CountAile
2018-10-23, 05:31 AM
So, long story short, my Wizard 1/Psion 3/Cerebremancer X is going to run out of the Cerebremancer levels to take, bringing them to 11 levels of almost strictly Utility-based Wizard and 13 levels of action-economy-breaking-heavy-blasting optimized Psion. Now I've got to decide what to do with the remaining 6 levels.
One possible option is Legacy Champion. I've already designed a Legacy progression that would, along with the PRC itself, take away 3 ML and 16 PP, with the first easily fixable with Practiced Manifester, and the second being outweighed by 36 PP worth of Metapsionics in the designed Weapon. Furthermore, it would bring the progression to Wizard 16/Psion 18, which is almost perfect in terms of being ready for Epic progression (and the amount of toys available).
The second possible option is Arch Psion. I was allowed to take the class, and it looks pretty good, even thou I'll have to Psychic Reformation in the feats required, and this option will drain even more PP (about enough to negate all the INT bonuses to PP)... But I feel conflicted about upgrading it to 3.5 (replacing prereqs, erasing parts about 0th level powers and Psionic Combat, replacing Extra Power with what's essentially Expanded Knowledge, upgrading Innate Power to the wording close to 3.5 Archmage, replacing Greater Psionic Focus with +1 ML option and scratching out Psionic Energy Substitution entirely because it doesn't make sense at all), since at the end of the day it looks like Homebrew - thou, the option to take Sculpt Power, those precious and rare +1 ML and extra Expanded Knowledges on top of that looks extremely tempting. Hell, even just changing prereqesites still makes this a pretty good class.
So... What should I do, exactly? My DM is fine with both classes, and with both adapting Arch Psion and leaving it as-is
One possible option is Legacy Champion. I've already designed a Legacy progression that would, along with the PRC itself, take away 3 ML and 16 PP, with the first easily fixable with Practiced Manifester, and the second being outweighed by 36 PP worth of Metapsionics in the designed Weapon. Furthermore, it would bring the progression to Wizard 16/Psion 18, which is almost perfect in terms of being ready for Epic progression (and the amount of toys available).
The second possible option is Arch Psion. I was allowed to take the class, and it looks pretty good, even thou I'll have to Psychic Reformation in the feats required, and this option will drain even more PP (about enough to negate all the INT bonuses to PP)... But I feel conflicted about upgrading it to 3.5 (replacing prereqs, erasing parts about 0th level powers and Psionic Combat, replacing Extra Power with what's essentially Expanded Knowledge, upgrading Innate Power to the wording close to 3.5 Archmage, replacing Greater Psionic Focus with +1 ML option and scratching out Psionic Energy Substitution entirely because it doesn't make sense at all), since at the end of the day it looks like Homebrew - thou, the option to take Sculpt Power, those precious and rare +1 ML and extra Expanded Knowledges on top of that looks extremely tempting. Hell, even just changing prereqesites still makes this a pretty good class.
So... What should I do, exactly? My DM is fine with both classes, and with both adapting Arch Psion and leaving it as-is