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The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« on: May 28, 2012, 11:38:24 PM »
Introduction
I present to you this new guide to the Psion class. After weeks and months of researching good options for Psions across the internet, I realized that a guide consolidating all that information would be highly useful. So I set off to do just that. This guide is the culmination of all that work.

Why virtually no-nonsense? Because you won't find useless stuff, like references to comic book characters in here, only information pertinent to the Psion class. On the other hand, the guide does try to have a measure of humor.

About this Guide
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Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
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Pointless Trivia
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A Breakdown of the Psion Class

Ratings Key
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A Look Under the Hood
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Just What the Heck are Psionic Feats, Powers, Power Points, Psionic Foci, and Psionic Disciplines?
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On Choosing a Discipline
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How Do Psions Fare at Key Party Roles?
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2012, 11:38:50 PM »
Races and Templates for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author's Note(s)
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Naturally Psionic Races
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Other Races
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Alphabetical List of Templates
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Skills for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author's Note(s)
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Psion Class Skills
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Egoist Discipline Skills
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Kineticist Discipline Skills
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Nomad Discipline Skills
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Seer Discipline Skills
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Shaper Discipline Skills
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Telepath Discipline Skills
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Other Skills Worth Taking, Including Cross-Class Skills
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Skill Tricks for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author's Note(s)
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Interaction Skill Tricks and Manipulation Skill Tricks
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Mental Skill Tricks
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Movement Skill Tricks
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Alternative Class Features (ACFs) for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author’s Note(s)
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Egoist ACFs
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Kineticist ACFs
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Nomad ACFs
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Seer ACFs
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Shaper ACFs
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Telepath ACFs
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Racial Substitution Levels for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author's Note(s)
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Alphabetical List of Substitution Levels
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2012, 11:39:18 PM »
Feats for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author's Note(s)
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Aberration Feats
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General Feats
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Host Feats
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Illithid Heritage Feats
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Item Creation Feats
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Metapsionic Feats
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Psionic Feats
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Psionic Racial Feats
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2012, 11:39:49 PM »
General Psion (and Wilder) Powers

Ratings Key
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 4
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Level 5
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Level 6
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Level 7
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Level 8
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Level 9
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2012, 11:40:09 PM »
Psion Discipline Powers

Ratings Key
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Egoist (Psychometabolism) Powers
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Kineticist (Psychokinesis) Powers
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Nomad (Psychoportation) Powers
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Seer (Clairsentience) Powers
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Shaper (Metacreativity) Powers
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Telepath (Telepathy) Powers
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2012, 11:40:28 PM »
Prestige Classes for Psions

Ratings Key
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Author's Note(s)
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Psionic Prestige Classes
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WotC-Suggested Adaptations to Non-Psionic PrCs
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Personally-Suggested Adaptations to Non-Psionic PrCs
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Equipment for Psions

Author's Note(s)
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Useful Mundane Equipment
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Useful Magical Equipment
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Useful Psionic Equipment
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 11:40:46 PM »
So You Want To Be A Multiclass Character…

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Step 1 - Ask Yourself: Do I Want to Be a Manifester/Something Else or Vice-Versa?
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Step 2 - Ask Yourself: Does This Pair Well With Psion?
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2012, 11:41:06 PM »
Builds

General Purpose Psion (Currently Levels 1-7)
Sources used: Core, XPH, CPsi
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Cerebremancer Build
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2012, 11:41:28 PM »
Developing a Solid Repertoire of Offensive Powers

Step 1: Recognize Your Limitations
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Step 2: Try to Cover all the Bases
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Step 3: Selecting Powers to Fit These Roles
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2012, 11:41:44 PM »
Getting the Most Out of Your Astral Constructs

About the Astral Construct Power
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Augmenting your Astral Constructs: Better Stats and Menu Abilities
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Rating the Menu Choices
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2012, 11:42:03 PM »
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2012, 11:44:03 PM »
Please, please, please take out the horizontal rules.  With the spoilers, you don't need them.
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2012, 11:47:48 PM »
Please, please, please take out the horizontal rules.  With the spoilers, you don't need them.

Will do. I just cut and pasted the HTML from the old boards to start with.

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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2012, 10:40:27 AM »
Under Psionic Repair Damage, you say that Warforged are of the Living Construct type.  This is false as Living Construct is a subtype that only appears on creatures of the Construct type.
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2012, 08:59:56 PM »
Thanks for saving and potentially updating this guide!

Include a non-spoilered color code at the start of this guide for easy reference.

Also, psionic repair damage should very very much work on Warforged.  Repair spells work unhindered on Warforged, so why should the power version do less?
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Re: The New, Virtually No-Nonsense Guide to Psions
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2012, 03:36:10 PM »
Will you be making additions to this guide?  If so, please add the Phrenic Blast metapsionic feat (from Dragon 316, page 80):

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Phrenic Blast [metapsionic]
Foes damaged by your power are also mentally blasted.
Benefit: When you deal damage with a phrenic blasting power to any creature that is subject to mind-affecting effects, the target is also stunned for 1 round. Using this feat increases the power point cost of the power by 2 (maximum cost equals your manifester level).
You must expend your psionic focus to use this feat.

Great for any damaging power, especially if it last for multiple rounds.  (People may find it's use in high level play questionable due to the mind-effecting tag, but you can't complain when you've got a no-save stun effect!)
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