3PP Psionic help, the brutal disruptor


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So basically i started a lvl 10 campaign and i accepted one of my players the psionics unleashed 3PP class from dreamscarred press, the cryptic. The problem is that my player chose the brutal disruptor archetype, imbuing his full attacks with his disruption he is able to do 150+ dmg in one full round, with some speed weapons he bought. Also he has an infinite percepton, being able to realize almost anything that happens, he can steal like a crazy thief in drugs and he negated 93 damage from a critical last fight. Any advice on how can i counter this character without making it a cheat? or some rule that makes him more balanced?


I'll help point by point.. First, the disruption ability only does half damage against targets that aren't of the creature type chosen when he gained psionic focus (minor, but worth noting). Second, multiple instances of the Speed enhancement do not stack. You get one extra attack when you make a full attack action with the effect. Having multiple speed weapons is redundant, like wearing two rings of sustenance (see faq http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1fm#v5748eaic9qpr). Not to mention that a level 10 Character shouldn't have 64,000 gold, nor should all of it be spent on weapons. I'm not sure how he has "infinite perception," so if you can clarify how he comes by this, I will address it for you. From the damage negation, I'm assuming he's playing an Elan. That's fine. It keeps the character from dying, and eats into his power points, which are the real limiting factor on psionic characters. Even moreso than with regular spellcasters, psionic characters need to be pushed so they have to be conservative with their power-points. If you are only giving the character a couple of fights and allowing them to rest, they will pretty much always go nova, and seem way overpowered. At 10th level it's unlikely that the character has much more than 50 power points and can spend a maximum of 10 on any one effect. They are not extremely powerful builds.

Edit: Not sure what you mean about the ability to steal, but remember that as a Brutal Disruptor they lose their trapfinding and trapmaking abilities, and Disable Device is no longer a class skill. So certainly won't make the best thief.


wow dude, thank you very much, this surely helped me a lot, first i will work on some traps. second i will put more non-humanoids. the perception is that he have a lot of skills, since his intelligence is very high, he has 90 skill ranks, and he dumped max in perception, also took some traits that boosted it, and he took some ability to know if there are hostile creatures nearby. about stealing, he has got the sleight of hand and perform skills very developed, so he starts performing oratory to distract people in a town, he has crazy atributes, all rolled...he was very very lucky because he got all high, including his charisma, and when he distracts people in a town, he starts a stealing rampage, the last session he assaulted a dwarf merchant caravan, that had adamantine inside, so he suddenly got rich. i also gave him some cursed gauntlets, which were succesful for a time, but i think that his cleric friend will take out the curse eventually.

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Can you give us a break down of his character? (Stats, powers, gear etc.) That would be VERY helpful in a situation like this.

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