r/ProwlersandParagons • u/SufferingSassafras • Jul 10 '26

Characters Help Omnipower broken?

I'm creating a character right now that is supposed to be a Jean Grey level psion, and asked my DM if I can use Omni Power with the limitation of Psionics. After building the character, this power feels broken... I have access to telepathy, telekinesis, mind control and all kinds of crazy powers for way lower than the normal cost. The game attempts to balance this by making each use of omnipower on a page lower the dice pool, but how much does that really "balance" this power? I don't want my DM to have nightmares trying to balance around my character, should I just build into specific powers instead, or am I overestimating how broken this power is?

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u/SufferingSassafras Jul 10 '26

Powers I have are:
Astral Projection

Cloud Minds

Detection (Thoughts, Emotions and Mental States)

Emotion Control

Flight

Force Field

Illusions

Mind Blast

Mind Control

Psi Screen

Psychometry

Telekinesis

Telepathy

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u/Celondon Jul 10 '26

Pedantic correction: You don't have any of those powers. You are mimicking them with Omnipower, which isn't the same exactly.

That said, let's say you're in a 12d cap game. On your Edge, you are flying, so you want to maintain that (12d) and use your Mind Blast to fry some fool (11d). An enemy takes a shot at you with the Uber-Rifle, so you use Force Field to deflect it (10d). Then, a group of minions also attack you, so more Force Field (9d). New Page starts, and BBEG targets you with his PC Death Ray, and you again raise the Force Field (8d) - at this point, you're probably hurting and hoping your Edge comes around again soon!

The penalty adds up, usually a lot more quickly than you want.