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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marcus Smythe" data-source="post: 2996228" data-attributes="member: 43198">1.)  Lack of Components:  Yes, this is a difference.  I submit that any mage who, at 17th lvl, finds himself getting shut down by grapples, silence, etc. is a mage who will have a short lifespan.  Still, advantage-Psion2.)  Unlimited High Level Abilities:  Okay, I'm counting 16 Disintigrates off of the Sorcerer.. use the 'Metamagic Sorcerer' variant, and a good chunk of those would be empowered.. or.. -gasp- Twinned.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> 3.)  Temporal Acceleration/Schism.  Time Stop and memorizing quickend spells.  Psion version is granted more flexible.4.)  Many of them are better than their mage counterparts.  Then again... the psionic version of invisibility is a joke compared to its Mage counterpart, I'm still looking for the Psionic Color Spray, Evards B.T., and Ottos Irresistable You-Loose (aka Dance), and in many instances, even where there is a psionic counterpart, you have to pay a feat for it, or be the right sub-specialty.. which means your paying a feat for OTHER abilities that the mage just kinda scribbles into his tome-o-happy.  (Consider the Following:  Fireball.  Polymorph Self.  Flight.  If your a psion, you cannot have all 3 without paying 2 feats)Takasi:  In closing, I wanted to say thank you for coming into the thread.  I find your insight helpful, and am glad to provide my thoughts whenever useful (though we may in the end agree to disagree).Final Thought:  I see an Artificier 16 in that party.  If the Caster Level 13x2 Cerebremancer is dominating in a group with an Artificer 16, its cause the Artificier aint tryin.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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