This feat allows you to acquire an elemental steward: an emberling (fire), a geodite (sonic), an arctine (cold), or a tempestan (electricity). This elemental steward acts as an envoy in place of a psicrystal. This envoy remains with you for an indefinite period of time, until dismissed or destroyed.
Prerequisites: Knowledge (the planes) 1 rank, Psicrystal Affinity.
Benefit: When you are able to acquire a new psicrystal, you can select an elemental steward instead. The type of steward—emberling (fire), geodite (sonic), arctine (cold), or tempestan (electricity)—depends on your preference, unless you have the Privileged Energy feat, in which case the steward must match the energy type.
As you advance in power, your elemental steward also increases in power; see Elemental Stewards as Envoys.
Special: You cannot simultaneously possess both a psicrystal and an elemental envoy.
The special abilities of an elemental envoy advance in a way similar to that of a psicrystal. As you increase in level, your elemental envoy gains a bonus to its natural armor, its Charisma score (which affects the save DCs of its psi-like abilities), and the manifester level for its psi-like abilities. Special abilities on the table refer to the psicrystal special abilities of the same name.
| Manifester Level | Natural Armor Adj. | Cha Adj. | ML Adj. | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st–2nd | +0 | +0 | +0 | Alertness, improved evasion, share powers, telepathic link |
| 3rd–4th | +1 | +1 | +0 | — |
| 5th–6th | +2 | +2 | +1 | Deliver touch powers |
| 7th–8th | +3 | +3 | +2 | Telepathic speech 100 ft. |
| 9th–10th | +4 | +4 | +3 | — |
| 11th–12th | +5 | +5 | +4 | Power resistance |
| 13th–14th | +6 | +6 | +5 | — |
| 15th–16th | +7 | +7 | +6 | Channel power |
| 17th–18th | +8 | +8 | +7 | — |
| 19th–20th | +9 | +9 | +8 | — |
Source: Complete Psionic, page 52. Changed the Telepathy power in the table above to Telepathic Speech to more closely match the psicrystal description.