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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7694208" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>Well, it's not that one sentence. </p><p></p><p>You don't get to start a discussion (way back <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?476818-Unearthed-Arcana-Psionics-and-Mystics-Take-Two&p=6818776&viewfull=1#post6818776" target="_blank">on the 8th</a> if I trace the discussion correctly) and then ask us to ignore a single sentence and "then move on" when there are serious inaccuracies showing through your argument. </p><p></p><p>Yes, psionic characters can (and should) get especially strong spells of a certain level within their area of expertise, just like "blasty classes" get the juiciest 3rd level evocations.</p><p></p><p>But that should not overshadow a fundamental principle of all of D&D that holds true to this day: if you know nothing of a spell's power level, the first and most useful parameter to learn is the spell's level.</p><p></p><p>This leads to the fact that half-classes and one-thirds-classes will always have weak spells, relatively speaking. (A perfectly used level 1 spell can still decide an entire combat. This doesn't mean the notion of spell level is useless.)</p><p></p><p>So when Hussar told you that certain psionic effects were too good for the equivalent of a 1st spell level slot; please listen to him and agree the psion needs to spend more spell points for the effect.</p><p></p><p>(I really haven't scoured the entire discussion, I could have read you and others wrongly, and I certainly don't want to bring it all back up; I just need you to stand for what you have written instead of dismissing our concerns by conceding on individual points and then asking us to "move on")</p><p></p><p>regards,</p><p>Zapp</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7694208, member: 12731"] Well, it's not that one sentence. You don't get to start a discussion (way back [url="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?476818-Unearthed-Arcana-Psionics-and-Mystics-Take-Two&p=6818776&viewfull=1#post6818776"]on the 8th[/url] if I trace the discussion correctly) and then ask us to ignore a single sentence and "then move on" when there are serious inaccuracies showing through your argument. Yes, psionic characters can (and should) get especially strong spells of a certain level within their area of expertise, just like "blasty classes" get the juiciest 3rd level evocations. But that should not overshadow a fundamental principle of all of D&D that holds true to this day: if you know nothing of a spell's power level, the first and most useful parameter to learn is the spell's level. This leads to the fact that half-classes and one-thirds-classes will always have weak spells, relatively speaking. (A perfectly used level 1 spell can still decide an entire combat. This doesn't mean the notion of spell level is useless.) So when Hussar told you that certain psionic effects were too good for the equivalent of a 1st spell level slot; please listen to him and agree the psion needs to spend more spell points for the effect. (I really haven't scoured the entire discussion, I could have read you and others wrongly, and I certainly don't want to bring it all back up; I just need you to stand for what you have written instead of dismissing our concerns by conceding on individual points and then asking us to "move on") regards, Zapp [/QUOTE]
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