The main reason to take sorcerer would be to get some weird (probably wildblooded or crossblooded) bloodline arcana and/or bloodline powers. Sage sorcerer adds basically nothing to a wizard in gestalt.
e.g. Sylvan wildblooded for an animal companion, or crossblooded fey & serpentine to compel many creatures (which might fit your battlefield control ambitions), or crossblooded rakshasa/psychic for sneakiness.
Cleric avatar? Never heard of that archtype. Where is it from?
Cleric avatar? Never heard of that archtype. Where is it from?
Here. Without knowing if 3rd party is allowed though, bringing it up might not matter. Well, that and it's terrible.
Especially with the Mystic Theurge suggestion. That class wasn't allowed in the original Gestalt rules, especially not as a single "side" of Gestalt.
Thanks for your input guys.
Two things worth mentionning is 1 class must be a core class.
The other is that we have 3 Fighter types, so the abilities of a magus are seen as redundunt compared to additional spell slot.With Wizard/Sorcerer what I was hoping to achieve was a large number of spells per day, using sorcererslots for combat spells I know I'll be casting a lot, and wizard spells or open slots for specific spells or utility.
Conjuration wizard as the one core class sounds sensible. I would stick with the un-archetyped wizard, you can get the Fast Study arcane discovery if filling an empty slot in 1 minute rather than 15 will make a difference, and spontaneous casting of one spell per spell level is less useful than you'd think IME.
But rather than Sage sorcerer would you consider the occultist? They're naturally int-based casters and as 6-level casters they get a bunch of other class abilities. Some of those can directly aid the casting of a gestalt wizard, some make up for the lower number of spells of an occultist compared to a full caster. Plus of course you're getting a second good save and d8 rather than d6 HP.
Thanks for your input guys.
Two things worth mentionning is 1 class must be a core class.
The other is that we have 3 Fighter types, so the abilities of a magus are seen as redundunt compared to additional spell slot.With Wizard/Sorcerer what I was hoping to achieve was a large number of spells per day, using sorcererslots for combat spells I know I'll be casting a lot, and wizard spells or open slots for specific spells or utility.
You're gonna find very quickly that you just have too many spell slots and most of em won't even get used on a daily basis. I reiterate what many have said, is that you want a class that augments your weak saves (fort/will) and toughens you up (d10ish HD ideally, but d8 is okay). While not all the martial abilities are gonna be terribly useful if you want to spellcast first and foremost, it's still a better idea than wasting one side of your caster/caster stuff fully.
Honestly, consider ranger as an option. It gives you a small divine list to play from, but shores up most of your weaknesses, and a bow and arrow will serve you well as a backup (or even primary) weapon for the first few levels until you're all set.
Also gives you 6 + int skill points and trapping if you grab the urban ranger archetype (you dont give up stuff you'll miss much). The community bond is a nice boost to init and skills you might want to use, like say, perception, which is now a class skill thanks to taking a proper complementary class :)
As for archetypes, I'd still do without on the wizard end. Just my opinion
If you want to be a dedicated spellcaster, how about Wizard // Alchemist? You could use Cognatogens instead of Mutagens, and pass out your Alchemist spell slots to party members as Infusions.
If you don't mind a little fighting ability, how about Eldritch Archer Magus with the Wizard? Might as well shoot off some arrows basically for free, at the same time as you're casting things.