Please Help with an Eberron Character Concept and Build

[Najo]

The other thread I started on our Eberron campaign is becoming focused on the Action Points, so I figured I would split the discussion into two threads. I need some help with planning a character out. Here is the info from the original post :

I am trying to decide on the type of character I want to play and want some advice as to how to build each of them, such as class levels and feats. Here are the different characters I am thinking of:

1) A Kalshtar Psychic Warrior that is built to fill the role of a fighter with some neat "jedi" like powers and a strange planar connections to Dal Quor. I would like to maximize the psionic power and get a good synergy from its action points with its psionic powers.

2) A Changeling Spiritual Assassin, that is also strong enough to fight in a back up fighter role and uses its disguise ability to get close to targets. I want the Changeling to have a strange mystical side to it and any killing it does to fit with its beliefs. I would like to maximize the combat potential, action points and the feat Heroic Devotion (from Faiths of Eberron).

3) An Arenial Elf who is tied in some way to the Undying Court, serving a secret agenda of theirs and acting as ther agent afar. Anything that fits the concept works, either a caster or warrior type. The elf could have had something occured that awakened the prophecy within him or tied him to a dragon mark unexpectedly and now he needs to hide it.

Also, if the character can make good use of the feat Dragon Prophesier along with Prophecy's Hero (both from Magic of Eberron) it is interesting to me. I like the idea of the character being tied to the Argonsessen Prophecy and able to find inner strength by going into a mystic state. This also means that a high WIS bonus that works with the character's concept and game mechanics is good to.

Overall, I am big on a good character concept with a interesting background as well as a synergistic and well-built character. I need some input on what feats and classes to go after.

With background ideas and concepts I also don't care what gender the character is, since I usually DM and play NPCs all the time, but would prefer a male character just because we are playing with a couple of new players and I wouldn't want to complicate things with any gender bending confusing him and her. The rest of us are comfortable with strong characters played by either men or women. If the character being female was essential to the concept and that concept was the top choice for me, then I would play her that way.

 

[avr]

1/ Kalashtar Soulknives get better use from AP if you use Races of Eberron. The concept's similar, but there's some fluff about Soulknives being protectors of the community whereas psychic warriors tend to be those raised apart from the greater Kalashtar community. The feat for Kalashtar soulknives there + Psionic weapon + Action boost + greater psionic weapon should keep you busy for a while.

2/ The easy answer is to play a cleric. I mean 'mystical' and 'backup fighter'? Silent spell & quicken spell to buff up out of sight or quickly would be useful. Heroic metamagic lets you spend APs to apply these spontaneously. A cleric of the Traveller would be a natural for this idea, and you can take any number of persecuting organisations to target to give 'gifts of the Traveller'.

For a different take - only if you have good rolls or a high ability point buy - try {arcane caster}/swordsage/jade phoenix mage. You'd need to work with the GM on the background of the jade phoenix mages in Eberron. This idea doesn't require metamagic the way the cleric does, so you'd have room for feats like Dragon Prophesier and a swordsage gets some use from high wisdom.

3/ There's a PrC called something like Watchful Sentinels of Aerenal which sounds like what you're after. I can't remember details, but I think it's a rogue-type PrC.