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<blockquote data-quote="RHM" data-source="post: 19121" data-attributes="member: 1274">I added free scaling because, quite frankly, I don't see it as being overpowered. The damage cap under my variant is equal to what divine spellcasters get. Plus, I actually went ahead and did some math which basically showed that free scaling isn't overpowered. If someone out there is actually willing to sit down, do the math, and perchance come to some other conclusion, they're welcome to try it. I looked at what a sorcerer could cast using damage-dealing spells and what a psion of equivalent level could do using my free scaling (which at first was slightly more generous than what I settled on).&nbsp; I took 3 different save DCs, calculated the percentage of damage each spell/power could do on average, and compared the results. Low and behold, the two were almost neck and neck. I'll admit, free power point flexibility is a nice plus, but consider the actual amount of PP psions get. Compared to the number of spells a sorcerer can cast per day it's actually less than half.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RHM, post: 19121, member: 1274"] I added free scaling because, quite frankly, I don't see it as being overpowered. The damage cap under my variant is equal to what divine spellcasters get. Plus, I actually went ahead and did some math which basically showed that free scaling isn't overpowered. If someone out there is actually willing to sit down, do the math, and perchance come to some other conclusion, they're welcome to try it. I looked at what a sorcerer could cast using damage-dealing spells and what a psion of equivalent level could do using my free scaling (which at first was slightly more generous than what I settled on). I took 3 different save DCs, calculated the percentage of damage each spell/power could do on average, and compared the results. Low and behold, the two were almost neck and neck. I'll admit, free power point flexibility is a nice plus, but consider the actual amount of PP psions get. Compared to the number of spells a sorcerer can cast per day it's actually less than half. [/QUOTE]

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