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#1 KoboldAvenger Oct 07, 2009 10:03:33	So we know there's at least 2 other psionic classes now that we have a Striker (Monk) and a Controller (Psion).  The Githzerai article implies there's 2 other classes that use power points, and that wisdom is a secondary ability score for both of them.  There was an off-hand comment from a developer about an Empath leader, but no follow up to that.  And we suspect the other 2 will probably resemble classes that existed in 3.5. So I'm guessing the defender the "psychic warrior" will probably have a bunch of at-wills that do 1[W] + ability mod damage, and +[W] and additional effects depending on how many power points spent.
#2 anubis_reynard Oct 07, 2009 13:48:39	My guess is that the Defender Warmind/sentinal class will have very impressive marks- big range, marked AND attack penalty, AND free action punishment- but be Sustain Minor, and a standard to place. He can maintain his concentration on one easilly enough, two if he focuses, and three (or for on an action point) if he does absolutely nothing else.
#3 Marandahir Oct 10, 2009 8:58:33	My ideal leader would be an Empath, primary Charisma, with Wisdom or Constitution riders. The empath would deal with psychological realms and draw out the inner strength of his allies. A concept I had for an Empath power or feature or something was that the Empath transfers the psychological pain from an ally (thus healing his/her wounds), and transforms it into a nightmare to unleash upon an enemy for substantial damage (not striker damage, but still a fair amount).  This could either be worked as a daily or as a theme for an entire build of reworking allies' pain into attacks against foes. I called it the Pain Split, but that's besides the point. Charisma/Wisdom would mean that Kalashtar are really good at it, which would be optimal as the Psionic race they are.  Charisma/Constitution would make Half-Elves optimal at a class besides Valorous Bard.
#4 KoboldAvenger Oct 11, 2009 2:19:33	Whatever the psionic leader is, I think it will be vaguely based in some ways off of the 3.5 Ardent and Divine Mind, which were supposed to be 1 class. I always felt the most interesting Divine Mind Aura back in 3.5 was the Communication Mantle Aura, which had telepathic communication between the party as it's ability.  Somehow I feel that will be front and centre, for the Psionic leader.
#5 jedi123 Oct 11, 2009 8:03:52	Whatever the psionic leader is, I think it will be vaguely based in some ways off of the 3.5 Ardent and Divine Mind, which were supposed to be 1 class. I always felt the most interesting Divine Mind Aura back in 3.5 was the Communication Mantle Aura, which had telepathic communication between the party as it's ability.  Somehow I feel that will be front and centre, for the Psionic leader. Auras would be cool, I don't think we have a class that uses them, at least not heavily. It would also  make sense for the empath. Bolstering your team, maybe hindering the opponents.
#6 TheLoneCleric Oct 14, 2009 19:56:05	Well, I can hope that they are consistent. But baring that, I hope they're original with out being confusing to new players. I think the Monk is a fluke.
#7 ceiling90 Oct 15, 2009 2:30:01	The monk is kinda an odd duck in the psionic classes I think, it's a refugee from the once living ki power source. It was probably designed that way first, then as the design and the idea of the power source started to unfocus, they shoved it into the psionic power source.