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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2687455" data-attributes="member: 2011">Wizards only get Quicken Spell for spells they have prepped.Sorcerers do not get Quicken Spell unless they take Arcane Preparation. In that case, they only get Quicken Spell for spells they have prepped.Psions who take Schism and use it get Quicken Power every round with no prep.So, even Sorcerers cannot Quicken whatever they want on the fly. Psions can.For example, you could do Entangling Ectoplasm every round against medium sized opponents and still do something else major. Or you could put up a Force Screen and still do something else major. Or Skate and something else. And, that's at seventh level.At ninth level, you could do Concealing Amorpha, or Levitate, or Biofeedback.Spontaneous Quicken Power is potent.But, it's worse that that. The Quicken Power feat costs 6 extra PP every time it is used. Schism costs 7 extra PP on round one and then costs no extra PP for every power that you effectively Quicken.So at 7th level, using the Quicken Power feat at max PP and a second power at max PP yields a total PP expenditure of:Round 1: 14 PPRound 2: 28 PPRound 3: 42 PPRound 4: 56 PPRound 5: not enough PP to do it againSo at 7th level, using Schism for a level one power at max PP and a second power at max PP yields a total PP expenditure of:Round 1: 7 PPRound 2: 15 PPRound 3: 23 PPRound 4: 31 PPRound 5: 39 PPRound 6: 47 PPRound 7: 55 PP, Schism runs outYou got 7 rounds of "Quicken Power" for one more PP than 4 rounds of the actual Quicken Power feat.What's worse is that you can Schism and Quicken Power for a total of 3 powers per round.Plus, Schism is a defense against compulsion powers / spells.</blockquote>

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