gestalt bard / swashbuckler, archetype question (frontliner)


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Silver Crusade

Hey all!

stats are-
18, 17, 17, 16, 14, 08

level 3, however, we don't start out full gestalt. (an in game occurrence will make us gestalt full) so, I will be 1/2 (swash(inspired blade)/bard)

I want to be a frontliner, and have placed my stats as such-
Thinking human for +1 spell per level(sooooo gooooood)

str:08, Dex: 20(18+2), con: 16, Int: 17, wis: 14, Cha: 17

now my question is, which archetype for bard would be better,

Archeologist (only downside is losing ALL performance, and only 7 rounds of the luck bonus a day, (10 with maestro of the society) and lingering performance helps with it. ) and net gain is 1 less than normal performance.

Arcane duelist- some free feats, some good, others meh. nifty performance to replace ones I've never really used or seen used.

thoughts? (note, the dervish of dawn is out, as even though it doubles the performance bonuses, I'd rather not play another "faith" character)


Go half elf for the extra rounds of performance. As a half elf you can also take the human favored class bonus so you could use the first three levels for performance and the rest for extra spells. Having three extra cantrip’s is not all that useful. On the other hand 3 extra rounds of performance nets you 9 extra rounds of luck.

I would go for the archeologist because having a luck bonus on just about everything is pretty good. Just make sure to take fates favored for an extra +1.

Silver Crusade

I think lingering performance and Maestro of the society will be plenty. (10 rounds= 40 total rounds, 1 for the swift action, then an additional 3 for free)

"Archaeologist’s luck is treated as bardic performance for the purposes of feats, abilities, effects, and the like that affect bardic performance."

so I should be okay :3.


You sure are starting a lot of games. I would re think the bard part of the character if you dont plan og using performances to boost your team. Better be a swash/oracle and use divine favor to get that luck bonus to hit and dam. if you go oracle Exchange wisdom and str and take divine protection at level 5 to get a decent fortitude save.
The archeologist is good because he can do several things ok good but that is not a big bonus in a gestalt game. A proper spellcaster is a better second class IMOP.

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