Psychic Meditation feat from Minds Eye [Archive] - Wizards Community

Psychic Meditation feat from Minds Eye [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
bertman4
03-01-07, 06:26 PM I'm relatively new to psionics but am having fun running a game set in Eberron where one of the PCs is a kalashtar psion. I've been trying to improve my understanding of psionics and have recently gone through the Minds Eye articles.

My player and I are wondering how good the Psychic Meditation feat is. Does anyone have actual play experience with it? I'm also thinking that some of the bonuses from awakening a psychic energy center arent't that good, in that they do not scale. A flat bonus seems counter to psionics where most everything scales. If I allow this, I'm thinking of tying all the benefits to manifester levels that scales as you go up in ML.

Bertman
Thomar_of_Uointer
03-01-07, 09:15 PM http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20040827b
It's not as good as some other things you could be using, but it's still very good for the odd bonus. It really depends on what you're trying to do with your build. The +3 natural armor is very nice for nonmanifesters, and as a manifester the temporary power points and mental ability boosts are okay (nothing you can't do already). I would compare it to Expanded Knowledge, it comes down to a choice between a 1/day powerful effect that you have to prepare, or just another power.
Red12
03-01-07, 09:20 PM Depends really. If you are doing a dungeon crawl, with fights happening one after another, it is VERY nice, because you receive the benefit for the majority of all the encounters (essentially, a permanent bonus). If your DM spaces them out, it becomes just *nice*.
Soel Griffin
03-02-07, 03:08 AM If you run in an always-on-the-go campaign, then this feat, as written, won't be of enough benefit to you. It really only shines if you take the Meditant prc.

I would like to see a re-working of the feat, so that it allows for a little more flexibility time-wise.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
bertman4 03-01-07, 06:26 PM	I'm relatively new to psionics but am having fun running a game set in Eberron where one of the PCs is a kalashtar psion. I've been trying to improve my understanding of psionics and have recently gone through the Minds Eye articles. My player and I are wondering how good the Psychic Meditation feat is. Does anyone have actual play experience with it? I'm also thinking that some of the bonuses from awakening a psychic energy center arent't that good, in that they do not scale. A flat bonus seems counter to psionics where most everything scales. If I allow this, I'm thinking of tying all the benefits to manifester levels that scales as you go up in ML. Bertman
Thomar_of_Uointer 03-01-07, 09:15 PM	http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20040827b It's not as good as some other things you could be using, but it's still very good for the odd bonus. It really depends on what you're trying to do with your build. The +3 natural armor is very nice for nonmanifesters, and as a manifester the temporary power points and mental ability boosts are okay (nothing you can't do already). I would compare it to Expanded Knowledge, it comes down to a choice between a 1/day powerful effect that you have to prepare, or just another power.
Red12 03-01-07, 09:20 PM	Depends really. If you are doing a dungeon crawl, with fights happening one after another, it is VERY nice, because you receive the benefit for the majority of all the encounters (essentially, a permanent bonus). If your DM spaces them out, it becomes just nice.
Soel Griffin 03-02-07, 03:08 AM	If you run in an always-on-the-go campaign, then this feat, as written, won't be of enough benefit to you. It really only shines if you take the Meditant prc. I would like to see a re-working of the feat, so that it allows for a little more flexibility time-wise.