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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 2236059" data-attributes="member: 141">I'm glad to hear that this discussion has been helpful!So you are changing the rule that "the first gestalt level must be of classes that are within 1 level of each other"?  Would you allow a Fighter 1/Wizard 4 to take gestalt fighter-wizard levels?  Such a character (if he took only wizard at odd levels) would be only slightly behind a single-classed wizard, but have much greater combat ability (including much better ray attacks, fort saves and hit points).  I think that two levels of fighter would be better.  That way the single-classed wizard would always be a full spell level ahead; casting sixth level spells when the fighter-wizard is casting fifth level spells.One possible response (if you don't like the "within one level of each other" rule) is to simply say that a character has to have two levels of a class before that class can be included in a gestalt combination.  It fits the "twoness" theme of the variant.I don't understand the restriction on spells known.  Could you explain what problem you are trying to address?One thing I am now worrying about is how prestige classes fit into all this.  Could a character take gestalt levels at the even levels, and prestige classes at odd levels?  I am thinking that a character who takes a gestalt level has to take at least one ordinary level before taking another gestalt level.This allows a place for non-multige prestige classes to be present in a build with gestalt-2, but won't allow multige classes to overpower the build.</blockquote>

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