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[XPH] Psion versus Wizard/Sorcerer
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<blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 1504746" data-attributes="member: 478"><p>Of course, wizards cannot cast spontaneously, remember?</p><p></p><p>If you think spontaneous casting is not good, give it to wizards on top of their other abilities. Then you'll quickly see, just how good it is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>What I am saying is, that sorcerers give up ALL that stuff - compared to the wizard - plus the unlimited spell access to gain spontaneous casting (and a few more spells per day, altho wizards have specialization and pearls of power to even that out); and I believe the ability is worth that. Psions give up NONE of that stuff - again compared to the wizard - except the unlimited spell access to gain an even superior spontaneous casting ability (they don't have more spells per day than wizards (roughly equal probably), but also have access to items and other stuff to build their PP base up). This makes them far superior to sorcerers. And since I am going from the core balance, that sorcerers are as powerful as wizards, it also makes them far superior to wizards as a result.</p><p></p><p>Now, if this assumption (sorcerer = wizard) is false, the problem - indeed - does not lie with the psion, but with the sorcerer, as you say.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm actually the only one here (or not?) that does not have this opinion! <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" /></p><p></p><p>I think wizards and sorcerers are roughly equal, I try to show you (which I think most actually agree with), that psions are much more powerful than sorcerers. Now, this can mean two things... sorcerers are underpowered or psions are overpowered.</p><p></p><p>Bye</p><p>Thanee</p><p></p><p>P.S. BTW, nice character... converted from 3.0? Since in 3.5 you normally cannot reincarnate into a centaur. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thanee, post: 1504746, member: 478"] Of course, wizards cannot cast spontaneously, remember? If you think spontaneous casting is not good, give it to wizards on top of their other abilities. Then you'll quickly see, just how good it is. ;) What I am saying is, that sorcerers give up ALL that stuff - compared to the wizard - plus the unlimited spell access to gain spontaneous casting (and a few more spells per day, altho wizards have specialization and pearls of power to even that out); and I believe the ability is worth that. Psions give up NONE of that stuff - again compared to the wizard - except the unlimited spell access to gain an even superior spontaneous casting ability (they don't have more spells per day than wizards (roughly equal probably), but also have access to items and other stuff to build their PP base up). This makes them far superior to sorcerers. And since I am going from the core balance, that sorcerers are as powerful as wizards, it also makes them far superior to wizards as a result. Now, if this assumption (sorcerer = wizard) is false, the problem - indeed - does not lie with the psion, but with the sorcerer, as you say. I'm actually the only one here (or not?) that does not have this opinion! :D I think wizards and sorcerers are roughly equal, I try to show you (which I think most actually agree with), that psions are much more powerful than sorcerers. Now, this can mean two things... sorcerers are underpowered or psions are overpowered. Bye Thanee P.S. BTW, nice character... converted from 3.0? Since in 3.5 you normally cannot reincarnate into a centaur. ;) [/QUOTE]
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