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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 233662" data-attributes="member: 1165"> if Control Sound stops casting would a similar Control Smell/Control Light stop olfactory and visible displays and render the power useless?Displays aren't components, so if you stop a display (eg use Silence to stop an Au display), the psion can manifest the power normally. In fact, using Silence to hide an Au display is a valid tactic for a rogue/psion.(Of course, Silence will stop a Cone of Sound like it stops any other sonic effect.)Furthermore, the Ol display isn't a real scent, AFAIK, since the scent seems different to each person. It stimulates the olfactory center of your brain (the same way the Me display works). So if you were in a scent-free zone (special spell?) and you smell something, you know someone is using psionics with an Ol display.trying to compete with the mages in terms of damage-dealing is the best way to "blow all your PP in a single combat and be useless for the rest of the game.There are some feats that help you there. Even better, you can Trigger a low-level power (like Cone of Sound or Greater Concussion), apply metapsionic feats to it (like Overpower at the Mind's Eye) and blast your opponent. Usually you'll get to do it for free. (You can't take 10 with Trigger Power though, see errata v 2.0).Psions have a lot of useful low-level powers, like Time Hop, Displacement, Vigor (post-errata it's so sweet!), Ectoplasmic Cocoon, Fly, etc. And unlike a sorcerer, you aren't limited to slots.Or, you can blow your power points on high-level non-damaging powers like Displacement, Monster Domination, Mass Cocoon, or whatever. You can be more effective than a sorcerer if you do this.BTW a nomad can provide logistical support, but they can also use a ranged weapon. When you use Metaphysical Weapon on a crossbow and MW on a bolt, you get a pretty high attack bonus, which works well with your Dex. A halfling nomad could do the same thing with a sling and bullets.A Seer makes it difficult to surprise a party, and can use some of the low-level powers (Combat Prescience, for instance) to buff himself.Note that non-combat psions usually have a decent secondary stat (eg a 14) to use a combat-related discipline. For instance, one of my NPCs is a 9th-level dwarven Seer with Strength 14 and Con 15, so he can use Improved Biofeedback and Claws of the Vampire, and Inertial Barier.</blockquote>

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