Whats the best class for beginner's?

[KFCBUCKETS9000]

I've played all of DOS2, so I know somewhat what i'm doing.

[v.aurimas91]

Any class that deals the most damage...

[paladin765]

College of Lore Bard has been a lot of fun

[myxlmynx]

Well technically classes which mostly or purely fight with their weapons and related physical abilities are simpler than caster-like classes which have a whole array of spells or special abilities. Because having to read and understand what different spells do and using them in a smart way is harder than simply attacking with your weapon multiple times a turn and bursting down opponents.

That doesn't mean that it's hard to play a caster though. Just a bit more involved. So I'd say go with what you like most. Try out different spells to get a feel for what's good and what's not so good. Taking a wizard of Evocation school so that you can cast Evocation spells (mostly direct damage spells) without damaging your party is also a good idea at the beginning. You can spec Gale into that as well.

Fighter-like chars are usually stronger in early character levels and caster-like chars are usually stronger in later levels, although both are viable at all times, except (in theory) when playing very high level D&D (which BG3 does not offer as it's capped at 12), then casters usually become much more powerful due to insanely powerful late game spells, tons of spell slots and incredible synergies. This would then not only count for you but also for spellcasting high-level enemies though.

[Moonbane]

Fighter is very easy to get into and scaling quite well. Out of the martial trio, fighter, paladin and barbarian, I strongly prefer fighter. Gave up on having Karlach as a barbarian and respecced her to fighter. Not fond of paladins, they run out of juice too fast, and too many abilities in general.

[wendigo211]

Early game you'll unlock and NPC named Withers. He'll give you the ability respec your character for 100g, so you can go nuts experimenting.

I'll recommend Monk (Open Hand). The game gives Monks a lot of crazy equipment. Even at level 1 it's pretty good, with the bonus unarmed strike ability and Flurry of Blows (which is arguably the best offensive bonus action ability in the game.) Toss in stunning blow for some reliable and somewhat spammable CC at level 5 and you're well set for early and mid game.

[IRMcG]

Fighter's easily the easiest to use, but a bit boring IMO.

I'd really look into Bard which makes for a great party leader with high Charisma and other skills for conversation checks and is one of the best classes for filling in party utility gaps. Takes a bit of finesse to get the best out of in combat though.

If you want to run with one of the Origin characters, Wyll's pretty good for a first run. His Warlock abilities are pretty good and you can build him with very strong speech skills (persuasion/deception and speak to animals) as levelling bonuses and his magic abilities "refill" on short rests (and his main combat one is unlimited) so he's a bit more user friendly than the other caster classes.

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by IRMcG:

Fighter's easily the easiest to use, but a bit boring IMO.

I'd really look into Bard which makes for a great party leader with high Charisma and other skills for conversation checks and is one of the best classes for filling in party utility gaps. Takes a bit of finesse to get the best out of in combat though.

If you want to run with one of the Origin characters, Wyll's pretty good for a first run. His Warlock abilities are pretty good and you can build him with very strong speech skills (persuasion/deception and speak to animals) as levelling bonuses and his magic abilities "refill" on short rests (and his main combat one is unlimited) so he's a bit more user friendly than the other caster classes.

Another vote for Wyll. Plus being human, he gets a freely adjustable skill proficiency. And dont forget he can use a shield together with a staff.

[AsianGirlLover]

The closest you’ll get to playing the game on a level similar to Divinity is to start as a Tempest Cleric and then pump the rest of your levels into Evocation Wizard. You’ll sacrifice 1 feat, but you’ll gain the ability to use any weapon, any armor, shields, and learn all the spells, PLUS the ability to force your lightning spells to always do top damage if you go 2 levels into Cleric instead of just 1.

There are virtually no downsides to playing this route, and I’m having a blast.

If multiclassing is a bit too complicated for a first run, you can never go wrong with the pure power of a melee class like Fighter, Berserker, Ranger, and Monk.

[Moonbane]

Should note that Fighters and Rogues are special and gets 4 feats, unlike the 3 feats of other classes.

[靐]

Played dos2 necro style cuz reasons. Pick sorcerer if you don't mind for long rest after every single battle. Also pick aoe spells. There are only few battles in the game that made me think "aight gonna use different spell". Other classes may give you a good old xcom experience for too much.

Typical sorcerer gameplay: can you nuke enemies with fireball? Nuke. Can't? Can you place few traps and run away so they will die by following you? Do it. Can't? Prob it is endgame then or some particular boss fight.

Also you can always respec your party for different spell set for some particular battle.

[Mackerel]

Originally posted by DOOMGUY64:

I've played all of DOS2, so I know somewhat what i'm doing.

fighter

[Urinietszche]

I'd go for bard or rogue, since they can have more profficient skills. Because game checks all those insight/history/religion/perception/investigation/bla/blab/bla in dialogues for person initiating dialogue. Your companions can benefit only outside of dialogues or if you start dialogues as them (replacing you). Makes your interactions with NPCs more flavourful.

Combat-wise, anything works. You have plenty of consumable items to make up for things you don't have.