Help me with my Psy War/ Fighter build

[Deekin]

Also, if your DM allows third party materials, check out Dreamscarred Press's Untapped Potential. It has some great psionic material, including 2 PRCs, the Enlightened Protector and the Knight Meditant, for psi-wars.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

One of my favorite PrCls for psionic PCs is the Pyrokinetic, especially since WotC expanded it on their website to include variants of all of the other energy types.

Imagine, playing a Sonomancer whose powers are unlikely to be defeated by energy resistance, and who will never run out of "sonic bolts."

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20040625e

Also, check out this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=183299

And, of course, Hyperconscious.

 

[Shellman]

Just a note, the PrC everyone is referring to is the Illithid Slayer - available for 'free' at www.d20srd.org as the "Slayer" Prestige Class.

Other suggestions for the Half-Giant - a Large Deepcrystal Greatsword allows you to do 3d6 + 1.5 x Str bonus as your normal damage, while you can expend focus for +2d6/+4d6 with Psionic Weapon/Greater Psionic Weapon, spend 1pp for +2d6 damage (Deepcrystal) and add to this with Expansion.

My suggestion for a 1st lvl PsyWar would be Psionic Weapon (feat) and if you don't go the path of Armor buffs (Inertial Armor/Force Screen) I'd suggest Expansion as a 1st lvl power. Reach and 4d6 base damage with that sword is HARSH for 1st lvl.

Is that Deepcrystal in XPH or Comp Psionics?

 

[Shellman]

Is that Deepcrystal in XPH or Comp Psionics?

nevermind I found it

thanks

 

[Nifft]

Is that Deepcrystal in XPH or Comp Psionics?

Deep Crystal is in the SRD.

If I may suggest, your caster (manifester) level and your power points available are much more important than an extra feat or two. Why? Because your powers focus on self-buffing, and having your buffs easily dispelled really sucks.

I'd rather waste a feat getting in to Slayer (and lose a few more feats later) for the extra BAB if I really wanted that 4th attack at 20th level. But I wouldn't bother with the extra attack. (Will you even get the attack, since you'll have LA +1? Is there any reason to bother with Fighter at all?)

Cheers, -- N

 

[hanniball]

I'd rather waste a feat getting in to Slayer (and lose a few more feats later) for the extra BAB if I really wanted that 4th attack at 20th level. But I wouldn't bother with the extra attack. (Will you even get the attack, since you'll have LA +1? Is there any reason to bother with Fighter at all?)

Cheers, -- N

Yes you'll bet the fourth iterative attack by ECL 20. I presented a build in post #7. The fighter level is there to get into IS as soon as possible (Ranger would do just fine though).


Either way...just my 2 cp

 

[Rolflyn]

While, normally, an excellent suggestion, you seem to have forgotten about the Half-Giant/Duergar's +1 LA. This makes it very difficult to obtain 6th lvl powers and +16 BAB by 20th level.

Are you saying a Half-Giant Fighter 4/Psychic Warrior 16 does not have BAB +16 and four iterative attacks? That doesn't make any sense to me. I know the character would be ECL 21, but are your iterative attacks really capped like that.

 

[Darklone]

Are you saying a Half-Giant Fighter 4/Psychic Warrior 16 does not have BAB +16 and four iterative attacks? That doesn't make any sense to me. I know the character would be ECL 21, but are your iterative attacks really capped like that.

Yupp. Epic rules.

 

[Rolflyn]

d20srd says

...the character’s base attack bonus does not increase after character level reaches 20th.

There is no mention of ECL. In fact the discussion of feats and attribute points discuss level and I'm sure they mean actual class level, not adjusted by LA. So why would BAB be any different.

 

[Shellman]

From the SRD:

Epic Attack Bonus
Similarly, the character’s base attack bonus does not increase after character level reaches 20th. However, the character does receive a cumulative +1 epic bonus on all attacks at every odd-numbered level beyond 20th, as shown on Table: Epic Save and Epic Attack Bonuses. Any time a feat, prestige class, or other rule refers to your base attack bonus (except for gaining additional attacks), use the sum of your base attack bonus and epic attack bonus.