Dragothien
2011-02-20, 02:53 AM
Paladin/Artificer... or Paladin/Alchemist...?
Please bear with me...
I am currently playing a half-orc paladin of Gruumsh (ECL 6, Pal of Slaughter 5/ Barbarian with pounce and whirling frenzy variants 1)
Upon the conclusion of a boss fight tonight, to spare you a lengthy explanation, our DM says:
"Boom. Your inner selves ( we are playing 'new' characters with the souls of 'old' characters trapped inside them) - have now awakened. As of this level, your inner self can communicate with and begin to teach your outer self. You are henceforth gestalt, for every level you gain on your new characters, you also gain one level of your old characters primary class..."
Now..my 'inner self" (old character) was an epic level Artificer with multi classes, played primarily as a bowificer. The DM has made it clear that we have to gestalt the class that primarily defined those old characters, which in this instance for me was artificer. I have somewhat of an exception to this however, as my Artificer was heavily role played as an alchemist with an interest in technology, and at the time the actual alchemist class did not exist so I went artificer and had a lot of success with it.
So... I'm trying to figure out which path to take now for the gestalt and would love to get some feedback.
Admittedly neither sync perfectly well, but there is at least some synergy with the charisma and the buffing between Artificer and Paladin.
I also can't help but wonder if as a Paladin/Alchemist.. i could swift buff as a pally and use mutagens/extracts to then jump in with smite and rage for a potentially really cool melee approach.
But each class combination does also present potential problems.
-Bombs aren't too great, would require some strategy or feat investment to make sure I'm not spending the whole battle buffing my slef, I don't have as much int as would be preferred for an artificer just yet...etc..
Well I'm sorry to ramble on, but please do give any advice or thoughts you have to share. I know this isn't overly optimized but these two classes are my only choices and I have to pick one, so thanks in advance!
Please bear with me...
I am currently playing a half-orc paladin of Gruumsh (ECL 6, Pal of Slaughter 5/ Barbarian with pounce and whirling frenzy variants 1)
Upon the conclusion of a boss fight tonight, to spare you a lengthy explanation, our DM says:
"Boom. Your inner selves ( we are playing 'new' characters with the souls of 'old' characters trapped inside them) - have now awakened. As of this level, your inner self can communicate with and begin to teach your outer self. You are henceforth gestalt, for every level you gain on your new characters, you also gain one level of your old characters primary class..."
Now..my 'inner self" (old character) was an epic level Artificer with multi classes, played primarily as a bowificer. The DM has made it clear that we have to gestalt the class that primarily defined those old characters, which in this instance for me was artificer. I have somewhat of an exception to this however, as my Artificer was heavily role played as an alchemist with an interest in technology, and at the time the actual alchemist class did not exist so I went artificer and had a lot of success with it.
So... I'm trying to figure out which path to take now for the gestalt and would love to get some feedback.
Admittedly neither sync perfectly well, but there is at least some synergy with the charisma and the buffing between Artificer and Paladin.
I also can't help but wonder if as a Paladin/Alchemist.. i could swift buff as a pally and use mutagens/extracts to then jump in with smite and rage for a potentially really cool melee approach.
But each class combination does also present potential problems.
-Bombs aren't too great, would require some strategy or feat investment to make sure I'm not spending the whole battle buffing my slef, I don't have as much int as would be preferred for an artificer just yet...etc..
Well I'm sorry to ramble on, but please do give any advice or thoughts you have to share. I know this isn't overly optimized but these two classes are my only choices and I have to pick one, so thanks in advance!