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A high Dexterity or Constitution benefits since this is more intended as a front-line attacker, though options exist to use it in a ranged capacity which could replace Strength with Dexterity. Like other melee combatants, a strong Strength score is for delivering attacks. It's more intended to not be a manifester but a front-line combatant though so this is more a moot point.Ībilities: Strength is its number one attribute. It also carries only a single, 1st level power that can be gained. Feats can correct this, but one would be reliant on alternate means to gain power points. Have power points hit 0 and no more mind blade manifestations. Its major downside is its reliance on power points while having very little. Add in its potential as a ranged weapon and natural stealth applications, this class has a bit of bend and flex. Its high BAB and ability to manifest the Mind Blade even in situations where the psionics don't function make it very useful. Soulknife is best as a fighter never without a weapon. (Admittedly, class features are a back port from Pathfinder's 'Psionics Unleashed' book, along with a wizard's web alternate class feature for Wild Talent) At its core, it is best suited as a front line attacker. The degree of flexibility in the Soulknife's progression offers a handful of potential functions: From crowd control to sniper to scout to front line attacker. As a Soulknife progresses, the weapon becomes more practical. Normal: A Soulknife can only use the Shape Mind Blade ability to create one Longword, one Bastard Sword, or two Short Swords, regardless of how many arms it has.The Soulknife possesses a unique ability to manifest a weapon referred to as the Mind Blade. Note that the normal penalties for fighting with multiple weapons still applies, so the Multiweapon Fighting feat is recommended.
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This reduction stacks with that of the Shape Mind Blade ability, so a creature whose Mind Blade normally has an enhancement bonus of +3 who created 2 Bastard Swords would have an enhancement bonus of +2 on each blade, or if it created 4 Short Swords, they would each have an enhancement bonus of +1. These weapons have all of the normal abilities of the Mind Blade, but have an enhancement bonus of 1 lower than normal (to a minimum of +0). For example, a creature with 4 arms with this ability could create two Long Swords, two Bastard Swords or 4 Short Swords. Prerequisites: Shape Mind Blade class ability, Three or more arms (or other limbs capable of wielding weapons)īenefit: When using the Shape Mind Blade ability of the Soulknife class, you may create sufficient Mind Blades to wield with all of your arms (or equivalent appendeges). This seems like a pciky question, but I can think of many situations that it would actually be important.Ħ) If a creature has a psi-like ability that can be augmented, can the creature spend power points to augment it? In fact, I can't seem to find any Soulknife ability that costs Power Points.ĥ) Do Mind Blades shed light? The pictures of them look kind of like light sabers, but it doesn't specify whether they shed light or not. I'm surprised they didn't explain this, it seems kind of an obvious question to me (though I may just be blindly missing the answer, admittedly).Ĥ) Why do Soulknives have the Wild Talent feat? It says that it gives them "the psionic power he needs to materialize his mind blade, if he has no power points otherwise," but I can't find anywhere that it says they need Power Points to use that ability. Do you have to do this every time you conjure it, or does it retain its previous form(s) when you conjure it?ģ) What happens if you use the Psychic Strike ability with two Mind Blades? Does the bonus damage apply to both of them simultaneously? Half on each? Is each Blade charged seperately, or can only one Mind Blade be charged at a time? And what happens if the Mind Blade was aready charged when it is split in two? However, I have a few questions, and I can't seem to find the answers in the book.ġ) When using the option to shape your mind blade into two weapons, can a creature with more than two arms (such as a Thri-Kreen) create more than 2 of them? If not, do you think it would be reasonable to allow such characters to purchase a feat that let them do that?Ģ) It says you have to spend a full-round action in order to shape your Mind Blade into a different form (Longsword, Bastard Sword, or two Short Swords).
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Ok, I finally got my Expanded Psionics handbook! Looking through it I was contemplating making a Thri-Kreen Soulknife character.