Gestalt works best (ie. is most powerful) with little overlap of expected abilities but awesome synergies. I would suggest an Oracle/Paladin. Both CHA based and you get full casting, full BAB, heavy armor, and smite evil.
As you don't want casting, ranger/paladin is pretty good, though you might consider fighter/paladin. The latter has the advantage of being godly under smite, and pretty damned good without. You can build one heck of a tank using fighter abilities, and the smiting which can take the damage to 11 when needed really caps it off. The only issue is the fact that you also need to pump charisma (in addition to strength, con, and possibly dex if you like being tanky).
Though I do have to say, oracle/paladin isn't bad since you'll have some mysteries which can swap out charisma for dexterity for reflex saves and AC.
paladin/oracle is a potent combo. pretty much paladin/anything will have a high level of survivability, and do extra well against evil (especially demons/undead). and there's two of you... you could make a team- either to try to cover every base or for roleplaying purposes.
hunters- a paladin/inquisitor and paladin/ranger: both have strong armor options, swift action self healing, great saves, and full BAB with strong bonuses against BBEGs. the inquisitor can cover face skills and most knowledges. the ranger can cover other skills and could take the trapper archetype if you want/need trapfinding (plus can add an animal companion for a little extra melee).
adventurers- a fighter/bard and ranger/druid: both have great skills, all good saves, full BAB, and some handy magic (including healing). the ranger can take trapfinding if needed, and the fighter could actually switch for paladin if you wanted.
eastern mystics- a monk/sorcerer and samurai/oracle: oracle takes battle or metal mystery to supplement melee (and still gets heal/buff spells); sorcerer takes the Empyreal wild bloodline, monk abilities provide survivability and non-casting options.
any character in a basically solo party is going to be MAD.
your boyfriend said he's going to run a character with you (unless that was some stranger pretending to be him), so you should definitely talk to him about what he's planning on making- even in gestalt, with only 2 players you definitely want to avoid overlapping on things you only need one of (2 characters good at melee=good, 2 with trapfinding or super high diplomacy=waste).
i don't know what your point buy (or rolling method) is but if you're worried about having a stat or 2 that you don't want to put points in you could try paladin/bard instead... it is a solid combo and doesn't need wis for anything (and pally's don't need much Con because a lot of their survivability comes from lots of swift action heals)- you could cover face skills and some knowledges (plus heals, buffs, and melee). then if your bf wants to go ranger/druid he can cover know[nature] and wisdom skills, especially perception (plus have more buffs, a little healing, some attack and control spells, good melee, and wildshape plus an animal companion for better melee and some scouting/travel utility).
ps- be careful not to drop any stat too low... with only 1-2 of you any weakness will be more pronounced (and you're going to be pretty disappointed if the whole adventure falls apart halfway through because something rolled well on 1d6 wisdom damage and you died...)
On the paladin side, you should use the Oath that gives things based on fighting evil outsiders. It's pretty rad, and helps you fight them.
I's suggest inquisitor/Paladin.
You'd have the skills to track and know your prey's weaknesses, the skills and spells to get info out of them, and bane and judgements for things that aren't evil. Use the heresy inquisition for stealth bonuses, and you've got a very well rounded character that can stomp a mudhole in some evil outsiders.
Also, with judgements and such, you can use your Bond to get the mount since your weapon may not need the increases.
Food for thought.
i really like the 'inquisadin' (inquisitor/paladin) too, but it is about as MAD as you can get. if you have the stats for it (say, for example, because you're running a 6 person adventure with 2 gestalts so your bf/GM gave you a really generous point buy) it really can be devastating... the ability to stack judgment, bane, and smite means that BBEGs will get wrecked fast. i'd actually suggest sticking with the weapon bond though- a camel or horse companion isn't going to add much to the party at all but being able to add enchantments to your weapon will always be helpful.
The Paladin/Oracle is a good combination. A Paladin with the oath of vengeance combined with a life oracle would do well. Take channel energy as your first revelation and pick up alignment channel to allow you to affect evil outsiders. This will give you more smites and the ability to damage evil outsiders. Play an Angle Blooded Aasimir for the bonus to STR and CHR. Take the favored class bonus to increase your level for channel energy to increase the damage vs. evil outsiders. This also give you all the healing spells you need
Paladin(warrior of holy light archtype)/Alchemist.
concentrate on INT and CHA. All physical stats come from mutagen.
Plus alchemist gives a pretty varried skill list for out of combat stuff.
There are 2 elements in play here. First is gestalt, the other is the super small party. I would strongly recommend as others have mentioned you reduce overlap in your chosen classes.
I would also strongly suggest a pet class. Something that has a capable comabatant buddy tagging along. This is because action economy is really important in the game. No matter how powerful you are, if 5-6 enemies get to do something every time you get to do one thing, its a problem. Even with a dmpc its still a problem. Pets, specifically the druid and summoner really help with this.
If you are set on paladin, I'd strongly recommend summoner (charisma synergy). Your eidolon will go a long way toward helping you out in tight situations, and to make sure the enemy's attention is somewhat divided. And with the skilled evolution and the ability to pick and choose clase skills, the eidolon can easily be the party skill monkey as well as a combatant. Not to mention the dmpc could fill in whatever role(s) are missing that you yourself dont fill.
If she doesn't want to play a caster due to complication, I doubt she'll want to mess with book keeping an eidolon either.
If she doesn't want to play a caster due to complication, I doubt she'll want to mess with book keeping an eidolon either.
She said she didnt want a prepared caster. Summoners are spontaneous with a very limited selection of spells known. She could just choose spells that support the eidolon (rejuvenate/restore eidolon and buff spells), and keep her in combat casting to a minimum.
I'd go with Paladin/Bard. You will want to do all of the social skills, since you are the only other person playing (watching your BF talk to himself would be just weird). Aasimar is a good race.
And since we are on the subject, have the GMPC be a cleric/empyreal sorcerer to handle all of the spell casting that you don't want to deal with.
If she doesn't want to play a caster due to complication, I doubt she'll want to mess with book keeping an eidolon either.She said she didnt want a prepared caster. Summoners are spontaneous with a very limited selection of spells known. She could just choose spells that support the eidolon (rejuvenate/restore eidolon and buff spells), and keep her in combat casting to a minimum.
Ahh, I did missread that. Thank you.
Life oracle allows them to heal without provoking...
Another vote for paladin/loracle. Just don't dump int, you will need the skill points. Also buy potions of fly...
Paladin/Summoner was the first thing that came to mind. Get everything plus a flank buddy (or even a mount if you want later).
Paladin/Oracle was the other that would be quite effective I think, so agreeing with everyone else there.
i was trying to avoid anything overly complex (as i assumed from your screen name it might be overwhelming), but action economy really will be very significant...
feat: 1- skill focus[any knowledge]; 3- eldritch heritage[arcane]; 5- improved familiar; (optional: 7- evolved familiar [skilled {UMD}])
make your familiar a UMD monkey and give it a couple useful wands. make your eidolon a quadruped with arms- spend a feat for proficiency with greatsword or falchion, take pounce, keep your number of natural attacks maxed out, and always have its Str as high as possible.
you'll cover face skills and have some decent buffs, plus be able to heal when necessary, and be able to contribute some in combat (especially when you can smite); your eidolon will be a death machine (on par with many fighter builds for damage per round); and, your familiar can move and use a wand every round- either give him CLW to increase the party's durability, or a 3rd or 5th level magic missile wand to do some damage and use readied actions to disrupt spellcasters.
bf/GMNPC: tiefling, ranger/witch
invest feats for Boon Companion and Improved Familiar
focus on save or suck control hexes (and make sure you cover fort and will saves)
cover knowledges, survival, and perception; be useful in combat; use hexes to incapacitate foes in encounters with multiple enemies; pick an animal companion that will be useful in combat; use your familiar the same way as above.
between the two of you you'll have most of your bases covered (all the major ones), you'll get functionally 6 turns per round (2 characters, 2 familiars, an eidolon, and an animal companion) plus the witch can take away turns from the enemies.