And, whether going with PF soulknife or the 3.5 version, a crystal hilt is literally a lightsaber, and can go a long way to improvign the otherwise-mediocre mind blade feature. However, the war soul archetype is quite strong, and absolutely perfect for a Jedi. Beyond that, the Pathfinder soulknife has some improvements over the 3.5 one (which is very poor), though it’s still on the weak side. The Sleeping Goddess discipline can make mind blades and perform other psionic tricks, to really turn a swordsage into a Jedi. Could be a decent use-case for a soulknife dip-though your weapon will suffer as you won’t be able to improve it-or using war mind.įinally, we can get to the realm of third-party and homebrew material. There are also options for psionic initiators-the Instant Clarity and Psychic Renewal feats are quite good-though there is no proper psionic–initiating dual-advancement prestige class. And swordsage gets a lot of the same thing-better even-in the form of maneuvers. Psychic warrior and soulknife get psionic feats, too, which can help a lot-Up the Walls is Force-enabled acrobatics, Deep Impact can turn whatever weapon you go with into something that really has the penetration that a lightsaber does, and so on.
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Soulknife, because the mind blade is close to a lightsaber anyway.Īny of these makes more sense to me than battle sorcerer. Swordsage, where the supernatural maneuvers represent the Force. Ardent is also solid, since ardents are warrior philosophers. Could be replaced by war mind in a multiclassing situation. Psychic warrior, where psionic power is the Force. Common choices includeĬleric, refluffed to be the Force rather than divine power. More typical choices are Wisdom-based, and have greater martial prowess. And your weapon skills are pretty mediocre, which doesn’t sound very Jedi. Not to say that battle sorcerer can’t do it-you could take charm person, feather fall, jump, suggestion, telekinesis, and so on. As a sorcerer, it’s Charisma-based, and Jedi are not usually terribly charismatic (particularly in the D&D sense, where it’s closely associated with passion and self-determination, which are things the Jedi largely eschew).
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Battle sorcerer is kind of a weird choice for a Jedi.