Contemplative

To some, psychic power comes naturally, but it isn’t
tied to strong emotional outbreaks. Rather, these
contemplatives find their power through meditation
and philosophical devotion.

### **Manifesting**

The contemplative uses Wisdom as his
key ability score instead of Charisma. This includes
determining his bonus power points, what power levels
he can manifest, and his power save DCs.

### **Meditative Powers**

Each morning, while meditating
for power points, the contemplative chooses a number
of powers equal to his powers known. When a
contemplative recovers his daily power points after
resting, he may choose to rotate one or more powers
he knows for new ones. These powers must always be
chosen from the wilder power list. If a contemplative
learns a power through other means, such as the
Expanded Knowledge feat or psychic chirurgery, this
power is known in addition to his normal powers. He
may never exchange it for another power from the
wilder power list when he chooses his powers known,
and it doesn’t count against his limit of powers known
at any one time. The contemplative must choose at least
one power from each power level he can manifest when
selecting his powers for the day.

This ability replaces
surge bond.

### **Push Beyond Limits**

The contemplative gains
Overchannel and Talented as bonus feats at 1st level,
even if he does not meet the requirements.

This ability
replaces wild surge and psychic enervation.

### **Mind Blast (Su)**

The contemplative can emit a blast
of psychokinetic energy with the power of his mind.
The contemplative can as a standard action expend his
psionic focus to make a ranged touch attack at a creature
within 30 ft. that deals 1d8 points of force damage to
the creature struck. At 4th level and every three levels
thereafter, the damage increases by 1d8.

This ability
replaces surge blast.

### **Heightened State (Su)**

At 4th level, the contemplative
enters a heightened state when using the Overchannel
feat. After manifesting a power and using the
Overchannel feat, the contemplative gains a number
of temporary hit points equal to his class level and a +1
insight bonus to saves and AC for 1 round. If he manifests
another power and uses the Overchannel feat while still
under these effects, the duration is increased by 1 round
and the insight bonus increases by +1 (to a maximum
insight bonus equal to half the contemplative’s class
level). These temporary hit points take effect after the
damage taken from using the Overchannel feat (if any).

This ability replaces surging euphoria.

### **Psionic Meditation**

At 5th level, the contemplative
gains the Psionic Meditation feat as a bonus feat. If the
contemplative already has the Psionic Meditation feat,
he may instead pick either the Expanded Knowledge or
Extra Power Known feats as a bonus feat.

This ability
replaces the improved surge bond gained at 5th level.

### **Greater Overchannel (Su)**

At 9th level, the
contemplative gains the ability to expend his psionic
focus when using the Overchannel feat to fuel some of
the power needed to augment the power. This effect
pays for the cost of up to the manifester level bonus
gained by the Overchannel feat. These power points
are still counted to determine the maximum number of
power points spent on the power, but are not deducted
from the contemplative’s power point pool.

This ability
replaces the improved surge bond gained at 9th level.

### **Contemplative Knowledge**

At 13th level and again
at 17th level, the contemplative gains his choice of the
Expanded Knowledge feat or the Extra Power Known
feat. The powers known gained from these feats cannot
be changed when meditating to regain power points.

This ability replaces the improved surge bonds gained
at 13th and 17th level.