wolfpunk
First Post
Ok to make sure I understand correctly. If I was playing in your campaign, I would make a character say a 3rd level warrior 3rd level wizard. I then get to add another 6 levels. So could I choose to take another 6 levels of wizard and thus be a 9th level wizard, or can I only take 3 levels of wizard and then 3 levels of a different class or prc?
I have had the same idea of doing gestalt with npc classes. So you can be a warrior wizard or an expert fighter, but still only getting 6 class levels. I prefer to run e7 actually, but that is beside the point.
I am wondering, if you run your gestalt idea, and lets say I can become a 9th level wizard, perhaps spells still cap at 3rd level, but you get the higher level spell slots for use of metamagic feats, that could be pretty cool.
Just a thought.
On a side note getting back to the idea of prestige classes as base classes, what does someone think about the eldritch knight as a base class. You get 3rd level spells as a wizard or 2nd level spells as a sorcerer, full bab, one good save and d6 hit points, but you do not have any armor or weapon proficiencies. In the long run with the extra feats you can purchase the weapon and armor proficiencies you want, but more than likely you are going to use an early feat to get a weapon proficiency, so how do we feel that balances out? Would an eldritch knight make the wizard or sorcerer obsolete? What if the eldritch knight had to be a sorcerer, would that be more balanced?
I am leaning that way, let the eldritch knight exist but they use the sorcerer spell progression.
I have had the same idea of doing gestalt with npc classes. So you can be a warrior wizard or an expert fighter, but still only getting 6 class levels. I prefer to run e7 actually, but that is beside the point.
I am wondering, if you run your gestalt idea, and lets say I can become a 9th level wizard, perhaps spells still cap at 3rd level, but you get the higher level spell slots for use of metamagic feats, that could be pretty cool.
Just a thought.
On a side note getting back to the idea of prestige classes as base classes, what does someone think about the eldritch knight as a base class. You get 3rd level spells as a wizard or 2nd level spells as a sorcerer, full bab, one good save and d6 hit points, but you do not have any armor or weapon proficiencies. In the long run with the extra feats you can purchase the weapon and armor proficiencies you want, but more than likely you are going to use an early feat to get a weapon proficiency, so how do we feel that balances out? Would an eldritch knight make the wizard or sorcerer obsolete? What if the eldritch knight had to be a sorcerer, would that be more balanced?
I am leaning that way, let the eldritch knight exist but they use the sorcerer spell progression.