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<blockquote data-quote="Majere" data-source="post: 1757924" data-attributes="member: 13916"><p>To refer to the first point.</p><p>From the post comparing pure HP damage the sorcerer outperforms the psion.</p><p>This would be made up for by the psions better selection of spells feats etc. While the level is certainly one that gives the advantage to the psion as scaling is at a cap, the sorcerer doesnt have his 6th level spells yet which is a fairly big disadvantage.</p><p>Maybe the two arent completely balanced, but certainly I hope you will admit that so far the evidence seems to suggest a better level of equity that one might have assumed from just reading how psions work on paper.</p><p></p><p>As to the second point</p><p>I would assume that IF the psi hb was play tested, it would have been tested against arcane casters with free acess to magic items in the DMG. Thus it is not unfair to allow casters the meta magic rods.</p><p>Maybe they are the missing link in how to balance the differing clases ?</p><p></p><p>I say</p><p>POST MORE CHARACTERS</p><p>Because Im certainly learning more with every post <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=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I would be intereted to see how an arcane caster using spells like dominate or disintigrate would fare against the domination Psion.</p><p></p><p>Majere</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majere, post: 1757924, member: 13916"] To refer to the first point. From the post comparing pure HP damage the sorcerer outperforms the psion. This would be made up for by the psions better selection of spells feats etc. While the level is certainly one that gives the advantage to the psion as scaling is at a cap, the sorcerer doesnt have his 6th level spells yet which is a fairly big disadvantage. Maybe the two arent completely balanced, but certainly I hope you will admit that so far the evidence seems to suggest a better level of equity that one might have assumed from just reading how psions work on paper. As to the second point I would assume that IF the psi hb was play tested, it would have been tested against arcane casters with free acess to magic items in the DMG. Thus it is not unfair to allow casters the meta magic rods. Maybe they are the missing link in how to balance the differing clases ? I say POST MORE CHARACTERS Because Im certainly learning more with every post ;) I would be intereted to see how an arcane caster using spells like dominate or disintigrate would fare against the domination Psion. Majere [/QUOTE]
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