Alternate psion/erudite and prestige psychic warrior

[Jack Daniel]

In my campaign, I've tried to tone down on the number of character classes. I don't have much use for the wilder or the soulknife, and the psion and erudite are almost the same class already. To incorporate the revised and expanded psionics into my campaign, I decided to combine the psion and the erudite into a single class (which is balanced well enough when you also use a spell point based system for spellcasters), and to replace the psychic warrior with a 15-level Unearthed Arcana style prestige class that parallels the prestige bard, paladin, and ranger. In honor (memorium?) of AD&D 2nd Edition and Alternity, I chose to call these classes the psionicist and the battlemind.

THE PSIONICIST......................................HIT DIE:.d4.
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...............................................Max.....Psionic..
Level..BAB..FST.RST.WST..Special......PP/Day...Level...Strength.
1st....±0...±0..±0..+2...Discipline,..2........1st.....1........
.........................bonus.feat.............................
2nd....+1...±0..±0..+3...--...........6........1st.....3........
3rd....+1...+1..+1..+3...--...........11.......2nd.....5........
4th....+2...+1..+1..+4...--...........17.......2nd.....7........
5th....+2...+1..+1..+4...Bonus.feat...25.......3rd.....9........
6th....+3...+2..+2..+5...--...........35.......3rd.....11.......
7th....+3...+2..+2..+5...--...........46.......4th.....13.......
8th....+4...+2..+2..+6...--...........58.......4th.....15.......
9th....+4...+3..+3..+6...--...........72.......5th.....17.......
10th...+5...+3..+3..+7...Bonus.feat...88.......5th.....19.......
11th...+5...+3..+3..+7...--...........106......6th.....21.......
12th...+6...+4..+4..+8...--...........126......6th.....23.......
13th...+6...+4..+4..+8...--...........147......7th.....25.......
14th...+7...+4..+4..+9...--...........170......7th.....27.......
15th...+7...+5..+5..+9...Bonus.feat...195......8th.....29.......
16th...+8...+5..+5..+10..--...........221......8th.....31.......
17th...+8...+5..+5..+10..--...........250......9th.....33.......
18th...+9...+6..+6..+11..--...........280......9th.....34.......
19th...+9...+6..+6..+11..--...........311......9th.....35.......
20th...+10..+6..+6..+12..Bonus.feat...343......9th.....36.......

The Psionicist
• All the same stats and class features as the psion, except as follows:
• Psionicists choose thier key ability at 1st level, deciding whether their powers stem from their intellect (Int), intuition (Wis), or emotion (Cha).
• Psionicists learn and manifest their powers just like erudites do, but they have a discipline like a psion. The psionicist's "psionic strength" represents a limit on unique powers per day, but unlike the erudite's, the psionicist's is not segregated by power level.

THE BATTLEMIND.....................HIT DIE:.d8.
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......................................Psionic..
Level..BAB..FST.RST.WST..Special......Powers...
1st....±0...+2..+1..+1...Bonus.feat...--.......
2nd....+1...+3..+2..+2...--...........+1.level.
3rd....+2...+3..+2..+2...Bonus.feat...+1.level.
4th....+3...+4..+2..+2...--...........+1.level.
5th....+3...+4..+3..+3...--...........--.......
6th....+4...+5..+3..+3...Bonus.feat...+1.level.
7th....+5...+5..+4..+4...--...........+1.level.
8th....+6...+6..+4..+4...--...........+1.level.
9th....+6...+6..+4..+4...Bonus.feat...--.......
10th...+7...+7..+5..+5...--...........+1.level.
11th...+8...+7..+5..+5...--...........+1.level.
12th...+9...+8..+6..+6...Bonus.feat...+1.level.
13th...+9...+8..+6..+6...--...........--.......
14th...+10..+9..+6..+6...--...........+1.level.
15th...+11..+9..+7..+7...Bonus.feat...+1.level.

The Battlemind (Requirements)
• Base Attack Bonus +4.
• Autohypnosis 2 ranks, Concentration 4 ranks, Psicraft 6 ranks.
• Combat Manifestation feat.
• Must be able to manifest 1st-level psionic powers.