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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2717003" data-attributes="member: 2011">What you say is true (as far as it goes).That is why you give your 9th level Astral Construct Extra Buff and Extreme Deflection and it doesn't matter that his DR is worthless against magic weapons. His AC is still 41 compared to 22 to 27 for the Elementals. That's the difference between one Full Round attack hitting in a given round and all Full Round attacks hitting in a given round. The DR issue is pretty minor in the big picture.Sure, your 17th Fighter can have a Strength of 26, +17 BAB, +5 Magic Weapon, +1 Weapon Focus for +31. If he uses a Greatsword with Weapon Specialization, he hits 55% of the time for 2D6+19 damage. Even with full round attacks, he only averages 95% full damage (55% + 30% + 5% + 5%) per round and it takes him 7 rounds to take out the Astral Contruct (if he Power Attacks, he does more damage if he hits, but hits less often).The Astral Construct, on the other hand, will hit a 17th level AC 37 Fighter (+5 Mithral Full Plate, +5 Amulet of Natural Armor, +5 Ring of Protection, +3 for Dex, +1 for Dodge) with a Constitution of 24 (assuming he found a different slot for an Amulet of Health +6) and 217 hit points 60% of the time for 2D6+16 damage. With full round attacks, he averages 120% full damage per round and it takes him 8 rounds to take out the Fighter.So, although the Astral Construct does not have the Fighter feats, it is nearly as powerful as a fairly decked out 17th level Fighter in straight up combat.Plus, the Psion can bring on one on round two, another on round three, etc.A 17th level Psion can bring in 17 or 18 such massive combatant types if he does nothing else in a day.The same Fighter against the Elder Fire Elemental (i.e. arguably the most potent Elemental in the group) wipes it out in (95% + 95% + 85% + 60% = 335% * (26-10) = 54 points of damage) 4 Full Round Attack rounds. The Elder Fire Elemental takes (50% + 50% = 4D8+6 = 24 points of damage) 8 Full Round Attack rounds to take out the Fighter.So, that extra AC helps the Astra Construct a lot. Sure, it does not have the feats of the Elementals, but it also doesn't get hit by 95% of most every weapon attack aimed it's way like they do at that type of level.</blockquote>

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