Psionic Talent, in Dreamscarred Press's Psionics Unleashed, is a feat that grants bonus power points.
Benefit: When you take this feat for the first time, you gain 2 power points.
That's all well and good, but the trouble is that it can be taken multiple times.
Special: You can take this feat multiple times. Each time you take the feat after the first time, the number of power points you gain increases by 1.
The benefit's "When you take this feat for the first time" doesn't play with "Each time you take the feat after the first time" in any defined fashion. I can see people reading it for five different progressions, as follows:
2 -> 2+3 -> 2+3+4 -> 2+3+4+5 (+14 pp: The effects of the feat stack, and each feat gives one more power point than the last.)
2 -> 3+3 -> 4+4+4 -> 5+5+5+5 (+20 pp: The effects of the feat stack, and each feat gains the increase to the number of power points it grants.)
2 -> 2+1 -> 2+1+1 -> 2+1+1+1 (+5 pp: The effects of the feats stack, but each subsequent feat gives only +1 PP.)
2 -> 2, 3 -> 2, 3, 4 -> 2, 3, 4, 5 (+5 PP: The effects of the feat don't stack, but each feat grants one more set power point than the last.)
2 -> 2, 1 -> 2, 1, 1 -> 2, 1, 1, 1 (+2 PP: The effects of the feat don't stack, but each subsequent feat gives only +1 PP.)
From what I've seen, the most popular reading is the +14 reading, but it's only been as well-argued as the +5 readings in my opinion. My question, then, is how many extra power points do you have after taking Psionic Talent four times?
Best Answer
As the author of said feat for Pathfinder, the intent is the first choice (2+3+4+5).
We will take the chance to update the feat with an example in our upcoming revision of Psionics Unleashed.