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K, thats basically what i was needing. I just wasnt sure if prestige classes changed your effective class level or not. Thanks for the swift response!

I'm kind of confused as to the wordings of prestige classes and classes with abilities that scale on class abilities; I could really use some help with this.

EXAMPLE:
A level 2 Psion gets Nomad's Step.
"Nomad’s Step (Su) At 2nd level, as long as you maintain psionic focus, as a standard action you may teleport to a location up to 15 feet away. You must have line of sight to the location and you can bring along possessions that amount to as much as a medium load. The distance increases by 5 feet every psion level thereafter."

Key phrase: The distance increases by 5 feet every PSION level thereafter.

If you take a prestige class, does the level of that prestige class add onto your psion level for the purposes of numerics? I'm not talking about powers etc, I'm talking about class features that scale off your class level. If i'm a lvl 2 nomad with a prestige class lvl 2 on it, does the numeric of my nomad step go up? Would my teleport range be 25 instead of 15?

I know that most prestige classes dont give you class features, but i wasnt sure if that was strictly a class feature, or what the rulings on class level are when taking prestige classes. Does taking 2 levels in a prestige class make your psion effective level 4 instead of 2 for the purposes of numeric based abilities?

My guess is no, but I have no idea for sure, was hoping to get some questions about that.

Just to restate, i'm not talking about spells known, spells per day etc, as I know prestige classes specify that. I'm specifically asking about Class Level numerics, and how prestige classes effect that for class abilities.

(Also, i'm aware that psionics are 3rd party, but the principal would be the same for all other classes in a similar situation, this was just the only specific instance that I can think of on the spot)

Anyhow, any clarification on this would be great, thanks!

Oh really? My mistake, I assumed that since it was in the paizo store it was a subsidiary of Paizo. Sorry about that

Also, if any of you know specifically which ones have specifically Collective classes, features, feats etc, that would be great

I'm having a hard time finding a comprehensive list of all the books that have psionic classes. I had been under the impression that Ultimate Psionics had them all the classes and archetypes, but then I was shown a couple of books from a friend that had some that arent in there, such as Zealots and Pathwalkers from the Path of War book. I'm having a hell of a time finding a comprehensive list of all the books that have them. Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of all psionic classes/archetypes sorted by which rulebook it comes from? Just checking the Paizo store has like 140 books listed for psionics, and it doesnt really help since it doesnt tell you specifically which ones are covered in the ultimate psionics.... Would appreciate some help with this, thanks!

I see. What about in a non gestalt situation, such as multiclassing? Example: a 10th level character who leveled 5 vitalist and 5 tactician? Would they stack in that situation?

I'm playing a gestalt rule campaign and I'm going as a Vitalist / Tactitian build. In regards to the collective, do the levels for them stack? Collective range is calculated with 100ft +10/level, so if I 'm a 5 vitalist 5 tactician, is my collective range 150 or 200? And what about the benchmarks for Infinite range etc? Do I add both classes level together to calculate my Collective level? Or is it strictly based off of each specific class?
And lastly, are there any ways to ramp up the rate at which you get those unlock points? I know of the feat Enlarge Collective, but I was wondering if there were any other ones that did similar things to ramp up the rate of which you unlock the infinite range?

TL;DR
If I have 2 classes with collective, do i need one of them at lvl 12 to get the infinite range (with the enlarged collective feat), or could I do 6 vitalist +6 tactician?
Could really use some help with this, thanks!