I'm currently playing a 5th level Shaper Psion in a campaign where the DM has been very coy about how psionics interacts with magic. She says transparency applies to some things but not others and has avoided giving me in-game information that would answer any of my questions.
Consequently, I've avoided taking any powers that require transparency to be fully effective so far. That means no Detect Psionics, no Identify, and no Dispel Psionics. I don't want to get shafted with bad powers, especially since the DM swiped all of our magic items and gold. It's been a very bleak campaign.
This brings me to my question: would it be worth it to take a level or two of Ardent to obtain the Magic Mantle's granted ability and force full transparency on the game (at least as applies to my character's powers)? My plan with this character has been to PrC into Anarchic Initiate at 6th. I've got all the prerequisites, and I'm sure my character will be quite effective without those powers. I'd also hate to lose any manifester levels in Psion. On the other hand, getting that Mantle's ability would solve all this wishy-washy pseudo-transparency crap that the DM's been putting me through...
So, what do you y'all think?