D&D 3.5 Psionics - Bonus Power Points

[Hound]

Ok, so the SRD is muddily worded at best.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/classes/index.htm#tableAbilityModifiersandBonusPowerPoints
Does this mean that I get a scaling amount of PP's that grows to whatever it is under the level column?  Or is it every level you get the amount of PP listed in the level column?

[Sinfire Titan]

It's scaling, not cumulative.

A simple way to check is to erase your Bonus PP value every time you level up, then do the math formula (key ability modifier*your manifester level*½, rounding down like always).

[RobbyPants]

You cross reference it at each level.  So, if you're level 5 with a manifesting stat of 17, you look at your class to see how many PP you have as your base, and you look up the bonus PP table for level 5 and stat 17 and add those two numbers together.

Of course, if you're running a character level by level, you can just add the difference between your last level and your current level.

[Hound]

thanks y'all, I'm building an ardent and trying to determine if it's worth a level in psi-war to start and that was a big question since psi-war gets 0 points at level 1