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<blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 1563417" data-attributes="member: 1543"><p>You have the augmentation details a little messed up. First off, the cost you pay for the power is counted towards the same maximum as the augmentation. A 4th level power costs 7 power points, and a 10th level manifester can spend a maximum of 10 points per manifestation. The important part of all that is that the augmentation is only for 3 points; for most powers, the base power plus augmentation will deal 1d6 damage per power point you spend (i.e. 1d6 per manifester level). Every 1 power point increases the damage by 1d6, but the DC only increases for every 2 power points. In the case you made, the third power point adds another damage die, but no DC.</p><p></p><p>The DC calculation is as follows (for the most common powers): 10 + key stat + effective power level. 10 + 6[int] + 5[4 base + 1 augmentation]. Spending 10 power points is the same as a level 5 power, and as you can see, the DC is the same as a level 5 spell. The examples that are being given for powers that augment at +1DC/pp are probably typos, and only 2 powers in the whole book have that typo.</p><p></p><p>By design, augmentation raises the DC because when a psion scales his power, he is paying the same "slot" as a higher level power would cost. But the DC is never higher than a spell of equivalent level (except in the aforementioned probable typo cases).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nameless, post: 1563417, member: 1543"] You have the augmentation details a little messed up. First off, the cost you pay for the power is counted towards the same maximum as the augmentation. A 4th level power costs 7 power points, and a 10th level manifester can spend a maximum of 10 points per manifestation. The important part of all that is that the augmentation is only for 3 points; for most powers, the base power plus augmentation will deal 1d6 damage per power point you spend (i.e. 1d6 per manifester level). Every 1 power point increases the damage by 1d6, but the DC only increases for every 2 power points. In the case you made, the third power point adds another damage die, but no DC. The DC calculation is as follows (for the most common powers): 10 + key stat + effective power level. 10 + 6[int] + 5[4 base + 1 augmentation]. Spending 10 power points is the same as a level 5 power, and as you can see, the DC is the same as a level 5 spell. The examples that are being given for powers that augment at +1DC/pp are probably typos, and only 2 powers in the whole book have that typo. By design, augmentation raises the DC because when a psion scales his power, he is paying the same "slot" as a higher level power would cost. But the DC is never higher than a spell of equivalent level (except in the aforementioned probable typo cases). [/QUOTE]
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