stat block for gestalted characters

[kingpaul]

Does anyone know what the proper method of showing a gestalted character is for their classes? Is it just, for example, Gestalt Ftr 4/Brb 4?

 

[Reynard]

I would guess you would write it Ftr/Brb 4, since Ftr 4/Brb 4 would indicate an 8th level multiclassed PC.

 

[Whimsical]

I propose either a single or double vertical bar: Fighter 4 || Barbarian 4

 

[Drowbane]

I've always done it Fi 4 | Bbn 4...

Thus a complex (read: multiclassed) gestalt might look like this. Fi 2 / Rgr 2 | Bbn 1 / Rog 3... etc

 

[jgbrowning]

I'd mix with "Gestalt Ftr/Brb 4"

Very Clear.


joe b.

 

[ForceUser]

I'd alphabetize it: Gestalt Bbn/Ftr 4.

 

[jgbrowning]

I'd alphabetize it: Gestalt Bbn/Ftr 4.

Yes, even better.

joe b.

 

[kingpaul]

I propose either a single or double vertical bar: Fighter 4 || Barbarian 4

Now there's an idea.

 

[vulcan_idic]

I am intending to use this in a future campaign of mine and am intending (though I haven't gotten to it yet) on coming up with a name for each combination... similar to the UA suggested "Bard-barian" but but a bit more flavorful - i.e. using Skald for the afforementioned example. I know that in terms of published material skald is used elsewhere, even within UA if I remember correctly, but I think it would be the best sort of thing for my homebrew for that. I also plan on putting together character class tables for the roughly 21 possible character classes based on gestalt core classes as well as any others that are likely to crop up to make it easy enough for the players to work with as it will be almost like using a standard character class table.

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

I've always done it Fi 4 | Bbn 4...

Thus a complex (read: multiclassed) gestalt might look like this. Fi 2 / Rgr 2 | Bbn 1 / Rog 3... etc

That seems to be the standard, but I have a serious objection with it.

It does not indicate which class was combined with which-- at which level. This is even more important in a Gestalt game than in a standard D&D game; in the former, you generally only need to know which class was first.

I think it should be listed by combination: FtrBbn 1/FtrRog 1/RgrRog 2.