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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 2992418" data-attributes="member: 1190">IIRC, the greatest potential weakness of powers like Inertial Armor is that no matter how heavily you augment them, they remain 1st level powers (or what ever base level they started as). This makes for easy dispel.The energy powers are great yes. I have always thought that this is the way that 3e was going to do spells when I first saw the sneak peak as to the energy desciptors and such. I have always asked myself "why only FIREball?" Now clearly, this allows psions to really tailor their powers to the situation they are in. That is great for them.BUTThe augmentation cost makes it really easy to burn through your PP really fast.And as I have said before in threads like this, the greatest imbalance from Psionics comes from the fact that all too often they are only incorporated on a piecemeal basis. There are numerous magical items, monsters, and powers that can make a psionic character's life a living hell, draiing power points, inflating costs, etc. If these are not incorporated along with the psion, then the psion is way too strong in campaigns with only a few encounters.I know that someone is going to retort that they don't want to have to throw a brain mole or a catapsi spell against the psionic character every day; that it is not realistic and ends up an intentional attack specifically against the psion.I respond in advance that you don't have to. Do it once or twice without pulling punches and the IDEA that it COULD happen will change the behavior of all but the most foolhardy players. Each day he will have to wonder if today he will need some extra points later to account for an encounter with eyes of power leech, a thought eater, or a psion with catapsi or power leech.This is equivalent to a wizard or sorcerer. Each of these two classes could choose to use all their spell slots on offensive spells. Heck, all of their 2nd through 4th level slots could go to scorching ray (with some prepared with energy substitution and or heighten spell). 5th through 7th could be spent on disintegrate, and 8th and 9th could be spent on polar ray. First level spells could be used for mage armor and a few utility spells.BUT no wizard (and few sorcerers) would ever do such a thing; why? because what if they need dispel magic at some point during the day? what if they encounter a creature with an insanely high touch AC or that is incorporeal? What if they encounter a golem? Each of these concerns (which only come into play because the DM plans a range of encounters during the day) keeps the wizard from loading up on just ray spells.Just my thoughts.DC</blockquote>

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