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Harperfan7
2009-11-03, 08:28 PM
I remember reading somewhere that the CR for a gestalt character is their Level +2. This makes me wonder, in, say, a party of 5th level pcs, why can't any of them be gestalt at level 3/3 or something? Is there a system for this?

It's pretty much 2nd Ed multi-class characters.

Milskidasith
2009-11-03, 08:35 PM
CR is a terrible measure, so that wouldn't work. Plus, Gestalt allows you to overcome your characters weaknesses, not imitate the power of others; having one gestalt character wouldn't work well.

Kylarra
2009-11-03, 08:37 PM
CR is a horrible system, and gestalt compared to CR screws it up even more.

Harperfan7
2009-11-03, 08:40 PM
QUESTION REPHRASED: How would a gestalt character scale against a normal character - how many levels behind would they need to be?

Tavar
2009-11-03, 08:50 PM
Depends on the character. If well built, a few. If not, none. Kinda like how a well played wizard is one of the strongest characters in the game, and a poorly played one is among the weakest.

Lycanthromancer
2009-11-03, 09:59 PM
The further down the tier list you go, the fewer levels behind you'd have to be. A wizard//factotum would be considerably more powerful than an equal-level sorcerer//rogue, for instance.

Milskidasith
2009-11-03, 10:02 PM
Until you get factotum action abuse, a wizard//factotum is probably weaker than a wizard who has access to higher level spell slots, because that's an exponential power increase.

AstralFire
2009-11-03, 10:03 PM
Basically, there's no rule - it has to be dealt with on a case by case basis. A Soulknife//Monk will be about as powerful as an actual Soulknife or Monk, while there are crazy combinations that just are... well... crazy.

Harperfan7
2009-11-03, 11:41 PM
Ok, I can understand that. Thanks anyways.