Unbalanced Powers in the Expanded Psi Handbook?

[Kunimatyu]

Alright, for the first time since I started gaming, I'm allowing psionic characters in my next campaign. I've read the XPH fairly thoroughly, though I've only skimmed most of the power descriptions.

What XPH powers should I watch out for as a DM?

I'd prefer to have some advanced warning before the Psionic Glitterdusts start showing up. (for those of you wondering why I've singled out Glitterdust as an example, it's a 2nd level area-effect spell that doesn't allow SR, requires a Will save instead of a Fort save to blind, and can blind constructs/undead/elementals. Oh, and it makes invisible critters show up too, all for a 2nd-level spell)

 

[Rystil Arden]

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[Thanee]

If you are worried about Glitterdust, then the XPH is nothing for you.

Besides, there is a thread about this already in the rules forum.

And you can check it all out yourself, too, as it is part of the SRD.

Have a deep look at the XPH

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Thanee

 

[3d6]

If you're really worried about glitterdust, then everything in the PHB and XPH except for Dodge and Toughness is overpowered.

More seriously, dispel psionics, energy missile, and energy stun are problematic, all becuase they have strange augmentations.

Dispel psionics seems to have a typo, it says "for every additional power point you spend, the bonus on your dispel check increases by 2 (to a maximum bonus of +20 for a 5-point expenditure)", and should almost certainly say "for every additional power point you spend, the maximum bonus on your dispel check increases by 2 (to a maximum bonus of +20 for a 5-point expenditure)."

Energy missile and energy stun have a DC that increases by 1 for every additional power point spent; this should probably be an increase of 1 for every two additional power points spent.

Finally, there are probably too many psionic power that grant additional actions or powers per round. Schism, temporal acceleration, fission, metamorphosis /w Metamorphic Transfer, greater metamorphosis and hustle all grant extra actions in one way or another. I'd probably consider removing all of them except for temporal acceleration and hustle, which have not been problematic in my campaigns.

 

[Psion]

Energy missile tops my list.

Some worry about psychic reformation, but I think it's much ado about very little.

Also, I've seen no small amount of worrying over hostile empathic transfer, but if you actually playtest it for a bit, you will soon discover that it's not all it's cracked up to be.

 

[Bront]

I made a thread about this subject already you might find interesting in the rules section.

Psionics Integration/Balance