Psychic Chirurgeon

(range increment 10).Ifhit,his enemy takes 2d6 points of damage as the design psychically brands the enemy’s flesh. This attack does not in any way hinder him,count against his total actions for the round,or draw an attack ofopportunity.

Second,the skin grants the pattern master regeneration 1. Damage dealt to him is treated as subdual damage,except for fire and cold damage,which damages him normally.He automatically heals subdual damage at rate of1 point per round.Ifrendered unconscious through subdual damage,he can be killed with a coup de grace.

The hurts done to others are as open wounds to the psychic chirurgeon,who feels others’ pain as his own.The psychic chirurgeon has other concerns but has decided to devote part ofhis development as a psionic entity toward the study ofpsionic healing.His concentration in psionic healing pays big dividends;with only a small loss ofhis original skills,the psychic chirurgeon begins to compete with divine healers in their ability to bring relieffrom hurt.

Psions who study the ways ofthe Psychometabolism discipline most easily pick up the psychic chirurgeon prestige class,though psions ofother flavors can eventually assume the prestige class as well.

Many consider psychic chirurgeons de rigueur members of any adventuring party that can’t find or won’t countenance a cleric member.In areas where divine magic is absent or discouraged,psychic chirurgeons are the only game in town.

Hit Die: d8

Requirements

To qualify to become a psychic chirurgeon,a character must fulfill the following criteria. Heal: 3 ranks

Knowledge (psionics): 8 ranks Manifesting: Ability to manifest lesser body adjustment and body adjustment

Class Skills

The psychic chirurgeon’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill are Autohypnosis (Wis),Concentration (Con), Craft (Int),Diplomacy (Cha),Heal (Wis),Knowledge (psionics) (Int),Profession (Wis),Psicraft (Int),Stabilize Self(Con),and Swim (Str).See Chapter Four:Skills in the Player’s Handbook and Chapter Two:Skills in the Psionics Handbook for skill descriptions.

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Intelligence modifier

Class Features

All ofthe following are class features ofthe psychic chirurgeon prestige class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Psychic chirurgeons gain no additional proficiency in any weapon or armor.

Effective Manifester Level: At every level indicated on the table for the prestige class,the character gains new power points per day and access to discovered powers as ifhe had also gained a level in the psionic class he belonged to before adding the prestige class.He does not,however,gain any other benefit a character ofthat class would have gained (such as bonus feats,metapsionic or item creation feats, mode check bonuses,hit points beyond those he receives from the prestige class,and so on).He does gain the following benefits:an increased effective level ofpsionic manifestation,additional power points,effective additional levels for psicrystal powers,and additional free manifestations of0level powers.Ifa character had more than one psionic class before becoming a member ofthis prestige class,he must decide to which class he adds the new level for purposes of determining effective manifester level.

For example,a 10th-level psion/3rd-level psychic chirurgeon has a character level of13 and a manifester level of11. So, powers he manifests that have level-dependent parameters are manifested as ifthe character were 11th level.

Metahealer I(Sp): The psychic chirurgeon can absorb the hurts ofthe creature he touches by curing 3d8 points of

Psychic Chirurgeon

Base Mode Class Attack FortitudeReflex Will Check Level Bonus Save Save Save Bonus Special Effective Manifester Level

1 +0 +2 +0 +0 +0 Metahealer I — 2 +1 +3 +0 +0 +0 Rapid Metabolism +1 level ofexisting class 3 +2 +3 +1 +1 +1 Empathic condition — relieflatency 4 +3 +4 +1 +1 +1 Psionic Metabolism +1 level ofexisting class 5 +3 +4 +1 +1 +1 Empathic clot latency — 6 +4 +5 +2 +2 +2 Metahealer II +1 level ofexisting class 7* +5 +5 +2 +2 +2 Chirurgeon savant —