第六章·人物角色
CHARACTERS --- CHAPTER SIX
　
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　　本章包括灵能进阶职业，供战役选择。也包括1到20级的心灵术士和心灵武士非玩家人物(NPC)的参考数据表。
　　This chapter provides information about psionic prestige classes, optional specialists that add flavor to a campaign. It also presents baseline statistics for psion and psychic warrior nonplayer characters (NPCs) at levels 1--20.
　
　
进阶职业
PRESTIGE CLASSES
　
　　尤拉得步入天际，在他踏足之处留下燃烧的台阶。他的头发如燃烧的皇冠，他的眼中放射出白炽的火花。他凝视着下方周围被畏惧情绪笼罩的人，这些人刚才愚蠢的冒犯了他。“怎么，施法者们，你们现在该知道什么叫玩火了。”尤拉得是一名操焰者，而且现在他很不高兴。
　　Eulad strides the sky, fiery footprints fading in her wake. Her hair is a burning corona, her eyes are white-hot flakes. Her gaze drops to the cowering robed figures below who, in their ignorance, offended her. “How, users of magic, you finally understand what it really means to wield fire.” Eulad is a pyrokineticist, and she’s not happy.
　
　　操焰者是一种心灵异能进阶职业。就如同《地下城主指南》第二章所述，符合条件的人物可以在升级时兼职进阶职业。兼职进阶职业不会如同兼职基础职业那样造成经验值减值。灵能进阶职业提供了一些特殊的能力，以供PC们专注于特定方面。
　　A pyrokineticist is a psionic prestige class. As described in Chapter 2 of the DUNGEON MASTER’s Guide, characters who qualify can multiclass with a prestige class when they advance in level. Taking a prestige class does not incur the experience point penalties normally associated with multiclassing. Psionic prestige classes offer special abilities and powers otherwise inaccessible to PCs and focus them in specific, interesting directions.
　
　　是否允许PC兼职进阶职业完全由DM决定。尽管下文中有些例子，进阶职业在每个战役中都不相同，DM可以决定是否开放进阶职业，或是仅仅只允许NPC选择进阶。
　　Allowing PCs access to prestige classes is purely optional and always under the purview of the DM. Even though a few examples can be found below, prestige classes are idiosyncratic to each campaign, and DMs may choose to not allow them or use them only for NPCs.
　
　　本书中共包括四个心灵异能进阶职业：超念者、操焰者、杀戮者、以及魂刃者。
　　Four psionic prestige classes are presented in this book: the metamind, the pyrokineticist, the slayer, and the soulknife.