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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 1511097" data-attributes="member: 308">Which really only makes a difference in a silence field. So YAY psions are better at casting in a silence field.I'd rather have four feats any day. The arcanist gets multiple energy types across multiple spells. Fireball, Lightning Bolt, Melf's, etc. The psion gets multiple area effects. Both take up the same number of spells/powers. The psion can customize which energy type he uses. I'd rather have four feats. Or at least the ability to manifest an acid effect before 11th level.HeightenA feat which Psions don't get access to at all. Which means the wizard is 'ahead' one feat. The Psion doesn't *have* to take Psicrystal Affinity and Imprint Stone, but the Wizard gets the arcane versions for free. In exchange the Psion can take either, but not both. He can also take a different feats. That makes them more customizable but not as powerful.At what levels? Expanded Knowledge at 9 and Metamorphic Transfer at 10? This is why generic examples mean so little. We're talking about a 10th level character. A 10th level summoner can do a lot too but no one's nerfing summoned monsters.Yes, massive. All kinds of outsiders and elementals. This means arcanists are better at outsider effects. Psions are better at magical beast/abberration effects but by expending a feat or two feats.I'd much rather face a psion metamorphasized into a medusa with an AC of 15 (since I can just close my eyes) than a wizard with a summoned fiendish Girallon smiting and rending me while blasting me with magic missiles.Summoned critters are buffable and - most importantly- represent additional actions. Going out and using a metamporhic transfer ability means putting oneself in harm's way, something no d4 class should do with impunity.Greg</blockquote>

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