All powers has same failure chance despite difficulty, failure chance keep increasing

[martinrhan]

Describe the bug

• All powers has same failure chance despite difficulty.
• For each time a cast a power, no matter it is failed of cancelled, failure chance a power casting increase and doesn't recover after resting.

Attach save file

康科德.zip

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new world with mind over matter mod.
2. Create a character with ascended telekinetic backgroud.
3. Cast any power.

Expected behavior

• Powers should have their failure chance affected by level of difficulty.
• There should not be a permenant failure chance increase for each cast.

Screenshots

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Versions and configuration

• OS: Windows
  • OS Version: 10.0.22631.3880 (23H2)
• Game Version: cdda-experimental-2024-08-08-2319 c8fcd5c [64-bit]
• Graphics Version: Tiles
• Game Language: English [en]
• Mods loaded: [ Dark Days Ahead [dda], Disable NPC Needs [no_npc_food], Portal Storms Ignore NPCs [personal_portal_storms], Slowdown Fungal Growth [no_fungal_growth], Mind Over Matter [mindovermatter] ]

Additional context

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[Standing-Storm]

It sounds like you're thinking that psionics should work the same as spells, but they don't.

All powers has same failure chance despite difficulty.

This is because the Ascended Telekinetic starts with Metaphysics 7, and skill is the single most important element of succeeding at a power. At skill 7, you have a very good chance at succeeding if you're not in pain and have high focus. With lower intelligence and focus, power Difficulty has a greater effect.

There should not be a permenant failure chance increase for each cast.

Your focus is going down, which affects the odds you will succeed at a power channel.

[martinrhan]

Your focus is going down, which affects the odds you will succeed at a power channel.

By my test, focus wasn't a factor affecting failure chance. Intelligence also don't affect failure chance. Failure chance is always 16% at the begining of the game, for any power, any number of intelligence.

[Terrorforge]

16% is the lowest your failure chance can be without the Concentration proficiencies, so increasing Intelligence will not lower it further. And an Ascended Telekinetic starts with Metaphysics 10, which means they generally won't go lower, either. As a general rule, the balance of MoM is such that things like Focus and Intelligence matter more the weaker you are, and become less relevant as your skill increases. At high Metaphysics you're too good at mind powers to have a significant failure chance. If instead you start as an Arising Telekinetic with "only" 7 Metaphysics and tank your focus, you can see the effect of intelligence.

25 Focus, 8 Intelligence:

25 Focus, 2 Intelligence:

It's not a huge effect, but it does have an effect.