This is just a fun idea I have for an upcoming gestalt game, but I want to semi optimize this build while keeping with the theme of a spider worshiping drow slaver.
Basically I want to combine a class that uses either summon nature's ally or summon monster with the spider summoner feat with a martial whip build.
So far I'm leaning towards fighter into pain taster with the required whip feats and I'm allowed to take the taskmaster feat for hobgoblin which I will use on my summons.
Any recommendations for the caster class or archetypes I may have missed? Any feats I should keep in mind? All advice is appreciated!
Monster tactician inquisitor would fill many of the holes in that gestalt while fitting perfectly on flavour IMO. It's powerful enough to be banned in PFS, but that shouldn't be a problem in a gestalt game.
Wow that works extremely well thank you! Would you still keep pain taster as the other class?
Maybe? Since the monster tactician loses judgement there's not a great problem with swift action congestion. For power more levels in fighter are likely to be better, but if you want the bloody flavour then the pain taster has that.
There is a problem with the number of feats you want though, possibly. 3 feat taxes to enter pain taster, spider summoner, SF (conj.) & augment summoning, whip feats & taskmaster. Maybe extra combat or teamwork feats. You're not going to get all of those early on and I'd be tempted to drop pain taster just to avoid paying those 3 feats.
That's what I was worried about, haven't had time to calculate feats. I might drop pain taster to a non gestalt game to play some other time as the whip feats alone make it hard to complete even as a fighter or ranger.
Monster Tactician is perfect for what I asked however so thanks again. :)