A bit of disclaimer, but I want to clarify it with the public before going to the DM to see whether I might have missed something and gather some thoughts on the matter.
So, unlike familiar section for wizard's arcane bonds, psicrystal rules don't mention their attack bonus progression.
Now, to be honest, they don't have any natural attacks either.
But they can deliever touch attacks, starting at third level.
Their calculated combat stats are
Attack +0, CMB -9, CMD 3
Assuming Size, Dex and Str modifiers, Combat Maneuvers are easily calculable.
Attack bonus on the other hand doesn't make sense, because they should have at least +4 Size modifier. And then -5 for melee and +2 for ranged.
Assuming it's a mistake where do we go from there?
Do they get:
1) Nada. Zilch. No BAB progression
2) Contruct BAB progression (which is "fast" one, to be specific)
("A psicrystal is treated as a construct for the purposes of all effects that depend on its type."
"For the purpose of effects related to number of Hit Dice, use the master’s total level in psionic classes."
The only issue I have with this reading is that I'm not sure wether BAB progression qualifies as "effect", as there is no definition of the term "effect" in common terms)
3) Ask DM to house rule in the master's BAB progression and damn it all (which does mean hi-level blaster buddy for fast BAB psi classes, but I intend to play a psion).
A rhetorical question is that: what use for a Touch Power Deliever would you have, if it's got static +0 (or -1/+6) attack?
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It's not specified. We can't even use the fact that they're constructs to determine their BAB since they don't have HD either. I would personally use the rules for familiars to handle this ambiguity; their BAB is the same as their master.
Thanks. Figured as much.