The best of the psychic

dark brandon · Unread post by **dark brandon** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:19 pm

Mind melters, straight up then mystics.

NovenTheHero · Unread post by **NovenTheHero** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:57 pm

Psi-Nullifier...Cyber-Knight, or even the venerable Psi-Stalker =) (I LOVE PSI-STALKERS!!!!...even better...PSI-STALKER CYBER-KNIGHTS!!!!)

burgler81 · Unread post by **burgler81** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:14 pm

Psi-stalkers and Mind Melters.

Nekira Sudacne · Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:32 pm

Mind Mages. Straight up. Especially first edition.

Ghost · Unread post by **Ghost** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:20 pm

Achillies Neo-Human, best by a freaking Mile!

BillionSix · Unread post by **BillionSix** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:18 am

I kinda like the Psi-Warrior. They seem pretty cool.

Brian

Ectoplasmic Bidet · Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:57 am

Phase Mystics > Mind Mages > Mind Melters > Everything Else.

BillionSix · Unread post by **BillionSix** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:29 pm

Shadow_otm wrote:Enthraller, Rifter class. Sit back and act like you don't understand why everyone else is insane or killing each other.

Sounds cool.

What issue was that in?

Brian

GaredBattlespike · Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:34 pm

For me, it's these three(3) in order of preferance:
1) Mind Melter

2) Psi-Nullifier

3) Astral Lord (From Nightbane Book: Beyond the Shadows- It ROCKS!!!)

G · Unread post by G » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:38 pm

GaredBattlespike wrote:For me, it's these three(3) in order of preferance:
1) Mind Melter

2) Psi-Nullifier

3) Astral Lord (From Nightbane Book: Beyond the Shadows- It ROCKS!!!)

Unfortunately, when there is a mage and a psychic that do the same thing in a PB game the mage does it better. While I agree that the Astral lord is a great idea..the astral mage is technically better. It annoys me a lot...enough that I never made an astral lord.

I rate the Nullifier over the melter in high magic games like rifts, but lower in games like HU. Which flows into my answer of which psychics are good: it depends what type of a game you are playing.

asajosh · Unread post by **asajosh** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:58 am

The Psionic Immortal from Mercenaries. Basically a Mind Melter and... Immortal

sHaka · Unread post by **sHaka** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:50 am

The sheer power of the Mind melter is quite attractive.

I do also enjoy the more subtle powers of the Psychic Medium, Diviner and latent from BTS-2.

sHaka · Unread post by **sHaka** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:26 am

Gravitus Everlast wrote:A psychic with Analytical Chemistry can decimate an entire planet by themselves

Crom laughs at your Analytical Chemistry.

Library Ogre · Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:20 pm

Gravitus Everlast wrote: Two mental actions using simple TK, and that only adds up to ONE action.

Ummm, no. Each action with TK counts as one action.

Talavar · Unread post by **Talavar** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:08 pm

Gravitus Everlast wrote:I've always been under the impression that there are TWO mental actions in every action... But I could be wrong, telekinesis could be different... Either way... wether I use my mind or my 50 cal. sniper riffle, there's still enough time to take out that spell caster before they finish casting. Unless he's concealed... and then I'm screwed.

1 psionic power use = 1 attack, and with the new casting rules it's really down to who wins initiative, the psychic or the mage. Now sure, the really awesome spells still take multiple attacks to cast, while almost all psionics only take one attack, so I'd still give the edge to a mind melter over a wizard-class in one on one fighting. The mind melter cannot even approach the damage levels a wizard-class can dish out though.

drewkitty ~..~ · Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:57 pm

best.....hummm .. I would go for a

MIND MAGE

as the best, power wise....though the best to role play are minor Psi's

Ahulane · Unread post by **Ahulane** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:43 am

I've always been under the impression that there are TWO mental actions in every action... But I could be wrong, telekinesis could be different... Either way... wether I use my mind or my 50 cal. sniper riffle, there's still enough time to take out that spell caster before they finish casting. Unless he's concealed... and then I'm screwed.

Your kinda right...the attacks are down to just 1 mental and 1 spell for 1 attack...that way its not so confusing...however, the plus side to even basic TK (can't remember super) is that you can affect up to 1 target per level...meaning that you can, if you spend enough ISP, TK a persons arm till it snaps while breaking anothers neck, and picking up a 2 ton car to drop on them, tossing a lamp post, breaking someone elses leg, etc...as long as your high enough level and you have the ISP.

1 psionic power use = 1 attack, and with the new casting rules it's really down to who wins initiative, the psychic or the mage. Now sure, the really awesome spells still take multiple attacks to cast, while almost all psionics only take one attack, so I'd still give the edge to a mind melter over a wizard-class in one on one fighting. The mind melter cannot even approach the damage levels a wizard-class can dish out though.

Ya, sadly no psychics can match caster damage, but there more subtle anyways and not so much brute force.

My personal favorites would be Psi-Stalker and Mind Melter though...