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<blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 2992869" data-attributes="member: 5656"><p>Where did I say that you don´t understand all psionics? I said that you didn´t understand an aspect of it: how an augmented 1st level power should not be compared to a 1st level spell anymore, but to higher level powers. Several other posters also did that, and reading your answers I had clear that you didn´t get the concept at all. Hence my post.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good for you. Now that you contributed with your anecdotal evidence, let me do the same with mine. In the campaing I DM a couple years ago the players once almost complained that "the rogue did everything", because he has the wits to infiltrate a mansion and spy the bad guys. The group also included a ftr/clr that could squish the halfling in combat like a bug, and a wizard loaded with utility spells. The point was that the rogue´s player was effective and intelligent, not that the rogue class is overpowered. </p><p></p><p>In another campaing I play a mystic theurge who rarely prepares anything else than utility, buff and divination spells, with some summon monster spell for combat: an almost pure support character. But somehow, he´s many times more than his share of spotlight and defeated the most recent BBEG almost by himself* (a lich) with a combo of Silence and Telekinesis spell. Yet the majority here thinks that mystic theurges are underpowered. Maybe it´s the same with your character, I don´t know. </p><p></p><p>*Actually, the party´s monk helped, using the poor mute and pinned lich as a punching bag. But you get the point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I concede that for Astral construct and Energy Missile this is true. But high level powers are as a rule more powerful than augmented low level powers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I suggest that to find a good solution, one must first identify the problem. As you noticed, I don´t think the problem isn´t on unlimited scaling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Someone, post: 2992869, member: 5656"] Where did I say that you don´t understand all psionics? I said that you didn´t understand an aspect of it: how an augmented 1st level power should not be compared to a 1st level spell anymore, but to higher level powers. Several other posters also did that, and reading your answers I had clear that you didn´t get the concept at all. Hence my post. Good for you. Now that you contributed with your anecdotal evidence, let me do the same with mine. In the campaing I DM a couple years ago the players once almost complained that "the rogue did everything", because he has the wits to infiltrate a mansion and spy the bad guys. The group also included a ftr/clr that could squish the halfling in combat like a bug, and a wizard loaded with utility spells. The point was that the rogue´s player was effective and intelligent, not that the rogue class is overpowered. In another campaing I play a mystic theurge who rarely prepares anything else than utility, buff and divination spells, with some summon monster spell for combat: an almost pure support character. But somehow, he´s many times more than his share of spotlight and defeated the most recent BBEG almost by himself* (a lich) with a combo of Silence and Telekinesis spell. Yet the majority here thinks that mystic theurges are underpowered. Maybe it´s the same with your character, I don´t know. *Actually, the party´s monk helped, using the poor mute and pinned lich as a punching bag. But you get the point. I concede that for Astral construct and Energy Missile this is true. But high level powers are as a rule more powerful than augmented low level powers. I suggest that to find a good solution, one must first identify the problem. As you noticed, I don´t think the problem isn´t on unlimited scaling. [/QUOTE]
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