Hello I love you Handbook Great work But i have question... I have Hope that you will help me (Sorry for my English its not my Native language)
Enlarge power only Green? I think it should be Blue ad least. It's only use Psionic Focus, zero Power Cost... and most of Good powers have only Close range. For example Matter Agitation. Or Energy Ray, Crystal Shards...
In Matter Agitation is more usefull because from hire distance you start set up Enemies on Fire. The most Cool of this powers is Increase Range of long range powers.
Close from 25 feet +5feet/lvl Become 50 feet + 10 feet/lvl
Medium from 100 feet + 10 feet/lvl 200 feet + 20 feet/lvl
Long 400 feet + 40 feet/lvl 800 feet + 80 feet/lvl
Energy Ball is 4 lvl Kinestic Power so for minimum you have to have 7 lvl. 800 + (7 * 80) = 800+ 560 = 1 360 Feet....
20 Lvl Wizard have range of Fire Ball 400 + (20*40) = 400 + 800 = 1 200 Feet...
And i say it Again... NO POWER COST
Astral Construct Has a Close Range.. Answer it will not be awesome to summon him in the places you can't Reach? The back of Enemies is simpler example
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I don't rate Enlarge Power higher because what it adds to the individual Psion is not as useful as, say, Empower Power, a feat I rate blue. Enlarge Power and Empower Power are both most likely to be used on offensive powers. Few Psions, if any, will only pick a single offensive power. Furthermore, few Psions, if any, will only pick offensive powers that are Close-ranged. The overwhelming majority of Psions will have several offensive powers, and of those offensive powers it is most likely that they will have a few Medium-ranged powers in addition to their Close-ranged powers.
Most encounters don't take place at Long range. In fact, most take place at distances of zero-to-100 feet. Accordingly, a Psion with at least one Medium-ranged offensive power is good to go.
This is not to say that Enlarge Power is useless. Quite the opposite. Even in the above-described "typical scenario," if you have Enlarge Power you can stand still and lob Close-ranged powers at your foes from across the map. However, so can a Psion with a Medium-ranged power, as can a Psion who takes a move action to get into Close range and then opens fire.
Compare this to Empower Power. For only 2 PP and your focus you improve your damage output by half at ALL ranges. It's useful in any situation, not just when the enemy is far away. That is what makes Empower Power blue and Enlarge Power green.
One caveat: if your DM likes to run lots of encounters with hundreds of feet between the PCs and the monsters then Enlarge Power will be a good feat choice for that campaign. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary.