Ardent Powers Known [Archive] - Wizards Community

Ardent Powers Known [Archive] - Wizards Community

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mittenninja
02-06-07, 02:55 AM I'm working on a char build and was reading through the ardent class and realized it give no criteria for what the highest level powers known at any level are. Either i'm blind as a bat or someone didn't proofread complete psionic very well. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Saytr
02-06-07, 04:44 AM There are no criteria. They are only limited by manifester level.

First level= one power point max per power= First level powers

Fifth level= 5 pp= 3rd level powers and so on..

Note that this means you can take the practiced manifester feat in order to select higher-level powers than you normally could if you were a multiclassed character.
mittenninja
02-06-07, 04:46 AM Thank you. That makes things a lot clearer. And since I was planning on multi-classing with this build the practiced manifester feat will come in very useful :plotting:

Another question that my build has brought up. Would a multiclass Psychic warrior/Ardent gain bonus power points for his Wis twice?
Saytr
02-06-07, 07:32 PM Exactly what I did with my last character.

In fact:

5th level- Psywar/ Feat= Psicrystal Affinity

6th level- Ardent... 6th level feat= Practiced Manifester
Took the Knowledge mantle and the Touchsight power (5th level manifester)

7th level- Psywar/ Feat= Ex Knowledge (Share Pain), a 2nd level power I can add because I know a 3rd level power

Use Share Pain on Psicrystal. Psicrytal takes half your damage for 5 hours.

Psicrystal has 1/2 your HP= You have 50% more effective hit points.

If psicrystal breaks, will another psicrystal into existence. No familiar-type penalty.

This may be a bit more cheese than your DM is willing to put up with, so be forewarned.

The drawback is that I get power points for 2 levels of Psywar = 1 pp
.. for 1 level of Ardent= 2pp
.. bonus power points for 2nd level manifester= 2pp
.. and bonus pp for 5th level manifester= 5 pp

So I got a grand total of 10 pp. But 193 effective hp at 12th level.

The answer is yes. You add them for each class.

Yes, you can get a psicrystal as a Psywarr. The psicrystal entry in the monster description was transposed from the 3.0 book and is in error.

No, there are no rules for and no description of creating or recreating a psicrystal. The latest word from custsurv is "You just create another one"

A lot of people ask those questions so I thought..

Good luck
Tempest Stormwind
02-06-07, 07:34 PM Both of these questions were answered in the FAQ that is stickied at the top of the Psionics forum, by the way. You can also reach it through my sig.
mittenninja
02-07-07, 02:37 AM Both of these questions were answered in the FAQ that is stickied at the top of the Psionics forum, by the way. You can also reach it through my sig.

Thanks Tempest. You are as knowledgeable as always.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
mittenninja 02-06-07, 02:55 AM	I'm working on a char build and was reading through the ardent class and realized it give no criteria for what the highest level powers known at any level are. Either i'm blind as a bat or someone didn't proofread complete psionic very well. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Saytr 02-06-07, 04:44 AM	There are no criteria. They are only limited by manifester level. First level= one power point max per power= First level powers Fifth level= 5 pp= 3rd level powers and so on.. Note that this means you can take the practiced manifester feat in order to select higher-level powers than you normally could if you were a multiclassed character.
mittenninja 02-06-07, 04:46 AM	Thank you. That makes things a lot clearer. And since I was planning on multi-classing with this build the practiced manifester feat will come in very useful :plotting: Another question that my build has brought up. Would a multiclass Psychic warrior/Ardent gain bonus power points for his Wis twice?
Saytr 02-06-07, 07:32 PM	Exactly what I did with my last character. In fact: 5th level- Psywar/ Feat= Psicrystal Affinity 6th level- Ardent... 6th level feat= Practiced Manifester Took the Knowledge mantle and the Touchsight power (5th level manifester) 7th level- Psywar/ Feat= Ex Knowledge (Share Pain), a 2nd level power I can add because I know a 3rd level power Use Share Pain on Psicrystal. Psicrytal takes half your damage for 5 hours. Psicrystal has 1/2 your HP= You have 50% more effective hit points. If psicrystal breaks, will another psicrystal into existence. No familiar-type penalty. This may be a bit more cheese than your DM is willing to put up with, so be forewarned. The drawback is that I get power points for 2 levels of Psywar = 1 pp .. for 1 level of Ardent= 2pp .. bonus power points for 2nd level manifester= 2pp .. and bonus pp for 5th level manifester= 5 pp So I got a grand total of 10 pp. But 193 effective hp at 12th level. The answer is yes. You add them for each class. Yes, you can get a psicrystal as a Psywarr. The psicrystal entry in the monster description was transposed from the 3.0 book and is in error. No, there are no rules for and no description of creating or recreating a psicrystal. The latest word from custsurv is "You just create another one" A lot of people ask those questions so I thought.. Good luck
Tempest Stormwind 02-06-07, 07:34 PM	Both of these questions were answered in the FAQ that is stickied at the top of the Psionics forum, by the way. You can also reach it through my sig.
mittenninja 02-07-07, 02:37 AM	Both of these questions were answered in the FAQ that is stickied at the top of the Psionics forum, by the way. You can also reach it through my sig. Thanks Tempest. You are as knowledgeable as always.