Dragonmuncher
2007-08-12, 10:46 PM
So I was bored and browsing the SRD, and I saw this feat:
Psionic Hole: (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/psionicFeats.htm#psionicHole)
You are anathema to psionic creatures and characters.
Prerequisite
Con 15.
Benefit
When a foe strikes you in melee combat, the foe immediately loses its psionic focus, if any. Also, if you are the target of a power, the manifester of the power must spend an additional number of power points equal to your Wisdom bonus, or the power fails (all the power points spent on the power are still lost). This extra cost does not count toward the maximum power points a manifester can spend on a single power.
Special
You cannot take or use this feat if you have the ability to use powers (if you have a power point reserve or psi-like abilities).
This sounds like an amazing feat for anyone in a psionic campaign. Fighting against Psychic Warriors gets easier, and any Psion trying to manifest on you has to give up pp. The general thinking is that 2pp is equal to one spell level, right? So any high-wisdom character- Cleric, Monk, Paladin, Druid, Ranger, usually- could make very effective use of this feat.
Is it not as good as it seems to be? Or is it just a hidden gem? I don't think I ever see it on character sheets in the PbP forums, but maybe that's just because psionics aren't as common as magic.
Psionic Hole: (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/psionicFeats.htm#psionicHole)
You are anathema to psionic creatures and characters.
Prerequisite
Con 15.
Benefit
When a foe strikes you in melee combat, the foe immediately loses its psionic focus, if any. Also, if you are the target of a power, the manifester of the power must spend an additional number of power points equal to your Wisdom bonus, or the power fails (all the power points spent on the power are still lost). This extra cost does not count toward the maximum power points a manifester can spend on a single power.
Special
You cannot take or use this feat if you have the ability to use powers (if you have a power point reserve or psi-like abilities).
This sounds like an amazing feat for anyone in a psionic campaign. Fighting against Psychic Warriors gets easier, and any Psion trying to manifest on you has to give up pp. The general thinking is that 2pp is equal to one spell level, right? So any high-wisdom character- Cleric, Monk, Paladin, Druid, Ranger, usually- could make very effective use of this feat.
Is it not as good as it seems to be? Or is it just a hidden gem? I don't think I ever see it on character sheets in the PbP forums, but maybe that's just because psionics aren't as common as magic.