You could always use binding (minimus containment) to stop your aging process and a combination of magic jar and Osirian spirit jars to "body hop" for all of eternity.
Something like my character, Hama, perhaps?
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Much easier method and far more game friendly is for the BBEG to go into the Living Monolith prestige class.
Quick, clean and avoids the craziness of a 20th level caster.
Ageless Stone (Ex)
At 10th level, a living monolith becomes immortal. He ceases aging (though any aging effects already accrued remain in place) and becomes immune to energy drain and death effects, though he can still be killed by other means.
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Really? I'd say bard.
"How do I know you're a god?"
"Because I just made my Bluff check and got a 57."
"Whatever you say, Omnipotent One!"
How do you bluff time?
Bards might pull it off for a few decades, but eventually old age will kill them.
Immortal characters don't need to bluff. They really can hold the throne for thousands of years.
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It was a joke. The wizard may have an easier path to becoming immortal and using phenomenal cosmic powers, but when it comes to selling people a line of total hogwash, use a bard!
(This line of thought has given me a good campaign idea about a dynasty of rulers - or a succession of usurpers - who all use illusions to appear as the kingdom's very first ruler, in order to convince people that they're the Original Invincible Immortal God-King.)
So you are going to use the background story of Equilibrium as your campaign? Good idea, still enjoy that movie.
A Wizard would probably have the easiest time posing as a God.
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It was a joke. The wizard may have an easier path to becoming immortal and using phenomenal cosmic powers, but when it comes to selling people a line of total hogwash, use a bard!
(This line of thought has given me a good campaign idea about a dynasty of rulers - or a succession of usurpers - who all use illusions to appear as the kingdom's very first ruler, in order to convince people that they're the Original Invincible Immortal God-King.)
So you are going to use the background story of Equilibrium as your campaign? Good idea, still enjoy that movie.
Or Salmissra from the Belgariad.
Imperious sorcerers and Solar oracles both gain immortality and a fixed age upon hitting level 20.
Beast Bonded Witches gain pseudo-immortality at level 10. They totes pull a Dante/Hohenheim from the 2003 anime to do so.
Reincarnated druid at level 5
So are you trying to make him appear to be a god, or actually become a god/demi-god?
A 1st tier mythic hero can take Longevity (Su):
Upon taking this ability, you can no longer die from old age. If you have penalties to your physical ability scores due to aging, you no longer take those penalties. You still continue to age, and you gain all the benefits to your mental ability scores.
I'd say no matter what class you choose, it'd have to have a high Charisma, and you should add at lest a single tier of Mythic Marshal. There are quite a few good diplomacy based mythic abilities in there that could explain how someone stayed in power that long (beyond the undying part).
It was a joke. The wizard may have an easier path to becoming immortal and using phenomenal cosmic powers, but when it comes to selling people a line of total hogwash, use a bard!
(This line of thought has given me a good campaign idea about a dynasty of rulers - or a succession of usurpers - who all use illusions to appear as the kingdom's very first ruler, in order to convince people that they're the Original Invincible Immortal God-King.)
So you are going to use the background story of Equilibrium as your campaign? Good idea, still enjoy that movie.
They did just the opposite with the queen of Spaceship UK in Doctor Who. She was living and ruling for hundred of years, but continually had her mind erased so she didn't realize it and thought she was just the next successor.
The benefit of going with Mythic for the BBEG here, is that, upon killing the mythic ruler, the characters could take on some of his mythic power, thus becoming mythic themselves (The 'Passed On' ascension). Opens up a lot more opportunities for future fun with the party.
Passed On: The character is present at the death of a powerful—perhaps even mythic—creature. In its final moments, it passes on its power to the character, granting mythic abilities. Alternatively, its power might not be given voluntarily, but rather taken by the PCs when they slaying a mythic creature. These methods could even be the way that all mythic power is gained in a campaign.
Being a really old age could also justify some extra classes.
You could make him a 20/20/20 something or triple gestalt. Have him use these different abilities at different times to keep the players guessing on what he or she is exactly.
Also, the immortality doesn't have to be something he came up with or did willingly. It could be the result of a deific curse (like david lopan kinda) where after a few dozen centuries, he'd love nothing more than to die, but is simply unable to. Depending on the why's it could also cause some drama by instilling some sympathy amongst the players and characters, depending on their alignment...
Oracle with Time Mystery, the final revelation make so that you are virtually immortal by aging.... you can die by the sword tho, but you get a time stop as a spell-like and time oracles with time sight get foresight after all...so good luck.