I second this... seems very strange that a pawn can't cast most of these abilities on themselves

Not being able to Word Of Immunity yourself does seem pretty odd. Until/unless it gets fixed, you can get around it by crafting a Psyring of Psyring with a Technomancer, giving it to the Protector, then making the Protector craft a Psyring of each ability. The technomancer can then take those rings and use those abilities on the Protector.

This is why I consider Technomancer the strongest psycaster. They are able to synergize and multiply the power of all other caster types.

Have you not heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? So powerful and so wise that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. He could save others from death, but not himself.

Originally posted by Mr. Phishe:

Have you not heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? So powerful and so wise that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. He could save others from death, but not himself.

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More importantly, the Protector can regrow limbs but can't heal scars.

Originally posted by RedPine:

More importantly, the Protector can regrow limbs but can't heal scars.

I hadn't considered that, good point.

scars on my people and brain damage has been healed

Originally posted by GinjaMahn34:

scars on my people and brain damage has been healed

+1 Thanks, I did notice it working before because it's slow and targets body parts randomly for each tic of healing. Soon my colonists shall be pristine.

I found this out the hard way by decided to make a person missing an entire arm my protector psycaster :/ I think it kind of fits though, Rimworld being a story generator and all. I interpret it as one of god's many jokes, making the person able to regrow limbs unable to regrow her own.