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I have been scouring the psionic classes from Dreamscarred recently, and have really taken a liking to the Psychic Warrior. As such, I have been working on different builds for the class, as I will eventually be using one for a PC in a campaign I'll be playing in sometime later this year.
I've settled on the Meditant Archetype, since I'm a big fan of monk/feral type characters that fight using their own body as a weapon. Combined with the Feral Path for augmentable natural weapons, this is probably my favourite character concept I've ever come up with.
The PsyWar also caters to my other preference for a character, customization. Most of its powers are buffs, which increase your power or give you extra abilities, which is awesome. The whole class actually makes me think "build a superhero workshop."
I am very pleased with this class, and I absolutely think I could play one of these things from 1-20 and thoroughly enjoy it. Buuuuuut, I have found something else which has peaked my interest. The Metamorph! I've always been interested in shapeshifters, and to me, this seems like the ultimate example. They can change aspects of their form to suit their need, while maintaining all the powers of their old form as well.
Now, this class does seem like an obvious progression of a character who has levels in Egoist Psion, but I'm wondering how viable it would be for a PsyWar to prestige into it. Thoughts?
I believe you would have to take your 11th level in PsyWar to get Metamorphosis via Expanded Knowledge (since that is when you can take this feat as a 3rd level manifester), making it so you could only achieve level 9 Metamorph. Unless of course, I misunderstand and you can take the feat which is required for the prestige AND a level in said class at the same time (this is something I have never completely understood).
So that was a lot of words. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! :
Psywar 1: Open feat
Psywar 3: Expanded Knowledge (Minor meta)
Psywar 6: Improved Meta
Psywar 9: Expanded Knowledge (Meta)
Psywar 9/Metamorph 1 (10th level)
All things considered, rather feat intensive and probably not worth it. A single feat open before 12th level is rough for a martial character.
The build could instead use the Infiltrator path, which gains Minor Meta without the use of a feat. However, I don't think what you have laid out here works. Unless I am mistaked, doesn't expanded knowledge only grant you a power one level below what you can already manifest at the time you take it? At level 9, a PsyWar has 3rd level powers, of which Meta also is, and only gains the ability to manifest 4th level at 10?
The build could instead use the Infiltrator path, which gains Minor Meta without the use of a feat. However, I don't think what you have laid out here works. Unless I am mistaked, doesn't expanded knowledge only grant you a power one level below what you can already manifest at the time you take it? At level 9, a PsyWar has 3rd level powers, of which Meta also is, and only gains the ability to manifest 4th level at 10?
On bugger, chaulk it up to late night posting and a bunch of alt tabs where I didn't read it all.
Not nearly as good as it looks, sadly.