Ties that Bind - 3.5 Forgotten Realms Gestalt

[Kyoni]

If you are asking just whether or not that is an option for your backstory then by all means yes. As I have said before though, this campaign slightly favors good aligned characters, so you might want to be the theif with a heart of gold type character. That's up to you though. Just make sure your backstory ends up with you in Silverymoon.

She won't be good (can't be... Shadowlord requirement) but she won't evil either. Actually she will be somebody who doesn't care about strangers but is very loyal to her friends.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that. If you want a PrC focused on changing shape then I would be a changeling and go with the Warshaper PrC (I think I meantioned this to someone else too...but it's a really cool PrC). The way you have it set up right now I don't think levels of druid would help all that much, but I'm not sure exactly what you are going for. Sorry if that wasn't helpful.

The druid was there just because Wildshape ist a requirement for most shapeshifting classes and I couldn't find any other way to get into Shapeshifting. I'll look at the Warshaper, thanks . I want the shifting for disguise and for easier travelling/scouting/... (habit I got with my old DM: always be self-sufficient, even _without_ equipment/mount )

I think it's easier if I just update the thread with my char up there so you don't have all those invalid chars lurking around: http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2632360&postcount=83

 

[Shayuri]

Blarg! I gots me a Druid/Master of Many Forms in the pipe!

To be posted tonight. Dibs, I say!



Edit - Oh, you're way different. That'll teach me to post before I read. Hee hee.

 

[gabrion]

gabrion, you mention in the OP that you accept variant classes from unearted arcana. Is the Domain wizard variant ok? It gives something for nothing, though I suppose the autor thought it was balanced against the wizards specialist option.

It's allowed, but thanks for asking. While it may give a bit of an edge, I don't see it as too powerful. Besides, some of the best wizzy PrCs require that you be a specialist wizzy of some kind, so this option gives up those possibilities.

Question for you. Are you using the magic transparency rule for psionics in your game or are you using magic is different than psionic rule?

The former. Magic and psionics as "the same" will be in play.

For monsterous races you wanted use to an LA of LAx1.5. Does this 1.5 increase also apply to any numerical increases for the race? For example an unbodied race gets 4d8 hit dice for LA +4; would this increase to 6d8 for LA +6?

Only the LA is x1.5, not the racial HD.

The druid was there just because Wildshape ist a requirement for most shapeshifting classes and I couldn't find any other way to get into Shapeshifting. I'll look at the Warshaper, thanks . I want the shifting for disguise and for easier travelling/scouting/... (habit I got with my old DM: always be self-sufficient, even _without_ equipment/mount )

Not a bad policy to have. If you are interested in the natural ability to do stuff like that, Changling --> Warshaper is at the top of the game. Not only can you change form at will as a natural ability, but you will also get extra reach, stat bumps, and fast healing. It's a good combo.

 

[Kyoni]

Not a bad policy to have. If you are interested in the natural ability to do stuff like that, Changling --> Warshaper is at the top of the game. Not only can you change form at will as a natural ability, but you will also get extra reach, stat bumps, and regeneration. It's a good combo.

WOW, just WOW:

Morphic Immunity says I'm immune to stun and criticals...

Sneak Attack Description:

...bla...Any creature that is immune to critical hits is not vulnerable to sneak attacks. ...bla...

And I was tired of our DM sending us against Undead every time I played a backstabbing char

edit: Just thought of a nice encounter I wanted to share...

Hello Mr. Mindflayer, would you mind leaving my stomac alone?
...
Oh, you are looking for my brain? That's where you had supposed my stomac to be.
...
Can't reach it with your tentacles? Well that's what you'd call a bad hair... er... tentacle day.

rofl

another edit: what shape with wings am I allowed to take on? I get "permanent" levitation from my Elocater class... now I just need something to propell me while I'm hanging in the air
I know, I know I don't need wings when I'm near the floor, but what if I want to "fly" around?
and what shape would you allow me to take to increase my travelspeed (other then teleport), bought horses aren't exacly "handy"...?

 

[Dragoon]

Would it still be possible to join this game?

A little bit about my self:
Mostly a lurker on the boards, but read them often. Can't remember my old user name, so I made a new one...hence the extreme low post count.

Only played in one other Pbp game, but that didnt last more than a couple of days last summer. Intrested in trying another one and this one looked cool.

I have been playing DnD since 1985 around the 'ole table however, mostly as a DM. I have played/DM: AD&D, Basic DnD, AD&D 2nd, Both flavors of 3e. Also like Castles and Crusades, but haven't had a chance to play yet. Favorite settings are FR and Greyhawk.

Character Concept:
I would like to play a Magelord from LEoF, but they get some sneak attack damage (3d6 at 10th) anlong with spell progression, but not as much as a AT. Not sure if this class would be acceptible for Gestalt as it is kinda borderline, but I like the flavor of the class.

Would also like to be a wand specialist and use dual wand feat from Complete Arcane.

Advancement would be:
Rogue 1/ Wizard 1
Rogue 2/ Wizard 2
Rogue 3/ Wizard 3
Rogue 4/ Wizard 4
Rogue 5/ Wizard 5
Rogue 6/ Wizard 6
Rogue 7/ Wizard 7
Rogue 8/ Wizard 8
Rogue 9/ Wizard 9
Fighter 1/ Magelord 1
Fighter 2/ Magelord 2
Fighter 3/ Magelord 3

Also I would be a human male.

 

[Someone]

It's allowed, but thanks for asking. While it may give a bit of an edge, I don't see it as too powerful. Besides, some of the best wizzy PrCs require that you be a specialist wizzy of some kind, so this option gives up those possibilities.

Good. I´ll edit the character.

 

[chubbell]

OK. Since we are going to use the magic transparency rule and my character will be using metamagic feats a lot then may I use metamagic feats on psionic powers (assuming there is a metamagic and metapsionic feat to correlate to doing the same thing), i.e. heightened spell to increase the level of a power?

or will I have to get both heightened spell and heightened power feats to affect spells and powers, respectively?

This is a DM call. I just wanted to cut down on the number of feats my character may need/want.

 

[Erudite]

As I recall, transparency only affects powers and spells, but not feats. This is pretty solid, but I will try to find the reference for you. So you would need to split feats between magic and psionics.

Cheers,
Erudite

 

[gabrion]

WOW, just WOW

My favorite thing about the combo is that it creates a real powerful character without "breaking" the game.

another edit: what shape with wings am I allowed to take on? I get "permanent" levitation from my Elocater class... now I just need something to propell me while I'm hanging in the air
I know, I know I don't need wings when I'm near the floor, but what if I want to "fly" around?
and what shape would you allow me to take to increase my travelspeed (other then teleport), bought horses aren't exacly "handy"...?

Umm...If you are a changeling I think the ability you have is as the disguise self spell at will (although I could be wrong about this, it could be alter self). If it is the former, then you won't be able to take forms with wings or faster movement rates. If it is alter self, there are a looooot of options for good forms to change into, but I don't want to look for them right now. Suffice to say you will be able to move faster, fly, swim, or even burrow (assuming alter self is the ability. I will look it up to see which one it is, but I really think it is disguise self.

Would it still be possible to join this game?

I'm still taking submissions for another 17.5 hours, so no, your aren't too late. As for the magelord, I'm sadly missing LEoF from my collection so if you are really set on that I would need an entire write up of the class (which would be a lot of work on your part).

OK. Since we are going to use the magic transparency rule and my character will be using metamagic feats a lot then may I use metamagic feats on psionic powers (assuming there is a metamagic and metapsionic feat to correlate to doing the same thing), i.e. heightened spell to increase the level of a power?

Erudite has the right of this. The feats would have to be taken seperatly. I know it makes a casting/psion combo more difficult to pull of feats wise, but it is more balanced. Keep in mind that I updated the OP a while back for those of you who didn't see it, including an addition that I will allow up to two flaws from UA. This should help out for the more feat intensive characters.

 

[chubbell]

How do you calculate the hit points and skill points of a gestalt character? Just take the best die option at each character level?

Also, I need someone to check my math for saves and attack bonus.
Att Fort Ref Will skill pt HP
unbodied 6 +4 +1 +4 +4 7(2+Int) 4d8
psion 6 +3 +2 +2 +5 6(2+Int) 6d4
wizard 5 +2 +1 +1 +4 5(2+Int) 5d4
incantatrix 7 +3 +2 +2 +5 7(2+Int) 7d4