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<blockquote data-quote="Jedi_Solo" data-source="post: 2846111" data-attributes="member: 40245"><p>Another vote for looking at Kalishtar if that race is available (except that Soulknife is NOT the Kalashtar favored class for some reason - not sure why).</p><p></p><p>I currently have a cohort that is a Kalashtar Soulbow and the character seems to be working out just fine and appears to be filling in the empty spot of the party archer VERY well.</p><p></p><p>I agree that the Soulknife PrCs can sometime be very confusing and need to be read through a few times in order for them to make sense. In the case of the SoulBow - the PrC increases the effectivness of half the Mindblade but not the other half. The Soulbow can be seen <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060403a&page=2" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p></p><p>One choice you will need to make early on will be how many abilities to have tied to the character's psionic focus. Psionic Weapon/Shot and even the Soulbow's Phase Arrow are nice attacks but require expending the characters Psionic Focus. Feats such as Psionic Dodge or Psionic Shield (from Races of Stone) add to a character's AC but require keeping the focus. Up the Walls is a nice feat for a mobility oriented character but requires the focus as well.</p><p></p><p>Psionic Shield and Up the Walls will be worthless if you expend your focus every fight but abilities the expend the focus will be worthless if you want to keep some of the bonuses the focus can bring. NOt to mention the headache of having your AC change three times over the course of a fight because your phase arrow use and then regaining your f ocus means your Psionic Dodge keeps turning off and on.</p><p></p><p>I chose to focus on my cohort's mobility. Even though the cohort is a Kalishtar I kept the regular level 6 Soulknife to get Speed of Thought (which requires the focus to get the extra speed) and picked Up the Walls as one of their feats. Deciding to keep the psionic focus whenever possable I also picked up Psionic Shield since a Soulbow gets to keep use of thier shield and stay a ranged combatent.</p><p></p><p>My main recommendation is to choose early on if you will be planning on expending the focus or keeping it in combat - and then stick with that choice. Choose your feets and substitution levels accordingly. No need to lose half of your abilities because you expended your focus when it wasn't completely necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jedi_Solo, post: 2846111, member: 40245"] Another vote for looking at Kalishtar if that race is available (except that Soulknife is NOT the Kalashtar favored class for some reason - not sure why). I currently have a cohort that is a Kalashtar Soulbow and the character seems to be working out just fine and appears to be filling in the empty spot of the party archer VERY well. I agree that the Soulknife PrCs can sometime be very confusing and need to be read through a few times in order for them to make sense. In the case of the SoulBow - the PrC increases the effectivness of half the Mindblade but not the other half. The Soulbow can be seen [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060403a&page=2]here[/URL]. One choice you will need to make early on will be how many abilities to have tied to the character's psionic focus. Psionic Weapon/Shot and even the Soulbow's Phase Arrow are nice attacks but require expending the characters Psionic Focus. Feats such as Psionic Dodge or Psionic Shield (from Races of Stone) add to a character's AC but require keeping the focus. Up the Walls is a nice feat for a mobility oriented character but requires the focus as well. Psionic Shield and Up the Walls will be worthless if you expend your focus every fight but abilities the expend the focus will be worthless if you want to keep some of the bonuses the focus can bring. NOt to mention the headache of having your AC change three times over the course of a fight because your phase arrow use and then regaining your f ocus means your Psionic Dodge keeps turning off and on. I chose to focus on my cohort's mobility. Even though the cohort is a Kalishtar I kept the regular level 6 Soulknife to get Speed of Thought (which requires the focus to get the extra speed) and picked Up the Walls as one of their feats. Deciding to keep the psionic focus whenever possable I also picked up Psionic Shield since a Soulbow gets to keep use of thier shield and stay a ranged combatent. My main recommendation is to choose early on if you will be planning on expending the focus or keeping it in combat - and then stick with that choice. Choose your feets and substitution levels accordingly. No need to lose half of your abilities because you expended your focus when it wasn't completely necessary. [/QUOTE]
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