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<blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 231138" data-attributes="member: 1622">I'm thinking of being a halfling Psion in a campaign that's coming up.&nbsp; However, looking at what they get, it seems like past the first few levels, you need to have every stat at some ridiculously high number or you get no variety in your choice of powers.Let me explain:Sorcerer - everything is based on Cha.&nbsp; That one stat determines level of spells he can cast and what the DC is on all of them.Psion - approximately 1/6 of all powers are based on each stat.&nbsp; DCs are based on the appropriate stat, as is the level of power you can take.Using 32 point buy (a pretty decent number of points in any campaign) Sorcerer:&nbsp; Str 10, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 18Gets +4 to all DCs, can get up to 8th level spells (and 9th with just a single stat raise).Now the same stats for a Psion:Gets +4 DC to Telepathy powers, +2 for two others, +1 to two others, and can't manifest powers in the last.&nbsp; Is restricted to 4th level powers in two disciplines and second level powers in two others.&nbsp; Above 4th, he can *only* take powers from Telepathy.This seems terribly unbalanced.&nbsp; A Psion more than any other class, even monks and paladins, needs every single stat to be good.&nbsp;&nbsp; They even mention that it in the book.&nbsp; So my question is, for those of you who have played Psions, how much of a restriction is this?&nbsp; How well do they work in your campaigns?&nbsp; I'm going to be in a party of about 6 players, fairly hack and slash, say around 75%, getting the equivalent of 30 point buy, more or less.Thanks,-The Souljourner</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Souljourner, post: 231138, member: 1622"] I'm thinking of being a halfling Psion in a campaign that's coming up. However, looking at what they get, it seems like past the first few levels, you need to have every stat at some ridiculously high number or you get no variety in your choice of powers. Let me explain: Sorcerer - everything is based on Cha. That one stat determines level of spells he can cast and what the DC is on all of them. Psion - approximately 1/6 of all powers are based on each stat. DCs are based on the appropriate stat, as is the level of power you can take. Using 32 point buy (a pretty decent number of points in any campaign) Sorcerer: Str 10, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 18 Gets +4 to all DCs, can get up to 8th level spells (and 9th with just a single stat raise). Now the same stats for a Psion: Gets +4 DC to Telepathy powers, +2 for two others, +1 to two others, and can't manifest powers in the last. Is restricted to 4th level powers in two disciplines and second level powers in two others. Above 4th, he can *only* take powers from Telepathy. This seems terribly unbalanced. A Psion more than any other class, even monks and paladins, needs every single stat to be good. They even mention that it in the book. So my question is, for those of you who have played Psions, how much of a restriction is this? How well do they work in your campaigns? I'm going to be in a party of about 6 players, fairly hack and slash, say around 75%, getting the equivalent of 30 point buy, more or less. Thanks, -The Souljourner [/QUOTE]

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