Everquest's Shadowknight Class

[Darkman]

Hello Community,

maybe like some of you guys, i spent a lot time with game Everquest (1999) in an earlier life.

For those who know EQ very well, what do you think would be the Class Combo to reflect EQ's Shadowknight class in BG3 best?

- Eldritch Knight?
- Warlock with Plate Armor?
- Oathbreaker Paladin?
- Some other Multiclass Combos with Fighter / Necromancy Wizard?

What do you think?

[jk2l]

never played EQ, can you describe the style?

[765]

I am more familiar with EQ lore than with D&D lore, but EQ was inspired by D&D.
In essence, the SK is a necromancer knight and happens to be my favorite class along with the pally.

But as I understand there is no pure necro class in D&D, but I would assume enough necro magic to build a class/sub class around just necromancy.
So I guess you can build your own variation of a SK.
But if you want to be as true to EQ lore as possible I would focus on the ability to summon an undead companion, and spells to augment your weapon and armor with "evil" magic, which you can browse on websites like this one: https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Spells

I personally don't know how up-to-date any of the online resources are, haven't played the game in like 2 years.

[jk2l]

if it is necromancy plus knight. Oathbreaker should be perfect fit.

Oathbreaker got aura to buff undead creatures, and by lvl 9 they gain access to animate dead which is necromancy spell. early game they also have access to inflict wound too. As paladin they have access to heavy armor

[axe.gaijin]

Considering that Shadowknight was technically a (weaker) Warrior with some Necromancer spells, I'd assume Fighter with Wizard might be the closes.
But I guess mostly just for animate dead since DnD doesn't really do a lot of damage over time spells that was the main stay of the Necromancer, also don't know about life stealing spells in Dnd as that was a big part of Shadowknight survival.

[765]

Originally posted by jk2l:

if it is necromancy plus knight. Oathbreaker should be perfect fit.

Oathbreaker got aura to buff undead creatures, and by lvl 9 they gain access to animate dead which is necromancy spell. early game they also have access to inflict wound too. As paladin they have access to heavy armor

Does sound pretty perfect and where EQ's inspiration for the SK comes from. A hallmark ability of the SK is called Harm Touch which is the mirror version of the paladin's Lay on Hands.
It's basically like a really hard hitting single target nuke on a very long cooldown, I can't tell how close that is to Inflict Wounds.

[765]

Originally posted by axe.gaijin:

Considering that Shadowknight was technically a (weaker) Warrior with some Necromancer spells, I'd assume Fighter with Wizard might be the closes.
But I guess mostly just for animate dead since DnD doesn't really do a lot of damage over time spells that was the main stay of the Necromancer, also don't know about life stealing spells in Dnd as that was a big part of Shadowknight survival.

Are you talking about the EQ1 or the EQ2 SK?

[axe.gaijin]

Originally posted by 765:

Originally posted by axe.gaijin:

Considering that Shadowknight was technically a (weaker) Warrior with some Necromancer spells, I'd assume Fighter with Wizard might be the closes.
But I guess mostly just for animate dead since DnD doesn't really do a lot of damage over time spells that was the main stay of the Necromancer, also don't know about life stealing spells in Dnd as that was a big part of Shadowknight survival.

Are you talking about the EQ1 or the EQ2 SK?

1, never played 2, moved on to WoW. My main was a Dark Elf Shadowknight. In the many moons ago before times.