Energy Barrage [Archive] - Wizards Community

Energy Barrage [Archive] - Wizards Community

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pud
05-24-07, 02:12 AM Energy Barrage from Complete Psionic (p86) looks pretty darn good.

Unaugmented, for 11 power points you can deal 15d6 to a group of creatures within 10' of each other. That's better than the typical 1d6/pp efficiency of damage dealing powers. The augment is a bit worse than typical; you only get 3d6 extra damage from an augment of 4pp. On the bright side, that won't catch up to the 1d6/pp efficiency of most powers until lvl 27. The biggest setback looks to be the poor scaling of the DC, at +1/4pp. The most appealing thing about it is that it is unaffected by Power Resistance. At first I thought that might be a typo. This could make it ideal for novas.

Thoughts?
Celsun
05-24-07, 07:35 AM The power should be rewritten so that it funcitons more like FR's firebrand and is PR:yes. It's one of the reasons I dislike CPsi.
InkBlot
05-24-07, 01:10 PM The DC augments poorly because the guys you hit with this have to make 3 seperate saves to avoid the damage. If he makes two saves and fails one then he'll take (1/6 + 1/6 + 1/3) 2/3rds damage, unlike energy ball which would have been one save for 1/2 damage. It also deals more damage and gives you multiple chances to foil evasion.

It's a very solid power with some good flexibility too.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
pud 05-24-07, 02:12 AM	Energy Barrage from Complete Psionic (p86) looks pretty darn good. Unaugmented, for 11 power points you can deal 15d6 to a group of creatures within 10' of each other. That's better than the typical 1d6/pp efficiency of damage dealing powers. The augment is a bit worse than typical; you only get 3d6 extra damage from an augment of 4pp. On the bright side, that won't catch up to the 1d6/pp efficiency of most powers until lvl 27. The biggest setback looks to be the poor scaling of the DC, at +1/4pp. The most appealing thing about it is that it is unaffected by Power Resistance. At first I thought that might be a typo. This could make it ideal for novas. Thoughts?
Celsun 05-24-07, 07:35 AM	The power should be rewritten so that it funcitons more like FR's firebrand and is PR:yes. It's one of the reasons I dislike CPsi.
InkBlot 05-24-07, 01:10 PM	The DC augments poorly because the guys you hit with this have to make 3 seperate saves to avoid the damage. If he makes two saves and fails one then he'll take (1/6 + 1/6 + 1/3) 2/3rds damage, unlike energy ball which would have been one save for 1/2 damage. It also deals more damage and gives you multiple chances to foil evasion. It's a very solid power with some good flexibility too.