Building a Psion Gish, trying to maintain 17 ML (Level 9 Powers) and +16 BAB (4 attacks). I'm going for the agile, unarmored sort of fighter.
DM-approved variant rules I'm using:
[UA] Flaw Feats (Max of 2)
[UA] Fighting Schools Monk variant
Considering the use of Decisive Strike, not sure about it
My DM is allowing it, but DOES Human Paragon increase ML? Most entries read "+1 existing arcane", "+1 existing divine" or "+1 existing spellcasting", whereas Human Paragon reads "+1 existing class" but the column is also titled SPELLCASTING, so I'm unsure.
This is the build I'm using right now, which is (almost) completely open to revision:
1 | Human Paragon 1 | Level Feat (Overchannel); Human Feat (Combat Expertise); Flaw Feat (Narrow Minded); Flaw Feat (Improved Trip)
2 | Monk 1 | Monk Feat (Improved Unarmed Strike); Monk Feat (Combat Reflexes)
3 | Psion 1 | Level Feat (Ascetic Psion); Psion Feat (Extend Power)
4 | Human Paragon 2 | Paragon Feat (Psicrystal Affinity)
5 | Psion 2 |
6 | Psion 3 | Level (Psicrystal Containment or Psionic Meditation)
7 | Psion 4 |
8 | Psion 5 |
9 | Anarchic Initiate 1 | Level Feat (Mindsight)
10 | Illithid Slayer 1 |
11 | Illithid Slayer 2 |
12 | Illithid Slayer 3 | Level Feat (Psicrystal Containment or Psionic Meditation)
13 | Illithid Slayer 4 |
14 | Illithid Slayer 5 |
15 | Illithid Slayer 6 | Level Feat (Practiced Manifester)
16 | Illithid Slayer 7 |
17 | Illithid Slayer 8 |
18 | Illithid Slayer 9 | Level Feat (Robilar's Gambit)
19 | Illithid Slayer 10 |
20 | Psion 6 |
I'm unsure what I should take first - Psionic Meditation or Psicrystal Containment?
Are there any Powers I might be over looking that would be a huge boost to combat potential? Something in the same line as Divine Might or, as a last resort, Tenser's Transformation?
How does this stack up to usual Psionic Gish builds? the only part of this I'm absolutely set on is being a Psion gish with the Telepath Discipline. Vigor+ Overchannel+Inertial Armor is my main source of AC right now (+15 at level 20, as I understand it) and I love the AoO warrior, but if I need to sacrifice it to keep up with other fighters in direct-damage output I will. Would it be more effective to, instead, wear fullplate and focus on damage output (power attack, leap attack, pounce, etc.)?
The party is currently composed of a Half-Orc Fighter, an Elf Fighter, a Druid, and a Drow "Arachnomancer" (homebrewed between another player and the DM, some sort of Druid variant that substitutes a lot of the class features for vermin-related versions). This build isn't meant to only be used for this campaign, so I want to avoid anything setting or party -specific.
I feel that I'll become the face, if only because as a Telepath I can force people to love me.
I'm trying to avoid cheese. This is will be the second time my group has allowed psionics, and the last time involved an awakened psionic deer blowing up a dam and causing a TPK. The DM is tentative, but as long as I can pull of an arcane/divine version of "broken" powers the DM will be reasonable.
I'm not sure if I've been too specific, or too demanding, or too anything, so I apologize if I am. If you do sit down to read all this and respond, thanks for your time and advice.