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Down to two players for the next few months and our gm has asked us to make gestalt characters to compensate. My friend is making a magus/swashbuckler and I am debating. I wanted to ask for your advice, stats I rolled were 18, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11. The only change is that we cannot go into the same class twice. So no rogue/fighter 5 then rogue/paladin 5 for 10 rogue levels. This game will go all the way to 20th and are currently 3rd.
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I...don't quite understand the restriction. Could you clarify? I mean, obviously you can't get more levels in any class than your total level, but how is Rogue 10//Fighter 5/Paladin 5 an worse than Rogue 10/Paladin 10?
However that works, you clearly need some healing, so I'd definitely grab a class with some of that going on (Druid, Cleric, Oracle, whatever) as one of your classes. An Oracle/Paladin leaps out immediately as one of the most powerful and potentially fun combinations, but then I enjoy Charisma characters.
18, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11
You could make a lot with those.
A Ranger/Barbarian(Two-Weapon a Fighting + Beast Totem)
A Druid/Monk(hint: wild armor isn't worn when you Wildshape)
An Oracle/Cleric(Use Oracle for the spells you think you'll need but don't want to prepare. Also Life Mystery + Healing Domain! O.o)
The aforementioned a Fighter/Rogue
A Summoner/Bard(yeah, let's get a ton of use from Inspire Courage. ;) )
A Magus/Cleric(Spell Combat/Strike with Harm)
The list can get longer too.
Barbarian/ancestors oracle with the totem rage power (I think it is spirit) where spirits of your ancestors attack enemies while you rage.
Get the blood of heroes revelation and the trait to prolong the duration of moral bonuses.
If you are a half-orc you can add the mindlessly cruel trait to get a trait bonus to damage as long as you have a moral bonus to attack.
And then you get a weapon with the enchantment that increases moral bonuses.
How are prestige classes handled in that game? Could you become a rage prophet? If possible add some levels rage prophet/fighter, then go back to barbarian/oracle.
Martial artist monk/ savage barbarian
You fight unarmoured but get the monk armor bonus and the savage barb AC bonus.
You combine the great strength with flurry of blows, get fatigue immunity, rage powers and all kinds of goodies.
If you are only two PCs, I'd suggest staying away from in combat healing. At least the kind that uses up actions.
You should plan on some kind of out of combat healing. But wands of CLW are easy to use and there are feats like godless healing. Just hoping to sleep off injury will not work.
The magus will be able to use wands of infernal healing (which has the evil descriptor so you should talk to your GM about it)
For some way to heal yourself in combat without wasting action economy you could take the inquisitor as one of your classes. The healing judgement is nice in combat.
But the first combo I suggested should be strong in combat and be able to heal you both up between fights. With Rage prophet you get to heal yourself even in combat while raging for emergencies.
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Life Oracle/Paladin is sorta the master of in-combat healing that doesn't cost actions (well, not anything but Swift and an occasional Move action, anyway).
I mean Life Link + Shield Other + Fey Foundling and Lay on Hands (preferably enhanced with one of the Favored Class bonuses that jacks it up) means so very very much healing as a Swift action...and adding in Channel Energy via Quick Channel is also a possibility if you set up for it.
The oracle paladin sounds interesting. I wanted to find a cool way to use life oracle and with the combat of a paladin that might work. I know there are a lot of combinations, but why are those options good?
Using the Druid/Monk I suggested earlier.
1) If you can get/make it, wild armor is your friend. Sure, when you aren't Wildshaped you won't get you monk armor class bonuses, but when you are, your AC will shoot up! Grab Heavy Armor Proficiency for dragon hide Fullplate. When Wildshaped, it's max dexterity bonus won't apply either(because, again, you aren't wearing it).
2) One feat. :Feral Combat Training. If you're going to focus on just one form, like a Saurian Shaman that turns into a deinonychus, then you can use a Natural Weapon for Flurry of Blows and the damage is increased like an Unarmed Strike(and in the case of things with Pounce, Flurry on a Charge).
3) Wisdom Synergy. Monks use Wisdom. Druids use Wisdom. It just works. :)
What Smallfoot said.
Master Summoner with the eidelon as a skill monkey, UMD master/ wand wielding buffer while you summon pals for minutes per level. Oracle on the other side for access to the Cleric list for starters.
Inquistor/Gunslinger
Add Bane to your touch attacks.
With a two-person party, wouldn't a class with summoning or animal companion be a smart option? I don't know what might synergize with Summoner, but the Master Summoner archetype can pull up a stupid quantity of meat shields at low level and some really cool allies as you level up.
Bard. Definitely, absolutely Bard.
With Summoner, I like Barbarian with Ferocious Mount/Greater Ferocious Mount. Let your eidolon rage and benefit from rage powers.
Or Paladin with the archtype that lets your mount benefit from your divine grace.
Or for neat flavor, an Oracle with the blind curse that sees through the eyes of their eidolon.
Paladins are great for gestalt (as long as you don't mind the alignment restriction) because they add HUGE survivability to any class and the bonuses from smite are great when they come into play. pair it with any Cha based class and you'll be in good shape. Pally/Sorc plays like a sorc but much much tougher and great BAB for spells that require attack rolls. Pally/Oracle has all the customization of an oracle but is better in combat and tougher. And, Pally/Bard does all the things (and does them pretty well).
IMHO- Pally/Bard might be your best bet... the bard buffs will help you and your teammate out with combat, you have a lot of skills to fill in what he lacks, with swift action self heals you can 'tank' very effectively (even with the 11 or 12 in Con), you've got status removal covered (which is important), UMD is a class skill (and you're Cha based) so you can cover utility magic with wands/scrolls (and, you know, bard spells), and you'd have all good base saves (with no stat penalties) plus divine grace! the only real drawback to the combo is that its pretty MAD but you've got the stats to pull it off for sure. (a pally/inquisitor could fill a lot of that too- individually you'd probably be a better combatant but bard is probably better overall for the party... i do like the flavor of an inquisadin though)