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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 2154479" data-attributes="member: 478">If you make a reasonable comparison, you'll see, that a Psion knows much more than a Sorcerer by then, effectively.Sure, simply adding up all the spells/powers will lead to those numbers, but they have very little meaning. Now take a look at this comparison:Spell/Power Level --- Sorcerer --- Psion0th --- 9 --- 1 (one 1st level power spent on Detect Psionics)1st --- 5 --- 42nd --- 5 --- 4+3rd --- 4 --- 4+4th --- 4 --- 4++5th --- 4 --- 4++6th --- 3 --- 3+++7th --- 3 --- 3+++8th --- 3 --- 3++++9th --- 3 --- 6++++So, the Sorcerer has (ignoring augmentation) eight additional 0th level, one additional 1st level and one additional 2nd level spell, while the Psion has three additional 9th level powers. That alone is already an advantage for the Psion, since the higher levels are worth far more than the lower levels!Now, if we include augmentation (the "+" behind the numbers), there are plenty powers, which via augmention can be turned into greater versions of themselves (i.e. Astral Construct, all Energy powers, or Psionic Suggestion). These must all be considered as seperate "spells known" in such a comparison, increasing the numbers drastically in the higher levels.These are maximum level choices for the Psion, in some occasions it might be necessary to choose a lower level power instead of a higher one (especially with all those 9th level picks), but that won't make a big difference, it'll only be very few such choices for sure.Of course, however, one shall not forget, that the Sorcerer does have a better selection and the Psion is more limited by the discipline lists, but comparing spells known to powers known only, the Psion easily wins out by factor ~2.Anyways, that's how the 36 compare to the 43 - the 36 is worth up to twice as much. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />ByeThanee</blockquote>

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