Is Boost Construct that good?

[danzibr]

Boost Construct (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/psionicFeats.htm#boostConstruct).

So a level 9 construct (which I hear you can get early... though I'm not sure how early) normally gets 2 C abilities. You can make that a C and 2 B. Then you can make that a C and a B and 2 A. So Boost Construct makes that 2 C, 2 B and 3 A? That seems wild.

Then again I'm a noob at psionics. I'm thinking my next character will be a Shaper/Constructor.

[KillianHawkeye]

I'm pretty sure you get only one additional ability, chosen from any menu it already has an ability off of. The keyword here is "any" (as opposed to "every").

[danzibr]

Oh...

I fail at reading comprehension.

[Fuzzy McCoy]

As Killian pointed out, you can only get one additional menu item, total. That said, the extra menu item is still diamond studded platinum goodness. Every shaper should have the feat.

As for how early you can get a 9th level construct - you could do it as early as 14th level, assuming the orange ioun stone increases your manifester level.

To do it - you need full manifesting. You also need the overchannel feat and an orange ioun stone.

14 manifester levels
+ 2 from overchannel
+ 1 from orange ioun stone
=
the 17 required.

That's as a psion.

As a wilder, you can do it at level 11, assuming you get AC on your list, and take only three levels of Anarchic Initiate

EDIT: forgot that overchannel and wild surge don't stack - fixed the math

[danzibr]

Oohh, thanks Fuzzy McCoy. I've decided the next time I play D&D (well, make a new character), I'm going AC specialist.

Certainly taking Constructor. I'm not sure to go Psion or Wilder though... the Wilder's powers known is, well, not great, but my character isn't supposed to be Batman. I'll also have to to look into this Anarchic Intiate (AFB right now).

Also, it'd be nice if there was (or were?) an AC handbook. Or maybe there is. To be more precise, I found one but it's PF.

[Fuzzy McCoy]

This link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179726) seems to have some good advice, including how to do create a 9th level construct even earlier than what I posted. I forgot about midnight augmentation, which can lower what I posted by 1-3 levels (it's a feat from magic of incarnum).

between that and this link on BG (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=10238.0) (look for getting the most out of your astral construct), that's pretty much the extent of the handbook right there.

[danzibr]

Ahh thanks. I came across the top one earlier, but hadn't seen the second. I'll definitely utilize these.