How my DM Balanced Gestalt [Archive] - Wizards Community

How my DM Balanced Gestalt [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Althor Enchantor
08-19-04, 01:15 PM In a nutshell, in order to have two classes at once like that, you needed twice the XP to level, ie 2000 for lvl 2 instead of 1000, 6000 for lvl 3 instead of 3000, and so on. My DM even allowed up to four classes to be taken simultaneously, proportionately multiplying the requisite XP.
Jarlaxle_The_Rogue
08-19-04, 03:39 PM Hmm... For me the point of gestalt characters was being stronger but having more challenging battles and stuff. Besides, no matter how much experience you need you wouldn't be receiving the appropriate challenge for your level as long as he stuck with sticking monsters with CR equal to the parties lvl in front of u.
jkovacik
08-19-04, 03:45 PM If your DM is using Gestalt and regular classes mixed, that seriously punishes Gestalt characters. 1.5x might be more appropriate, but you shouldn't mix gestalt with normal classes.

While Gestalt characters have more abilities and usually better all-around saving throws, they can still only make one action per turn just like every other character.

Although personally, I just threw XP out the door for my Gestalt campaign and level them up whenever I feel like it. It also means the story switches from 'must kill/overcome everything' to... well, ok, they still try to kill everything, but my paperwork is reduced. :)
Jarlaxle_The_Rogue
08-19-04, 08:43 PM Hmm... thats actually a pretty kool idea - getting rid of Exp. But I think it would get rid of the feeling of accomplishment whenever you gained a level. But thats just me...
DM Zoc
08-19-04, 10:16 PM Most DMs I know use an arbitrary system for EXP. We get so many thousand every few sessions, to make up for the fact that we rarely ever see combat. It just doesn't make sense to me that the only way to improve your abilities is to kill things.
Jarlaxle_The_Rogue
08-19-04, 10:20 PM nonono! thats not what i'm saying. Ther should be RP rewards and stuff whent he situation calls for it, but just gaining Lvls whenever the DM feels like it would take awya the sense of accomplishment I think, of building up EXP and all that stuff.
jkovacik
08-20-04, 11:54 AM If you still want the sense of accomplishment, simply tell your characters that you're tracking XP in secret, using your own formula, instead of handing it out.

Then advance them arbitrarily as above. :)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Althor Enchantor 08-19-04, 01:15 PM	In a nutshell, in order to have two classes at once like that, you needed twice the XP to level, ie 2000 for lvl 2 instead of 1000, 6000 for lvl 3 instead of 3000, and so on. My DM even allowed up to four classes to be taken simultaneously, proportionately multiplying the requisite XP.
Jarlaxle_The_Rogue 08-19-04, 03:39 PM	Hmm... For me the point of gestalt characters was being stronger but having more challenging battles and stuff. Besides, no matter how much experience you need you wouldn't be receiving the appropriate challenge for your level as long as he stuck with sticking monsters with CR equal to the parties lvl in front of u.
jkovacik 08-19-04, 03:45 PM	If your DM is using Gestalt and regular classes mixed, that seriously punishes Gestalt characters. 1.5x might be more appropriate, but you shouldn't mix gestalt with normal classes. While Gestalt characters have more abilities and usually better all-around saving throws, they can still only make one action per turn just like every other character. Although personally, I just threw XP out the door for my Gestalt campaign and level them up whenever I feel like it. It also means the story switches from 'must kill/overcome everything' to... well, ok, they still try to kill everything, but my paperwork is reduced. :)
Jarlaxle_The_Rogue 08-19-04, 08:43 PM	Hmm... thats actually a pretty kool idea - getting rid of Exp. But I think it would get rid of the feeling of accomplishment whenever you gained a level. But thats just me...
DM Zoc 08-19-04, 10:16 PM	Most DMs I know use an arbitrary system for EXP. We get so many thousand every few sessions, to make up for the fact that we rarely ever see combat. It just doesn't make sense to me that the only way to improve your abilities is to kill things.
Jarlaxle_The_Rogue 08-19-04, 10:20 PM	nonono! thats not what i'm saying. Ther should be RP rewards and stuff whent he situation calls for it, but just gaining Lvls whenever the DM feels like it would take awya the sense of accomplishment I think, of building up EXP and all that stuff.
jkovacik 08-20-04, 11:54 AM	If you still want the sense of accomplishment, simply tell your characters that you're tracking XP in secret, using your own formula, instead of handing it out. Then advance them arbitrarily as above. :)