Post/Author/DateTime	Post
planeshifter04 07-13-06, 07:17 PM	I have read the rules over and over again, but can't figure it out, so please give me some input, and opinions. I would like to gestalt two generic classes, together not with a standard class, I know that would be unbalancing, but what do we think of an expert/warrior or spellcaster/expert, I don't think it would be bad since they simply allow you to pick feats instead of class abilities you would normally recieve from two standard classes, but I just think you could really capture the pure customized class to play, in a game where customizing is a very big thing, so please give me some input on what you think. thank you
Nachtwind 07-13-06, 07:31 PM	I'm not sure what you want to know, but after reading your post I fell like explaining the idea of gestalt... It's not a way to make a customized class, but it's a kind of diffrent sort of gameplay and if one character in a group is gestalt normally all players are able to make gestalt chars... Sorry if I got you wrong, but it sounded as if you wanted to customize a new class using gestalt rulez to play it in a normal campain.
shift244 07-14-06, 02:31 AM	I personally see Gestalt as simply a variant rule for multiclassing characters. The generic classes are built for multiclassing between themselves, so Gestalt-ing them should not be too big a deal. As with all Gestalt, you'd have to rescale the power level, but overall I think there is no bigger problem doing it on generic vs the more standard classes. Anyone with practical experience may have differing opinion tho..
Tytalus 07-14-06, 04:21 AM	The only problem I see that with the customizability of generic classes, optimizing a gestalt build is too easy. You can choose your strong save(s) and class skills of each generic class, so why wouldn't you choose them in a way that there's no overlap? This is one of the limitation of generics with standard classes: you don't always get 3 good saves, and all the class skills you want.