use I've seen is Mind Blast as an AoE cone stunning swaths through the non-psychic.I haven't seen it used in a class vs class situation. Where a Psion attacks a Psychic Warrior or vice-versa. What I foresee is a the defender just drawing a weapon and smacking his target, running a race of hit points vs power points/stat points. Or using a genuine power to do damage instead of a weapon. Generally I think hit points'll run out first. Maybe I'm wrong.Has anyone seen a lot of psionic combat and have insight for me?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zhure, post: 57198, member: 308"] This isn't a rant. Really it isn't. And I'm not looking for house rules to improve/degrade psionic combat. What I'm trying to do is understand the purpose of psionic combat. From my limited experience as a player, I've seen it used a couple of times, almost always by psychic monsters with unlimited uses per day to erode the PP of the psionic characters in the group. That makes a sort of limited sense, Mind Shield and Thought Blank only cost 1 PP to manifest and that won't run through their PPs very quickly. Mind Shield also gives a MH of 1, so it helps offset the stat damage that does leak through. The other use I've seen is Mind Blast as an AoE cone stunning swaths through the non-psychic. I haven't seen it used in a class vs class situation. Where a Psion attacks a Psychic Warrior or vice-versa. What I foresee is a the defender just drawing a weapon and smacking his target, running a race of hit points vs power points/stat points. Or using a genuine power to do damage instead of a weapon. Generally I think hit points'll run out first. Maybe I'm wrong. Has anyone seen a lot of psionic combat and have insight for me? [/QUOTE]

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