I'm playing a paladin/wilder in a game, and I wanted to join a PrC that progressed the paladin's core abilities and psionic manifesting. Because I have the best DM ever, he let me create my own (I based it on a souped up version of the Eldritch Knight). This is the version after I showed it to him and he proposed a few changes. I'm pretty happy with it, but I could obviously use some insight.
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The Sacred Mind Guardian
Requirements
To qualify to become a sacred mind guardian, a character must fulfil all the following criteria.
BAB: +5.
Feats: Psionic Meditation.
Psionics: Must be able to manifest the powers Psychic Bodyguard, Fortify and Thought Shield.
Special: Must be able to Smite Evil and Lay on Hands.
Special: Must have the Mercy class feature.
Class Basics
HD: d8.
Skills: 2+Int.
Class Skills: Autohypnosis, Craft, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Heal, Knowledge (Psionics), Knowledge (Religion), Knowledge (Nobility), Intimidate, Perception, Profession, Ride, Sense Motive, Spellcraft.
BAB: Full.
Saves: Fort (Bad), Ref (Bad), Will (Good).
Class Features
- [1:] Lay on Hands (Su): The sacred mind guardian adds her class levels to whichever class grants her Lay on Hands to determine the amount of times per day she can use Lay on Hands.
- [2:] Manifesting (Ps): At every level except 1st, a sacred mind guardian advances power points and powers known in whatever psionic class allowed them to manifest Psychic Bodyguard, Fortify and Thought Shield.
- [2:] Smite Evil (Su): At levels 2 and 8, the sacred mind guardian gains an additional use of her Smite Evil class feature. Sacred mind guardian levels stack with whichever class grants her Smite Evil for the bonus damage.
- [3:] Mercy (Su): Sacred mind guardian levels count as half of whichever class grants her the Mercy class feature.
- [4:] Wilfulness (Su): A Sacred mind guardian gains the rogue talent Slippery Mind, but she can only use it while psionically focused, and using it spends her psionic focus.
- [5:] Bonus Psionic Feat (Ex): The sacred mind guardian gains a bonus feat at levels 5 and 9, which must be chosen from among the [Psionic] or [Metapsionic] feats.
- [6:] Dream Guardian (Su): Once per day by spending a full minute in a trance, the sacred mind guardian may link her mind with up to one extra creature per class level. Once linked, the bond lasts 24 hours. For that duration, any effect, spell, power or ability that affects sleeping or unconscious targets is redirected to the sacred mind guardian instead of her bonded allies. If the effect does not allow a save, the sacred mind guardian gains a Will save to prevent it at a -10 penalty. The sacred mind guardian need not be asleep for this ability to take effect. However, if she fails her saves against the effect, it takes hold the next time she goes to sleep, trance or falls unconscious. If the sacred mind guardian is able to dream, she becomes capable of lucid dreaming, and may visit her bonded allies dreams. Should she encounter a foe while dreaming, she is able to use the full extent of her psionic powers, though power points spent while dreaming are deducted from her daily total when she wakes up. If the sacred mind guardian was unable to sleep, she now gains the ability to do so at will. Any immunities to sleep effects still remain.
- [7:] Mental Bastion (Su): When a sacred mind guardian is targeted by an effect that has a diminished or partial effect on a successful Will save, she instead avoids its effects entirely if she succeeds on the save. This ability also applies for her allies when the sacred mind guardian is using the Psychic Bodyguard power or her Dream Guardian ability.
- [8:] Smite Evil (Su).
- [9:] Bonus Psionic Feat (Ex).
- [10:] Safeguard The Mind (Su): If a sacred mind guardian fails a Will save against a mind-affecting effect while psionically focused, she may spend her psionic focus to suppress the mind-affecting effect for a number of rounds equal to her class level. If she does so, she is completely aware of the details of the effect she is under. She may use this on allies she is protecting via Psychic Bodyguard.
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Comments and critique welcome!