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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2870513" data-attributes="member: 545">Gestalting racial HD as a virtual class will open up immense powergaming potential, which is not necessarily a bad thing if the DM handles the issue carefully.  I would hesitate to go there, even if it may make some intelligent monsters weaker in the long run.The Hill Giant is already offense heavy, and gestalt PCs are not necessarily vastly better in the melee defense side of things.  (The Wizards and Rogues will tend to have a lot more HPs, but the melee specialist cannot really go further up than a d10 or d12.)  Giving him Barbarian or Fighter levels will crank up his offense by about 50%.  Look carefully at his full iterative attack.  This Hill Giant can kill a PC with in one round if he concentrates his attacks on a single target.You will have basically made this Hill Giant as tough as a Fire Giant.  Maybe that is the desired effect.IMHO I would not do this normally.  But in a gestalt campaign it makes perfect sense for a special NPC.</blockquote>