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<blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 15235" data-attributes="member: 1190">I did something similar.&nbsp; I replaced psionic combat with bonus feats and did away with it completely.&nbsp; My reasoning was this:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">psionic combat only comes into play in a psi heavy game.&nbsp; When I played Dark Sun I used psionic combat all the time but I don't think I have ever used it since. 
I agree that all in all, psionic combat hurts the psions more than anyone else.&nbsp; Sorcerers have no real way of destroying another sorcerer's ability to cast spells.&nbsp; I don't think psions should either. 
I felt like they were left in as a &quot;sacred cow&quot; because they had been there in the back of the 1e PHB.&nbsp; They don't match the system at all.&nbsp; The are the one part of the PsHB that I can think of not meshing. 
None of my players who play psions ever remember to use them.&nbsp; Not that I can blame them.&nbsp; They don't really know until its too late whether a target is psionic.&nbsp; Once they know that, there are generally more important things to do than mental sparing. 
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If psionic combat was going to be left in, I think it should have been as a simple, unified system, especially if I could be transfered over to work for wizards &amp; sorcerers with ease--much like the psionics system was changed to fit with the existing spell system. 
 
That's just my .02. 
DreamChaser</li>
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[QUOTE="DreamChaser, post: 15235, member: 1190"] I did something similar. I replaced psionic combat with bonus feats and did away with it completely. My reasoning was this: [list=1]psionic combat only comes into play in a psi heavy game. When I played Dark Sun I used psionic combat all the time but I don't think I have ever used it since. I agree that all in all, psionic combat hurts the psions more than anyone else. Sorcerers have no real way of destroying another sorcerer's ability to cast spells. I don't think psions should either. I felt like they were left in as a "sacred cow" because they had been there in the back of the 1e PHB. They don't match the system at all. The are the one part of the PsHB that I can think of not meshing. None of my players who play psions ever remember to use them. Not that I can blame them. They don't really know until its too late whether a target is psionic. Once they know that, there are generally more important things to do than mental sparing. [/list=1] If psionic combat was going to be left in, I think it should have been as a simple, unified system, especially if I could be transfered over to work for wizards & sorcerers with ease--much like the psionics system was changed to fit with the existing spell system. That's just my .02. DreamChaser[/list] [/QUOTE]

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