Best Gestalt Combos?

[JiCi]

Duskblade/Warblade: spells and maneuvers altogether
Dragon Shaman/just about any class: anyone can get the power of dragons
Marshal/either Crusader or Paladin
Swordsage/Rogue
Rogue/Warlock
Duskblade/Warmage
Factotum/any class
Fighter/any class: fighter bonus feats are always welcomed

 

[Engilbrand]

While the Lurk can make a Sneak Attack like a Rogue, it's not technically a SA. It's a Psychic SA, and it has different rules related to when it can be used. Like a Psychic Warrior/Fighter. They both get bonus feats, but they technically pull from different lists. While one includes the other, it also has other things as part of it. That's a lot of bonus feats.
Personally, I advocate the Warmage/Beguiler.
An Incarnate/Cleric could be pretty interesting.
Factotum/Rogue? I haven't read everything on the class, but Int guys should LOVE the Factotum.

 

[MongooseFamiliar]

You can get Scout/Ranger now without Gestalt, its in Complete Scoundrel, Take Swift Hunter, and Scout 3/Ranger 17. Voila.

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Yes. That is multi-classing. If you get the feat, with multi-classing with synergies.

Gestalt would be Scout 20/Ranger 20. That is different.

 

[Darklone]

Different levels is covered:
Class features that two classes share (such as uncanny dodge) accrue at the rate of the faster class.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9 etc is faster than 2, 7, 12, 17, so if the two class features are the same, Rogue is 'the faster class', and the sneak attack dice will accrue at the rogue rate.

To me, "a lurk can deliver a sneak attack just like a rogue can" argues that it's a shared feature, with the lurk having an extra limitation that he can only use it while focused.

-Hyp.

Ah well... I'd rule differently because of the need to be psionically focused combined with the ability to sneak attack undead and constructs.

But I see your point.

Still, the augment sneak attack would still work on top of the rogues sneak attack.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Ah well... I'd rule differently because of the need to be psionically focused combined with the ability to sneak attack undead and constructs.

I'm reading the Lurk excerpt on the WotC website - I don't have CPsi. It doesn't mention an exception for undead and constructs - did that get added later?

Still, the augment sneak attack would still work on top of the rogues sneak attack.

Sure.

-Hyp.

 

[wildstarsreach]

Duskblade/Ninja
Ninja/Psychic Warrior

good combat power and damage for both

 

[jason_gosse]

Wu Jen Barbarian.
At first some may doubt this, but think about this: at 13th level the Wu Jen gets the spell "Giant Size", a spell that only gets better as you level up. So you have a huge or larger (depending on level) raging character. I think that works out rather well. Not to mention a few other interesting spells that would come in handy , and the barbarian has d12 and damage reduction are not bad either.

 

[Patlin]

I'm reading the Lurk excerpt on the WotC website - I don't have CPsi. It doesn't mention an exception for undead and constructs - did that get added later?

It's not in front of me, but my recollection is that some of the possible lurk augments allow sneak attack on undead or constructs.

 

[Hypersmurf]

It's not in front of me, but my recollection is that some of the possible lurk augments allow sneak attack on undead or constructs.

That's not a difference between Sneak Attack and Psionic Sneak Attack, then; it's a difference between Sneak Attack and Augmented Sneak Attack.

-Hyp.

 

[Patlin]

That's not a difference between Sneak Attack and Psionic Sneak Attack, then; it's a difference between Sneak Attack and Augmented Sneak Attack.

I don't disagree. Though it seems to me "Psionic Sneak Attack" for which you must have psionic focus is sufficiently different from "sneak attack" to count as a different class ability. After all, if Skirmish and Sudden Strike are different from Sneak Attack, why not Psionic Sneak attack? They're all just slightly different shades of the same thing.

I might not allow them to stack for purpose of entry into a prestige class, but the Gestalt rules discuss that seperately.