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Aelstrom 01-03-07, 07:54 PM	I've recently found out I will be joining a gestalt campaign, and as the title suggests I'm playing a Cloistered Cleric/Psychic Warrior. The plan thus far is to go straight 20 levels in each class. As I've never played a psionic character before, I'm not sure on where I should go. So far I've got a few levels planned out, but not much; and as far as I know I could be going in the completely wrong direction. Male Elan 1-Psionic Talent, Psionic Body / Force Screen 2-Psionic Talent / Vigor 3-Psionic Weapon / Expansion 4-Hustle 5-Power Attack / Animal Affinity 6-Psionic Meditation / ? 7-Hostile Empathic Transfer 8-Deep Impact / ? 9-Psionic Talent / ? Bold - Feats Italics - Powers Stats (best I've ever rolled in my life) after racial mods Str-15 (all stat increases will go to strength) Dex-14 Con-16 Int-14 Wis-16 Cha-16 The original idea was to go two-handed weapon with power attack to deal as much damage as possible. As far as feats, psionic talent to give an early boost to PP, and psionic body, since so far it's almost all psionic feats (and a few extra hitpoints never hurts) However, I've started comparing using Claws of the Beast + Bite of the Wolf and it looks like it could be good. My damage output wouldn't be as high, but I'd have better odds at hitting things. The campaign is core only (PH and XPH), with variants from the SRD. Oh, cleric domains are Glory, Sun, and Knowledge (worshipping Pelor). Any assistance is appreciated.
Phoenix00 01-03-07, 08:01 PM	I would recommend some lvls in Prestige Paladin, and Radiant Servant of Pelor, but if you want it pure you want it pure :) What is your feeling about Divine Metamagic?
Aelstrom 01-03-07, 09:16 PM	While prestige paladin wouldn't hurt the combat aspect, especially with the full BAB and d10 hit die, it doesn't have full casting progression, and I'm going to be the only healer in the party. As far as RSoP, I'd love to, but the campaign is core only. Which also means no persistent spell :(
PhaedrusXY 01-03-07, 09:20 PM	Natural Weapon psiwarrior builds are a bit of a trap, usually. It costs alot of power points to use what they need, and you wind up running out if you have more than 1 or maybe 2 encounters per day. This would be less of a problem as alot of your buffs can come from the cleric side, but it is still something to keep in mind. Something else to keep in mind is that you only get one action per round, barring things like Time Stop and Schism. So being able to get all those crazy buffs up without standing there for half the fight is something you need to think about.
PhoenixInferno 01-03-07, 09:27 PM	Something else to keep in mind is that you only get one action per round, barring things like Time Stop and Schism. So being able to get all those crazy buffs up without standing there for half the fight is something you need to think about.Linked Power for the psionic buffs.
BadCatMan 01-03-07, 09:43 PM	Try Monastic Servant of Auppenser: http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/leof_msoa.htm It's unofficially official.
strenoth 01-04-07, 02:27 AM	Try Monastic Servant of Auppenser: http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/leof_msoa.htm It's unofficially official. he said core only
Aelstrom 01-04-07, 09:02 AM	Thanks for all the input so far. I checked out Linked Power and it looks good, now I've just got to convince my DM to let me use it; he's getting tired of having to search through 15-20 source books to find specific material.
Aelstrom 01-05-07, 05:54 PM	I spent some time yesterday and finished up the build, here it is: Male Elan Cloistered Cleric 20//Psychic Warrior 20 Domains - Glory, Sun, Knowledge Stats after racial mods Str-15 (all stat increases will go to strength) Dex-14 Con-16 Int-14 Wis-16 Cha-16 1-Psionic Talent, Psionic Body | Force Screen 2-Psionic Talent | Vigor 3-Psionic Weapon | Expansion 4-Hustle 5-Power Attack | Body Adjustment 6-Psionic Meditation | Prowess 7-Hostile Empathic Transfer 8-Deep Impact | Evade Burst 9-Psionic Talent | Mental Barrier 10-Dimension Door 11-Stand Still | Truevenom Weapon 12-Psionic Talent | Energy Adaptation 13-Inertial Armor 14-Speed of Thought | Freedom of Movement 15-Psionic Talent | Psionic Lion's Charge 16-Form of Doom 17-Up the Walls | Breath of the Black Dragon 18-Psionic Talent | Personal Mind Blank 19-Catapsi 20-Psionic Talent | Dispelling Buffer My primary job will be party tank and after battle healer. My spells will primarily be for healing and utility, using my powers to self buff. My secondary job will be strategic positioning so the Rogue//Monk will be able to get in as many sneak attacks per round as possible. Durring combat, the first two rounds will most likely be spent using buffs, Form of Doom and Expansion at higher levels, Force Screen and Vigor at lower levels. After that, charge with Psionic Lion's Charge if possible (otherwise manifest Truevenom), attack with full power attack, blowing psionic focus for Deep Impact; all with a 2-handed weapon. Using Hustle to regain psionic focus, I'll attempt as many full power attack-Deep Impacts as possible. I'll be at a severe disadvantage at range. Other than carrying a Mighty Composite Longbow, and possibly switching some feats to get powers like Hail of Crystals, I'm not sure what else I'll be able to do. Any more suggestions are appreciated; and as always, thanks in advance.