So I'm working on an interesting character. This character was a family person. The family lived in the woods not too far from town, and they were very self sufficient. This character was very intune with nature, and taught the children to survive in the woods. While not too religious, they said their prayers and such, probably a nature/animal diety.
This character was driven into adventuring life when the family was attacked by bandits. Someone in the family was killed, the rest now stay with a relitive (grandparent, aunt, something) in town while this character seeks justice/revenge.
Now the character uses the knowledge that was gained as ranger to hunt these criminals. Also this character prays constantly and passionatly to the god for extra strength to bring these criminals to justice.
Human Ranger/Inquisitor.
Favored enemy human. Bow style.
Animal domain- this part is up in the air.
Umm...sorry to be such a loser, but what's a GESTALT character?
[bladebound][kensai]magus/[weaponmaster] fighter
A wandering swordfighter completely controlled by his blackblade.
Edit: Come to think of it, what would you do about those stacking weapon mastery's?
Umm...sorry to be such a loser, but what's a GESTALT character?mmh... maybe I should let someone else answer... but I'll give it a shot anyway.
A system where characters take levels in 2 classes each level, gaining the BAB, saves, skill points and HP of whichever class is better in each category, as well as all class features. You're still limited by action economy, but it's about as powerful as it gets.
You can expect to do quite a bit of houseruling to make it work.
Got it; thanks C-note.
Rogue(thug)/Monk(manuever master): a mob enforcer
Either an albino, or an elf, or both; Magus(bladebound)/Oracle of battle: give him the Wasting curse...Elric of Melnibon'e
I don't think I'd ever allow any gestalts in my game and I'm glad my players haven't tried this variant. They're ALL optimizers and even at a 15 pt buy I think if they survived to 3rd level I'm pretty sure I'd be dealing with the Justice League. Good luck brother!
My wife was thinking a ranger/druid. I'm having trouble helping her find overlaying themes. Obviously they are both nature oriented but how they go about it are completely different. So far I was thinking there was a cool theme of pack leader druid and beastmaster ranger. Are there other areas that similarly overlap?
Wizard/Witch: both get familiars. I think there's a sorcerer bloodline for that as well.
Cleric/Paladin: both will have Channel abilities.
I think it just depends on what you want to have the character do. The Ranger/Druid thing I think would work very well, except that unless you have a lot of pimped natural weapons or go ranged with a magic sling you won't be doing much damage without spells.
Ultimate Gestalt: Paladin/Inquisitor. Y'know what kind of stats you'd have to have in order to make this guy work??!! But if you DID have some high numbers in Cha, Wis, Str and Con... can you even IMAGINE the kind of havok you could unleash with a Bane Smite attack? You there, black dragon; you and I will be having words...
Ultimate Gestalt: Paladin/Inquisitor. Y'know what kind of stats you'd have to have in order to make this guy work??!! But if you DID have some high numbers in Cha, Wis, Str and Con... can you even IMAGINE the kind of havok you could unleash with a Bane Smite attack? You there, black dragon; you and I will be having words...
That's why I like paladin//rogue: sneak attack smite!!!! Also, ALL good saves + Cha to all saves.
So we started last night it was really fun. Player 1 is playing a synthesis summoner/ ancestor oracle. He played a little bit of a tank role last night and focuses on swinging his longsword. Player 2 went with a ninja/ bard, sneak attacker. She is the almost a vampire race whos name i cant think of right now adding a little more depth to her character. One player is playing a witch/zen archer which was pretty interesting. And my wife played the inquisitor / ranger i made. She loved the character so success. My son will not be playing in this account instead im starting a game with him and some of his friends... there is still one more player to add to the group, but so far so good.
I think a druid//summoner would be great for a solo campaign: animal companion + eidolon + summon monster + summon nature's ally!!!! Lots and lots of action economy.
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That's why I like paladin//rogue: sneak attack smite!!!! Also, ALL good saves + Cha to all saves.
Ultimate Gestalt: Paladin/Inquisitor. Y'know what kind of stats you'd have to have in order to make this guy work??!! But if you DID have some high numbers in Cha, Wis, Str and Con... can you even IMAGINE the kind of havok you could unleash with a Bane Smite attack? You there, black dragon; you and I will be having words...
Beware of the Vanishing Trick paladin/ninja. Will turn your day into pure pain.
Monk/Ninja, Willikins from Discworld, a Gentlemans Gentleman (Butler) with a dark past and a darker humour. Knows how to intimidate and handle himself in unfair fights.
It has also very nice synergies from both classes, an unarmed flanker comes to mind, and you can profit twice from your ki of course, plus you probably don't need charisma anymore.
sorry- my summer class started up so i haven't been on in a while. i'm glad to hear that its going well :)
Lol no problems, and now to resurect this thread what with the ARG out now, well here we go!
#1 half ork alchemist/barbarian focusing on sundering. Grab eldridge heritage (ork) when you can. At level 2 you have 16 +2 +4 +4 +2 =28 str o.O
(thats base +racial =rage +mutigen +ragechemist)
At level 20 I could see, without items, 16 +2 +4 +8 +10 +6 +6 =52 strength...
(thats base +racial +bonus stats at level 4, 8 ect +rage +mutigen +strength of the beast (orc) +power of giants (orc)
Heck your also looking at some +20 to your con score as well...
#2Ferral Gnasher/Tetori monk, when he bites you, you dont move (except to go limp ;)
#3 Sohei monk/Cavalier, the ultimate horse rider
#4 two-weapon figher/two-weapon ranger, create an epic two weapon fighter. Has the two-weapon fighting of the ranger (most notably ignoring dex requirements) and the feats of the fighter. One powerful fighter.
well theres a few, have fun with em!
Barbarian + Synthesist = The Hulk
Bard + Master Summoner = The Traveling Circus
Bard(Animal Caller) + Druid = Any Disney Princess that sings and is joined by woodland creatures.
Dirge Bard + Undead Bloodline Sorcerer(or Death Master Cleric/Necromancer Wizard) = Real Creepy Orchestra
Wizard + Sage sorcerer = One ability Nexus of arcane awesomeness.
Teleport conjurer + monk = Nightcrawler, but with spells.
Well now, if we are allowing prestige classes, that changes things.
Oracle of flame/elemental sorcerer. go this until level 4, at level 5 get mystic theurge instead of oracle. Why yes my 11th level character can cast 9th level spells....
I have played gestalt with a few alterations :
Max out hp of both classes and divide by two, add skills together and divide by two, add BAB together and divide by two, add saves together and divide by two.
We found that this allowed for gestalt flavor but not completely negate some class hindrances or benefits of class combinations making the balance better overall, the max hp allowed them to function as about +2 CR with only saves staying behind a bit, we ended up with saves being 1/2 character level all around, with a +1 bonus if the save was a good save on one class and +2 if it was a good save on both class lists, which eliminated saves being too weak, and also had +1 to an ability score every 2 levels as long as you didn't pick the same ability score twice in a row.
We also had an additional starting feat for crossover of the following : proficiency with all martial weapon, heavy armor and medium armor (not light or shields and not when classes gain proficiency later either), other similarities seemed easily fixable with archetypes.
These quick rules seemed to combine flavor and power fairly well, though it might not be what you want to play with.
Magus (Kensai) / Fighter (weapon master), enough said.
monk / gunslinger, monasteries are great for hidden tech labs.