Advice for building a Psion

[J-Bone]

So Ive just joined a new game with a GM that is really open to the idea of letting the players use material from Psionics Unleashed and Super Genius Games. I've decided to try something new. I usually play Wizards but this time I want to go beyond the pale and try out a 3rd party class - The Psion.

Ive looked over the material and like what I see but having no experience with the class or mechanics I'd like to ask for advice.

What sort of things should I look for? What are great feats, spells and other bits to consider?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[KaeYoss]

It's been a while since I played a Psion (or any psionic character), and it was in 3.5 times.

Psionic Meditation is a nice feat, as it lets you regain psionic focus faster. You''ll need Wis 13 for that (unless I'm misremembering), and then you might just go with Wis 14 since you're more than halfway there, anyway.

Psionic feats need that focus (but now, they tend to give you a bonus you always get while focused, and another one-time thing you get when expending the focus).

Like a sorcerer, you only get so many spells (or, rather, powers), but you can get more with feats (and they don't even have to be from your own class list), and many psi powers are quite versatile.

What do you want to do with the character? Mess with people's minds? Blow things up? Let your mind powers do all the work while you sit on your lazy bum? The last one was always the greatest lure for psionics ;-).

[J-Bone]

Thanks for responding.

So far Im torn between playing between playing a metacreatist (shaper) which seems like an interesting take on a controller type.

The other option is going for the Telepath which seems to make sense for the game as its going to focus on a urban setting.

Psionic Meditation seems like a really good feat.

[dragonfire8974]

need inertial armor, force screen and thicken skin. while you can't be a front line combatant you can have killer armor class

overchannel, empower power and split ray will maximize damage dice

psicrystal containment will allow you to have another psionic focus to blow which you can restore with another move action

be warned, cheese is after here
item creation can be pretty well broken with the fact that all enhancing powers are 1st level powers so creating an item with a 20th CL costs 20K (cost to create) and with the powers in the first paragraph you can have unparalleled armor class especially if your GM allows empower power to work with them
2nd item creating cheese - craft djore crystal shard. it is a power with no save, no sr/pr, making a CL 20 djore that you can use every round with empower power and split ray on it you can cause 48d6 piercing dmg reliant on 2 touch attacks for 7500gp each