Is there a good guide on character creation?

[Jeronimo]

I never played D&D and would like to avoid making my first run with a bad bad team because I have no clue.

Is there something to read/watch while waiting to download?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Jeronimo:

Is there a good guide on character creation?
I never played D&D and would like to avoid making my first run with a bad bad team because I have no clue.

Is there something to read/watch while waiting to download?

The official sources via D&D Beyond for character creation are accessible for free. Including all you need to know from D&D players' point of view, which might contradict what non-D&D-gamers imagine how to play the game.

[Blackdragon]

Originally posted by Zangetsu:

pro tip would be ability scores care about even numbers. Odd numbers do nothing except set up for half feats which you dont need to worry about.

Not really, two odd scores can be turned even with a single ASI at level 4. In fact that's the way to go if you want to get to 20 ASAP, since you can't get 18 from CC, 17 is max for any race.

Starting with 17 in your main stat allows you to get one ASI and one feat that also gives +1 stat to reach 20. While starting with 16 would mean you'd have to spend two ASI's to get to 20, and won't get the feat until level 12 (when the game is almost over).

However, so far the "half-feats" in BG3 aren't very inspiring, and core feats for key builds don't offer +1 to a stat, so this is situational.

[Crymoricus]

Originally posted by KoKoPlays:

Just follow your heart.

No joke. THIS. THIS is the best way to play your first game of Baldur's Gate, period. Once you've done that, THEN you will rightly crave some Min/Maxing. But you should absolutely just follow your own instincts on your first playthrough - and that's true for EVERY ASPECT of your character. Class, race, abilities, attitude, everything. If you start from a place of theorycrafting, you'll seriously be missing out on something magical.

[Jeronimo]

Originally posted by Blackdragon:

Originally posted by Zangetsu:

pro tip would be ability scores care about even numbers. Odd numbers do nothing except set up for half feats which you dont need to worry about.

Not really, two odd scores can be turned even with a single ASI at level 4. In fact that's the way to go if you want to get to 20 ASAP, since you can't get 18 from CC, 17 is max for any race.

Starting with 17 in your main stat allows you to get one ASI and one feat that also gives +1 stat to reach 20. While starting with 16 would mean you'd have to spend two ASI's to get to 20, and won't get the feat until level 12 (when the game is almost over).

However, so far the "half-feats" in BG3 aren't very inspiring, and core feats for key builds don't offer +1 to a stat, so this is situational.

You see I used to play DOS and never played any D&D stuff. And all what you said is Chinese to me. I hope the game clearly explains how things work and does not assume every players is a die hard D&D fan.

[CatraGirl]

Originally posted by KoKoPlays:

Just follow your heart.

My Shadowheart?

[Rob'sEvilTwin]

Fextralife has some good guides for beginners on Youtube mate. They have played the release version.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Jeronimo:

Originally posted by Blackdragon:

Not really, two odd scores can be turned even with a single ASI at level 4. In fact that's the way to go if you want to get to 20 ASAP, since you can't get 18 from CC, 17 is max for any race.

Starting with 17 in your main stat allows you to get one ASI and one feat that also gives +1 stat to reach 20. While starting with 16 would mean you'd have to spend two ASI's to get to 20, and won't get the feat until level 12 (when the game is almost over).

However, so far the "half-feats" in BG3 aren't very inspiring, and core feats for key builds don't offer +1 to a stat, so this is situational.

You see I used to play DOS and never played any D&D stuff. And all what you said is Chinese to me. I hope the game clearly explains how things work and does not assume every players is a die hard D&D fan.

Yes, it does. But it will not take the reading away from you.

[Jeronimo]

Originally posted by Rob'sEvilTwin:

Fextralife has some good guides for beginners on Youtube mate. They have played the release version.

Tks

[cappybara]

If you're worried about making underpowered characters, consider sticking to a single class. You pretty much can't go wrong if you pick 1 class, and boost its primary stat as high as you can out of the gate (it does this automatically by default when you pick a class). Unless you're really trying to be super weird with it, the only way to make a character that straight-up doesn't work well is by multiclassing.

You can also easily re-spec starting early on. So if you decide that things aren't working how you like, or if you decide you want to get fancy with your build once you understand the game better, that option is always available to you.

[Comuse]

Originally posted by Blackdragon:

Originally posted by Comuse:

you literally cannot go wrong. the full game is getting some of wotc's poison and making your mechanical choices way less important than they should be

I still plan to completely break it using 5e and Larian's own mechanics.

longbow master or whatever it was and the good stealth system. got it.

[Jeronimo]

Originally posted by cappybara:

If you're worried about making underpowered characters, consider sticking to a single class. You pretty much can't go wrong if you pick 1 class, and boost its primary stat as high as you can out of the gate (it does this automatically by default when you pick a class). Unless you're really trying to be super weird with it, the only way to make a character that straight-up doesn't work well is by multiclassing.

You can also easily re-spec starting early on. So if you decide that things aren't working how you like, or if you decide you want to get fancy with your build once you understand the game better, that option is always available to you.

Tks. I'll consider this indeed. I don't want to play the most OP/Meta stuff. I'm just worried that I build a team that I realize is actually trolling, but too late to correct :)

[Wolfdoggie]

quick, where do I put my stats on a cute half-wood elf sorcerer with dragon blood transplant?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Jeronimo:

Originally posted by cappybara:

If you're worried about making underpowered characters, consider sticking to a single class. You pretty much can't go wrong if you pick 1 class, and boost its primary stat as high as you can out of the gate (it does this automatically by default when you pick a class). Unless you're really trying to be super weird with it, the only way to make a character that straight-up doesn't work well is by multiclassing.

You can also easily re-spec starting early on. So if you decide that things aren't working how you like, or if you decide you want to get fancy with your build once you understand the game better, that option is always available to you.

Tks. I'll consider this indeed. I don't want to play the most OP/Meta stuff. I'm just worried that I build a team that I realize is actually trolling, but too late to correct :)

You would need to "work really, really hard" to achieve that. As in: purposefully skilling and equipping the worst possible choices for everything.

[Rob'sEvilTwin]

My favourite skill monkey in EA was the Wood Elf Ranger Knight Urban Tracker. Fairly tanky, good DPS, some crowd control, picks locks, disarms traps, stealthy. Basically a good generalist character.

[Salamander]

You cant go wrong if you just stick to one character class (ie dont multi) as they all work. Easiest way would have been to download early access and mess around like i did but dont worry, they have a respec option at some point so any mess you make is forgiven.