Jannex
2007-03-31, 08:25 AM
I'm reasonably confident that this is the right place to ask this question...
So I'm finally getting to PC again, playing my runt-minotaur ranger. We're just about to hit 10th level, and I've been wondering if there might be some fun prestige-class options for him, just to keep things interesting. I'd even consider taking a few levels in another base class, if it was character-appropriate. Here's the relevant information on the character:
As it stands, he's 9th level gestalt. I worked with my DM to tweak his minotaur stats, getting him down to 4 racial hit dice and +1 LA (which my DM was kind enough to count in only one gestalt column). The rest of that column is taken up by 4 fighter levels, and the entire second column is devoted to 9 levels of ranger. He's gone for the two-weapon style, with Oversized-TWF and paired bastard swords. I have the basic fighter feats (Weapon Focus and Specialization, Melee Weapon Mastery), and Improved Critical (it may not be optimal, but I less-than-three it :smallbiggrin: 'Specially since my DM house-rules that it stacks with Keen). Skillwise, he's a bit of an awareness-monkey, with good stealth, tumble, etc. In terms of personality, he's calm, polite, intelligent, and a bit sarcastic. If I recall correctly, he's also the only Good-aligned member of the party (everybody else being Neutral on that axis); he's NG.
The reason I'm at such a loss for advancement direction right now is because this semester, one of the new PCs to the campaign convinced the DM to convert to gestalt (we all love gestalt in my gaming group); last year we were standard character creation. So I essentially got handed five more levels of ranger all at once, and oh, have four levels of fighter while you're at it--everybody needs feats. So I need to figure out where I want to go from here. I'm looking for something interesting; where I am now, ranger's only exciting every few levels, and fighter doesn't do anything but get feats. While feats are useful, they aren't terribly exciting either. I have something of a fondness for class features. I'm not looking to powergame, but neither will I turn up my nose at something that would be in-character just because it's powerful. (One of the new PCs, while he's a great roleplayer and a good friend, is a truly egregious powergamer, and he helped the other new PC make his character, so I'm on the low end of the cheese curve right about now.)
And, before anyone suggests it, one of the new PCs is a scout looking to go into horizon walker, and I'd rather not step on his toes in that regard, especially since this is his first D&D game (he's been roleplaying for a couple of years, but last night was his first d20 session, to my knowledge). So, if anyone has any interesting suggestions or thoughts, I'd love to hear them.
So I'm finally getting to PC again, playing my runt-minotaur ranger. We're just about to hit 10th level, and I've been wondering if there might be some fun prestige-class options for him, just to keep things interesting. I'd even consider taking a few levels in another base class, if it was character-appropriate. Here's the relevant information on the character:
As it stands, he's 9th level gestalt. I worked with my DM to tweak his minotaur stats, getting him down to 4 racial hit dice and +1 LA (which my DM was kind enough to count in only one gestalt column). The rest of that column is taken up by 4 fighter levels, and the entire second column is devoted to 9 levels of ranger. He's gone for the two-weapon style, with Oversized-TWF and paired bastard swords. I have the basic fighter feats (Weapon Focus and Specialization, Melee Weapon Mastery), and Improved Critical (it may not be optimal, but I less-than-three it :smallbiggrin: 'Specially since my DM house-rules that it stacks with Keen). Skillwise, he's a bit of an awareness-monkey, with good stealth, tumble, etc. In terms of personality, he's calm, polite, intelligent, and a bit sarcastic. If I recall correctly, he's also the only Good-aligned member of the party (everybody else being Neutral on that axis); he's NG.
The reason I'm at such a loss for advancement direction right now is because this semester, one of the new PCs to the campaign convinced the DM to convert to gestalt (we all love gestalt in my gaming group); last year we were standard character creation. So I essentially got handed five more levels of ranger all at once, and oh, have four levels of fighter while you're at it--everybody needs feats. So I need to figure out where I want to go from here. I'm looking for something interesting; where I am now, ranger's only exciting every few levels, and fighter doesn't do anything but get feats. While feats are useful, they aren't terribly exciting either. I have something of a fondness for class features. I'm not looking to powergame, but neither will I turn up my nose at something that would be in-character just because it's powerful. (One of the new PCs, while he's a great roleplayer and a good friend, is a truly egregious powergamer, and he helped the other new PC make his character, so I'm on the low end of the cheese curve right about now.)
And, before anyone suggests it, one of the new PCs is a scout looking to go into horizon walker, and I'd rather not step on his toes in that regard, especially since this is his first D&D game (he's been roleplaying for a couple of years, but last night was his first d20 session, to my knowledge). So, if anyone has any interesting suggestions or thoughts, I'd love to hear them.