Psionic weapon

[Lord Pendragon]

The best precedent for comparison of mental to physical stats in the game is probably the conversion for travel on the Astral Plane, which... I can't sodding remember right now... :\

I agree, and believe that Steffan has listed the correlations used for travel on the Astral Plane, if memory serves (which sometimes it doesn't. )

The RAW is, indeed, simple. No Str 13, no Psionic Weapon. As a DM I'd House Rule it using the guidelines Steffan posted. As a player, I'd ask my DM whether he thought it was unbalanced to do the same in his game. Call it Incorporeal Psionic Weapon or something, and require Cha 13 instead of Str 13.

 

[Thanee]

Not related to the original post, but I think a much better analogy is:
Int = Dex (an agile mind)
Wis = Con (the stat used to resist things trying to affect you)
Cha = Str (the stat used to affect others)

That looks like it is done in Shadowrun.

Bye
Thanee