Rules for Scaling Psionic Powers?

[malichai]

I'm not sure if the House Rules forum is the right place for this question, but I'm pretty sure that sometime within the last couple years I found some good rules for scaling psionic powers, and I thought they were from Monte Cook or Bruce Cordell. Not sure if they were online or in a book. If I remember correctly, they featured spending more power points to get more damage dice. I even remember this neat little chart. I just can't find that chart again.

 

[Staffan]

The rule is originally from a website somewhere, and first saw print in If Thoughts Could Kill (where Bruce did credit said website, but I can't recall what it was). Basically, pay one more PP for one more die of damage, to a maximum of either one die per level or one less than that (can't recall which) as well as a maximum of +5 dice. This extra cost is separate from metamagic costs, so a 12th level psion could manifest a Maximized (+6 PP) Wildfire (5 PP base) with an additional five dice of damage (+5 PP).

I also think there's some stuff that prevents it from working on continuous damage-stuff (e.g. bioelectricity), but I'm not sure.

 

[Plane Sailing]

You may be interested in the rules which I created for scaling of psion powers, which can be found on my website here

http://www.starguild.freeserve.co.uk/frp/3ednd_psionics.htm

 

[Felikeries]

the key to new psionics that Dm's throw about is hp damage to player to use,and or relative scaling of -1,-2,-4,-5 to make psionic and still hp damage just for trying

the only reason excessive psionics should take place is for a temporary psionist to have the ability for say 1 level,or some cache of strange items that cast psionic powers

if you want more damage for level or difficulty reasons take away hp for making the psionic attack