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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 4186884" data-attributes="member: 6562">In most cases an augmented power is EXACTLY like a higher-level power in terms of save DC and damage dice.The differences are shape, range, and area.Psi Energy Ray is 1st level, and shoots one target for 1d6/power point damage.Psi Energy Bolt is 3rd level, and shoots a line of targets for 1d6/power point damage (save for half).Neither has a "damage cap", so both can deal equal max damage to a single target. You could spend 15 power points on Psi Energy Ray, and you'd deal 15d6 damage -- just like Magic Polar Ray. And that's what I mean by polar ray being balanced as a 1st level spell. The shape is what's balanced.Damage caps are an artifact of the Vancian system.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>