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<blockquote data-quote="Glade Riven" data-source="post: 5765686" data-attributes="member: 86468">No, just completly rewriting psionics. Most of the problems you are thinking of are solved by making them spell-like abilities. Fort, Ref, Will still come into play, and some powers will be vs. AC or CMD.&nbsp;Less variety in exchange for more usage. Saga has a recharge mechanic like 4e - wait a few minutes to catch your breath, and then powers restored. I do not want to use that. Too much like 4e. Saga also allows recharging via force points, so I'm adapting power points to be less like action/force points and more like ki points.&nbsp;Except concentration checks are not a skill in Pathfinder. That is a major difference between 3.5 and Pathfinder - you can't put skill points into it, you don't recieve the class skill bonus for putting ranks in it. The feat Combat Casting may play havok with it, but that is easy to work around. Glancing through the various Pathfinder books that I have, that's the only one that would play havok unless someone cross-classes into summoner.&nbsp;The real issue with the concentration check casting method is that Saga, like 4e, uses static defenses where as Pathfinder keeps the Fort, Ref, Will save system. I have a few ideas, but it is going to take some testing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glade Riven, post: 5765686, member: 86468"] No, just completly rewriting psionics. Most of the problems you are thinking of are solved by making them spell-like abilities. Fort, Ref, Will still come into play, and some powers will be vs. AC or CMD. Less variety in exchange for more usage. Saga has a recharge mechanic like 4e - wait a few minutes to catch your breath, and then powers restored.[I] I do not want to use that.[/I] Too much like 4e. Saga also allows recharging via force points, so I'm adapting power points to be less like action/force points and more like [I]ki[/I] points. Except concentration checks are [I]not a skill[/I] in Pathfinder. That is a major difference between 3.5 and Pathfinder - you can't put skill points into it, you don't recieve the class skill bonus for putting ranks in it. The feat [I]Combat Casting[/I] may play havok with it, but that is easy to work around. Glancing through the various Pathfinder books that I have, that's the only one that would play havok unless someone cross-classes into summoner. The real issue with the concentration check casting method is that Saga, like 4e, uses static defenses where as Pathfinder keeps the Fort, Ref, Will save system. I have a few ideas, but it is going to take some testing. [/QUOTE]

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