The following is a campaign-specific PrC used in my group. It's only recently been edited to accomodate the last set of Guide rules in my possession. Opinions concerning it would be appreciated, especially in terms of requirements and whether or not the class should lose another manifester level or two.
Carnal Adept
Sex is power. Through the deliberate act of intromission during intercourse - the retention rather than the release of bodily fluids at climax - the libidinous energy produced in sex can be channeled upward along the spine, charging the sacral psychic energy center, or chakra, while simultaneously boosting the psionic storage of power throughout the rest of the body. Many psions of Xospahic practice the basic rudiments of this advanced psycho-sexual technique. The carnal adepts devote their lives to it.
Through multiple orgasms and intense physiometabolic control, a carnal adept can enhance his psychic reserves to levels undreamed of by more staid and restrained psionicists. They know the truth: sex is power but not just power. Sex is the world. Sex is everything.
Given the rather hedonistic aspects of xaransu culture, not a few xaransu practice this philosophy. Many pemboham do as well, though with greater reverence and a desire to achieve a heightened orgiastic cons ciousness. Xos, on the other hand, rarely if ever become carnal adepts as sex to them is but a chore and they lack the necessary perspective to see disciplined carnality as a source of psionic power.
Hit Die: d4
Requirements
To qualify as a carnal adept, a character must meet the following criteria:
Feats: Control Arousal, Endurance, Sexual Recharge
Manifesting: Ability to manifest four carnal powers
Skills: Concentration 10 ranks, Knowledge (Sex) 10 ranks, Sexual Prowess 6 ranks
Class Skills
The carnal adept’s class skills are Autohypnosis (Wis), Concentration (Con), Diplomacy (Cha), Know ledge [Psionics or Sex] (Int), Psicraft (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sexual Prowess (Cha), and Stabilize Self (Con).
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the carnal adept prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Carnal adepts gain no proficiency in any armor or weapons, though they retain any knowledge gained from former classes.
Power Points*: When they gain a level, carnal adepts gain power points per day as though they gained a level of psion. These power points are added to the character's previous total. Carnal adepts gain bonus power points based on the key ability score for their primary ability. If the character previously could not gain bonus power points for high ability scores (as is the case for psychic warriors), he now chooses a primary discipline and can gain bonus power points based on the related ability score.
Powers Discovered: Carnal adepts gain powers per level as though they gained a level of psion, except where noted in the table below. Powers are chosen from the psion power list. Their effective manifester level is increased by one for each indicated level of the prestige class.
Psionic Combat: Attack and defense modes are discovered as though the character were a psion of the same level as the prestige class (characters do not forget previously discovered attack and defense modes).
Psicrystals: Carnal adept levels count toward the level of the psionic character for purposes determining psicrystal Intelligence and special abilities. Psicrystals are a class ability of psions. The character must take at least one level of psion if he wishes to encode a psicrystal.
0-Level Powers: Carnal adept levels count toward the level of psion for purposes of determin ing the number of free manifestations per day of 0-level powers.
Table: The Carnal Adept
Base Attack Fort. Ref. Will Power Points Powers
Class Level Bonus Save Save Save Per Day Special Discovered
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 *see text Carnal Pwrs, delay orgasm +1 manifester level
2 +1 +0 +0 +3 MOSE, Sexual Recharge, SCB -
3 +2 +1 +1 +3 +1 manifester level
4 +3 +1 +1 +4 +1 manifester level
5 +3 +1 +1 +4 +1 manifester level
6 +4 +2 +2 +5 Improved Intromission, ISCB -
7 +5 +2 +2 +5 +1 manifester level
8 +6 +2 +2 +6 +1 manifester level
9 +6 +3 +3 +6 +1 manifester level
10 +7 +3 +3 +7 Sacral Mastery +1 manifester level
Carnal Powers (Sp): Beginning at 1st level, carnal adepts add +2 to the DC for all saving throws against powers with the carnal indicator. Carnal adepts can manifest more potently such psionic abilities.
Delay Orgasm (Sp): Beginning at 1st level, carnal adepts may use the delay orgasm talent during any sexual encounter at will. Use of this talent does not count against the character’s number of free manifestations per day of other 0-level powers.
Mind Over Sexual Endurance: At 2nd level, the character gains the Mind Over Sexual Endurance feat.
Sexual Recharge (Su): Beginning at 2nd level, the character’s use of the feat Sexual Recharge is no longer bound to his normal maximum number of power points, i.e., the character can exceed his maxi mum number of power points using sex. Excess power points not discharged are lost within 1 hour.
At 3rd level and every level thereafter, the number of power points the carnal adept can regain through the Sexual Recharge feat increases as indicated on the table below.
Level of Prestige Class Sexual Recharge Points
3rd 3 points
4th 5 points
5th 7 points
6th 9 points
7th 11 points
8th 13 points
9th 15 points
10th 17 points
Sacral Chakra Boost (Su): Whenever the carnal adept’s power points exceed his normal maximum num ber of power points through use of Sexual Recharge, he gains an advantage as if he had the Psychic Medi tation feat and had used it to access his sacral psychic energy center or chakra, i.e. the character gains a +3 DC for powers in his primary discipline and a +1 DC to all other powers. Bonuses from this sacral boost stack with the carnal powers bonus the character already gained at 1st level.
If the character already had taken the Psychic Meditation feat and used it to access his sacral psychic energy center, he gains no further bonus.
Improved Intromission (Su): Beginning at 6th level, excess power points gained through the Sexual Recharge feat are lost within 2 hours, not 1.
Improved Sacral Chakra Boost (Su): Beginning at 6th level, whenever the carnal adept’s power points exceed his normal maximum number of power points through use of Sexual Recharge, he gains an advantage as if he had the Intense Psychic Meditation feat and had used it to access his sacral chakra, i.e. the character gains a further +2 DC for powers in his primary discipline and a +1 DC to all other powers.
Bonuses from this improved sacral boost stack with bonuses received previously. If the character already had taken the Intense Psychic Meditation feat and used it to access his sacral psychic energy center, though, he gains no further bonus.
Sacral Mastery (Su): At 10th level, excess power points gained through the Sexual Recharge feat are lost within 4 hours, not 2.
Carnal Adept
Sex is power. Through the deliberate act of intromission during intercourse - the retention rather than the release of bodily fluids at climax - the libidinous energy produced in sex can be channeled upward along the spine, charging the sacral psychic energy center, or chakra, while simultaneously boosting the psionic storage of power throughout the rest of the body. Many psions of Xospahic practice the basic rudiments of this advanced psycho-sexual technique. The carnal adepts devote their lives to it.
Through multiple orgasms and intense physiometabolic control, a carnal adept can enhance his psychic reserves to levels undreamed of by more staid and restrained psionicists. They know the truth: sex is power but not just power. Sex is the world. Sex is everything.
Given the rather hedonistic aspects of xaransu culture, not a few xaransu practice this philosophy. Many pemboham do as well, though with greater reverence and a desire to achieve a heightened orgiastic cons ciousness. Xos, on the other hand, rarely if ever become carnal adepts as sex to them is but a chore and they lack the necessary perspective to see disciplined carnality as a source of psionic power.
Hit Die: d4
Requirements
To qualify as a carnal adept, a character must meet the following criteria:
Feats: Control Arousal, Endurance, Sexual Recharge
Manifesting: Ability to manifest four carnal powers
Skills: Concentration 10 ranks, Knowledge (Sex) 10 ranks, Sexual Prowess 6 ranks
Class Skills
The carnal adept’s class skills are Autohypnosis (Wis), Concentration (Con), Diplomacy (Cha), Know ledge [Psionics or Sex] (Int), Psicraft (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sexual Prowess (Cha), and Stabilize Self (Con).
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the carnal adept prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Carnal adepts gain no proficiency in any armor or weapons, though they retain any knowledge gained from former classes.
Power Points*: When they gain a level, carnal adepts gain power points per day as though they gained a level of psion. These power points are added to the character's previous total. Carnal adepts gain bonus power points based on the key ability score for their primary ability. If the character previously could not gain bonus power points for high ability scores (as is the case for psychic warriors), he now chooses a primary discipline and can gain bonus power points based on the related ability score.
Powers Discovered: Carnal adepts gain powers per level as though they gained a level of psion, except where noted in the table below. Powers are chosen from the psion power list. Their effective manifester level is increased by one for each indicated level of the prestige class.
Psionic Combat: Attack and defense modes are discovered as though the character were a psion of the same level as the prestige class (characters do not forget previously discovered attack and defense modes).
Psicrystals: Carnal adept levels count toward the level of the psionic character for purposes determining psicrystal Intelligence and special abilities. Psicrystals are a class ability of psions. The character must take at least one level of psion if he wishes to encode a psicrystal.
0-Level Powers: Carnal adept levels count toward the level of psion for purposes of determin ing the number of free manifestations per day of 0-level powers.
Table: The Carnal Adept
Base Attack Fort. Ref. Will Power Points Powers
Class Level Bonus Save Save Save Per Day Special Discovered
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 *see text Carnal Pwrs, delay orgasm +1 manifester level
2 +1 +0 +0 +3 MOSE, Sexual Recharge, SCB -
3 +2 +1 +1 +3 +1 manifester level
4 +3 +1 +1 +4 +1 manifester level
5 +3 +1 +1 +4 +1 manifester level
6 +4 +2 +2 +5 Improved Intromission, ISCB -
7 +5 +2 +2 +5 +1 manifester level
8 +6 +2 +2 +6 +1 manifester level
9 +6 +3 +3 +6 +1 manifester level
10 +7 +3 +3 +7 Sacral Mastery +1 manifester level
Carnal Powers (Sp): Beginning at 1st level, carnal adepts add +2 to the DC for all saving throws against powers with the carnal indicator. Carnal adepts can manifest more potently such psionic abilities.
Delay Orgasm (Sp): Beginning at 1st level, carnal adepts may use the delay orgasm talent during any sexual encounter at will. Use of this talent does not count against the character’s number of free manifestations per day of other 0-level powers.
Mind Over Sexual Endurance: At 2nd level, the character gains the Mind Over Sexual Endurance feat.
Sexual Recharge (Su): Beginning at 2nd level, the character’s use of the feat Sexual Recharge is no longer bound to his normal maximum number of power points, i.e., the character can exceed his maxi mum number of power points using sex. Excess power points not discharged are lost within 1 hour.
At 3rd level and every level thereafter, the number of power points the carnal adept can regain through the Sexual Recharge feat increases as indicated on the table below.
Level of Prestige Class Sexual Recharge Points
3rd 3 points
4th 5 points
5th 7 points
6th 9 points
7th 11 points
8th 13 points
9th 15 points
10th 17 points
Sacral Chakra Boost (Su): Whenever the carnal adept’s power points exceed his normal maximum num ber of power points through use of Sexual Recharge, he gains an advantage as if he had the Psychic Medi tation feat and had used it to access his sacral psychic energy center or chakra, i.e. the character gains a +3 DC for powers in his primary discipline and a +1 DC to all other powers. Bonuses from this sacral boost stack with the carnal powers bonus the character already gained at 1st level.
If the character already had taken the Psychic Meditation feat and used it to access his sacral psychic energy center, he gains no further bonus.
Improved Intromission (Su): Beginning at 6th level, excess power points gained through the Sexual Recharge feat are lost within 2 hours, not 1.
Improved Sacral Chakra Boost (Su): Beginning at 6th level, whenever the carnal adept’s power points exceed his normal maximum number of power points through use of Sexual Recharge, he gains an advantage as if he had the Intense Psychic Meditation feat and had used it to access his sacral chakra, i.e. the character gains a further +2 DC for powers in his primary discipline and a +1 DC to all other powers.
Bonuses from this improved sacral boost stack with bonuses received previously. If the character already had taken the Intense Psychic Meditation feat and used it to access his sacral psychic energy center, though, he gains no further bonus.
Sacral Mastery (Su): At 10th level, excess power points gained through the Sexual Recharge feat are lost within 4 hours, not 2.
