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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
  ----------------- 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)