Divine Mind Mage “The War-head”
“The ‘War-head’ clan was named for their ‘destroy everything’ mentality. The ‘War-heads’ simultaneously commanded all manner of lingering destruction across the battlefield; torrents of dissolving ectoplasm, insect legions, swift retribution, virulent plague winds, caustic rain, sub-arctic currents and multiple death strikes. The aftermath of their presence would come to rival that of Tolodine.”
– Zha-kha-xi-khan, Supremacy War historian
Zakya Rakshasa, True Neutral, CL 7 (Plant, War) / Psion 5 / Psy Theurge 28
Stats: Base (+ Race) Mods [Final] Bonus
Str: 14 (+10) 2 [ 26 ] +8
Dex: 14 (+4) ------ [ 18 ] +4
Con: 14 (+10) ------ [ 24 ] +7
Int: 14 (+2) 4 [ 20 ] +5
Wis: 14 (+2) 4 [ 20 ] +5
Cha: 8 (+0) ------ [ 8] -1
Pro’s: 39th Cleric, 33rd Psion, High SR (race), decent caster hp (468), high buffed saves, hp & AB, medium-high Dev Crit DC 38 (44 Max Str), 8 attacks / round max buff [3 pri + 1 haste + 1 Div power + 3 sec], 6 attacks / round unhasted (3 pri + 3 sec) + potential TW-Rend, Creeping Doom (Base, Extended), Ecto-Shambler (1 Twin + Extended Shambler = 32 hp / round for 66 minutes), Energy Current (Max + Empowered Cold = 135 – 270 hp / round), 1-33 hp / strike retribution damage, Energy Retort (only after Lower SR spell) 42 damage Max + Empowered, epic spells, 1950 hp Epic Warding, strong healing powers & spells, good chance to debuff opponents, low chance for opp’s to debuff spells + powers (L39 Caster, L33 manifester + Dispelling Buffer), Lower Spell Resistance (Fort) DC 58 (64 max Wis), ~ 60+ psi powers, 3 racial True Strikes, 275 skill points, no smites.
Cons: MAD, d4’s, low unbuffed AB, medicocre buffed AC, medium-low damage per strike, psi-focus (bogus!) mechanic (f-off, WotC!), off-hand Str nerf (WotC geniuses!), fast Psi pp burn down @ max augment, manual psi-focus (bogus!) required for some meta-psi’s to work (twin Ecto-Shambler), quickslot shortage.
AB Stack: BAB +21, Str +8 (+14 Max Str), TWF -4, WFoc +1, EWFoc +1 (toolset) = +27 (+33 Max Str)
AB buffs (36): Off. Precog +11, Div Power +9, Div. Favor +5, , Man o’ Egr. Might +4, B-tide +2, Recitation +2, Bless +1, Aid +1, Prayer +1
Deadeye Sense: +20
TWF: 83 (63+ 20), 89 (Max Str)
SWF: 87 , 93 (Max Str)
True Strike: +20
TWF: 103 (83 + 20), 109 (Max Str)
SWF: 107 , 111 (Max Str)
Misc: Masochism + X, enhancements +Y
AC stack (max buff, no items): 10 (Base) + 9 Natural Armor, +5 Barkskin (Plant domain) +4 Tumble +4 Dex (+10 Max), +20 Inertial Armor (Armor), +12 Force Screen (Shield), +11 Def Precognition (Insight) = 75 (81 Max Dex)
Damage Stack: +12 Off. Prescience, +8 Str (+14 max), +5 PA +5 Div Favor +2 B-tide, +1 Prayer +Y enhancements = 33 (39 Max Str)
Skill point “Saves” allows for quick re-rolls. Save Skills, except as noted. Strictly level 40 build.
1 CL1: Power Attack, Cleave (race bonus), +4 Conc, +4 Lore, +4 S-Craft, Save 16
2 CL2: +1 Conc, +1 Lore, +1 S-Craft, Save excess
3 CL3: Practiced Caster (CL), +1 Conc, +1 Lore, +1 S-Craft, Save excess
4 CL4: Mod: Int (17)
5 CL5: (CL 5)
6 CL6: TWF
7 CL7:
8 Psi1: Mod: Int (18), Discipline – Kineticist (Your choice), Max Power (bonus)
9 Psi2: Ambi-Dex
10 Psi3: (CL 7 / Psi 3)
11 Psi4:
12 Psi5: Mod: Int (19), Extend Spell, Twin Power (bonus)
13 PT1:
14 PT2:
15 PT3: (CL 7 / Psi 5 / PT 3), Empower Spell
16 PT4: Mod: Int (20)
17 PT5:
18 PT6: Gr. Cleave
19 PT7:
20 PT8: (CL 7 / Psi 5 / PT
, Mod: Wis (17)
21 PT9: Imp Crit (Scim)
22 PT10:
23 PT11:
24 PT12: Mod: Wis (18), Imp TWF
25 PT13: (CL 7 / Psi 5 / PT 13)
26 PT14:
27 PT15: Over Crit (Scim), Extend Power (bonus)
28 PT16: Mod: Str (25)
29 PT17:
30 PT18: (CL 7 / Psi 5 / PT 18), Dev Crit (Scim)
31 PT19: +28 Conc, +28 Lore, +28 S-Craft, Save excess
32 PT20: Mod: Wis (19)
33 PT21: Epic Spellcasting, Empower Power (bonus)
34 PT22:
35 PT23: (CL 7 / Psi 5 / PT 23)
36 PT24: Mod: Wis (20), Gr. TWF
37 PT25:
38 PT26: Dump skill points: Conc, Lore, S-Craft, Disc, et. al.
39 PT27: TW-Rend, Epic Psi-Focus I (BOGUS!) (bonus)
40 PT28: (CL 7 / Psi 5 / PT 28), Mod: Str (26), Top off skills
Skills: Conc: 43, Disc: 21, Lore: 43, S-Craft: 43, Tumble: 21, +62 your choices
Notes:
1) Twinned Ecto-Shambler (32 hp / round when twinned, 66 minutes when extended- no SR, no save, no attack rolls, magical damage) on non-DR classes / opp’s is a great fire and forget power. You have to manually Psi-focus (bogus!)  (Ahem, f-off, WotC geniuses!) to twin the Shambler.
2) Creeping Doom – no SR, no save, no attack rolls, magical damage, 1000 hp cap. Taken at 7th and Extended at 8th.
3) Shadow Body psi-power – (immune to crits, sneaks, ability dam, etc., 50% conceal, half elemental damage) great to fire Shamblers and Creeping Dooms from far away, then phase back out the next round.
4) Energy Current (Kineticist only) – max augment then make sure no one “punks” you into attacking (breaks power). Max + Empowered does ~ 135 – 270 hp / round cold damage (Cold Fort half, all others [fire, sonic, et. al.] Flex half) concentrating – no pp drain. Do not use on high SR races unless Lower Spell Resistance is used first.
5) Energy Missile (Kineticist only) DC save is NOT a misprint, DC = 10 + 2 (base power level) + 1 / pp + ability mod. Max augment save ~ 50+ DC (Cold Fort half, all others [fire, sonic, et. al.] Flex half) for five twinned + max missiles. Cannot target same opp twice (arg!). Do not use on high SR races unless Lower Spell Resistance is used first.
6) If you want a much higher AC: choose Egoist (Thicken Skin = +11 Nat AC), trade out 2 feats for Expertise (+5) and Imp Expertise (+10).
7) Choose the Retribution domain if you want a “hit me” caster – add Elemental Shield d6+39 damage / strike to go with Empathic Feedback (1-33 / strike) and Energy Retort.
If you don’t like a power choice (i.e. Mental Barrier = WotC trash!), use Psychic Reformation.
9) Psi-Meditation (aka Psi Medi-Wasting) was intentionally not taken (BS 3.5 mechanic).
10) Race was chosen over Illithid due to better natural AC, Con and Str bonuses.
