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<blockquote data-quote="krupintupple" data-source="post: 4557523" data-attributes="member: 58300">i DM a campaign and i can tell you that until i starting considering the 'psion' question, i felt they were too powerful and really overshadowing the 'other' casters of the group.something that is paramount is ensuring that there are at least 3+ encounters a day; if a psion can unload fully augmented powers in one battle, knowing that it'll probably be his only one, he'll really 'go nova' and clean up. teach him to reserve his power points and he'll thank you later on. i find that being a non-melee class, psions tend to start buffing at the merest hint of trouble - exploit this once in a while to get them to part with a few power points, if you don't feel like tacking on a whole additional encounter or two.also, a sorcerer of the same level has a wider access, as well as uses. at the end of the day, the psion may be spent, but after about level 5, i've yet to encounter any competent sorcerer who's ever without spells at the end of the day - they just get so many uses that it's hard to run that tap dry.you've mentioned his high scores are con. and int., and the rest are poor? this means he'll be a prime target for touch attacks, grapples, trips or anything involving a reflex save. you don't want to punish him specifically for his choices, but when confronted with an augmented ego whip, everyone with cha. as a dump stat begins to cringe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krupintupple, post: 4557523, member: 58300"] i DM a campaign and i can tell you that until i starting considering the 'psion' question, i felt they were too powerful and really overshadowing the 'other' casters of the group. something that is paramount is ensuring that there are at least 3+ encounters a day; if a psion can unload fully augmented powers in one battle, knowing that it'll probably be his only one, he'll really 'go nova' and clean up. teach him to reserve his power points and he'll thank you later on. i find that being a non-melee class, psions tend to start buffing at the merest hint of trouble - exploit this once in a while to get them to part with a few power points, if you don't feel like tacking on a whole additional encounter or two. also, a sorcerer of the same level has a wider access, as well as uses. at the end of the day, the psion may be spent, but after about level 5, i've yet to encounter any competent sorcerer who's ever without spells at the end of the day - they just get so many uses that it's hard to run that tap dry. you've mentioned his high scores are con. and int., and the rest are poor? this means he'll be a prime target for touch attacks, grapples, trips or anything involving a reflex save. you don't want to punish him specifically for his choices, but when confronted with an augmented ego whip, everyone with cha. as a dump stat begins to cringe. [/QUOTE]

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