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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4685464" data-attributes="member: 13966">Well, let's see......With the old division of XP multiclassing rules, a 3e gestalt character with 2 classes would advance to 2nd-level in each class after amassing a total of 2,000 XP, 3rd-level with 6,000 XP, 4th-level with 12,000 XP, 5th-level with 20,000 XP, etc.  So at 2nd-level he'd be equivalent to a 4th-level human PC, at 3rd-level a 6th-level human PC, at 4th-level an 8th-level human PC, at 5th-level a 10th-level human PC, etc.  By the time he reaches 2nd-level, others will be almost halfway between 2nd and 3rd.  By the time he reaches 3rd-level, others will be 4th-level.  By the time he reaches 4th-level, others wil be a bit past 5th-level.  By the time he reaches 5th-level, others will be 6th-level and just shy of 7th.  It's not until the uppermost levels that the gestalt will likely be about on-par with the human characters....Of course, if you also use the 2e multiclassing rules on HP/HD, this character will only have 1 HD at 1st-level, 2 when he reaches 2nd-level in each class, etc. and will have a character level of the same value.  He'll add together the HP rolls from each class' HD and divide by 2 to get the average (or divide by 3 with a three-way gestalt multiclass).  You'd probably likewise consolidate skill points in some way; adding them together and dividing by 2 (or 3 as appropriate) then applying the Intelligence modifier and any other skill point modifiers.  Probably best to round up for these 'averages'.So the gestalt may be somewhat more powerful than the humans using normal 3e multiclassing rules, but won't have more HP or skill points or character levels (in fact, fewer character levels, fewer HP, and fewer skill points, because of the slower advancement).</blockquote>

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