Need help with figuring opposing classes

[Lockebone]

I have a bard (dervish), cleric (phrasma death and life), ranger/rogue/gunslinger, fighter/rogue/gunslinger, water witch goblin, and a rogue knife fighter (hasnt shown up in a while).

For each one of these guys i want to develope a nemesis. like a shadow of themselves an opposite.

Any ideas?

Something challenging but wont neccessarily kill them. I do not like killing my pc's I like providing challenges that earn them very awesome loot.

Anyways. Thanks for the help. This is my first time DMing in over 10 years and the first time I have played pathfinder so i really appreciate the knowledge base on here.

Thanks Paizo and thanks guys!

Lock3

[Lockebone]

really nobody has anything for me.

like my bard, i was going to have him face a monk or something. with just enough will save and physical power that it would be a match,

the cleric going up agaisnt a mage or something.

ranger fighing something invisible. possible even one that he is favored enemy just making it tough,

fighter rogue gunslinger is hard, because anything with will attacks he will lose automatically. but if i pit him agaisnt another fighter he will still dominate. so i was thinking a witch type person with hexs. or an alchemist ranged fighter

but the witch, i was thinking just haveing a witch versus witch haha.

[Booksy]

Witch vs Inquisitor seems like it'd be really nice flavor wise. Or a Ranger with Favored Enemy Goblinoid.

Cleric vs opposing order Cleric or Anti-Paladin.

If you put the Ranger up aggainst a Favored Enemy he'll own it. I'd stick him up against an opposed alignment Druid.

Put the Fighter/rogue/gunslinger up against a Ninja.

Both of your players with Gunslinger classes, put them up against a melee class that can get into melee, that'll really ruin their day.

And the bard should completely go up against a multi-classed fighter/rogue/sorcerer

As to 'not' killing your PC's, thats completely up to you, how you play the NPC, and how optimized vs story purposed you create them.

[Lockebone]

That sounds really insightfull and awesome all at the same time, Thank you.

*TO HERO LAB WE GO!*

to build their polar opposites!

Can't wait to see the ninja go up gunslinger fighter go agaisnt a ninja. that wil be fun. same with the bard. Because the bard guy knows how to play well so that will be fun to do.

thanks much.