Post/Author/DateTime	Post
rice830 02-24-07, 01:59 AM	~So are there many good psionic books? Im going to be picking up XPH and The Complete Psionics, but are there any other books that have any good psionic prestige classes or anything?
pukunui 02-24-07, 02:05 AM	I hate to break it to you, but there aren't many official psionics books. The XPH and CPsi are pretty much the only ones, and the latter book is questionable at best, absolutely dreadful at worst (while the XPH is arguably the most well-written book in the whole of 3.5 ...).
Tempest Stormwind 02-24-07, 02:05 AM	See the FAQ at the top of the forum for a discussion on books. It gives you links and general consensus as need be.
Kulthos 02-24-07, 02:15 AM	Psions are re-balanced wizards. They get some neat tricks but lose haste, polymorphing the tank, gate, and other bad ideas.
Tralan 02-24-07, 04:54 PM	Psions are re-balanced wizards. They get some neat tricks but lose haste, polymorphing the tank, gate, and other bad ideas. ...*sigh* because building a stereotyped "blaster" character and minmaxing the party instead of roleplaying a flavorful, in depth character is really what the game is all about...
Tempest Stormwind 02-24-07, 05:02 PM	...*sigh* because building a stereotyped "blaster" character and minmaxing the party instead of roleplaying a flavorful, in depth character is really what the game is all about... Stormwind fallacy. You can do either, neither, or both just fine. The "instead" implies a false dichotomy. For example, I currently play a psion, and a wizard in another game. Both are very good at what they do. Both are also in-depth characters in terms of flavor. Essentially everyone involved in both games is in the same boat. There's no "instead" involved here.
Bacris 02-24-07, 05:18 PM	Yup. There's absolutely no reason you can't have an optimized, flavorful, in-depth, blaster character.