This concept of augmentation points seems really limiting, since no well-designed build will be able to take this feat more than twice. Maybe I'm missing something, but what's the problem with just taking each augmentation as its own feat, and letting the martial adept use it whenever they want? The increase in maneuver level will already prevent characters from using these on their most powerful maneuvers.

Also, maybe when they recover their maneuvers, they should choose at that point which metamaneuvers to apply. Kind of like how wizards prepare metamagic.

This idea is just awesome. It literally rocks. My only complaint, besides the imbalance of class feature power mentioned by Chemus, is that I think it could stand to be a bit more powerful. Either boost the warlock progression up to full, or add in another partial bardic spellcasting progression. Or both; someone using this PrC shouldn't have to give up their Dark invocations.

The Deep Blue


   
You humans know nothing about sight. Only in blindness can one truly see.

Like many creatures, the psionic goblins commonly known as Blues have counterparts that live deep below the earth. This secretive people have lived separate from the world for centuries, inhabiting only the regions of total darkness. Over time, they lost their unnecessary eyes, and in turn, developed an inner sight related to their psionic abilities. This makes them adept at becoming psions that study clairsentience, and many gifted Deep Blues have become some of the best Seers the world has ever known.

DEEP BLUE RACIAL TRAITS

• -2 Str, -2 Con, +2 Dex, +4 Int, -2 Cha
• Small size: +1 bonus to Armor Class, +1 bonus on attack rolls, +4 bonus on Hide checks, -4 penalty on grapple checks, lifting and carrying limits ¾ of those of Medium characters.
• Humanoid (Goblinoid, Psionic)
• 30 ft. base land speed
• Naturally Psionic: The Deep Blue gains 1 bonus power point at 1st level
• Blind: The Deep Blue has no natural sense of sight; it is treated as though continually and incurably blind
• Blindsight out to 60 ft as long as the Deep Blue has at least 1 remaining power point.
• Racial Skills: A Deep Blue character has a +4 racial bonus on Move Silently checks, Listen checks, and Knowledge (Dungeoneering) checks.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Goblin (with an archaic accent that is difficult for most other goblins to understand).
• Bonus Languages:  Draconic, Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Orc, Drow.
• Level Adjustment: +2
• Favored Class: Psion

STARTING AGE
 Adulthood: 40
 Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer: 40
 Bard, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger: 55
 Cleric, Druid, Monk, Wizard: 80

AGING EFFECTS
 Middle Age - 70 years: -1 to str, con, and dex, +1 to int, wis, and cha
 Old - 130 years: -2 to to str, con, and dex, +1 to int, wis, and cha
 Venerable - 190 years: -3 to str, con, and dex, +1 to int, wis, and cha
 Maximum Age: 240

HEIGHT AND WEIGHT
 Base Height: Male: 2 ft, 10 in.  Female: 2 ft, 6 in.
 Height Modifier: +2d4
 Base Weight: Male: 60 lbs.  Female: 50 lbs.
 Weight Modifier: x1

RACE CHARACTERS
 Quick generalization of what this race is good for as far as characters go..
 Adventuring Race: Why members of this class go on adventures.
 Character Development: Give suggestions for making a character with this race.
 Character Names: Give examples of names by gender or other arrangement.

ROLEPLAYING A RACE
 Quick generalization about playing a member of this race.
 Personality: Give general stereotype of the personality of a member of this race and some roleplaying applications.
 Behaviors: Typical behaviors for a member of this race..
 Language:Notes on this races language..

RACE SOCIETY
 Description of this races society, culture, and civilization.
 Alignment : What alignment is common to members of this race and why.
 Lands : Where do they normally live.
 Settlements : Where do they normally live when not in their homelands.
 Beliefs :Typical religious beliefs.
 Relations: How do they relate to other races.

RACE ADVENTURES

• Give at least three examples of an adventure for or involving a member of this race

...The rest will be up soon.

First of all, contest II should say that voting ends November 3rd, not October 3rd (it would be really weird otherwise). Second, regarding voting for the first contests, can people that submitted entries vote? And if so (though I feel like a jerk for asking), can it be on their own entries?

Can I get more feedback on my entry, please? Just 3 more days until the deadline!

You know, you can still use the root board...

Yeah, but... well, there's got to be a place for things involving multiple systems, and it just wouldn't look as nice to have the main sub-board cluttered with little things like that. Same reason there are no threads on the root board for New Mechanics and Subsystems, I imagine.

The Master of Opening and Closing is now finally done, complete with fluff! I'm especially proud of my explanation of the 2 main organizations, one that specializes in opening and another that is devoted to closing. Comments of all kinds would be appreciated!

Sorry to be the first person to actually make a serious comment about this, but doesn't the "Improved Aha!" ability at level 7 allow you to keep rerolling your Sleight of Hand checks until you get a perfect 20? You should probably reword "Improved Aha!" by adding something like, "He still cannot use this ability more than once for any given attack."

Okey dokey.

Thanks! This is going to be awesome!

A sub-board with sub-boards.

Does that work? Would the board containing the sub-boards need to be a larger one like "Homebrew Optimization Contests" or "New Mechanics and Subsystems," or could there be a smaller board, like "Magic of Residuum," with even smaller boards in it?