Seems okay enough for a Psychic full spellcasting blaster. It lacks flat damage bonuses to make it more consistent, but not horrible by any means.
I just fear you may fall off too easily in the late game to make it a viable and reliable tactic.
All I can tell you is make sure that any effects which amplify your spellcasting isn't specific to Arcane/Divine spells.
Also, inb4 "Kineticists are better."
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I agree that Fortune Teller isn't going to work for your purpose.
It might not be your style, but it would be easy to switch it out for Truth in Wine. Get yourself addicted to alcohol and grab some scrolls of lesser restoration to take care of the inevitable con damage.
You might even be able to work in the Accelerated Drinker trait and apply it to beverages instead of potions. Or just put alcohol in some potion bottles.
I also agree that you will probably struggle at higher levels if you focus so much on Mind Thrust.
What's your plan for handling emotion effects?
Emotion effects can be a concern, so if you find a feat slot, you may want to consider Logical Spell.
You can also grab Placebo Effect as a spell known.
Yes, if you're Abomination discipline that's plenty of planning for emotion effects. Sorry, I forgot to look that you'd listed that.
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Your 5th level feat could be Greater Spell Focus: Divination
This Psychic might be the only type of character that would ever have a use for it.
You have focused on getting your CL way up, but you also need to increase the save DC.
Dark Half may protect you from fear effects, but you only get 11 rounds per day, even with your high Charisma.
I suggest carrying a few potions of Remove Fear and learning Placebo Effect as Saethori suggested.
Oddly, the Remove Fear spell isn't a good option for a Psychic, since it's got an Emotion component.
You could also pick up some spells from this thread to have some that don't require emotion components. Skip the round you'd need to cast Placebo Effect and just go with a backup spell.
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What about the psychic sorcerer that uses the new bloodline mutations?
You don't need to worry about the psychic bloodline powers because you'll be trading them for improved blasting capabilities with the bloodline mutations.
Blood Havoc only applies to Bloodrager or Sorcerer spells. Psychic spells would not receive the benefit, and therefore isn't worth the level dip.
Blood Havoc only applies to Bloodrager or Sorcerer spells. Psychic spells would not receive the benefit, and therefore isn't worth the level dip.
He's not talking about a dip, but full Psychic bloodline Sorcerer. It casts with the Sorcerer spell list (plus some Psychic list via bloodline spells), uses psychic rather than arcane casting, but is a Sorcerer for bloodline mutation purposes.
With Psychic bloodline I wouldn't get Mind Thrust 2+ until level 9, though
But you get Fireball and all the other Sorcerer list blasting options, too.
I guess it wouldn't fit if you want it to be specifically psychic spells instead of just a psychic caster.
Eh, but then I'd be a normal fireball blaster... if I wanted that, I'd do the Crossblood Orc/Draconic + Admixture Wizard thing that everyone does
With the new bloodline mutations, straight sorc is actually better because you can get more dice than normally able to.
re: emotion effect planning, my psychic uses Logical Spell + Remove Fear and Intellect Fortress I as primary removal options. If it's full party, I also have Joyful Rapture, but that's level 12+.
Yeah, that sounds suboptimal. Placebo Effect does fear removal plus more without needing a feat or full round action, or just pick a couple of decent spells that don't need emotion components so you can attack rather than burn a round healing.
I've been playing a psychic bloodline sorcerer, and while you're correct about the wait on mind thrust, you do jump from mind thrust 1, to mind thrust 4 when you pickup the ability to undercast at 9th. There are some decided benefits with the wizard/sorcerer spell list, allowing for a fallback position when the will save is problematic. The bloodline spells are a nice fit as well.
