Psionic Recharge Variant [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Steely_Dan

05-31-07, 11:19 AM
My buddy and I love the magic recharge variant in UA and wanted to adopt it to psionics, so here are our thoughts, and any input/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Bonus power points - it works the same as for casters, now that it isn't per day based; bonus spells/power points per day are obsolete.

9th level psion as an example:

If you chose to manifest mind thrust as 5th level (equivalent 9 pp), it would deal 9d10 damage (DC 10 + 5 + Int modifier) and your 5th level power slot would be retrieved in 1d4+1 rounds. If you manifested mind thrust as a 1st level power it would deal 1d10 damage (DC 10 +1 + Int modifier) and your 1st level power slot would be retrieved in 1d3 rounds (DC 18).

Does this sound right?
InkBlot

05-31-07, 05:49 PM
The idea of power-slots makes me feel queasy. How about instead of that, you do it like this:

If you chose to manifest mind thrust for 9 power points (equivalent 5th level), it would deal 9d10 damage (DC 10 + 5 + Int modifier) and your power point reserve would be reduced by 9 points for 1d4+1 rounds. If you manifested mind thrust for 1 power point, then it would deal 1d10 damage (DC 10 +1 + Int modifier) and your power point reserve would be reduced by 1 for 1d3 rounds (DC 18).