Do Mystic Adepts Need To Lose Strength?

A mystic adept is a character that focuses on flexibility of approach rather than raw power, and is considered to be 100 times better off as a normal adept. They should aim for 6 magic skills, such as Focused Archery, and have a higher priority A (magician) plus priority B (adept). Priority A (mystic adept) is almost as good as priority A (magician) plus priority B (adept), but they may need to pay a token extra.

BTB introduces Mystic Aptitude and State of Purity for essence 6 human/elven adepts to shore up their Strength, but they are considered to have more. In the long term, Mystic Adepts will usually outpace an adept, less often a full mage. However, there are ways to build effective mystic adepts, but the focus should always be on flexibility of approach rather than raw power.

One player wanted to play a mystical adept in their upcoming party, but one other player believed it was vastly overpowered compared to the other. Mystic adepts must split their Magic between Magic-based skills and adept powers, and their abilities are not draining when using their powers except for (Ability) Boost.

Mystic adepts are not supposed to be as powerful as full magicians and full adepts, but they can provide flexibility in playing with both aspects. They can troll, max strength, or get just enough willpower to unlock chi onslaughts. However, they do not take drain when using their powers, except for (Ability) Boost.

The only advantage a full magician has over mystic adept is astrally projecting, which is useful but not worth it for characters who care about strength in any build. Moderately Armored gives proficiency with Medium Armor and…