The party will not be directly involved with the military, and every single player will get leadership for free. Our COHORTS are who are directly involved in the military, each must fulfill a role of some sort, and none will adventure with us. Our adventures will be pivotal to the outcome of battles though. The campaign is a split good vs evil campaign, with my group most likely being good, and another group (run on a different night) taking the side of evil.
We start at 15th level, thus cohorts at 13th, but I still prefer full 20 builds. Gestalt in play, even for cohorts.
I think I'm going to have mine fill an intelligence specialist role, no combat. So probably something with divination and the like. Psionics are allowed, magic and psionics are DIFFERENT (nontransparency rules). Any book is allowed, heroes of battle is recommended. No infinite loops (Omniscificer) or near-infinite...and sadly no cheater of mystra with free wishes/miracles.
Race can occupy (as a level-broken progressive build) part of the gestalt as well, leaving class for the remainder.
I can generally come up with builds myself but at this point I'm fishing for a good race/class(es) combo to start with.
Ideas?
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1) What is the first name of the enemy that will be the biggest threat to me in the coming week? (Let's say the answer is Bob)
2) What is the last name of the enemy that will be the biggest threat to me in the coming week? (Let's say the answer is Smith)
3) What is Bob Smith's biggest vulnerability?
4) Which of Bob Smith's capabilities poses the biggest threat to me?
5) What is the best way to counter Bob Smith's biggest threat to me?
6) What day will I face Bob Smith on?
7-12) repeat 1-6 for the second biggest threat of the week.
Continue this line of questioning until no further threats are discovered.
Then ask things like "Other than the threats I've uncovered today using Contact Other Plane, are there any other defensive measures that will be critical to my survival this week?"
If answer is "yes", then "What is the most important of these defensive measures?" and "What day should I take this defensive measure on?" "At what time should I take this defensive measure?" (Repeat for 2nd most important defensive measure, and also for offensive measures)
1) What is the first name of the enemy that will be the biggest threat to me in the coming week? (Let's say the answer is Bob)
2) What is the last name of the enemy that will be the biggest threat to me in the coming week? (Let's say the answer is Smith)
3) What is Bob Smith's biggest vulnerability?
4) Which of Bob Smith's capabilities poses the biggest threat to me?
5) What is the best way to counter Bob Smith's biggest threat to me?
6) What day will I face Bob Smith on?
7-12) repeat 1-6 for the second biggest threat of the week.
Continue this line of questioning until no further threats are discovered.
Then ask things like "Other than the threats I've uncovered today using Contact Other Plane, are there any other defensive measures that will be critical to my survival this week?"
If answer is "yes", then "What is the most important of these defensive measures?" and "What day should I take this defensive measure on?" "At what time should I take this defensive measure?" (Repeat for 2nd most important defensive measure, and also for offensive measures)
I think you'd actually be better off with a non-gestalt build, so you could use Anima Mage. :D I guess for Divination/scouting purposes, it wouldn't really be that much of an improvement, though. I'd definitely dip Binder 1 and take Improved Binding on one side though, at the very least.
I forget... In gestalt, if you limit the duel-advancing classes to one side, is that kosher (Anima Mage isn't formally a "theurge" as given in the gestalt rules, and limiting it to one side might be OK with your DM, regardless). Assuming you can:
Binder 1 / Cleric 3 / Anima Mage 10 (using the Divine Anima Mage adaptation) / Cleric +4 / Bloodline 2 // Diviner 20
L20 Wizardlies (L9 spells)
L17 Clericness (L9 spells)
L15 Binderedness (3 vestiges)
3 / day free metamagics
Divine feats unlocked (and only 2 feats required for early entry; one is a prereq for Persistent Spell, which you'd take anyways)
Spontaneous Divination ability at L5
Extra domain powers at L10, 15, and 20
Thats just a fast and dirty one. If Anima Mage is allowed, this opens up a ton of options
Recommends, doesn't mean its not allowed, as it's DM option but from what I read in past most poeple frown upon allowing it.
Limiting to just one priogression doesn't really change that, since your still allowing possible progression from the other gestalt slot
If I undrestand correctly, not familiar w/ Anima Mage, but it would be like
character taking Ultimate Magus (only advancing wiz though ) for one part of gestalt level but still be allowed to advance sorceror in other gestalt part
just to get acces to UM special abilities.
I wouldn't go for that, at least not w/o re-designing the PrC, which may then make it less appealable.
Top of my head, I could see that with losing 1/2 spell progression, of original PrC, then PrC special ability progression is also cut in half/removed.
Would that effect decision for PrC?
I would allow dual-progression PrC's if it takes up both Gestalt slots.
Concur with Divination specialty, although with focus on Divine side
Cloistered Cleric, bonus Knowledge domain
Some PrC's to crank out more extra Domains
Divine Oracle; bonus Oracle domain
Church Inquisitor, bonus Inquistion domain
War priest, bonus domain...war? glory?
Plus,
Unseen Seer, assorted divination benefits
Paragnostic Apostle, optional abilities although forget off hand if applicable
I'm using a few ideas FROM the cheater of mystra build, but deliberately not taking it to climax to avoid DM wrath. I AM including initiate of mystra as a feat of course.
Thoughts?