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<blockquote data-quote="thegreatbuddha" data-source="post: 472960" data-attributes="member: 8595">Psions are divided into 6 subclasses, eah relating to one of the six ability scores.&nbsp; An Egoist derives his power from his strength score, treating it in the same way a wizard treats his Int score.&nbsp; Instead of bonus spell slots, he gains bonus PPs (the psionic equivalent).When i used body Fuel in my above example, I converted every ability point except strength (keeping 1 point in each other score) to gain PPs.&nbsp; Those additional PPs are turned into a bonus to my strength modifier via Psychofeedback (which has no cap).&nbsp; I do not gain any bonus PPs from the strength boost however, since my strength score does not increase.&nbsp; The modifier increases.&nbsp; My character sheet would look something like this:Ability&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ModifierStr 30&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; +123In addition, bonus PP are gained according to what the permanent ability score.&nbsp; temporary modifiers do not count (Note that a Bull's Strength that lasts more than 24 hours is considered permanent as long as it is in effect, IIRC).&nbsp; Also, the round after the Egoist performed his 1300 smackdown, his ability scores would look like thisAbility&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ModifierStr&nbsp; 30&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; +10Dex&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -5Con&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -5Int&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -5Wis&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -5Cha&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -5The psion would then regain lost ability points at the normal rate for temporary ability damage.&nbsp; As you can see, he is at a nearly insurmountable disadvantage for roughly a week, barring magical/psionic healing.Almost forgot.&nbsp; For those of you familiar with the variant rules in If Thoughts Could Kill, I did not use the alternate Power Point chart in that smackdown.&nbsp; There's enough extra PPs there to boost my strength score by 40 more points, which roughly translates into an additional 240 damage, making he total somewhere in the neighborhood of 1600 against an AC of 100 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="thegreatbuddha, post: 472960, member: 8595"] Psions are divided into 6 subclasses, eah relating to one of the six ability scores. An Egoist derives his power from his strength score, treating it in the same way a wizard treats his Int score. Instead of bonus spell slots, he gains bonus PPs (the psionic equivalent). When i used body Fuel in my above example, I converted every ability point except strength (keeping 1 point in each other score) to gain PPs. Those additional PPs are turned into a bonus to my strength modifier via Psychofeedback (which has no cap). I do not gain any bonus PPs from the strength boost however, since my strength score does not increase. The modifier increases. My character sheet would look something like this: Ability Modifier Str 30 +123 In addition, bonus PP are gained according to what the permanent ability score. temporary modifiers do not count (Note that a Bull's Strength that lasts more than 24 hours is considered permanent as long as it is in effect, IIRC). Also, the round after the Egoist performed his 1300 smackdown, his ability scores would look like this Ability Modifier Str 30 +10 Dex 1 -5 Con 1 -5 Int 1 -5 Wis 1 -5 Cha 1 -5 The psion would then regain lost ability points at the normal rate for temporary ability damage. As you can see, he is at a nearly insurmountable disadvantage for roughly a week, barring magical/psionic healing. Almost forgot. For those of you familiar with the variant rules in If Thoughts Could Kill, I did not use the alternate Power Point chart in that smackdown. There's enough extra PPs there to boost my strength score by 40 more points, which roughly translates into an additional 240 damage, making he total somewhere in the neighborhood of 1600 against an AC of 100 :D [/QUOTE]

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