It should have been in the 3rd party area. I will answer you questions about psionics in my next comment.
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So I'm a bit confused when it comes to the third party stuff having to do with psionics. Mainly on the part where it talks about psionic focus.
"Merely having the ability to hold a reservoir of psionic power points in mind gives psionic characters a special energy. Psionic characters can put that energy to work without actually paying a power point cost—they can become psionically focused.
If you have a power point pool or the ability to manifest psi-like abilities, you can meditate to become psionically focused. Meditating is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity.
When you are psionically focused, you can expend your focus on any single concentration check you make thereafter. When you expend your focus in this manner, your concentration check is treated as if you rolled a 15. It’s like taking 10, except that the number you add to your concentration modifier is 15. You can also expend your focus to gain the benefit of a psionic feat—many psionic feats are activated in this way."
Does this mean, a psionicly focused player has to make a concentration check every time they are hit, and they get to take 15? Or does it mean a psionicly focused player can choose to make a concentration check to dispell their focus, and take 15. If so, what is the DC and how does that succeed.
Also, what are the ways to get your concentration check up? Because I am going to need a good one if the answer is the former.
With regard to the section you are referencing it is just saying what you can do when you are psionically focused.
Your options are normally that you can expend you psionic focus to do certain things such as
1. "Take 15" on a concentration check.
2. Use it to power feats, class features, or anything else that calls for you to expend your psionic focus.
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With regard to concentration checks they work very similar to how they do for magic.
As an example if you are in range of someone who could get an attack of opportunity you would have to make a concentration check to use your spell and not let them get a free attack. If you fail the concentration check they still do not get a free attack but the spell will fail.
For psionics it is the same. You make a concentration check if you are being threatened in melee combat to be able to use your power, and avoid giving them a free attack roll. If you fail the concentration check they still do not get a free attack but the power will fail.
Another example is that being in bad weather or being grappled also cause spellcasters and manifesters(people who use psionic powers) to have to make a concentration check to avoid having their power or spell fail.
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So how does this work expending your psionic focus interact with making a concentration check in the above examples?
Instead of rolling the dice and hoping that you make the concentration check you can just expend your psionic focus, and it will be treated as if you rolled a 15 on the dice. Add that to your concentration modifier to get the final result.