So I finally got my hands on the Emerald Spire. Currently, I've only got 1 player, my fiance. Still reading over the module, but she's super excited to play it.
So, to that end, I need to figure out what kind of GMPC I should run for background support. To make matters harder, she wants to run it book-only, namely whatever we happen to have, though I may override that for my GMPC support if necessary.
Available Material: Core, APG, Ultimate Combat, Advanced Race Guide, Bastards of Golarion, Book of the damned 2 (Demon edition!), ROTRL Anniversary Edition (spells mainly). There's also the 3rd party Obsidian Apocalypse by Louis Porter Jr. Design.
I'm thinking of running a basic gestalt, except adding the HP together instead of taking the better of the two. Might also add my 'Extra Prestige' rules which lets you start tacking on prestige class levels as soon as you qualify (straight adds).
Fast track, 2 PCs, I'd imagine we'd start leveling quickly. I'm fairly good at lessening the amount of mobs to a manageable level, but knowing her she'd prefer to change as little as possible on our first run through.
So... Anyone have any good tips/suggestions/advice? I'd rather not overpower the pair of PCs to roflstomp the entire thing, but sort of steamrolling a level or two early on isn't completely problematic. Just don't want the more epic levels to be too easy.