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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7965794" data-attributes="member: 23751">2e was my favorite psionics system.  Not because it was broken.  It really wasn't.  But rather, because of the failure chance each time you rolled.  There was a very significant chance of failure every time you used a power.  Sure that disintegrate was awesome when it worked, but if you got unlucky and it took 3 rounds to get off, not so much.  And not only could you fail to even use the power, but you could also fumble or critical them.Disintegrate was wisdom -4, so even if you were lucky enough to have an 18 wisdom, you had a score of 14 to use it.  That's a 30% failure rate, with a 5% chance to fumble(roll a 20), and a 5% chance to have a minimum success(roll a 1) and a 5% chance for a critical success(roll a 14).  Roll that 20 and you hit yourself with it, though you got a +5 to the save.</blockquote>