OK, here's a rules question & my off-the-cuff ruling. All opinions welcome ...
In the XPH, it states that Psionic Feats are available for characters who can manifest powers, including (it says) psi-like abilities.
1) Am I correct in inferring that eg. a maenad or a kalashtar (from Eberron) qualifies to take Psionic Feats even if they have no psionic classes? (Both of them have racial abilities described as psi-like.)
2) Presuming so, is there any point? Most psionic feats either affect power usage, or require the character to have and/or expend their psionic focus; and a character needs a power point reserve to gain/maintain psionic focus ...
This looks to be the RAW, as I see it. My thought regarding the interaction of these rules, though, is that perhaps a character should be considered to have a power point reserve if she has a psi-like ability with uses left for the day. So, a maenad fighter (for example) would be able to maintain psionic focus until she used her energy ray sonic attack, at which point she would be considered to have an empty power point reserve until the ability was renewed the next day. Does this seem to be a reasonable interpretation to anybody?
Thanks!
In the XPH, it states that Psionic Feats are available for characters who can manifest powers, including (it says) psi-like abilities.
1) Am I correct in inferring that eg. a maenad or a kalashtar (from Eberron) qualifies to take Psionic Feats even if they have no psionic classes? (Both of them have racial abilities described as psi-like.)
2) Presuming so, is there any point? Most psionic feats either affect power usage, or require the character to have and/or expend their psionic focus; and a character needs a power point reserve to gain/maintain psionic focus ...
This looks to be the RAW, as I see it. My thought regarding the interaction of these rules, though, is that perhaps a character should be considered to have a power point reserve if she has a psi-like ability with uses left for the day. So, a maenad fighter (for example) would be able to maintain psionic focus until she used her energy ray sonic attack, at which point she would be considered to have an empty power point reserve until the ability was renewed the next day. Does this seem to be a reasonable interpretation to anybody?
Thanks!