I'm making a campaign where the endgame is the PCs fight and then become the "Horsemen of the Apocalypse". I'm having some trouble deciding on the classes for them though. I'm going to make them gestalt and have at least one class for each of them but am having trouble with the 2nd class.
Note:I think that they all create and form a link with a mount that does so with each of the four housemen not a requirement to become one. They will all have a mount and ranks in ride and such but I don't view the Cavalier and/or Samurai class as a necessity for them and would rather steer clear of them if possible because I am not a big fan of them. The only horsemen I would consider it would be for Szuriel Horseman of War.
The four Hoursemen and their classes I've been thinking of are as follows:
Szuriel Horseman of War: Favored Weapon Greatsword. I was thinking that I would do Barbarian and fighter. Barbarian is a requirement because he is stated to be full of rage in the "Book of the Dammed Vol. 3: Horsemen of the Apocalypse".
Apollyon Horseman of Pestilence: Favored weapon Scythe. I was thinking a sort of battle cleric for him and alchemist. I'm not sure why I want the battle cleric in there it just seems to fit and the alchemist bit is because he creates new diseases and such.
Charon Horseman of Death: Favored Weapon QuarterStaff. For Charon he is going to be a wizard first and foremost as he is said to be incredibly patient, and smart.He's also the oldest of the four housemen possibly even the original one of death. For his other I was thinking maybe a quarterstaff magus or an Alchemist as both of those require time and effort to master and rely on Int.
Trelmarixian houseman of Famine: Favored Weapon Spiked Gauntlets. For him one has to be sorcerer of the Daemon Bloodline because it specifically states he uses sorcery and was a daemonic tiefling in life. As for his other class I was thinking some sort of divine caster maybe Oracle because it talks about how soul consumption is a religious practice in his domain.I'm leaning toward Oracle.
Any suggestions, comments, and feed back are welcome. Thank-you
Pestilence honestly....I'd think witch would be a good one with all their various curses that you can spin your own way with.
You can build Apollyon as full alchemist. I can't imagine a Horseman being a cleric. What does he pray, himself ?
Alchemist are very good melee combatants, thanks to their mutagen and self buff extract. Very similar to a battle cleric.
War- Definitely Barbarian. Possibly multiclass with Fighter.
Pestilence- Plague Witch. I can see where Kelazan is coming from with Alchemist though.
Death- Necromancer Wizard
Famine- Druid. Stay with me here. Take the Plant subdomain Decay.