Tiny Von BigMcLargeHuge

[Lycanthromancer]

I have a kobold whose family is, due to backstory, a cross between humans and dragons, and therefore has the [human] and [dragonblooded] subtypes. Ergo, he (and his brother, a backup character in case my current positive energy evolved undead necropolitan kobold dies) can technically qualify for Jotunbrud (since this isn't Faerun, regional feat prereqs are waived).

This post got me to thinking about a rather interesting build:

Male kobold psychic warrior 2 [human, dragonblooded] with compression and expansion, using the web enhancement from RotD and Slight Build. Take Jotunbrud (Races of Faerun) and the Touchstone feat: Sunken City of Pazar (Sandstorm).

He now may elect to count as being Diminutive, Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Huge, and Gargantuan.

The way he does this?

His actual size is Small. Slight build lets him count as Tiny. Touchstone (alternately: expansion) allows him to count as Medium. Compression gives him Diminutive. Jotunbrud lets him count as Large. Expansion pushes off of Jotunbrud to allow him to count as Huge. Touchstone (springboarding off of both expansion and Jotunbrud) allows him to count as Gargantuan.

At level 7, he can become Fine (compression) and Colossal (expansion).

The DM already approved it, meaning it's legal in my game.

Question is, what size is he, actually? What size of equipment does he use? And what class should I gestalt him with?

[edit] You can qualify RAW via Human Blooded or Human Heritage.

[Bloody Initiate]

Since you opted for flexibility (Getting larger or smaller) perhaps that should be your aim on the other side. Mechanically, you want to take advantage of your bigmclargehuge-ness.

Small sizes are good for avoiding detection. The AC bonus is negligible. The attack bonus is actually quite nice, especially when combined with the possibility you weren't detected. To avoid suffering die-size penalties you'll want to do your damaging non-weapon ranged attacks from small.

Large sizes are good for reach and thereby battlefield control. Also the damage boost is healthy.

I'm thinking a gish with a preference for stealth? Perhaps get into Warmind later to use your colossal-sized attacks with sweeping strikes. Honestly though, it's kinda hard to pick a role for someone who hasn't picked a size, or more accurately picks a different one any time he/she likes.
My first thought was factotum, not for any mechanical purpose just because I was trying to figure out who could take advantage of all those options.

Casters always do fine if made well.

My own gestalt character was an artificer, and while he mostly used metamagic spell trigger to rip people up with wands (Which you would do while tiny), he had expansion in his back pocket for when people got close (They didn't... ever).

[PhaedrusXY]

Question is, what size is he, actually? What size of equipment does he use? And what class should I gestalt him with?

He's small, but can use Huge sized weapons if I read this right (even without Expansion), and can sneak around as if he were tiny (without Compression). That could make for some hilarity as a skinny little kobold sneaks up on you and whomps you with a giant hammer.

[Anklebite]

Question is, what size is he, actually? What size of equipment does he use? And what class should I gestalt him with?

He's small, but can use Huge sized weapons if I read this right (even without Expansion), and can sneak around as if he were tiny (without Compression). That could make for some hilarity as a skinny little kobold sneaks up on you and whomps you with a giant hammer.

finally, titan bloodline makes sense! 

[Havok4]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

[bearsarebrown]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

[PhaedrusXY]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

Holy crap, it's Yoda!

"Judge me by my size, do you?"

[BowenSilverclaw]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

Holy crap, it's Yoda!

"Judge me by my size, do you?"

Yoda, you say?

[PhaedrusXY]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

Holy crap, it's Yoda!

"Judge me by my size, do you?"

Yoda, you say?

Oh god... I'd seen that once, but along with that quote it takes on a whole new meaning...

[BowenSilverclaw]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

Holy crap, it's Yoda!

"Judge me by my size, do you?"

Yoda, you say?

Oh god... I'd seen that once, but along with that quote it takes on a whole new meaning...

[awaken DM golem]

The way I read it, I see:
(a) ... Small
(b) ... count a as Tiny
(c) ... count a as Large
(d) ... count (a+T) as Medium
(e) ... count (c+T) as Huge
(f) ... all of the above
F being the right answer,
and then whether expansion or compression is in effect, generating
(g1) ... count as diminutive OR
(g2) ... count as Gargantuan

5 or 6 , out of 7 ain't bad.

**

That link has ruined my faith in the "force" , but not farce.

[skydragonknight]

  for the MST3K reference.

[Lycanthromancer]

In the end, it all comes down to the jokes.

[SPOILER]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

"It's not my size; it's how I use it!"

"Dude, it's larger than the tarrasque."

"But I use it well."

"Wait. No. I didn't say it was larger than the tarrasque's. I said it was larger than the tarrasque itself!"

"Well...yeah."

"..."

"ALL-NATURAL MALE WEB ENHANCEMENT, BITCH."

Question is, what size is he, actually? What size of equipment does he use? And what class should I gestalt him with?

He's small, but can use Huge sized weapons if I read this right (even without Expansion), and can sneak around as if he were tiny (without Compression). That could make for some hilarity as a skinny little kobold sneaks up on you and whomps you with a giant hammer.

*Manifests temporal acceleration.*

STOP!

Hammer time!

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

Push his buttons and watch him extend?

for the MST3K reference.

Glad somebody got it...

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

It also means that he can grapple any sized creature. No size category is more then two away! 

Holy crap, it's Yoda!

"Judge me by my size, do you?"

Yoda, you say?

Oh god... I'd seen that once, but along with that quote it takes on a whole new meaning...

I really don't think it matters whether you're gay, straight, all-, or none-of-the-above.

[Vader]I find your ass on face disturbing.[/Vader]

Seriously, that's just WRONG.[/SPOILER]

"Skywalker's Delivery Service! Pizza delivered in 30 parsecs or less, guaranteed!"

And yes, I AM a size-queen king. Why do you ask? 

[Endarire]

Imagine that kobold's hammerspace!

[Lycanthromancer]

Also his grapple check will be insane, I think he can still count as large even when compressed to diminutive size due to Jotunbrud. It would be really funny to see this 3 inch tall or so kobold pin a full size human. Take levels in swordsage for the various throw maneuvers, they would work well with a  combination like this.

He could potentially pin most dragons, assuming he buffs his Strength a bit.

Imagine that kobold's hammerspace!

Oh, I am.

[snakeman830]

The sad part is that you don't need to do any sort of background finageling to get away with this.  Savage Species has rituals in it that let you change your subtype or gain new ones.  Just swap the Reptilian subtype to Human and you can pull this off.

[telehax]

Sorry to be a party pooper:

1. Jotunbrud says Large, not one size larger, you can't combine it with expansion. Or you could, but only to count as large while being huge I guess.
2. Expansion does not stack with Enlarge Person.

EDIT: Except your DM approved it. Yeah I think I need to read better. Nevermind.

[Chemus]

As long as he wields a Huge Light Hammer, Jotunbrud will let him actually secrete that Huge Hammer on his person(!) with ranks in Sleight of Hand. ...ew.

[Prime32]

As long as he wields a Huge Light Hammer, Jotunbrud will let him actually secrete that Huge Hammer on his person(!) with ranks in Sleight of Hand. ...ew.

I'll say.

[Emy]

The sad part is that you don't need to do any sort of background finageling to get away with this.  Savage Species has rituals in it that let you change your subtype or gain new ones.  Just swap the Reptilian subtype to Human and you can pull this off.

If I recall correctly, it doesn't let you do this with the Human, Elf, or Dwarf subtypes. There may be a couple others as well.