JGoldenberg
2010-06-22, 06:18 PM
Hello everyone, I'm running a Pathfinder game at Phantasm '10 (http://phantasm.pfga.ca/), a convention at my city this September. And I've decided to run an adventure where the players are level 8. So I need to work out some balance issues on my villains.
Meet Rocian: The Dragon of Rayluun and The Clutch:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs038.snc4/34266_10150206960910177_676225176_13119235_1768943 _n.jpg
So my main villain isn't mopped by the players I've decided I want to run him as a Gestalt Character, at first I was thinking Level 10 Fighter/Sorcerer with a feat that allows him to ignore Arcane Spell Failure. But I was thinking fighting a villain who could cast up to level 5 spells and hold his own in melee might not be the best to throw at my players, even if I leave him on his own without his minions.
Does anyone have a system for calculating CR of Gestalt Villains? Should I make it so he has 5 levels of straight fighter and then gestalt with Sorcerer the other 5?
The Clutch are going to be Gestalt characters as well, all Spellcasting characters with Rogue, Bard, Barbarian, etc. But they'll be level 5s and likely I won't pit more than 2 or 3 of them at any time against the party so I don't think they're much of a problem.
So yeah, suggestions would be awesome, or a good guide on how to calculate CR for Gestalt characters in a mostly non-gestalt world.
Meet Rocian: The Dragon of Rayluun and The Clutch:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs038.snc4/34266_10150206960910177_676225176_13119235_1768943 _n.jpg
So my main villain isn't mopped by the players I've decided I want to run him as a Gestalt Character, at first I was thinking Level 10 Fighter/Sorcerer with a feat that allows him to ignore Arcane Spell Failure. But I was thinking fighting a villain who could cast up to level 5 spells and hold his own in melee might not be the best to throw at my players, even if I leave him on his own without his minions.
Does anyone have a system for calculating CR of Gestalt Villains? Should I make it so he has 5 levels of straight fighter and then gestalt with Sorcerer the other 5?
The Clutch are going to be Gestalt characters as well, all Spellcasting characters with Rogue, Bard, Barbarian, etc. But they'll be level 5s and likely I won't pit more than 2 or 3 of them at any time against the party so I don't think they're much of a problem.
So yeah, suggestions would be awesome, or a good guide on how to calculate CR for Gestalt characters in a mostly non-gestalt world.