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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 674356" data-attributes="member: 3051">Well, I have a level 13 Psywar, and I took Vigilance, Animal Affinity, Combat Prescience.Vigilance is VERY good.  It's not just an alternative to Darkvision.  Here's why it's good:> It works in magical darkness, to a distance of 10'.  Not enough to really be unaffected, but enough that you can still see the guy you're in melee with.  In fact, you can use this to your advantage, by carrying around an item with Darkness cast on it.  Run up to someone and attack them while they can't see anything.> It works in dust/fog/etc.> It lasts pretty much all day by the time you get to high level.> Even though it's self-only, it's also a unique power.  You're not playing second-fiddle to the pure casters on this one; you have something better than them.And the only downsides?  Only 30' darkvision, and it's self-only.  Self-only doesn't hurt as much as you think; Psywars don't have enough PPs to cast individual spells on everyone in the group anyway.Combat Prescience is nice, too, but its duration is short.  It becomes one of those "cast it in round 1" powers.  Not that that's always a bad thing, now, but when you get to where you're using level 3 and 4 powers, you'll have a lot of powers of this type, and not enough time to cast them (especially with the Haste change in 3.5E).  I still took it anyway, of course.Edit: Forgot to say, we still haven't totally agreed on the Psionic Equilibrium feat.  If I can get it approved, I'd definitely consider asking for a retroactive change to dump Combat Prescience, but the fact is, there aren't many good level 2 powers for Psychic Warriors anyway.  I might just keep both.</blockquote>

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