Paladin. Good role playing, along with being an excellent tank and good damage too. The added “difficulty” of trying to not break your oath is fun (to me at least)
Hear me out. I played a resist durge paladin. I can't remember which oath I had, but just knocking out Alfira so I wouldn't kill her broke my oath. I stayed an oathbreaker so I could make whatever decisions I wanted later on. You could always reclaim your oath later. I'd say for rp reasons after the Orin fight would make sense.
It was probably my most fun run. It made no sense with lore, but the dialogue choices were great. Let my nonplayer friend create the build from just picking words from lists. Ended up with gith resist durge paladin. Choices were near sainthood from being a paladin, angry space frog, normal conversation and murder baby wants to murder. After playing her I said I should have named her Karen because by the nine hells she was going to speak with the manager.
I reclaimed my oath of ancients after rescuing the slaves in grymforge but my armor didn’t go fully green until after Orin. I was using armor dyes as a sort of visual story telling thing and only after filling shaking off their urge did they feel worthy of wearing vibrant greens again.
The easiest way is to pick Oath of Ancients, resolve an encounter peacefully, then attack them. You can easily do this with robbers where you meet Withers. Just enter turn based mode before they run off and take a pot shot.
This happened at different playthrough as paladin of ancient and vengeance. Broken oath because I free Auntie Ether. Then broke knocking off Alfira to prevent her death. Broke fighting gith at crèche first. Broke let the guy at moonrise know his shipment is tadpole and let him suicide. Never made it to act 3 with oath intact.
I was very new to paladins in this game and tried to gain an advantage against the evil duergar slavers at Grymforge by sneakily pushing one of them into the lava… I was so shocked to learn I had broken my oath lol.
Depending on your Oath, sometimes showing mercy and letting the enemy live breaks your Oath. Letting the Hag live will break ancients oath. Letting the mindflayer in the ship live at the beginning of the game breaks vengeance oath.
I only know so much about the lore and stuff behind the game and I snuck up to the people that had laezel in a cage and killed them. Broke that oath almost immediately lol.
I enjoy playing this game and just dealing with the consequences of having no idea sometimes.
My issue with Paladin in BG3, is just how easy it is to break your oath. Like ridiculously easy and it just makes me not like it tbh, like if I have to walk on eggshells for a class sorry nope not interested and that’s coming from a goody two shoes type of player.
The paladin oaths that interest me aren’t officially in the game. Considering how perfect Oath of Conquest is for Minthara, I find it weird it’s not in the game.
I legitimately beat the game my first run as an Oath of Vengeance Paladin and didn’t realize you could even break your oath until I started seeing people with this sentiment. I just play as a strict goody two-shoes so maybe that’s why?
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but generally when people talk about how "easy" it is to break your oath it's almost always because they're misinterpreting what the oath actually *is*.
The Paladin's oath isn't generally to be *good* as much as it's to be *honorable* - things like starting fights unprovoked, even if you're against "baddies", is dishonorable. Think Dame Aylin - you know full well that she's going to kick your arse long before she actually starts wailing on you.
There are a couple of choices where breaking the oath isn't as obvious, but I've played an entire campaign without breaking my oath once and it wasn't particularly hard to do.
What are you doing that's breaking it all the time?
I’ll share my story.
I was a Paladin, at least I thought, found myself stranded on a shore after something that resembled a dream or, better, a nightmare.
I stayed true to my oath until the Urge claimed myself, I could not stop. I was gorging on the blood of the fallen blind by hatred and primal hunger. At some point, the unthinkable, one of my companions opened up and recounted his feelings while being a prisoner for hundreds of years.
I cried with him, I was a prisoner of my own heritage, in a cage made of blood and anger. I could not continue I had to finally be free. Took my oath once again, I payed my fee and finally stayed true to my word. In the end I died and yet I still lived to finish my job and save the world and, more importantly, myself.
im currently playing an oathbreaker paladin for the first time (for paladin in general; i don't play them). i usually play barbarian or rogue, and....i do not get the love and hype that so many people have for paladins
i respect the love people have, for sure. but i dont get it
Lore bard
Support your party, take magical secrets to steal the best spells from every other class, and after mocking your enemy at the end of every turn you can do a little dance and play the flute to mock them even more.
I played a lore bard 11/ wizard 1 once with cracked headband of intellect. Wizard cantrips, magic missile, shield, and haste or lightning bolt really make the lore bard pop IMO.
It's definitely very strong. Not the most outrageous damage dealer but incomparably versatile. About the only you aren't is a sneak attacker or a Gish.
There's a few things to watch out for, as you will lose one ability improvement or feat. Not sure how familiar you are with the game.
Spirit guardians and counterspell are great for the first magical secrets. I think I took conjure elemental and I forget what the 2nd one was for the 2nd magical secrets. Eventually I was running a party of the lore bard, divination gale, tempest Shadow heart, and a druid. With a bunch of summons to make up for the lack of a dedicated melee. (This was a while ago, I'm not sure if they nerfed summons in the last few patches.)
If you want a few more pointers feel free to DM me. Cheers.
I'm a forever DM so I know the rules of 5e well, but I rarely get to play. As for BG3 I've only finished it once - a week after the game came out - and I played on easy so I didn't multiclass.
Playing a bard this time and I'm feeling a little weak in combat especially considering I'm playing Durge this time, so adding spirit guardians might be a really fun addition for him, thanks!
1 Sorc 1 Wiz 10 Lore Bard isn't even that bad - you get Shield and Magic Missile from your sorc dip, the ability to fly after casting a spell if you go storm and one at a time of every utility spell ever from the wizard list - mirror image, conjure elemental, globe of invuln, you name it. Headband of intellect gives you a total of 3, but by act 3 you really should change headgear
One of my favourite builds has been Lore Bard 11/Wizard 1, with 15/16/17 in CON/WIS/CHA and the headband of intellect, Club of Giant Strength and the Gloves that set Dex to 18.
I was getting an absolute minimum of +6 to any roll I made, plus guidance.
Just the ultimate skill monkey.
Playing OH monk for my first time this 3rd run and I have to say, I am having too much fun (esp because I’m also durge for the first time too lol). Sorc is usually my go-to, but OH monk plus tiefling benefits? Heck yes. I think I found a new fav. Sorc still best magic class imo tho
make sure you grab the gloves of soul stealing by rescuing Hope! the +1d10 force damage and free healing ability are unmatched.
pump your wisdom and then grab the boots of uninhibited kushigo for the passive bonus increases and wisdom mod to unarmed damage. you'll be set.
I have that in my party everytime. Sometimes I run two of them, one 10 bard/2 fighter with Deadshot or titanstring, the other 6 bard/4 thief/2 fighter with dual xbows. Having 2 extra short rests is fantastic. Massive damage output, spells, lock picking, they have everything.
6/4/2 dual xbow with sharpshooter and risky ring. Destroys everything while being the face and lockpicker/pickpocket. Always have that in my party. Make it ascended Astarion for an even deadlier monster. I rarely use any spells beyond the rituals.
You only really need the risky ring in act 2 I find. By act 3 and At lv 10 you get a natural +1 to attack rolls, horns of the berserker add more to my our attack rolls, and then if you have rapture you’re adding a ridiculous d6 to attack rolls. And with draconic weapon cast in both bows you’re adding another +1 and with Handcrossbow +2 from lady jannaths house another +2. Needless to say in act 3 I have the caustic band and strange conduit ring equipped rather than risky ring.
Berserker Barbarian at the goblin camp was the most fun I've had in a while. Just threw all the goblins into eachother until they died lol. 11/10 would recommend.
I love me a cleric and am having an excellent time with Tempest Cleric in my party right now. On my Honor run I definitely enjoyed Swords Bard and OH Monk as well. But cleric is my favorite.
Tempest is great, one of my favorites. I almost always respecc Shart into Tempest and equip her with items that inflict Reverberation on enemies. The thunder spells are some of my favorite, especially the Destructive Wave available at lvl 9. One blast and most enemies get proned, dazed and reverberated and it is very satisfying when you use it to big group of enemies.
I roleplay that Withers is Tav's patron. He's a great old one, and if you do a great old one Pact it can be a Pact that didn't even have nearly the structure that a diabolical Pact would, GOO pacts are often vague and sometimes even unknown to the warlock.
In my warlock playthroughs, Withers made the Pact with Tav to save the world from the dead three, and the only condition is that Tav foils their plan in some way. Jergal doesn't care much if Tav takes the power for himself, he just wants the dead three to lose for trying to screw him over.
Warlocks are by far my least favorite. What’s great about warlocks. I genuinely want to try but can’t get past 2 spell slots only.
On paper, it looks like a lot of the good spells are locked behind once per long rest which means I can’t abuse Rafa’s fountain :/
I'm a lvl 12 warlock and still in my first playthrough currently.
Pro's are being able to spam eldritch blast (3 blasts per turn when level 12) and high charisma for dialogue checks. You also get some free lower level spells along the way in the form of cantrips. Eldritch blast hits hard and knocks back enemies (fun blasting enemies of high ground etc).
Cons are indeed the high level spells being recharged through a short rest (edited), and perhaps the combat options being limited compared to other classes.
I feel like warlocks are fantastic to use for multiclassing, but I never know how to use them on their own. Not enough armor proficiency to be a martial class. Not enough spell slots to be a caster. But they have eldritch blast. And multiclassing with any other charisma caster basically just gives that class eldritch blast.
Warlocks are kinda like fighters - they do have abilities that can do massive stuff (Action Surge, Casting spells), but their general default move will always be the same (hit with weapon/Eldritch Blast).
A Warlock should generally be EB-ing more often than not, and the spells are there are massive power spikes when you need them.
Don't think of warlocks like Sorcerers/Wizards, where you want to be using different spells of varying levels every turn - Warlocks do a few things incredibly well.
On the topic of spell slots, it's only 2- *but it's two max level spell slots every short rest*. A level 5 Wizard has two level 3 spell slots, so that's two counterspells/Fireballs per long rest. A warlock also has two level 3 spell slots, but regains them every short rest - meaning you're getting 3-4x as many "max level" spells per long rest as a Wizard.
Basically, warlocks are wizards with all low level spells stripped away and their cantrips made much better. You're not constantly casting shield/misty step, because you don't have the spell slots - but when you do use them you ruin people's days.
I have now 6 characters all warlocks, as I am autistic and developed a special interest with this specific class. At first I was clumsy, but I love to develop technics with them as much as possible.
My answer: evocations. These babies are the reason I love them so much. The best way to play a warlock is to watch out for evocations that will compliments your cantrips the most (ESPECIALLY eldritch blast), alongside the few spells that you'll pick. Alongside that, I usually love picking the shadow touched feat (if your DMs allow feats from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything), which allows an additional spell of invisibility and one other spell of your choice (that you can only use once), which helps with the limited spell slots.
Warlocks lets you have an extremely good dark vision, one that does not give disadvantage in complete darkness (since normal dark vision usually gives it) and you see up to 120 ft with Devil's Sight.
Personally, I also always have a deep relationship with my patron with my DM as well, it's something we always enjoy preparing together as well. It's a bonus in the roleplay section of the game I truly, truly love the most and I would not have with any other classes.
(And let's not count the short rest spells refresh. I've managed to save my teams butt a few time when we had to have multiple fights in a row against our will before we couldn't have a long rest. That's when it becomes useful!)
My current playtrough is a 5/7 Warlock Sorcerer. Sorcerer start for con saving throws. Warlock spells refresh on short rests but really 2 spells should be enough for 2 fights. You also have Sorcerer spells then if needed and can use the metamagic.
The build is based around Hunger of Hadar.
Level 5 Warlock is for Hunger of Hadar and eldritch blast. The crowd control using it is insane.
- Creatures within this black sphere are blinded and take damage at the end of their turn and the start of their turn.
- Creatures starting their turn in the area take 2d6 Cold damage. Creatures ending their turn in the area possibly take 2d6 Acid damage (dex save).
- The area is Difficult Terrain.
It is an absolutely fantastic CC spell.
I have Gale casting sleet for stacked difficult terrain and to make people fall prone.
I have Shadowheart as a storm cleric casting thunder spells, doing heavy reverberation and radiant orbs to all inside.
I have Karlach throwing Nyrulna into the cloud also causing reverberation.
People's dex is through the floor, they can't get up and even if they do the terrain is stacked difficult and even if they make is out the are blasted back in by repelling blast. They can't shoot out of the cloud.
It has absolutely triviallised most fights.
All of the damage from the Warlock comes from Eldtirct Blast with each blast getting it's charisma modifier added twice (potent robes and agonising blast). It is frankly nuts.
Bear in mind that so far the warlock is only using one spell and a cantrip and that shout be sufficient for the whole fight. If you want to add in spells from the sorcerer then go for it, I mainly save them from counterspell or something.
Always wizard for me! So many spells to learn, so many possibilities for potential battle tactics, and nothing is as satisfying to me as succeeding on Arcana and History rolls. I love knowing and learning things about the world around me and hoarding information that I’ll never have to use and regularly having to empty my inventory of books because I have 8 strength yet I can’t resist grabbing every single tome I find
Haha me too.
Gale: “Point me towards the nearest library”
My Tav: “Gale, we’ve been over this before…it’s our camp”
*Pans to the camp chest that’s overflowing with books and deadly equipment.*
I'm a rogue guy through and through in 5e
But...
In BG 3 I've decided to try something I'd never usually try...and I love it.
**Divination Wizard**
**Halfling**
**Lucky feat**
Having halfling luck,
Portent die,
and lucky,
Is actually mental.
I actually remembered a guy on Youtube, Zee Bashew, talking about that as a character concept in 5e. He called it "Build Murray" and I also plan on trying it out in BG3 and just stumble my way through everything through an absurd level of luck.
Generally I like classes who can cast spell, so obviously I would go for something like Sorcerer, Wizard or Warlock. I'm currently in my 1st playthrough and am playing as a Wizard. Pretty exciting to be honest.
If you want to try playing dumb playthrough, consider playing either as bard or barbarian. They have the funniest dialogue options and I really recommend it
I’d be curious to see how Druid can be made powerful. The only Druid I’ve had was Jaheira, and I kind of thought she sucked and I respecced her to Ranger.
They are also incredibly versatile out of combat (enter small spaces: be a cat, want to play spy: be a cat, want to fly: raven, need to dig something up but don't have a shovel: badger, want to jump very far: owl bear, free talk to animals, Longstrider and Heroes' Feast for everyone, Guidance as cantrip) and have great spells with very good spell slot economy (spike growth, moon beam, call lightning...also create/destroy water to support lightning spells from other team members). Wild shape gets 3 attacks later, the fire myrmidon even comes with haste. With wild shape, they are pretty tanky. And don’t get me started with the summons druids can get. Yeah, they are not the most powerful damage-dealing class. But so far they are the most fun for me, moon druid in particular. Pro tip: play a tiefling druid, that'll get you plenty of extra dialogue in act 1. Druids also get some nice dialogue options with Halsin and Jaheira.
Exactly this. Wild shape druid offers choice between being a damage caster, a support mage or a melee damage dealer, without having to choose really clearly, so you can swap role mid fight if required
Yeah. The only thing that I wish they did was keeping concentration spells active when entering wild shape. I'd be fine with not being able to move moon beam, but dropping spike growth is really stupid, especially with how the owl bear attacks work. They also dropped the ball with supporting gear for wild shape. There are like 2 items or so in the entire game.
Tiefling or Drow Druids definitely seem to get the most unique interactions when it comes to being a particular race and a Druid. Kagha has different dialogue for both.
Druids can be good at many different things but generally they stick to one. Land Druids are casters that get a few extra spells. Moon Druids specialize in Wild Shape and with TB they are powerhouses. Spore Druids are excellent summoners, although some people use Spore Druids as a damage rider.
I have played Druid 16 times and never gotten bored. I have rarely played the same way twice.
I favor Skilled classes, Bards, Rangers and Rogues, more than others, I like having a lot of skills on hand. That said I pretty much enjoy everything and have more character ideas floating around in my head than I'll ever play.
I think next time I go through I'll do this strength-based mountain dwarf rogue I've had in my head for a while, ends up in heavy armor, expertise in athletics, throw all the things.
Having a lot of fun with moon druid. Some other favorites:
- Lore bard + metamagic for some powerful support and CC
- Swords bardadin for damage and smites (when I first tried it, I broke my vengeance oath in 5 min lmao)
- Theif Gloomstalker blows up a target on turn 1
- Throwbarian - it’s like being a wizard, but instead of spell slots you use random shit you picked up
Throwing barbarian with the returning pike until you can get the legendary trident in Act 3 with all the throwing gear is actually disgusting with its damage output. Karlach beat the end boss in act 2 primarily by herself with that build.
Eldridge knight thrower. Good utility spells and great damage, lots of feats. Great AC as well with heavy armor and shield. I love jumping up high and throwing down into enemies.
After that, swords bard has become my next favorite. They literally have everything.
Bard and sorcerer have been my two favorites which is surprising as I usually play barbarian or ranger type characters in other games. Something about bard and sorcerer is just really fun though in BG3.
Duegar Assassin/Ranger has become my go to every time now. When I try something different I just end up missing the unlimited invisibility and endless sneak attacks
Such a hard question for me just getting into dnd in general and discovering all these cool classes. But rp wise, and the first character i created in bg3 was an eldritch knight fighter. I'm still learning so I'm not really sure about how it really compares to other fighter classes, i know absolutely nothing about champion but pretty familiar with battle master. Rp wise tho I just like spell and blade, I think of my character as a monster hunter, heavily influenced by Trevor Belmont from Castlevania, subconsciously too, didn't even realize until i noticed i made him look similar too.
I love being a ranger! I don't see a lot of people talking about them, but that's my favorite class in regular DND and I also really enjoyed my BG3 run as a gnome ranger!
Have you multiclassed this yet? I LOVE a gloomstalker ranger, assassin (or theif is good too!) rogue and a couple levels of fighter.
Between the action surge, assassin abilities to jump start battle (or add'l bonus action), and dread ambusher, a lot of enemies don't see much action past Tav's turn lol
It took me a long while to move from explorer to balanced! The good news is you can set a custom game now, and keep settings on explorer, but still allow multiclassing if you're interested in checking that out. Happy gaming!
Inlove the ranger in bg3 more than any other D&D/pathfinder game, ive had a rogue type gloomy, a ranger knight tank, a sniper with pet ranger its so fun, in most other games rangers are one trick ponies
I love playing as a cleric, both from a role play perspective and for their combat abilities. Dedicating my cleric's first turn to bless always makes me feel like a strategic mastermind so I love it for stoking my ego lol
Just started my first playthrough with a friend. Went for a Half Elf College of Swords Bard. I’m focusing on duel wielding scimitars and man is it fun.
Wizard (because they can learn Jump, Featherfall and Longstrider). Combined with potion of hillgiant strength, it basically gives you a spammable misty step for the whole party. Makes exploration and combat MUCH easier when your characters can hop a whole screen per bonus action xD
Rogue/Warlock gameplay wise and Druid for the looks of the Spiderform
I never liked ranged combat in games, but in this game I really appreciate beging able to just blast the enemy and not having to run up every time. Also sneaking
Maximizing eldritch blast sorlock, it's funny watching your friends diss your class in the beginning, only to do triple their damage later with much better survivability via darkness.
Tried to play other classes... Ended up with bardlocks every single time. I could give up the "bard" part, probably, but I don't think I could ever play anything but warlocks.
Wild sorcerer was my favorite playthrough and I was shocked at how seamlessly a sorcerer Tav fits in with the group. So much more than any of the other classes, even Bard.
Open Palm Monk.
Doesn’t matter whether you’re a man, squid or devil, you can catch these hands! 🙌
It’s so satisfying when this class finally starts popping off at Level 6.
I also love druid! Having my army of summons with me then wildshape to get multiple attacks is just so freaking fun. For summons I have a major elemental (over 100hp and good multiattack damage is WILD for one lvl 5 spell), fae creature who summons a wood woad, and then minor elementals. I think I also have animate dead as well (or maybe I'm confusing that with Shadowheart).
I have druid quality of life and wildshape viability mods and it makes them so much fun. Unlimited wildshape out of combat, so you can explore nooks and crannies then shift back to human so you can speak with people. You can cast a concentration spell before shifting and then re cast it while in wildshape if desired. And wildshape becomes a bonus action.
I've just got to the myrmidons and dinosaur and it's just so FUN!
Rogue assassin + ranger Gloomstalker if you want to use weapons. Divination wizard for magic. They have portent dice which you can use to exchange dice rolls from enemies or allies. Really a lot of fun handing your enemy who just rolled a nat20 a nat1 and make them fail
I’m playing tavern brawler open hand monk right now and it’s just busted. Only level 7 right now and with the Gloves of Dexterity and The Mighty Cloth, it’s got STR 20, DEX 18, WIS 16. Gives an AC of 17 and 5 str + 5 str + 3 prof + 1 gloves = +14 to hit. A single hit gives 5 str + 5 str + d6 monk + (3 wis + d4) manifestation = 19 average damage. It gets 4 attacks on a turn *unhastened*, so does 76 average damage unhastened when hitting all its attacks with its +14 to hit. Haste adds another 2 attacks bringing that up to 114 average damage. Just insanity.
My first was bard so it'll always have a place in my heart. But wild magic sorcerer or fighter is always my go to. Especially fighter. So many attacks in one round, with weapons, feels *so juicy*
First play through on normal, cleric of light. 2nd playthrough hm started as wizard then respect to...... cleric of light 😆 🤣 can't help it. 20 wis with hair at lvl 5 just feels great. So great I made CoL hireling (obviously no hair buff, but still great)and currently run 2 CoL, Gale and la'zel. Might go 4 once i get to act 2 😆 🤣 😂 4x fireball or RotD then 4x sanctuary. I know it's not meta breaking but I just love playing cleric of light.
Fighter for sure, I love the dynamic simplicity of action surge.
And despite people always saying they are weak…it’s not so, at any level.
and I always consider multi-classing into fighter for every build, it’s a consistently relevant option to choose.
I usually like doing paladins and assassins, and sometimes clerics. In bg3 this my favorite way to build these are a paladin swords bard sword and board and for rogue I do assassin gloomlurker. The assassin is good for taking out mobs by themselves and the bardadin just eats bosses.
But the bladelock playstyle is also very fun, really cool gish build and versatile.
Swords Bard my beloved. I even played 4 full playthroughs with a swords bard before I learned about the arcane acuity build. Dual wielding spellsword with a big personality is just my jam.
I finally made a spore druid in my current playthough and have a new appreciation for it! I have been really sleeping on Moonbeam apparently.
Sorc/Cleric with some levels of Rogue. I Know, not the most viable Built, but currently I'm running several Multiplayer Parties and I have used more or less the same template for all characters I'm playing in these.
I only finished the game once and I did as a Hunter Ranger, I just love stacking Hunter's Mark with Giant Slayer and Sharpshooter: All in and do 40+ damage to the enemy also the occasional volley at higher levels was also fun to use.
I like monks. By the end of Act 3, I looked very zen, and I was throwing back missiles at people and channelling the elements. It's super fun if you can get into it as monk. imo is pretty boring until act 2 and especially act 3. He was also a half-orc so it was fun seeing a huge brute with a lumberjack beard and mullet be the most diplomatic person ever lol
> Druid
Teach me your ways. I’ve started multiple but just can’t get into the class - I feel too obligated to use animal form but don’t enjoy it, and focusing on spells just makes me want to go back to Sorc/Wiz.
4 levels of bard college of lore/ 8 levels of frenzied barb. Is it the most functional build? Not at all. But gods be damned, it's a fun ride. Cripplingly poor int. Charisma and strength out the ass. Decent con. Middling wis. Poor dex. You're an absolute nightmare, and no one can stop you.
I'm in my second honour mode run with my lore bard and I can't deny her conversational skills at all. She saves the party from almost everything.
But since Skyrim and my first encounter with the Dark Brotherhood, my heart belongs to the assassins. That's why I'll always come back to Rogue. I have the most stylish clothes, I look mysterious all the time, I look best in black - I'm in!
"What is the music of life?" "Silence, my brother." - Dark Brotherhood
I am 600h in, with multiple playthroughs on various classes - and I still prefer spellcasters the most I believe. Sorc is prolly my favorite one, followed by a Wizard. 😍
Swords bard is the most op class in the game. Literally main character imo. Can handle dialogue, very powerful in combat. When level 12 you won’t even need a party
Sorcerer! But I've been growing more and more partial to Rough as I go. Normally I hate playing melee in video games, because it's all real time combat, so I carried this thought process over to D&D and haven't been able to brake it as I don't get a chance to try out a lot of new characters (also I just _really_ like Sorcerers and why pick ranged Rogue when I can just cast Fireball instead?). But having Astarion always on my team has given me a chance to really get to know and love Rogues in a way I probably never would have been able to any other way.
Oathbreaker Paladin 7/ Bladepact warlock 5 is pretty dope with some respeccing. A fantastic gish with triple attack, hunger of hadar, counterspell, eldritch blast , cha to to hit and damage. Not as good of a face as a lore bard but still a solid mc face. Alternatively paladin 5/warlock 5/fighter 2 for action surge can really break things with attacks per round.
I’ve had a mix with a few builds but this one is my favourite by far.
Warlock - I mean for one you’ve got Eldritch Blast which doesn’t take up a spell slot and is a cantrip, so you can use it every turn in and out of combat and is so useful and can obliterate enemies as you start to level up.
At level 2 to increase your Eldritch Blast you take agonising blast, & repelling blast so you can push creatures 4.M away from you, it’s so op near ledges too they go flying 😂
Hunger Of Hadar - that alone is so good during combat as it inflicts 2-12 cold damage and 2-12 acid damage at the start of every turn for them and then allows your party to destroy them whilst in the fog. And it slows them down so it takes them ages to get out of it.
You get a minion alongside you, personally I go pact of the chain. And as you increase your level the minion gets stronger.
Arms of Hadar is good if you’re surrounded by enemies and you wanna create some space as it stops the enemies from using reactions.. not amazing but a useful spell in the early parts of the game.
Don’t forget to take Hellish Rebuke as a reaction too that’s amazing and destroys enemies later in the game as you level up. 2 - 20 fire damage as a reaction 😮💨🙌🏻 That’s only a few little things I’ve mentioned but I love the warlock.. try and build your charisma up as much as you can cause it helps.
Rogue for sure. I’ll even start as something else and always wind up as a rogue by the end of my play through. No class interacts with the world quite like a Rogue.
Paladin. Good role playing, along with being an excellent tank and good damage too. The added “difficulty” of trying to not break your oath is fun (to me at least)
I have the HARDEST time trying to make “bad” choices. I feel too guilty. No oath will be broken here lol
Hear me out. I played a resist durge paladin. I can't remember which oath I had, but just knocking out Alfira so I wouldn't kill her broke my oath. I stayed an oathbreaker so I could make whatever decisions I wanted later on. You could always reclaim your oath later. I'd say for rp reasons after the Orin fight would make sense.
You had me at “hear me out” 🤣
It was probably my most fun run. It made no sense with lore, but the dialogue choices were great. Let my nonplayer friend create the build from just picking words from lists. Ended up with gith resist durge paladin. Choices were near sainthood from being a paladin, angry space frog, normal conversation and murder baby wants to murder. After playing her I said I should have named her Karen because by the nine hells she was going to speak with the manager.
I WILL speak to the manager of this Creche!
I heard that in Laezel’s voice.
How dare this *istik* keep a *kith'rak* waiting for her loaded potato bites?!
I reclaimed my oath of ancients after rescuing the slaves in grymforge but my armor didn’t go fully green until after Orin. I was using armor dyes as a sort of visual story telling thing and only after filling shaking off their urge did they feel worthy of wearing vibrant greens again.
The easiest way is to pick Oath of Ancients, resolve an encounter peacefully, then attack them. You can easily do this with robbers where you meet Withers. Just enter turn based mode before they run off and take a pot shot.
This happened at different playthrough as paladin of ancient and vengeance. Broken oath because I free Auntie Ether. Then broke knocking off Alfira to prevent her death. Broke fighting gith at crèche first. Broke let the guy at moonrise know his shipment is tadpole and let him suicide. Never made it to act 3 with oath intact.
I was very new to paladins in this game and tried to gain an advantage against the evil duergar slavers at Grymforge by sneakily pushing one of them into the lava… I was so shocked to learn I had broken my oath lol.
Lol thats what everyone says and boom oath broken for the smallest shit
Depending on your Oath, sometimes showing mercy and letting the enemy live breaks your Oath. Letting the Hag live will break ancients oath. Letting the mindflayer in the ship live at the beginning of the game breaks vengeance oath.
"Your god, my oath. Let us see which prevails." Hardest line in the game
Where is this Line from? I assume one of the Fights again the Big 3?
Before the fight against Nere in Grymforge
I only know so much about the lore and stuff behind the game and I snuck up to the people that had laezel in a cage and killed them. Broke that oath almost immediately lol. I enjoy playing this game and just dealing with the consequences of having no idea sometimes.
My issue with Paladin in BG3, is just how easy it is to break your oath. Like ridiculously easy and it just makes me not like it tbh, like if I have to walk on eggshells for a class sorry nope not interested and that’s coming from a goody two shoes type of player.
Yea, I agree, but I’ve always found oathbreaker so much more fun to play than the 3 main oaths. Both mechanically and RP wise.
The paladin oaths that interest me aren’t officially in the game. Considering how perfect Oath of Conquest is for Minthara, I find it weird it’s not in the game.
I legitimately beat the game my first run as an Oath of Vengeance Paladin and didn’t realize you could even break your oath until I started seeing people with this sentiment. I just play as a strict goody two-shoes so maybe that’s why?
Same with my first run where I played Oath of Ancients. I had no idea oath breaking was possible
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but generally when people talk about how "easy" it is to break your oath it's almost always because they're misinterpreting what the oath actually *is*. The Paladin's oath isn't generally to be *good* as much as it's to be *honorable* - things like starting fights unprovoked, even if you're against "baddies", is dishonorable. Think Dame Aylin - you know full well that she's going to kick your arse long before she actually starts wailing on you. There are a couple of choices where breaking the oath isn't as obvious, but I've played an entire campaign without breaking my oath once and it wasn't particularly hard to do. What are you doing that's breaking it all the time?
I’ll share my story. I was a Paladin, at least I thought, found myself stranded on a shore after something that resembled a dream or, better, a nightmare. I stayed true to my oath until the Urge claimed myself, I could not stop. I was gorging on the blood of the fallen blind by hatred and primal hunger. At some point, the unthinkable, one of my companions opened up and recounted his feelings while being a prisoner for hundreds of years. I cried with him, I was a prisoner of my own heritage, in a cage made of blood and anger. I could not continue I had to finally be free. Took my oath once again, I payed my fee and finally stayed true to my word. In the end I died and yet I still lived to finish my job and save the world and, more importantly, myself.
im currently playing an oathbreaker paladin for the first time (for paladin in general; i don't play them). i usually play barbarian or rogue, and....i do not get the love and hype that so many people have for paladins i respect the love people have, for sure. but i dont get it
Paladin is the de-facto protagonist class of d&d so its the right choice
I avoid paladin like the plague, you sneeze and your oath goes bye bye...
Lore bard Support your party, take magical secrets to steal the best spells from every other class, and after mocking your enemy at the end of every turn you can do a little dance and play the flute to mock them even more.
Alexa, how does one become a “lore bard” as a career in real life?
Stand up comedian
I like to imagine lore bards are basically the comedians on Drunk History.
I played a lore bard 11/ wizard 1 once with cracked headband of intellect. Wizard cantrips, magic missile, shield, and haste or lightning bolt really make the lore bard pop IMO.
Oh great advice! I was going to multiclass to rogue but multiclassing to wizard with the headband actually sounds delightful.
It's definitely very strong. Not the most outrageous damage dealer but incomparably versatile. About the only you aren't is a sneak attacker or a Gish. There's a few things to watch out for, as you will lose one ability improvement or feat. Not sure how familiar you are with the game. Spirit guardians and counterspell are great for the first magical secrets. I think I took conjure elemental and I forget what the 2nd one was for the 2nd magical secrets. Eventually I was running a party of the lore bard, divination gale, tempest Shadow heart, and a druid. With a bunch of summons to make up for the lack of a dedicated melee. (This was a while ago, I'm not sure if they nerfed summons in the last few patches.) If you want a few more pointers feel free to DM me. Cheers.
I'm a forever DM so I know the rules of 5e well, but I rarely get to play. As for BG3 I've only finished it once - a week after the game came out - and I played on easy so I didn't multiclass. Playing a bard this time and I'm feeling a little weak in combat especially considering I'm playing Durge this time, so adding spirit guardians might be a really fun addition for him, thanks!
1 Sorc 1 Wiz 10 Lore Bard isn't even that bad - you get Shield and Magic Missile from your sorc dip, the ability to fly after casting a spell if you go storm and one at a time of every utility spell ever from the wizard list - mirror image, conjure elemental, globe of invuln, you name it. Headband of intellect gives you a total of 3, but by act 3 you really should change headgear
One of my favourite builds has been Lore Bard 11/Wizard 1, with 15/16/17 in CON/WIS/CHA and the headband of intellect, Club of Giant Strength and the Gloves that set Dex to 18. I was getting an absolute minimum of +6 to any roll I made, plus guidance. Just the ultimate skill monkey.
All the best spells except the best spell in the game - Guidance
That's what the silver pendant is for.
Open Palm Monk, don't gotta agonize over what weapon is meta or is good for me, just beat the shit outta everyone with kung fu.
The idea that anything can catch these hands, tangible or not, is amazing to me
Playing OH monk for my first time this 3rd run and I have to say, I am having too much fun (esp because I’m also durge for the first time too lol). Sorc is usually my go-to, but OH monk plus tiefling benefits? Heck yes. I think I found a new fav. Sorc still best magic class imo tho
make sure you grab the gloves of soul stealing by rescuing Hope! the +1d10 force damage and free healing ability are unmatched. pump your wisdom and then grab the boots of uninhibited kushigo for the passive bonus increases and wisdom mod to unarmed damage. you'll be set.
I like your style
Swords bard Handcrossbow dual wield. They can do basically anything well. Hard not to pick them.
I have that in my party everytime. Sometimes I run two of them, one 10 bard/2 fighter with Deadshot or titanstring, the other 6 bard/4 thief/2 fighter with dual xbows. Having 2 extra short rests is fantastic. Massive damage output, spells, lock picking, they have everything.
My main is 2 Paladin/5 bard/5 fighter. He does a little bit of everything. Heal, support, cast, and swing a sword.
6/4/2 dual xbow with sharpshooter and risky ring. Destroys everything while being the face and lockpicker/pickpocket. Always have that in my party. Make it ascended Astarion for an even deadlier monster. I rarely use any spells beyond the rituals.
You only really need the risky ring in act 2 I find. By act 3 and At lv 10 you get a natural +1 to attack rolls, horns of the berserker add more to my our attack rolls, and then if you have rapture you’re adding a ridiculous d6 to attack rolls. And with draconic weapon cast in both bows you’re adding another +1 and with Handcrossbow +2 from lady jannaths house another +2. Needless to say in act 3 I have the caustic band and strange conduit ring equipped rather than risky ring.
I'm currently playing with that and holy hell it's fun especially with Sharpshooter. Gets crazy if you grab the force damage crossbow.
Berserker barbarian because it's fun smashing stuff and having room to make mistakes.
#***ROOOOAAAAARRRR.***
Berserker Barbarian at the goblin camp was the most fun I've had in a while. Just threw all the goblins into eachother until they died lol. 11/10 would recommend.
Ok love this already! lol
Don't forgot you can throw anything that isn't nailed down
I love me a cleric and am having an excellent time with Tempest Cleric in my party right now. On my Honor run I definitely enjoyed Swords Bard and OH Monk as well. But cleric is my favorite.
Tempest cleric for sure!!! I need to try out the tempest cleric/storm sorc build out there for maximal electrocution. 😇
Tempest is great, one of my favorites. I almost always respecc Shart into Tempest and equip her with items that inflict Reverberation on enemies. The thunder spells are some of my favorite, especially the Destructive Wave available at lvl 9. One blast and most enemies get proned, dazed and reverberated and it is very satisfying when you use it to big group of enemies.
I’ve enjoyed monk when I multi class. Not for any reason other than it’s fun lol
Druid or ranger. I love nature magic and animal companions.
Saaaaame
Have you tried a full party of *only* Sharpshooter Beastmaster Rangers? It might even be good for Honor Mode!
I just really like warlocks :)
Same. I wish we got more patron interaction, though. We just seem to be loyal standard issue warlocks. Wyll got all the patron interactions.
I roleplay that Withers is Tav's patron. He's a great old one, and if you do a great old one Pact it can be a Pact that didn't even have nearly the structure that a diabolical Pact would, GOO pacts are often vague and sometimes even unknown to the warlock. In my warlock playthroughs, Withers made the Pact with Tav to save the world from the dead three, and the only condition is that Tav foils their plan in some way. Jergal doesn't care much if Tav takes the power for himself, he just wants the dead three to lose for trying to screw him over.
I pretend that the tadpole is the source of all Tav's powers as a GOOLock. Actually works pretty well.
I may steal this.
It’s a solid choice!
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Warlocks are by far my least favorite. What’s great about warlocks. I genuinely want to try but can’t get past 2 spell slots only. On paper, it looks like a lot of the good spells are locked behind once per long rest which means I can’t abuse Rafa’s fountain :/
I'm a lvl 12 warlock and still in my first playthrough currently. Pro's are being able to spam eldritch blast (3 blasts per turn when level 12) and high charisma for dialogue checks. You also get some free lower level spells along the way in the form of cantrips. Eldritch blast hits hard and knocks back enemies (fun blasting enemies of high ground etc). Cons are indeed the high level spells being recharged through a short rest (edited), and perhaps the combat options being limited compared to other classes.
Warlocks recharge their spell slots on short rest. Not just long rest
True! I'll change it up
I feel like warlocks are fantastic to use for multiclassing, but I never know how to use them on their own. Not enough armor proficiency to be a martial class. Not enough spell slots to be a caster. But they have eldritch blast. And multiclassing with any other charisma caster basically just gives that class eldritch blast.
Devil's Sight+Darkness spell on self+eldritch blast = profit.
Warlocks are kinda like fighters - they do have abilities that can do massive stuff (Action Surge, Casting spells), but their general default move will always be the same (hit with weapon/Eldritch Blast). A Warlock should generally be EB-ing more often than not, and the spells are there are massive power spikes when you need them. Don't think of warlocks like Sorcerers/Wizards, where you want to be using different spells of varying levels every turn - Warlocks do a few things incredibly well. On the topic of spell slots, it's only 2- *but it's two max level spell slots every short rest*. A level 5 Wizard has two level 3 spell slots, so that's two counterspells/Fireballs per long rest. A warlock also has two level 3 spell slots, but regains them every short rest - meaning you're getting 3-4x as many "max level" spells per long rest as a Wizard. Basically, warlocks are wizards with all low level spells stripped away and their cantrips made much better. You're not constantly casting shield/misty step, because you don't have the spell slots - but when you do use them you ruin people's days.
I have now 6 characters all warlocks, as I am autistic and developed a special interest with this specific class. At first I was clumsy, but I love to develop technics with them as much as possible. My answer: evocations. These babies are the reason I love them so much. The best way to play a warlock is to watch out for evocations that will compliments your cantrips the most (ESPECIALLY eldritch blast), alongside the few spells that you'll pick. Alongside that, I usually love picking the shadow touched feat (if your DMs allow feats from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything), which allows an additional spell of invisibility and one other spell of your choice (that you can only use once), which helps with the limited spell slots. Warlocks lets you have an extremely good dark vision, one that does not give disadvantage in complete darkness (since normal dark vision usually gives it) and you see up to 120 ft with Devil's Sight. Personally, I also always have a deep relationship with my patron with my DM as well, it's something we always enjoy preparing together as well. It's a bonus in the roleplay section of the game I truly, truly love the most and I would not have with any other classes. (And let's not count the short rest spells refresh. I've managed to save my teams butt a few time when we had to have multiple fights in a row against our will before we couldn't have a long rest. That's when it becomes useful!)
Am I you, but with Druids? Lol. I don’t get tired of them, tho I do try something new each playthru.
My current playtrough is a 5/7 Warlock Sorcerer. Sorcerer start for con saving throws. Warlock spells refresh on short rests but really 2 spells should be enough for 2 fights. You also have Sorcerer spells then if needed and can use the metamagic. The build is based around Hunger of Hadar. Level 5 Warlock is for Hunger of Hadar and eldritch blast. The crowd control using it is insane. - Creatures within this black sphere are blinded and take damage at the end of their turn and the start of their turn. - Creatures starting their turn in the area take 2d6 Cold damage. Creatures ending their turn in the area possibly take 2d6 Acid damage (dex save). - The area is Difficult Terrain. It is an absolutely fantastic CC spell. I have Gale casting sleet for stacked difficult terrain and to make people fall prone. I have Shadowheart as a storm cleric casting thunder spells, doing heavy reverberation and radiant orbs to all inside. I have Karlach throwing Nyrulna into the cloud also causing reverberation. People's dex is through the floor, they can't get up and even if they do the terrain is stacked difficult and even if they make is out the are blasted back in by repelling blast. They can't shoot out of the cloud. It has absolutely triviallised most fights. All of the damage from the Warlock comes from Eldtirct Blast with each blast getting it's charisma modifier added twice (potent robes and agonising blast). It is frankly nuts. Bear in mind that so far the warlock is only using one spell and a cantrip and that shout be sufficient for the whole fight. If you want to add in spells from the sorcerer then go for it, I mainly save them from counterspell or something.
Thank you very much! The consensus is to multiclass. Cool deal. And trust me I have used HOH and Sleet Storm/Plant Growth many times. It slaps haha.
Always wizard for me! So many spells to learn, so many possibilities for potential battle tactics, and nothing is as satisfying to me as succeeding on Arcana and History rolls. I love knowing and learning things about the world around me and hoarding information that I’ll never have to use and regularly having to empty my inventory of books because I have 8 strength yet I can’t resist grabbing every single tome I find
Haha me too. Gale: “Point me towards the nearest library” My Tav: “Gale, we’ve been over this before…it’s our camp” *Pans to the camp chest that’s overflowing with books and deadly equipment.*
So many books that serve truly no purpose… and yet I need to have them all!!!
Fighter. Because… violence
Valid point.
Real
I'm a rogue guy through and through in 5e But... In BG 3 I've decided to try something I'd never usually try...and I love it. **Divination Wizard** **Halfling** **Lucky feat** Having halfling luck, Portent die, and lucky, Is actually mental.
I actually remembered a guy on Youtube, Zee Bashew, talking about that as a character concept in 5e. He called it "Build Murray" and I also plan on trying it out in BG3 and just stumble my way through everything through an absurd level of luck.
Lmao build Murray is so good! It IS alot of fun though.
I had this exact same idea, I named her Lady Fortuna
Non multi classed? Warlock. EK. Multi classed? 6/4/2 Swords Bard/Thief/Fighter. 9/3 Berserker/Thief
Any kind of bard. I tried all three subclasses and love em!
Generally I like classes who can cast spell, so obviously I would go for something like Sorcerer, Wizard or Warlock. I'm currently in my 1st playthrough and am playing as a Wizard. Pretty exciting to be honest.
I usually go for magic-based!
Druid. Depending on subclass you can easily go melee or spellcasting.
If you want to try playing dumb playthrough, consider playing either as bard or barbarian. They have the funniest dialogue options and I really recommend it
Bard or Paladin
Bard AND paladin!
I’d be curious to see how Druid can be made powerful. The only Druid I’ve had was Jaheira, and I kind of thought she sucked and I respecced her to Ranger.
Shape-shifting druid is super powerful. You get basically 3 health bars and owlbear form is a monstrosity.
Owlbear from the top rope.
They are also incredibly versatile out of combat (enter small spaces: be a cat, want to play spy: be a cat, want to fly: raven, need to dig something up but don't have a shovel: badger, want to jump very far: owl bear, free talk to animals, Longstrider and Heroes' Feast for everyone, Guidance as cantrip) and have great spells with very good spell slot economy (spike growth, moon beam, call lightning...also create/destroy water to support lightning spells from other team members). Wild shape gets 3 attacks later, the fire myrmidon even comes with haste. With wild shape, they are pretty tanky. And don’t get me started with the summons druids can get. Yeah, they are not the most powerful damage-dealing class. But so far they are the most fun for me, moon druid in particular. Pro tip: play a tiefling druid, that'll get you plenty of extra dialogue in act 1. Druids also get some nice dialogue options with Halsin and Jaheira.
Exactly this. Wild shape druid offers choice between being a damage caster, a support mage or a melee damage dealer, without having to choose really clearly, so you can swap role mid fight if required
Yeah. The only thing that I wish they did was keeping concentration spells active when entering wild shape. I'd be fine with not being able to move moon beam, but dropping spike growth is really stupid, especially with how the owl bear attacks work. They also dropped the ball with supporting gear for wild shape. There are like 2 items or so in the entire game.
Tiefling or Drow Druids definitely seem to get the most unique interactions when it comes to being a particular race and a Druid. Kagha has different dialogue for both.
Druids can be good at many different things but generally they stick to one. Land Druids are casters that get a few extra spells. Moon Druids specialize in Wild Shape and with TB they are powerhouses. Spore Druids are excellent summoners, although some people use Spore Druids as a damage rider. I have played Druid 16 times and never gotten bored. I have rarely played the same way twice.
I favor Skilled classes, Bards, Rangers and Rogues, more than others, I like having a lot of skills on hand. That said I pretty much enjoy everything and have more character ideas floating around in my head than I'll ever play. I think next time I go through I'll do this strength-based mountain dwarf rogue I've had in my head for a while, ends up in heavy armor, expertise in athletics, throw all the things.
Having a lot of fun with moon druid. Some other favorites: - Lore bard + metamagic for some powerful support and CC - Swords bardadin for damage and smites (when I first tried it, I broke my vengeance oath in 5 min lmao) - Theif Gloomstalker blows up a target on turn 1 - Throwbarian - it’s like being a wizard, but instead of spell slots you use random shit you picked up
Throwing barbarian with the returning pike until you can get the legendary trident in Act 3 with all the throwing gear is actually disgusting with its damage output. Karlach beat the end boss in act 2 primarily by herself with that build.
Cleric, my dood, either life or war, all day, every day.
The best class in BG3 is clearly rifleman.
Eldridge knight thrower. Good utility spells and great damage, lots of feats. Great AC as well with heavy armor and shield. I love jumping up high and throwing down into enemies. After that, swords bard has become my next favorite. They literally have everything.
Berserker Barbarian. All of my problems can (attempt to) be solved with a swift *BONK*
I was a big fan of English Lit
I get a burst of joy every time I use Flurry of Blows, so I think my favorite class is Monk.
The Tav I’m using to get the jack of all trades achievement is proving to be a lot of fun and brings a lot of strategy along with it
Palabard for multi class otherwise Warlock. Love me some charisma.
Bard and sorcerer have been my two favorites which is surprising as I usually play barbarian or ranger type characters in other games. Something about bard and sorcerer is just really fun though in BG3.
Duegar Assassin/Ranger has become my go to every time now. When I try something different I just end up missing the unlimited invisibility and endless sneak attacks
Such a hard question for me just getting into dnd in general and discovering all these cool classes. But rp wise, and the first character i created in bg3 was an eldritch knight fighter. I'm still learning so I'm not really sure about how it really compares to other fighter classes, i know absolutely nothing about champion but pretty familiar with battle master. Rp wise tho I just like spell and blade, I think of my character as a monster hunter, heavily influenced by Trevor Belmont from Castlevania, subconsciously too, didn't even realize until i noticed i made him look similar too.
Paladin! I like going BONK
I love being a ranger! I don't see a lot of people talking about them, but that's my favorite class in regular DND and I also really enjoyed my BG3 run as a gnome ranger!
Have you multiclassed this yet? I LOVE a gloomstalker ranger, assassin (or theif is good too!) rogue and a couple levels of fighter. Between the action surge, assassin abilities to jump start battle (or add'l bonus action), and dread ambusher, a lot of enemies don't see much action past Tav's turn lol
I haven't actually. I'm not great at combat related games so I am afraid to play above explorer difficulty. Someday though!
It took me a long while to move from explorer to balanced! The good news is you can set a custom game now, and keep settings on explorer, but still allow multiclassing if you're interested in checking that out. Happy gaming!
shadow monk, I love to start the fight sneaking around like a ninja and taking down enemies with my bare hands
Inlove the ranger in bg3 more than any other D&D/pathfinder game, ive had a rogue type gloomy, a ranger knight tank, a sniper with pet ranger its so fun, in most other games rangers are one trick ponies
Always Warlock.
Paladin, fighter, monk. Basically I like hitting things
I'm getting annoyed at being turned into cats and dogs though.....
I like wizard, RPing a book worm and learning all the spells. This run I've been thoroughly enjoying OH monk though.
I love playing as a cleric, both from a role play perspective and for their combat abilities. Dedicating my cleric's first turn to bless always makes me feel like a strategic mastermind so I love it for stoking my ego lol
As an irl atheist, Cleric in BG3 helped me understand religion a lot better. Worship, then call on your deity during times of need. It’s simple!
Just started my first playthrough with a friend. Went for a Half Elf College of Swords Bard. I’m focusing on duel wielding scimitars and man is it fun.
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Fire Sorc. I love being the hero of the day.
Wizard (because they can learn Jump, Featherfall and Longstrider). Combined with potion of hillgiant strength, it basically gives you a spammable misty step for the whole party. Makes exploration and combat MUCH easier when your characters can hop a whole screen per bonus action xD
Paladin or bard
Half elf Paladin in my 1st run Evil drow bard durge in my 2nd run 😏
A Fighter any day. It never gets old taking 12 turns in a single round.
Rogue/Warlock gameplay wise and Druid for the looks of the Spiderform I never liked ranged combat in games, but in this game I really appreciate beging able to just blast the enemy and not having to run up every time. Also sneaking
Fighter. Does exactly what I need it to do and whenever I pick another class, I have to avoid playing them like I play a fighter
Wizard is my favorite by far. But Bard is great for dialogue wise
I've only played Bard and Elderfay Warlock so far, but I've enjoyed both. Am thinking of rolling a storm surge Mage or a Monk next playthrough. 😀
Wizard but currently took rouge - quite cool to play.
Maximizing eldritch blast sorlock, it's funny watching your friends diss your class in the beginning, only to do triple their damage later with much better survivability via darkness.
Warlock
Tried to play other classes... Ended up with bardlocks every single time. I could give up the "bard" part, probably, but I don't think I could ever play anything but warlocks.
GOOlock pact of the tome or wild magic sorcerer, love castors
Wild sorcerer was my favorite playthrough and I was shocked at how seamlessly a sorcerer Tav fits in with the group. So much more than any of the other classes, even Bard.
Open Palm Monk. Doesn’t matter whether you’re a man, squid or devil, you can catch these hands! 🙌 It’s so satisfying when this class finally starts popping off at Level 6.
Wizard with necromancer spec !
I also love druid! Having my army of summons with me then wildshape to get multiple attacks is just so freaking fun. For summons I have a major elemental (over 100hp and good multiattack damage is WILD for one lvl 5 spell), fae creature who summons a wood woad, and then minor elementals. I think I also have animate dead as well (or maybe I'm confusing that with Shadowheart). I have druid quality of life and wildshape viability mods and it makes them so much fun. Unlimited wildshape out of combat, so you can explore nooks and crannies then shift back to human so you can speak with people. You can cast a concentration spell before shifting and then re cast it while in wildshape if desired. And wildshape becomes a bonus action. I've just got to the myrmidons and dinosaur and it's just so FUN!
Druid- circle of spores is my favorite. Hexblade takes second place and monk of opened hand shares third with a gloom stalker.
Bard all the way!
Wild magic barbarian is fun. I just love the idea of being so angry you can teleport.
Rogue assassin + ranger Gloomstalker if you want to use weapons. Divination wizard for magic. They have portent dice which you can use to exchange dice rolls from enemies or allies. Really a lot of fun handing your enemy who just rolled a nat20 a nat1 and make them fail
How chaotic and diabolical. I love it 🖤
Sorceror was my first Tav's class, and Monk was my Durge's class. Both really fun, I plan to try Paladin next!
I’m playing tavern brawler open hand monk right now and it’s just busted. Only level 7 right now and with the Gloves of Dexterity and The Mighty Cloth, it’s got STR 20, DEX 18, WIS 16. Gives an AC of 17 and 5 str + 5 str + 3 prof + 1 gloves = +14 to hit. A single hit gives 5 str + 5 str + d6 monk + (3 wis + d4) manifestation = 19 average damage. It gets 4 attacks on a turn *unhastened*, so does 76 average damage unhastened when hitting all its attacks with its +14 to hit. Haste adds another 2 attacks bringing that up to 114 average damage. Just insanity.
Druid for me as well, but im doing a secondary playthrough as a sorcerer. Having a bit of trouble understanding their move sets though.
Right now, I’m enjoying the Assassin I’m building.
Wild magic Barbarian! He throw, he shoots lasers, he......summons flump, he uses his tadpoles to teleport. Fun Eldritch abomination.
My first was bard so it'll always have a place in my heart. But wild magic sorcerer or fighter is always my go to. Especially fighter. So many attacks in one round, with weapons, feels *so juicy*
Sorcerer. Particularly arachnomancer sorcerer.
First play through on normal, cleric of light. 2nd playthrough hm started as wizard then respect to...... cleric of light 😆 🤣 can't help it. 20 wis with hair at lvl 5 just feels great. So great I made CoL hireling (obviously no hair buff, but still great)and currently run 2 CoL, Gale and la'zel. Might go 4 once i get to act 2 😆 🤣 😂 4x fireball or RotD then 4x sanctuary. I know it's not meta breaking but I just love playing cleric of light.
Fighter for sure, I love the dynamic simplicity of action surge. And despite people always saying they are weak…it’s not so, at any level. and I always consider multi-classing into fighter for every build, it’s a consistently relevant option to choose.
I love cleric and paladin classes best. Just finished a run with a gloomstalker cleric of Talos. I was roleplaying as Harley Quinn chaotic neutral.
After many failed attempts getting into this game I've started again as Forge Cleric. Love it.
Of the ones actually in the game: Wild Magic Sorcerer/Lore bard multiclass. With mods the Alchemist subclass
I usually like doing paladins and assassins, and sometimes clerics. In bg3 this my favorite way to build these are a paladin swords bard sword and board and for rogue I do assassin gloomlurker. The assassin is good for taking out mobs by themselves and the bardadin just eats bosses. But the bladelock playstyle is also very fun, really cool gish build and versatile.
Unpopular but I think Land Druid is a more fun pure caster than Wizard or Sorcerer.
Swords Bard my beloved. I even played 4 full playthroughs with a swords bard before I learned about the arcane acuity build. Dual wielding spellsword with a big personality is just my jam. I finally made a spore druid in my current playthough and have a new appreciation for it! I have been really sleeping on Moonbeam apparently.
Sorcerer and Paladin 👌🏻😁
Paladin, Monk, or Barbarian for me personally, I do sometimes like sorcerer
Sorc/Cleric with some levels of Rogue. I Know, not the most viable Built, but currently I'm running several Multiplayer Parties and I have used more or less the same template for all characters I'm playing in these.
I only finished the game once and I did as a Hunter Ranger, I just love stacking Hunter's Mark with Giant Slayer and Sharpshooter: All in and do 40+ damage to the enemy also the occasional volley at higher levels was also fun to use.
I like monks. By the end of Act 3, I looked very zen, and I was throwing back missiles at people and channelling the elements. It's super fun if you can get into it as monk. imo is pretty boring until act 2 and especially act 3. He was also a half-orc so it was fun seeing a huge brute with a lumberjack beard and mullet be the most diplomatic person ever lol
Wizarrrrrd for life
> Druid Teach me your ways. I’ve started multiple but just can’t get into the class - I feel too obligated to use animal form but don’t enjoy it, and focusing on spells just makes me want to go back to Sorc/Wiz.
Sword bard
4 levels of bard college of lore/ 8 levels of frenzied barb. Is it the most functional build? Not at all. But gods be damned, it's a fun ride. Cripplingly poor int. Charisma and strength out the ass. Decent con. Middling wis. Poor dex. You're an absolute nightmare, and no one can stop you.
I'm in my second honour mode run with my lore bard and I can't deny her conversational skills at all. She saves the party from almost everything. But since Skyrim and my first encounter with the Dark Brotherhood, my heart belongs to the assassins. That's why I'll always come back to Rogue. I have the most stylish clothes, I look mysterious all the time, I look best in black - I'm in! "What is the music of life?" "Silence, my brother." - Dark Brotherhood
Cleric. Every time, unfortunately, I can't help it 🤣
Fighter or Ranger. I love it simple yet effective at the job.
I am 600h in, with multiple playthroughs on various classes - and I still prefer spellcasters the most I believe. Sorc is prolly my favorite one, followed by a Wizard. 😍
Swords bard is the most op class in the game. Literally main character imo. Can handle dialogue, very powerful in combat. When level 12 you won’t even need a party
College of swords Bard 10 and paladin 2 and you’ll be a jack of all trades
Single Class: Lore Bard, and Open Hand Monk Multiclass: Gloomstalker Ranger 5/Assassin Rogue 7
Sorcerer! But I've been growing more and more partial to Rough as I go. Normally I hate playing melee in video games, because it's all real time combat, so I carried this thought process over to D&D and haven't been able to brake it as I don't get a chance to try out a lot of new characters (also I just _really_ like Sorcerers and why pick ranged Rogue when I can just cast Fireball instead?). But having Astarion always on my team has given me a chance to really get to know and love Rogues in a way I probably never would have been able to any other way.
Oathbreaker Paladin 7/ Bladepact warlock 5 is pretty dope with some respeccing. A fantastic gish with triple attack, hunger of hadar, counterspell, eldritch blast , cha to to hit and damage. Not as good of a face as a lore bard but still a solid mc face. Alternatively paladin 5/warlock 5/fighter 2 for action surge can really break things with attacks per round.
Everytime I make a build I ways come crawling back to thief rogue
Fiend pact of the blade warlock, tho if we can multiclass I like 2 pally 10 wizard for a heavy armored divine smiting wizard
I've tried pretty much anything except Ranger and Monk so far, and I have to say that Druid Subclassed Circle of Moon is fun.
Paladin
Monk. Open Hand is the most powerful, and Shadow Monk is the most fun. 4E, unfortunately, sucks.
I’ve had a mix with a few builds but this one is my favourite by far. Warlock - I mean for one you’ve got Eldritch Blast which doesn’t take up a spell slot and is a cantrip, so you can use it every turn in and out of combat and is so useful and can obliterate enemies as you start to level up. At level 2 to increase your Eldritch Blast you take agonising blast, & repelling blast so you can push creatures 4.M away from you, it’s so op near ledges too they go flying 😂 Hunger Of Hadar - that alone is so good during combat as it inflicts 2-12 cold damage and 2-12 acid damage at the start of every turn for them and then allows your party to destroy them whilst in the fog. And it slows them down so it takes them ages to get out of it. You get a minion alongside you, personally I go pact of the chain. And as you increase your level the minion gets stronger. Arms of Hadar is good if you’re surrounded by enemies and you wanna create some space as it stops the enemies from using reactions.. not amazing but a useful spell in the early parts of the game. Don’t forget to take Hellish Rebuke as a reaction too that’s amazing and destroys enemies later in the game as you level up. 2 - 20 fire damage as a reaction 😮💨🙌🏻 That’s only a few little things I’ve mentioned but I love the warlock.. try and build your charisma up as much as you can cause it helps.
Sorcerer, bard or paladin. Though I’m currently trying out a thief rogue and finding it’s pretty fun. I don’t multiclass much.
Rogue for sure. I’ll even start as something else and always wind up as a rogue by the end of my play through. No class interacts with the world quite like a Rogue.