Kineticist + accepting burn clarification

[Steve Danials]

Hey all! So, many of the kineticist powers specify that it will do something extra if you "accept burn". My question is, given that as you level, there are more options to reduce /get rid of burn, would that still count?

So, celerity says if you accept burn, Haste lasts 1 Rd /kineticist level. If I use my buffer to reduce the burn by 1, would the effect still take place?

It sounds silly, but a lot of the talents seem worded based on low level kineticist builds, that have to worry about burn more. Thanks!

[Mark Seifter]

Paying out of your buffer still gets you the effect you want, though it doesn't increase your elemental overflow (overflow requires you to actually have burn).

[Texas Snyper]

Your internal buffer can be used to 'pay' for the burn for anything. Gather power, however, can only be used to reduce the burn cost for a blast. This includes any metakinesis, composite blast costs, and/or any infusions used. Gather Power cannot be used for your utility wild talents so the only way to reduce the costs of those (e.g. celerity, suffocate, etc) is with your internal buffer.

[Steve Danials]

Excellent ! Thank you !

Another question - the aether defense talent says if you accept burn, your temp HP refreshes. If you use gather power to reduce burn from a blast, would that trigger the burn effect ?

[Mahtobedis]

No it would not because you are not accepting burn.