Building Cervantes in Gestalt

[Hasmadad]

[Agita]

[spoiler]

Am I doin it rite? [/spoiler]

Seeing as you appear to be Dex-based, I would recommend one or two levels of Fighter one either side. This gets you a bonus feat and frees up a slot for Shadow Blade, which gives you Dex to damage with discipline weapons. You can then give up heavy armor proficiency to take the Hit-and-Run Tactics ACF (Drow of the Underdark), which gives you +2 to Init and Dex to damage again vs. flat-footed opponents.

[Tshern]

The teleportation moves are a bit tricky, but as you indicated, Swordsage might do. The damage output (clearly not dexterity-based) is another issue entirely. It's worth noting that his damage has nothing to do with movement...

[KellKheraptis]

-Only tier 3 or lower classes. No primary casters or psionics. (initiators are allright)

Does this also mean the Tier 3 and Tier 4 casters are out?  Such as Warmage, Beguiler, Dread Necro, Wu-Jen, Shugenja, etc?

[Tshern]

The only spells Cervantes uses are Dimension door (along with a really peculiar form of Shadow pouncing...) and maybe Launch item.

[Prime32]

The Ravenloft Campaign Setting has a "Parthican rapier" - a rapier with a pistol in it. If you hit with the rapier you can fire the pistol as a free action. The pistol needs to be reloaded though, and proficiencies apply separately (I think you might also need proficiency in the Parthican rapier itself).

So maybe you can get a "Parthican dagger" approved by your DM...

[Hasmadad]

Does this also mean the Tier 3 and Tier 4 casters are out?  Such as Warmage, Beguiler, Dread Necro, Wu-Jen, Shugenja, etc?

Unfortunately yes.

[Hasmadad]

The Ravenloft Campaign Setting has a "Parthican rapier" - a rapier with a pistol in it. If you hit with the rapier you can fire the pistol as a free action. The pistol needs to be reloaded though, and proficiencies apply separately (I think you might also need proficiency in the Parthican rapier itself).

So maybe you can get a "Parthican dagger" approved by your DM...

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

The Ravenloft Campaign Setting has a "Parthican rapier" - a rapier with a pistol in it. If you hit with the rapier you can fire the pistol as a free action. The pistol needs to be reloaded though, and proficiencies apply separately (I think you might also need proficiency in the Parthican rapier itself).

So maybe you can get a "Parthican dagger" approved by your DM...

I thought that whole setting was no longer official status? (some of its splats made Dragon Mag look like Cpsi)

[Bloody Initiate]

The Ravenloft Campaign Setting has a "Parthican rapier" - a rapier with a pistol in it. If you hit with the rapier you can fire the pistol as a free action. The pistol needs to be reloaded though, and proficiencies apply separately (I think you might also need proficiency in the Parthican rapier itself).

So maybe you can get a "Parthican dagger" approved by your DM...

Since that's an exotic weapon you can pick up flurry from exotic weapon master to meet the prerequisite for "Sun School" a tactical feat in Complete Warrior that grants you a free attack at your highest BAB anytime you use a dimension door-like effect to instantly move adjacent to someone.

I mentioned this feat in another thread and they pointed out shadow pounce was better, but as this is a free attack I see nothing wrong with grabbing both. Free attacks are always good, especially if you combine them with something that gets you MORE free attacks like cleave and lightning maces.