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New Player - what classes do you like to make everyone? [no spoilers] (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by TheMinions@lemmy.world to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

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What classes do you like to build for everyone?

I’m running my Tav as a Bard/Paladin/Wiz to mimic my favorite character I played from 5e a few years back.

Astarion is a Gloomstalker, Shadowheart is a Light Cleric, Gale is a Fighter 1/Wizard X, Wyll is a Draconic Fiend Sorlock, Laezel is a Red Draconic Sorcadin. I haven’t really used Minthara or Halsik much, but imagine they would stay single classed as Oathbreaker and Moon Druid.

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Tav: Swords Bard / Thief

Durge: Gloomstalker / Assassin

Shart: Light Cleric (though trying Thunder Cleric/ Sorc this run and it's alright. I miss the holy blender.)

Astarion: Way of the Fist Monk, sometimes with Thief. But thief runs through ki points too fast and usually isn't necessary.

Karlach: Throw Barb, sometimes with Warlock 3

Lae'zel: straight fighter. Usually Battlemaster, but I switch it up sometimes

Minthara: Paladin/Champion (probably not a power combo, but I hate Paladin without huge crit range - Sorcadin never procs divine smite for me)

Gale, Wyll, Halsin & Jahira: Level 1 camp cooks. Used only when demanded by the story.

I should change them up more, but I never do. I feel like this is a very vanilla list.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Re: Minthara

Have you considered using Helm of Acuity + Band of Mystic Scoundrel and Hold Person?

I have Helm of Acuity on my Tav Bard/Paladin and it’s been nice from throwing out a CC like Hold Person with a high as hell DC after throwing out 5 attacks via Haste+GWM bonus attacks.

Once I get the Band of Mystic Scoundrel it will be nice to cast Hold Person as a Bonus Action.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Sometimes it's hard to play with certain great combos because I have another character already using the gear. That happens a lot with Shart and reverb/radiant orb gear. But I think I just got BotMS yesterday so maybe I'll give it a shot.

My concern is the folks I most want to crit the hell out of are folks with legendary resistance. Having 18-20 crit range (champ+deadshot) is really helpful on boss fights because 2 smite crits can just about end a boss fight (along with the plinking of everyone else).

That being said, the size of my crits I think is really being limited by only having level 2 spells. I just really don't care for paladins all that much. I might try Sorcadin with a focus on crit elixirs instead of cloud giant.

My last run I think I respecced her to Eldritch Knight and just ran her alongside Lae'zel's Battlemaster. With Shart for debuffing holy blender and a bard Tav artillery support. Six two handed weapon smashes, plus usually seventh and eighth bonus smashes is really consistent damage.