So I was making a Shaper Psion recently, and because of that, I was taking a better look at the rules for astral constructs. All's fine and dandy, except that I was a little confused on how many abilities of each menu an astral construct of a certain level would get.
1st, 2nd and 3rd-level ones are easy enough - they get one ability from menu A. Ok. But the next three levels is where is starts getting confusing.
Astral Construct Menu B
A manifester creating a 4th-level, 5th-level, or 6th-level astral construct can choose one special ability from this menu. Alternatively, the construct can have two special abilities from Menu A.
So, does this mean that:
• Constructs of those levels get an ability from menu B and two from A, or• One from B, which the construct's creator can then exchange for two from A?
I'm assuming the latter, but can't be too sure. And then there's the last three levels.
Astral Construct Menu C
A manifester creating a 7th-level, 8th-level, or 9th-level astral construct can choose one special ability from this menu. Alternatively, the astral construct can have two special abilities from Menu B. (One or both of the Menu B choices can be swapped for two choices from Menu A.)
This poses the same question as above, but with that part in parenthesis. How exactly does the exchanging an option from B for one from A work?
• The wording says that you'd get two from A regardless of whether you sacrificed one or two from B, which is... weird. But I'm assuming that...• You get two from A for every one from B you give up. So, if you sacrifice both from B, you'd end up with two from A.
Thoughts?