Psionic combat does not exist in 3.5. Since the DM has banned the Thrallherd (a 3.5-exclusive class), that's the book he's using. The reason people suggest slayer is because it's full base attack and (nearly) full manifesting, and is relatively easy to qualify for. Generally people enter it as an Egoist, since they have the most to gain from it (they have stronger manifesting than the psychic warrior and a comparable power list of buffs, plus the ZOMGBROKEN Metamorphosis).
You're in the right section, but without more information to go on - point buy, starting level, other party members, your specific goal, allowed books, applicable houserules, and so on - all we can do is direct you to some of the psion resources. The 3.5 Psionics FAQ is a good place to start if you're just learning the system. The Buildguide and Compendium is a good resource as well. If your DM doesn't know the rules, I have an archived copy of the New DM/Player's Guide to Psionics that I can re-upload.
In YOUR case, though, what you gain from this board is really based off of what you put in. If you come here with a character plan, we can help more.
Sorry I'm new to posting this stuff :P also to explain the "mess with the DM" comment, the DM is one of my best friends and he'd laugh about it too. But I don't really want anything broken or really op lol.
It's still a bad idea, even among friends, because that's not the expectation of a player. Still, a useful character can be a pleasant surprise, so we'll run with that.
Ok for books were not actually playing 3.5 were playing pathfinder, so the books I'm using for psionics is Psionics Unleashed.
...You're actually in luck. The authors of those threads I sent in my last post? Bacris and myself? He's Jeremy Smith (who, between him and Andreas, basically are Dreamscarred Press), and I'm Brian Dupuis (lead author on their first book, Untapped Potential, and the guy who basically drew together the original batch of Dreamscarred collaborators). My involvement with them has been minimal to nonexistent since thendue to academic concerns, but I'm still extremely proud to have had a role getting things started. Although my experience with Pathfinder is limited, I can probably answer some developer or behind-the-scenes questions (at least so far as my experience can provide) if you or your DM ask.
I either have to be a human or an elan because of the type of campaign, and also our DM does know what he's doing, he's just not extremely farmiliar with psionics.
Good to know. The PF elan is amazing (Psionic Aptitude plus the human's variable +2 is jaw-dropping), and should probably be the main reason you consider the race (the racial activated abilities are more as emergency bailouts than as selling points). The big comparison is the bonus feat.
Starting level is 2. Other part members are not extremely experienced but they are playing a monk, a druid, a ranger, a rogue, a cleric, and a fighter.
Huge group, and you've already got a cleric (unusually good at buffing, especially himself) and a druid (like the cleric, but also comes with an animal companion and wild shape), so you've got party support taken care of. I'd suggest a telepath or a seer - focus on social control as a telepath, or information gathering as a seer. Pick up a small number of blasting powers for support. Kineticist is an alternative - psionic blasting is actually pretty decent, as far as blasting goes, and kineticists go a long way to making that the case - but in general it wouldn't feel quite as psionic.
Only real house rule is we have a feat that allows us to once per session turn any roll into a 20. Also that guide to psionics would be really helpful, thanks :D I don't really have any more of a gameplan then I mentioned below though. If there's anything else I can put forward that can help just ask, and thanks again!
In order to help more, we really, really need a character. We don't build your characters here, just improve them.
In addition to the above links, though, here's an overview of what changed between 3.5 and pathfinder psionics. It should help in adapting the build guide above to work with Psionics Unleashed (and he's updating it to account for the SRD release of Unleashed).
...You're actually in luck. The authors of those threads I sent in my last post? Bacris and myself? He's Jeremy Smith (who, between him and Andreas, basically are Dreamscarred Press), and I'm Brian Dupuis (lead author on their first book, Untapped Potential, and the guy who basically drew together the original batch of Dreamscarred collaborators).
Well.. looks like i did hit the jackpot XD thanks a ton for helping me though haha i feel like my character is in safe hands
In order to help more, we really, really need a character. We don't build your characters here, just improve them.
unfortunately, im on vacation right now and left my current character sheet at home, but ill try to do what i can. because my character started out in the local militia, i have been given proficiency with medium armor and martial weapons, although the DM may take that away from me later in the game. I am an Elan with 2 levels in psion. the reason i didnt really give stats like this before is because i built this character horribly and the DM is allowing me to re-build him since weve only had one session so far, but ill give u the current stats i can remember anyway. my current known powers are Disable, Force screen, Missive, Prescience offensive, and Burst. i currently have him being a nomad but i dont think i like that discipline so im thinking about switching to one of the other ones, although i dont know which one. I unfortunately do not remember my skills or Feats at this time, however i will post those as soon as i get home.
The reason people suggest slayer is because it's full base attack and (nearly) full manifesting, and is relatively easy to qualify for
that sounds good to me, but the only problem is it seems extremely geared towards fighting psionic creatures, but were running a non-psionic campaign and im not sure how to make that work
Hope that helped, i probably forgot something so im sorry about the missing info.