QUOTE (HugeC @ Aug 8 2013, 08:45 AM)
This forces all mystads to blow all 25 freebie karma plus 5 from negative qualities on power points at chargen.
The primary topic of conversation at mystic adept group initiations will be, "So what's your unique and special flaw?"
I'd urge you guys to consider a rule that works both during and after chargen.
Houserule:
Mystic adepts may buy Power Points for 5 karma each, both during and after character generation, with a maximum equal to their Magic Rating + # of PP Metamagics
Ex: Mystic Adept with magic 6 doesn't want to blow any karma for PP. Their PP maximum is 6 (their magic).
They may spend up to 30 karma, in increments of 5, during downtime for PP. They may also initiate and select a metamagic.
If they select the Power Point metamagic, their maximum Power Point reserve increases by 1 (to 7) and they get 1 PP [1 of 7]
If they select any other metamagic, their Power Point maximum remains at 6 [0 of 6]
This should curb any problems of not maxing out your PP during character generation. Thoughts?
As for the concerns that mystic adepts cannot gain PP through anything other than initiation: that's a fair cost.
The ability to purchase PP and use Qi foci is balanced out by the differences between mages and mysads, so why should a mysad gain free power points from a bump in magic when the mage pays the same cost to bump magic but has no option of gaining a PP?
Having to pay an additional cost is the price mysads pay for being able to gain PP in the first place.
As such, it's cheaper for everyone to invest in foci rather than initiate for power points or bump magic (mages and adepts included)
Power focus = 6*force
Qi focus = 2*force
Initiating for PP costs 13 karma, while a Qi focus granting the equivalent of 1PP costs 8 karma.