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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 940903" data-attributes="member: 1325">Actually I disagree.It is one thing to have the ability to potentially end a combat with a single attack, and actually have the confidence to do it.If you believe this is the last battle you will be facing for the day, fine. Then yes, this is a GOOD ability.However, if you are unsure, if you believe there may be later surprises/ambushes/reinforcements , then a low level character would be very foolhardy to actually burn so much of his abilities/powers for the day in a single attack.Firstly, given a large number of creatures, some are likely to make the save, even given a bad Will save. Secondly, you can't do much else all day, or during the rest of the night.4 psionic power points, with a 4th level Egoist. What are you going to do? Claws of the Bear? Do you really want to get up close and personal with your number of hitpoints? And after those 4 hours are up, what then? You only have one power point for the rest of the day. Personally, as a low level psion I'd want to keep at least half of my power points in reserve, to be able to survive an attack by  a group of psionically endowed monsters.Now the chances may not be very high, and your DM may be very generous, but sooner or later, you are going to get attacked by a group of them. The DM, has after all allowed psionics in his campaign. Each defense costs power points. Once you are out of power points, you are into stat loss territory, which is hard to repair for low level characters.What really makes Psionic combat suck is that psions (the ones you want to affect with your psionic attacks) have good Will saves that scale with level, while your attacks DC's do not! Most wizards do not try to roast the rogue with a fireball. Thus the expenditure in comparisson to the potential for damage is VERY weak. But the DM does not need to worry about this, nor do monsters expend power points to attack or defend!!!So in summary: against large numbers of creatures, someone is likely to make the save anyway. So the battle is in no way a walk over.Clerics, Wizards, Psions and the like are likely to shrug it off and blast you with spells requiring Reflex saves.Psionically endowed monsters just laugh at your feeble mind and a) start eating your innardsb) Fry your mindc) All of the aboveSo my suggestion is:As a psion, I'd a) take Mind Blast as soon as is practical. (Because it is good to have an ace up one's sleeve, after all)b) Avoid psionic combat like the plague it is.c) Rarely if ever use mind blast until I had around 40 or more power points (7th level or higher), as I  like to be more than a once per day one trick ponny.d)hang around in the background and do as little as possible all day, trying to harbour my precious power points until they are REALLY needed.</blockquote>

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