
TheOrcnextdoor |
Ok, gonna be playing in a campaign soon with a gestalt character. I decided I wanted to go with a half-orc blood rager(Draconic, Red or Green) spell-eater that grew up in an orc tribe but eventually left.
Couple caveats, the blood rage feature will be working as the unchained barbarian rage feature, along with the barbarian powers. The game likely won't reach, or go past Level 8-9
Now, I've decided to focus him on natural attacks(claws) when he rages. However I've been stumped mostly for a gestalt. ATM I'm thinking arcane duelist bard, reasons are-
Free arcane strike for going into blooded arcane strike, skills/spells and more spells to eat via spell-eater, bardic performance for when he isn't raging and good saves all around.
I've also considered- Rogue - for skills/Sneak attack and going Dex-damage with his claws. And the other goodies that comes with the unchained rogue.
Oracle- lame curse, but I'm shying away from this as it smells a bit cheesy.
Sorcerer- lots of spells to eat, stat synergy, full level arcane.. but no armor.
Any ideas?

JonGarrett |

There are a lot of other Oracle curses out there to avoid cheese. Lame is probably my least favourite of the usual ones, I must admit. By taking the Primalist Archetype you can pick up Moment of Clarity to heal yourself pretty quickly - something a Bloodrager/Barbarian can occasionally need, despite your damage sponge nature - and as a bonus, if you're a Life Oracle and have Life Link running, you can soak up a fair bit of damage for your squishy team mates too.
Have you considered Skald instead of Bard? It's abilities gel well with a raging class, and can effectively give you even more rage.
If an ally has her own rage class ability (such as barbarian's rage, bloodrager's bloodrage, or skald's inspired rage), she may use the Strength, Constitution, and Will saving throw bonuses, as well as AC penalties, based on her own ability and level instead of those from the skald (still suffering no fatigue afterward).
You are, of course, your own ally, meaning your own Bloodrage will work for it. Without Fatigue. And getting the rest of your Martial buddies up and at 'em.
And as a bonus...
If the skald has rage powers from another source, he (but not his allies) can use those rage powers during an inspired rage. He cannot select a duplicate rage power, unless that rage power can be taken multiple times.
If the skald has the ability to rage from another source, he can use his skald rage powers during that rage as well.
It'll multiple your rage abilities, and grant you a significant ability to buff your martial allies, and that's a nice trick.