Psionic Classes
THE POWER POINT RESERVE
Psionic characters fuel their abilities through a pool, or
reserve, of power points. Your power point reserve is equal to
your base power points gained from your class, bonus power points
from a high key ability score (see Abilities and Manifesters,
below), and any additional bonus power points from sources such
as your character race and feat selections.
Multiclass Psionic
Characters
If you have levels in more than one psionic class, you combine
your power points from each class to make up your reserve. You
can use these power points to manifest powers from any psionic
class you have.
While you maintain a single reserve of power points from your
class, race, and feat selections, you are still limited by the
manifester level you have achieved with each power you know.
ABILITIES AND MANIFESTERS
The ability that your powers depend on -your key ability score as
a manifester- is related to what psionic class (or classes) you
have levels in: Intelligence (psion), Wisdom (psychic warrior),
and Charisma (wilder). The modifier for this ability is referred
to as your key ability modifier. If your character’s key
ability score is 9 or lower, you can’t manifest powers from
that psionic class.
Just as a high Intelligence score grants bonus spells to a
wizard and a high Wisdom score grants bonus spells to a cleric, a
character who manifests powers (psions, psychic warriors, and
wilders) gains bonus power points according to his key ability
score. Refer to Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Power
Points.
How To Determine Bonus Power Points: Your key ability score
grants you additional power points equal to your key ability
modifier x your manifester level x1/2. Table: Ability Modifiers
and Bonus Power Points shows these calculations for class levels
1st through 20th and key ability scores from 10 to 41.
Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Power
Points
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-----------------
Bonus Power Points (by Class Level) -----------------
|
Ability Score
|
1st
|
2nd |
3rd
|
4th
|
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th
|
12th
|
13th
|
14th
|
15th
|
16th
|
17th
|
18th
|
19th
|
20th
|
10-11 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
12-13 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
10
|
14-15 |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
16-17
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
12
|
13
|
15
|
16
|
18
|
19
|
21
|
22
|
24
|
25
|
27
|
28
|
30
|
18-19 |
2
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
18
|
20
|
22
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
30
|
32
|
34
|
36
|
38
|
40
|
20-21 |
2
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
12
|
15
|
17
|
20
|
22
|
25
|
27
|
30
|
32
|
35
|
37
|
40
|
42
|
45
|
47
|
50
|
22-23 |
3
|
6
|
9
|
12
|
15
|
18
|
21
|
24
|
27
|
30
|
33
|
36
|
39
|
42
|
45
|
48
|
51
|
54
|
57
|
60
|
24-25 |
3
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
17
|
21
|
24
|
28
|
31
|
35
|
38
|
42
|
45
|
49
|
52
|
56
|
59
|
63
|
66
|
70
|
26-27 |
4
|
8
|
12
|
16
|
20
|
24
|
28
|
32
|
36
|
40
|
44
|
48
|
52
|
56
|
60
|
64
|
68
|
72
|
76
|
80
|
28-29 |
4
|
9
|
13
|
18
|
22
|
27
|
31
|
36
|
40
|
45
|
49
|
54
|
58
|
63
|
67
|
72
|
76
|
81
|
85
|
90
|
30-31 |
5
|
10
|
15
|
20
|
25
|
30
|
35
|
40
|
45
|
50
|
55
|
60
|
65
|
70
|
75
|
80
|
85
|
90
|
95
|
100
|
32-33 |
5
|
11
|
16
|
22
|
27
|
33
|
38
|
44
|
49
|
55
|
60
|
66
|
71
|
77
|
82
|
88
|
93
|
99
|
104
|
110
|
34-35 |
6
|
12
|
18
|
24
|
30
|
36
|
42
|
48
|
54
|
60
|
66
|
72
|
78
|
84
|
90
|
96
|
102
|
108
|
114
|
120
|
36-37 |
6
|
13
|
19
|
26
|
32
|
39
|
45
|
52
|
58
|
65
|
71
|
78
|
84
|
91
|
97
|
104
|
110
|
117
|
123
|
130
|
38-39 |
7
|
14
|
21
|
28
|
35
|
42
|
49
|
56
|
63
|
70
|
77
|
84
|
91
|
98
|
105
|
112
|
119
|
126
|
133
|
140
|
40-41 |
7
|
15
|
22
|
30
|
37
|
45
|
52
|
60
|
67
|
75
|
82
|
90
|
97
|
105
|
112
|
120
|
127
|
135
|
142
|
150
|
Table: Random Starting Gold
Class |
Amount (Average)
|
Psion
|
3d4 x10 (75 gp)
|
Psychic Warrior
|
5d4 x10 (125 gp)
|
Soulknife
|
5d4 x10 (125 gp)
|
Wilder
|
4d4 x10 (100 gp)
|
|