Wilder Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Wilder Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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GeminiDreams
04-27-07, 01:42 PM Wild Surge (Su): A wilder can let her passion and emotion rise to the surface in a wild surge when she manifests a power. During a wild surge, a wilder gains phenomenal psionic strength, but may harm herself by the reckless use of her power (see Psychic Enervation, below).
A wilder can choose to invoke a wild surge whenever she manifests a power. When she does so, she gains +1 to her manifester level with that manifestation of the power. The manifester level boost gives her the ability to augment her powers to a higher degree than she otherwise could; however, she pays no extra power point for this wild surge. Instead, the additional 1 power point that would normally be required to augment the power is effectively supplied by the wild surge.
Level-dependent power effects are also improved, depending on the power a wilder manifests with her wild surge.
This improvement in manifester level does not grant her any other benefits (psicrystal abilities do not advance, she does not gain higher-level class abilities, and so on).
She cannot use the Overchannel psionic feat and invoke her wild surge at the same time.
At 3rd level, a wilder can choose to boost her manifester level by two instead of one. At 7th level, she can boost her manifester level by up to three; at 11th level, by up to four; at 15th level, by up to five; and at 19th level, by up to six.
In all cases, the wild surge effectively pays the extra power point cost that is normally required to augment the power; only the unaugmented power point cost is subtracted from the wilder’s power point reserve.

The part where it says it pays for augmentation, does it pay for it all?
Such as... if you were level 10 per say, all in Wilder and you manifest a damaging psionic spell. Your manifester level goes to 13 and therefore you could spend 13 more power points to augment. Does the Wild Surge pay for 'all' those 13 or just the 3 extra?

On a related question; say if you were Psion 7/Pyrokineticist 3, is your manifester level 7 or 10?
Archangel_Arcanis
04-27-07, 02:49 PM 1)no it only pays the amount of augment equal to the boost in level, not the entirety of the augmentation.

2) your ML would be 7 since pyro does not progress your manifesting capabilities nor specifically state that it adds to your ML as some might.
Grizzled Gryphon
04-27-07, 04:41 PM Psionic PrC's only progress your manifester level if it says "+1 level to manifester level" on the advancement chart. It works the same as a spell casting PrC that says "+1 level to spellcasting class" or the like.

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GeminiDreams 04-27-07, 01:42 PM	Wild Surge (Su): A wilder can let her passion and emotion rise to the surface in a wild surge when she manifests a power. During a wild surge, a wilder gains phenomenal psionic strength, but may harm herself by the reckless use of her power (see Psychic Enervation, below). A wilder can choose to invoke a wild surge whenever she manifests a power. When she does so, she gains +1 to her manifester level with that manifestation of the power. The manifester level boost gives her the ability to augment her powers to a higher degree than she otherwise could; however, she pays no extra power point for this wild surge. Instead, the additional 1 power point that would normally be required to augment the power is effectively supplied by the wild surge. Level-dependent power effects are also improved, depending on the power a wilder manifests with her wild surge. This improvement in manifester level does not grant her any other benefits (psicrystal abilities do not advance, she does not gain higher-level class abilities, and so on). She cannot use the Overchannel psionic feat and invoke her wild surge at the same time. At 3rd level, a wilder can choose to boost her manifester level by two instead of one. At 7th level, she can boost her manifester level by up to three; at 11th level, by up to four; at 15th level, by up to five; and at 19th level, by up to six. In all cases, the wild surge effectively pays the extra power point cost that is normally required to augment the power; only the unaugmented power point cost is subtracted from the wilder’s power point reserve. The part where it says it pays for augmentation, does it pay for it all? Such as... if you were level 10 per say, all in Wilder and you manifest a damaging psionic spell. Your manifester level goes to 13 and therefore you could spend 13 more power points to augment. Does the Wild Surge pay for 'all' those 13 or just the 3 extra? On a related question; say if you were Psion 7/Pyrokineticist 3, is your manifester level 7 or 10?
Archangel_Arcanis 04-27-07, 02:49 PM	1)no it only pays the amount of augment equal to the boost in level, not the entirety of the augmentation. 2) your ML would be 7 since pyro does not progress your manifesting capabilities nor specifically state that it adds to your ML as some might.
Grizzled Gryphon 04-27-07, 04:41 PM	Psionic PrC's only progress your manifester level if it says "+1 level to manifester level" on the advancement chart. It works the same as a spell casting PrC that says "+1 level to spellcasting class" or the like.