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<blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 1230109" data-attributes="member: 141">This is a variant that uses gestalt classes (described in WotC's Unearthed Arcana) as a generic substitute for classes like eldritch knight, mystic theurge, etc..&nbsp; Its name derives from the fact that gestalt levels are taken every second level:The gestalt-2 variant rule gives a character 8 gestalt levels over 20 levels.&nbsp; Using this variant one can play a fighter/wizard with get BAB 15 and 9th level spells (ftr3/wiz9/gestalt 8), a cleric/wizard with a caster level of 17/11 (or vice versa), a rogue/fighter (rog8/ftr4/gestalt 8) with BAB 18, 4d6 sneak attack damage and weapon specialization, and so on.&nbsp; You can make a warrior priest with fighter/cleric, make a savage variant by substituting barbarian for fighter and/or druid for cleric, and so on.&nbsp; There are lots of possibilties.HP and BAB are generally better than with the mystic theurge, eldritch knight and similar &quot;multige&quot; classes (multiclassing prestige classes- thanks to Gez for the name!), but the spellcasting is not quite as good.&nbsp; Thanks to Gez for pointing out that gestalt classes could be used to solve the multige problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cheiromancer, post: 1230109, member: 141"] This is a variant that uses gestalt classes (described in WotC's [i]Unearthed Arcana[/i]) as a generic substitute for classes like eldritch knight, mystic theurge, etc.. Its name derives from the fact that gestalt levels are taken every second level: The gestalt-2 variant rule gives a character 8 gestalt levels over 20 levels. Using this variant one can play a fighter/wizard with get BAB 15 and 9th level spells (ftr3/wiz9/gestalt 8), a cleric/wizard with a caster level of 17/11 (or vice versa), a rogue/fighter (rog8/ftr4/gestalt 8) with BAB 18, 4d6 sneak attack damage and weapon specialization, and so on. You can make a warrior priest with fighter/cleric, make a savage variant by substituting barbarian for fighter and/or druid for cleric, and so on. There are lots of possibilties. HP and BAB are generally better than with the mystic theurge, eldritch knight and similar "multige" classes (multiclassing prestige classes- thanks to Gez for the name!), but the spellcasting is not quite as good. Thanks to Gez for pointing out that gestalt classes could be used to solve the multige problem. [/QUOTE]

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