icefractal
2024-02-16, 04:16 PM
I was looking at PF1 stuff the other day, and noticed how much of it was available via feats, if you had enough of them. Which then brought to mind the thought - just how many power systems could I get on one single gestalt character?
Parameters:
3PP allowed obviously
20th level gestalt
100 feats
So my initial thoughts:
Spheres of Power: Available via feats at reduced power, but needs class levels for full power
Arcane Casting (Sor/Wiz list): Can be done by a SoP caster with the Spell Adept feat
Divine Casting: Needs class levels
Psychic Casting: Needs class levels. However, a lot of these are on the Sor/Wiz list.
Psionics: Needs class levels
Path of War: Available via feats at reduced power, but needs class levels for full power.
Spheres of Might: Available entirely via feats, but needs full BAB for full power
Spheres of Guile: Available entirely via feats
Akashic Veils: Available at full power via the Veilweaving sphere, I think?
So if you did something like:
SoP full-caster // full-BAB Path of War
You get Sor/Wiz spells, SoP, SoM, SoG, PoW, and Akashic (all at close to full power), but miss out on divine casting, psychic casting, and psionics.
Divine Casting // Psionics (and everything else via feats) gives you a larger amount of power systems, but more of them are at low-strength that might not be very helpful in practice.
This is more like a brainstorm than a contest, so it's not necessary to do complete builds, but any ideas are welcome.
Parameters:
3PP allowed obviously
20th level gestalt
100 feats
So my initial thoughts:
Spheres of Power: Available via feats at reduced power, but needs class levels for full power
Arcane Casting (Sor/Wiz list): Can be done by a SoP caster with the Spell Adept feat
Divine Casting: Needs class levels
Psychic Casting: Needs class levels. However, a lot of these are on the Sor/Wiz list.
Psionics: Needs class levels
Path of War: Available via feats at reduced power, but needs class levels for full power.
Spheres of Might: Available entirely via feats, but needs full BAB for full power
Spheres of Guile: Available entirely via feats
Akashic Veils: Available at full power via the Veilweaving sphere, I think?
So if you did something like:
SoP full-caster // full-BAB Path of War
You get Sor/Wiz spells, SoP, SoM, SoG, PoW, and Akashic (all at close to full power), but miss out on divine casting, psychic casting, and psionics.
Divine Casting // Psionics (and everything else via feats) gives you a larger amount of power systems, but more of them are at low-strength that might not be very helpful in practice.
This is more like a brainstorm than a contest, so it's not necessary to do complete builds, but any ideas are welcome.