They did create such a system Ebony... its called Psionic 3.0. Its just something that should largely be only for spontanious casters. Its a simple spell/power point system that makes first level powers 1 point, 2nd 3 points... 9th 17 point. (then the extra power points for) It gives exactly as much abilities to do things as any other casting class. The oddity of psion is that it has 6 major ability score stats as casting/manifesting stats. Thats right all of them are not instant dump stats. That every 4 levels ablity score boosts may never hit your primary stat. Psions have 6 core focus fields and each of them is based on a stat. You can take any power you want basically, but need that fields prime ability score high enough to take it. Character growth can be completely rewritten by your lower stats. Its a fun class for people with half a brain.
On the other hand is the abomination of a war crime known as 3.5 edition psion. Its now inexplicably a class based entirely around one ability score, intelligence. Also starting at like level 5 you get twice the power points for no reason. This makes 3.5 psion twice as powerful/dangerous as a wizard in raw terms of casting potential. You know the concept Linear Warrior/Quadratic Wizard... 3.5 psions are exponential growth characters that destroy the system. Fist of the North Star is not a first level ability... as an after thought.
Add in the hybrid fighter/caster class of Psionic warrior was made more worthless than a tone deaf bard... One of their prime abilities, , was spending 5 points (a third level power) to turn melee attacks into touch attacks. You could be awesome for like one minute a day that way... 3.5's version of Deep Impact is spend an entire round staring off into space blankly and then get one attack the second round as a touch attack... I don't think you can even make a concetration check to use it again next round if you miss. Apparently 'balance' to those mad writers is nerfing another class to boost that abilities of a different one. Garbage.
That doesn't even get into doing things like making teleport with error into a subclass bound skill for the teleportation and movement based psions... and the version without error as a generalist skill. Focusing all your efforts on something means its far less effective. Add in Fist of the North Star is a first level generalist skill... YES I'm dead serious about that. In 3.0 disapating touch gave you a +1d8 of teleportation damage on a touch attack and could be concentrated into sticking around next round if you missed. Basically a single hit with a longsword with a wierd damage type. Useful (for grapples and breaking binds as well as melee attacking with your d4 HP manifestor.).... 3.5 disapating touch does Xd6 pionts of teleportation damage. as a touch attack.. where X is capped at your manifestor level... meaning at 20th level you can do 20d6 damage as a touch attack... with quicken power you can do 20d6 damage and 16d6 damage of the teleportation type as a touch attack every round AND you have twice the casting resources of any other class... for no reason.
In short you touch people and the explode messily.... this is Fist of the North Star's description.... this is not a first level ability for anything but an Epic level prestige class. 3.5 Psion is a Core class. Concidering this 3.5 psion doesn't so much break the balance of the game so much as bypass it completely. You shouldn't be able play this class without the DBZ theme blaring behind you and should require you to be wearing your pants on your head. 3.5 psioics are a war crime against the gaming community.
On the other hand is the abomination of a war crime known as 3.5 edition psion. Its now inexplicably a class based entirely around one ability score, intelligence. Also starting at like level 5 you get twice the power points for no reason. This makes 3.5 psion twice as powerful/dangerous as a wizard in raw terms of casting potential. You know the concept Linear Warrior/Quadratic Wizard... 3.5 psions are exponential growth characters that destroy the system. Fist of the North Star is not a first level ability... as an after thought.
Add in the hybrid fighter/caster class of Psionic warrior was made more worthless than a tone deaf bard... One of their prime abilities, , was spending 5 points (a third level power) to turn melee attacks into touch attacks. You could be awesome for like one minute a day that way... 3.5's version of Deep Impact is spend an entire round staring off into space blankly and then get one attack the second round as a touch attack... I don't think you can even make a concetration check to use it again next round if you miss. Apparently 'balance' to those mad writers is nerfing another class to boost that abilities of a different one. Garbage.
That doesn't even get into doing things like making teleport with error into a subclass bound skill for the teleportation and movement based psions... and the version without error as a generalist skill. Focusing all your efforts on something means its far less effective. Add in Fist of the North Star is a first level generalist skill... YES I'm dead serious about that. In 3.0 disapating touch gave you a +1d8 of teleportation damage on a touch attack and could be concentrated into sticking around next round if you missed. Basically a single hit with a longsword with a wierd damage type. Useful (for grapples and breaking binds as well as melee attacking with your d4 HP manifestor.).... 3.5 disapating touch does Xd6 pionts of teleportation damage. as a touch attack.. where X is capped at your manifestor level... meaning at 20th level you can do 20d6 damage as a touch attack... with quicken power you can do 20d6 damage and 16d6 damage of the teleportation type as a touch attack every round AND you have twice the casting resources of any other class... for no reason.
In short you touch people and the explode messily.... this is Fist of the North Star's description.... this is not a first level ability for anything but an Epic level prestige class. 3.5 Psion is a Core class. Concidering this 3.5 psion doesn't so much break the balance of the game so much as bypass it completely. You shouldn't be able play this class without the DBZ theme blaring behind you and should require you to be wearing your pants on your head. 3.5 psioics are a war crime against the gaming community.