Wow, it's been forever since I've been on the forums. I've finally had the chance to sit on the player side of the table again and have been looking into Dreamscarred Press' Aegis class. The GM is pretty lax in what I'm allowed to play class/race wise so I also thought I might try out a half-giant. We have several new people in the group so my character has some free space for playtesting and such.
What I'm wondering is if anyone else around has played the Aegis and if they have any advice on how to build one. Honestly I'd like to at least be a decent damage dealer.
For context on what the character's longterm goals are he is basically attempting to hunt down a red dragon that destroyed his village. While that is not the focus of the game it is the character's end goal.
I haven't really looked into what an Aegis can really do in the higher levels, but the Astral Suit can, with the proper Customizations, do everything that regular magic armor can do and more; it can do a lot more than that one Soulknife archetype that can make armor as well as its mind blade.
What you can do with it really all depends on what you plan to do with all those customization points. Augment Weapon and Flight are two that I can name off the top of my head that I really love, and both are REALLY cheap.
It's bonuses to crafting are rather nice, if you're interested in making your own weapons, but I've been working on and tweaking a Soulknife/Aegis/Metaforge build that I can send you if you're interested.
blackboodtroll: Since I was looking for optimization advice I wasn't sure which forum would be more appropriate.
Harrison: I'd be glad to take a look at the build. If it's no problem for you to post/send it to me. If nothing else I have a soulknife playing in the game I run that may be interested in metaforge.
When it comes to the Aegis, here are some optimization points I would consider:
Don't discount the importance of Intelligence - not only does it affect your power points, but it affects your ability to reconfigure on the fly, the ability to augment the suit, and how many times you can augment your suit (since that's based on power points), and how long those augments last.
As a half-giant aegis, you're going to have a weak area in Reflex saves. Nimble, Evasion, and Improved Evasion are some good ideas to pick up from a customization perspective.
Astral Armor is probably your best suit type for your build. While free evasion / nimble of astral skin might look good, I think you'd be better served by the free damage-boosting customizations and use reconfigure / augment suit when you're in a situation that needs those other options.
Thanks for the advice Jeremy!
(You guys keep up the great work. I look forward to ordering the print collection of all your psionic work.)