Psychic Combatant (3.5e Class)

Summary::A greatly improved version of the psychic warrior, psychic combatant use rather vast psionic powers and sheer martial might to waste their enemies. Minimum Level::1 Class Ability::Psionics Class Ability Progression::Partial

Psychic Combatant
The dedication to psionic discipline require a lot of work, psion are so focused on the study of the discipline that their body and fighting skill wither away to nigh nothingness. Some attempt to mix and match both martial skills and psionic discipline, psychic warriors only manage to achieve mediocrity in both the art of combat and the might of the mind. However sometime a rare powerful individual will be nearly as masterful as a psion but still retain their martial skills at top condition; those are psychic combatants.

Making a Psychic Combatant
Abilities: Psychic Combatant are primarily skilled fighters and require high strength or dexterity, constitution is also important. Psychic Combatant require a high wisdom or charisma score, as one of the other is used for manifesting.

Races: Psychic Combatants can be of any races, although races that make good psions and fighters tend to make better psychic combatant.

Alignment: Any.

Starting Gold: As fighter.

Starting Age: Moderate

Class Features
All of the following are class features of the psychic combatant.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Psychic combatant are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor (heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (except tower shields).

His base daily allotment of power points is given on Table: Psionic Combatant. In addition, he receives bonus power points per day if he has a high wisdom or charisma (whichever is higher) score (see Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Power Points). His race may also provide bonus power points per day, as may certain feats and items.

Each time he achieves a new level, he unlocks the knowledge of a new power.

Choose the powers known from the psychic warrior power list. (Exception: The feats Expanded Knowledge and Epic Expanded Knowledge do allow a psychic combatant to learn powers from the lists of other classes.) A psychic combatant can manifest any power that has a power point cost equal to or lower than his manifester level.

The total number of powers a psychic combatant can manifest in a day is limited only by his daily power points.

A psychic combatant simply knows his powers; they are ingrained in his mind. He does not need to prepare them (in the way that some spellcasters prepare their spells), though he must get a good night’s sleep each day to regain all his spent power points.

The Difficulty Class for saving throws against psychic combatant powers is 10 + the power’s level + the psychic combatant’s Wisdom or charisma (whichever is higher) modifier.

As he attains higher levels, he may gain the ability to master more complex powers.

To learn or manifest a power, a psychic combatant must have a Wisdom or charisma (whichever is higher) score of at least 10 + the power’s level.



Her specialization grant her a listed bonus power known that does not count against her power known limit as well as a bonus feat, which she do not need to meet the prerequisites. At 7th, 13th and 18th level she receive an additional power known, she may use powers granted by her specialization even if their power level is higher than her maximum power level known. A specialization also affect a psychic combatant's combat talent. Once chosen it is impossible to change one's specialty without rebuilding the character.


 * 2nd level Bonus Power: Mind Thrust
 * 2nd Level Bonus Feat: Hidden Manifestation
 * 3rd Level Bonus Power: Crystalize Memory
 * 7th Level Bonus Power: Death Urge
 * 13th level Bonus Power: Crisis of Life
 * 18th level Bonus Power: Annihilate Mind Barrier


 * 2nd level Bonus Power: Energy Grasp
 * 2nd Level Bonus Feat: Two-Weapon fighting
 * 3rd Level Bonus Power: Energy Missile
 * 7th Level Bonus Power: Inhibiting Strike
 * 13th level Bonus Power: Astral Phantom
 * 18th level Bonus Power: Kinetic Rending

Instead they receive a bonus [fighter] or [psionic] feat that they meet the prerequisite of each time they would gain a specialization power. A psychic combatant who choose the psionic fighter specialization count her psychic combatant level-2 as effective fighter levels.
 * 2nd Level Bonus Feat: Weapon Focus

 : At 3rd level, whenever you make a critical threat against a creature you may spend a number of power points up to your manifester level, if you do you deal an additional 1d6 damages for each points spent that way. This damage is dealt even if the critical hit is confirmed or if the creature is immune to critical hit but not if the attack miss. If the critical hit is confirmed the target is also knocked prone.

She may only choose a combat talent from the general list of her specialization list:


 *  : You add your wisdom or charisma on saving throws modifier against [mind-affecting] effect.
 *  : You may add your wisdom or charisma on saving throws against traps and terrain hazard and on your initiative checks.
 *  : You may use your wisdom or charisma instead of your strength or dexterity for determining the attack and damage (when applicable) roll when making melee or ranged attacks.
 *  :As a full-round action you can fire a powerful bolt of energy, dealing 2d6 damage per manifester level to one primary target and half as much to a number of secondary targets. The bolt behave like chain lightning with a caster level equal to your manifester level. You need to have 18 or more class levels in order to take this talent.
 *  : 3/day you may manifest a power with a manifesting time of standard action or faster as a swift action. You need to have 8 or more class levels in order to take this talent.
 *  : Once per day you may use any power in your power known list as a psi-like ability with a manifester level equal to your class levels. You gain two additional uses of this ability for every combat talent you have.


 *  : 2/day you may use any of your telepathy power with a casting time of a standard action or faster as an immediate action.
 *  : You can use  mind thrust much more efficiently. Whenever a creature make it save against your mind thrust the damage is halved instead of negated.
 *  : You are able to hide from creatures with blindsense, blindsight, touchsight and mindisght by using the psicraft skill as if it was the hide at a -4 penalty (your psicraft opposed by their spot). This ability do not hide you if the creature can perceive you with mundane sense.
 *  : You gain telepathy out of an 100 feet and gain the benefits of wearing an helm of telepathy.
 *  : All of your mind-affecting powers are automatically empowered as long as you are psionically focused. You need to have 12 or more class levels in order to take this talent.


 *  PS undefined: Once every hours you may use isolation lock as a psi-like ability. You may manifest it as a swift action against any targets you struck with a melee attack this round. You need to have 12 or more class levels in order to take this talent.
 *  : Once per minute you may manifest a power as part of an attack action, the power's manifesting time must be a standard action or faster and you need to expend your psionic focus as part of the attack. The manifester power gain a +4 bonus on it manifester level and the attack is an automatic hit and critical threat. You need to have 20 or more class levels in order to take this talent.
 *  : You are immune to fear effect.
 *  : As a swift action you can fall under the rage spell effect for 1 round, while under this effect you are able to manifest powers at a +1 manifester level (ignore the normal inability to use powers while raging). You need to have 8th or more class levels in order to take this talent.
 *  : Once per day as a full-round action you can manifest a single power for each attacks that would be granted by your base attack bonus, each power after the first suffer a cumulative -2 penalty to manifester level.  You need to have 16 or more class levels in order to take this talent.


 *  : As a move action by expending your psionic focus you can replicate the effect of heart of a champion, using this ability cost 5 power points.
 *  : You can cause attacks to bounce off almost harmlessly off you, as an immediate action you can expend your psionic focus and cause all damage dealt to you until the beginning of your next turn to be minimized, all damage dice count as having rolled the lowest possible number. Once used you need to wait 3 rounds before using this ability again.
 *  : As a part of an attack action you can spend up to your manifester level in power points as a non action, if you do so if the attack hit it deal an additional 2 points of damage per power point spent this way.  You need to have 12 or more class level in order to take this talent.
 *  : Whenever you are targeted by a spell or power you may spend a number of power points equal to the spell or power's caster/manifester level as an immediate action. If you do so you count as having successfully rolled spell or power resistance against it, this ability do not work if the spell or power do not allow spell or power resistance. You need to have 12 or more class level in order to take this talent.
 *  : You may use this combat talent in two different way, either to strike at a target or to parry spells or powers. Using it to strike at a target require a standard action and you need to expend your psionic focus, if the attack hit it deal an extra 2d6 damage per class level and destroy creatures and objects as disintegrate, no save is allowed against this effect. Using it to parry a spell or power require an free action usable outside your turn  and you need to expend your psionic focus. You gain the benefit of spell parry and spell reflection feat until the beginning of your next turn, if you already possess these feats you gain a +4 bonus on the attack roll required to parry a spell or power. You need to have 20 or more class level in order to take this talent.

 : At 11th level you may attempt to regain your psionic focus as a part of an attack action, if the attack miss you do not regain your psionic focus. If you fail to regain your psionic focus the attack miss.