Larian made wrong class choices for BG3 Companions!

[XGear]

In my opinion, the companions' personalities adapt to certain classes that are different from the default ones.

Gale: A born storyteller, charismatic and fun.

Right Class: Bard
Wrong class: Mage

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Astarion: He was bitten by a vampire, and vampires are considered demons or descendants of Cain. But they are usually demons as they can be hurt and frightened with sacred symbols.

Right Class: Warlock
Wrong Class: Rogue (Can be Warlock + rogue)

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Wyll: A true defender of the weak and oppressed who corrupted himself into pacts with demons in search of power to do good.

Right Class: Paladin Oath Breaker
Wrong class: Warlock (Maybe Oathbreaker + Warlock fits good)

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Shadowheart: Dark, unfriendly and cold, she has all the qualities of someone who is always ready to kill without remorse and keep secrets.

Right Class: Assassin + Monk way of Shadow (heart? LMAO)
Wrong Class: Cléric

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[zero]

you realize people dont like, get assigned a role based upon a personality type right?

gale put in effort to be an archwizard, astarion being a warlock has nothing to do with his specialities, wyll made a pact, why in the world would he be a paladin? and shadowheart has the trickster domain for a reason, its all about secrecy and subtleties.

[Metallicus]

The good thing is you can respec all of them into whatever you think they should be so Larian actually got it right by providing you that flexibility.

[GloriousZote]

I made Lae'zel a Vengeance paladin, Shadowheart a Gloom Stalker, Gale a Tempest Cleric/Storm sorc (Mystra as goddess, of course), wyll a monk (he keeps his rapier proficiency, though I admit it's still weird, might make him a barbarian and Karlach a monk, those fiery hands sure as hell sound like good weapons)

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

I actually agree here OP. Karlach being one of the biggest offenders. A Barbarian of all things? Really? A Tiefling Barbarian.... sure... ok.

I don't agree with them all, I think Gale makes for a great mage and fits the part, I think Shadowhearts story and the type of Cleric she is also makes sense.

Wyll I agree with you on. Warlock feels like a big time shoe in to explain Mizora. Astarion as a thief.... just ugh. He would have made the better warlock or bard or even, while maybe too on the nose, necromancer. Lae'zel is of course perfect in her role as well.

Minsc as a Ranger was also always dumb.

[GloriousZote]

Another idea is to make Karlach a Draconic sorcerer, those scales look pretty damn good on her.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1138053529165107274/1159619461620441198/Untitled.png?ex=6531aec8&is=651f39c8&hm=8f56cd16df7f0425327116ac0b7c08bcc662dbb510947df3f0ba71a5b746ee01&

[Rabbit]

All of your picks completely change their backstories and none of them are particularly better for their personalities. Gale is too much of a nerd to be a default bard. Vampires, like rogues, stalk their prey in the shadows. Wyll has no particular reason to be a paladin and no oath breaking makes sense for his backstory - he never did anything 'wrong' he did the right thing with a bad deal. Shar has clerics and honestly Shadowheart is extra friendly and sweet even as far as a cleric of Shar goes.

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

Originally posted by Boon: Safeword:

All of your picks completely change their backstories and none of them are particularly better for their personalities. Gale is too much of a nerd to be a default bard. Vampires, like rogues, stalk their prey in the shadows. Wyll has no particular reason to be a paladin and no oath breaking makes sense for his backstory - he never did anything 'wrong' he did the right thing with a bad deal. Shar has clerics and honestly Shadowheart is extra friendly and sweet even as far as a cleric of Shar goes.

Nope. SMH. Where do people get their source material. It's like vampires are dark... rogues are dark. Vampires = rogues. NO. Vampires are a HUGE thing like sooooo much lore is associated with them. Anyone who is a real fan of vampires would not associate them with being rogues. Even as assassins which don't get me wrong seems pretty damn cool, would be beneath them.

Yeah yeah I love Kate Beckinsale in anything too but those movies are basically cheap entertainment.

Wyll has every reason to be a Paladin. Are you kidding me???? Unless you didn't actually finish the game then you would understand why an oath for him would have made absolutely perfect sense.

[ItachiDeltaForce]

id say they did'nt...they give u the classic core d&d party, fighter, rogue, cleric & wizard.

as for Wyll id dont care for warlock class so he'll be benched for most of my playthru and ill respec Karlach into a classic hunter ranger archery specialist beast master

[Metallicus]

I actually respec Wyll to either a Bard or a Paladin depending on my main and them multiclass the Warlock back in at some point.

Gale is fine as a wizard and I hate wizards. I don’t want to be the wizard so him filling that role for the rare time I need an extra fireball is just fine for me.

Shadowheart always stays a cleric for me, although, I change her to a light domain cleric. Lae’zel is always a fighter for me. She’s awesome. If I don’t kill Karlach for being a ♥♥♥♥ companion I usually just leave her alone sitting in camp. Astarion is fine as a rogue, but sometimes I multiclass him as a Ranger later on.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

You can respec them into whatever you want.

[Darth Cannabis]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

I actually respec Wyll to either a Bard or a Paladin depending on my main and them multiclass the Warlock back in at some point.

Gale is fine as a wizard and I hate wizards. I don’t want to be the wizard so him filling that role for the rare time I need an extra fireball is just fine for me.

Shadowheart always stays a cleric for me, although, I change her to a light domain cleric. Lae’zel is always a fighter for me. She’s awesome. If I don’t kill Karlach for being a ♥♥♥♥ companion I usually just leave her alone sitting in camp. Astarion is fine as a rogue, but sometimes I multiclass him as a Ranger later on.

I don't do Shadowheart as cleric with a Druid or Cleric main. Party doesn't really need 2 clerics or healers. If your wanting to be the good guy and are any type of healer or cleric yourself then she make a good rogue choice to not use Astarion.

Also when playing as a fighter or barbarian, if you end up staking Astarion when he tries to bite you, then Laz'lel makes a good rogue replacement. She retains her medium armor proficiency as gith, allowing you to do a better armored rogue.

[Boss]

None of that follows.

Gale can be a student of the arcane AND a charismatic people-person at the same time.

Astarion didn't seek out to become a vampire for power and vampires have nothing to do with being a Warlock

If Wyll went the Paladin route, why would he need to be corrupted? He'd just take up the Oath of Devotion and stick to it

Shadowheart is a Shar acolyte, fits just fine

[Yagger]

zero sense was made

[War Maiden]

Originally posted by Vixzian:

I actually agree here OP. Karlach being one of the biggest offenders. A Barbarian of all things? Really? A Tiefling Barbarian.... sure... ok.

I don't agree with them all, I think Gale makes for a great mage and fits the part, I think Shadowhearts story and the type of Cleric she is also makes sense.

Wyll I agree with you on. Warlock feels like a big time shoe in to explain Mizora. Astarion as a thief.... just ugh. He would have made the better warlock or bard or even, while maybe too on the nose, necromancer. Lae'zel is of course perfect in her role as well.

Minsc as a Ranger was also always dumb.

I have to agree with Vix here.
Why would they make Karlach a Barb? She is clearly a fighter as a front-line personage.
Her infernal engine is enough to solidify that. I believe Karlach should have been a Paladin. Her zeal is good, and her 'Patron' if one could call the First Circle of Hells Fallen Angel such, would be a good one, as she is a bit feisty as well.

[Ruffio]

Astarion just a spawn, he is not a full fledge vampire either. Before the worm, he was just a drone doing his masters bidding.