Share your favoruite builds :)

[Ryan]

One of my favourite parts of RPGs like BG3 is character creation.
If you don't mind, please share your favourite Tavs/builds with me. I'll read every one of them!

[FunkyMonkey]

For sword & board, Ancients Paladin 7 / Swords Bard 5. All the Paladin goodies, incredible survivability with heavy armor, high saves, half damage from all spells... Swords Bard gives more smite slots and all the utility and skill coverage you need. Also the Inspiration die come back on short rest which means you can push and cleave enemies to your hearts desire. Amazing.

You can make this build DEX or STR based, both work. And you don't need to use Gloves of Dexterity or STR potions if you don't want or need them on someone else more. My go-to stat spread is:
STR build - 17 STR / 12 DEX / 13 CON (14 With Resilient) / 10 INT / 10 WIS / 14 CHA. I like taking Resilient CON, then Heavy armor master to get my STR to 18. 18 STR is good enough to hit fairly reliably when you are not taking any GWM penalties.

DEX build - 10 STR / 16 DEX / 13 CON (14 with Resilient) / 10 INT / 10 WIS / 16 CHA. This is propably the stronger of the two. Better initiative, better saves. Especially the better DEX saves combined with Aura of Warding is pretty disgusting.

For feats, Resilient CON and ASI for +2 DEX.

On both builds I use the radiating orb gear, like Luminous gloves and Callous glow ring. Ring and Cloak of Protection, Balduran's helm. On the DEX build, Belm is pretty fun end-game weapon to get a bonus action attack for three attacks per turn. With smites. And flourishes. And style points.

[StrayBullet]

12 Sorc (always good to have access to dual twinned disintegrates, that's generally 300 damage in 1 burst while hasted). Heighten Spell is also just amazing, even on Honormode, you can get potions of battlemage at 6th level and rock a 70% on "command: drop" for that Silversword in Act 1... need the other DC boosting items too like melfs and the shadowcirclet sparkwall robes ...

I know most people go by the 5 Gloom 4 Assassin 3 Champion Gloomstalker build, which 5/4 is good but at 12 ... 6 Sword bard, 3 Gloom, 3 Assassin can open with ranged slashing flourish and attack 1 target twice with each attack, that's 8 attacks hasted first round, 9 with dread ambusher 11 if you got elixir of bloodlust up ... that will burn all your inspirations in 1 round ... but 11 attacks all roughly doing something around 40-60 damage easy.

2-4 Warlock +8 Fighter, I just really love devil sight and setting up ambushes with "one with shadows" so much fun, could do something like 6 fighter 3 warlock 3 something else too or 6/2/4 etc etc, honestly I don't miss fighter 11 at all, don't need it with all my other damage flying around, I need someone to tie up enemies and fighting in darkness even allows you to go thematic when you're finishing up the fights while hasted and what not ... 1 action on One With Shadows, then double or triple attack (bonus action from GWF).

For extra actions and strategic positioning of the enemy the way I want them, I tend to have a Tempest Cleric with Hamarhraft, abusing the landing mechanics of "flight" so just by flying around the board you can reposition enemies by bouncing them with thundering shockwave into easy to aoe groups with my actions, say you got spirit guardians up, jumping around grouping em all up then drop a flamestrike or some other spell on top of the enemies ... makes a low action economy class high action economy... and I still have access to bonus action 2 turns of blade ward and bless for entire group.

[TyranntX]

A Berserker Barbarian with an STR of 20+... That it. that's my build. I usually throw my enemies at each other.

[Ryan]

Origineel geplaatst door TyranntX:

A Berserker Barbarian with an STR of 20+... That it. that's my build. I usually throw my enemies at each other.

If it aint broke dont fix it

[FunkyMonkey]

Origineel geplaatst door TyranntX:

A Berserker Barbarian with an STR of 20+... That it. that's my build. I usually throw my enemies at each other.

You mean Karlach? Though, I like multiclassing her with 4 levels of Thief. Not for a throwing build, she is in melee, but for the Expertise in Athletics and Cunning action. Expertise in Athletics means that with max STR she can throw or kick anyone around. And Cunning action Dash means she can always be where ever I need her to be splitting skulls.

Also, I like my build for Wyll, which is 6 Warlock / 6 Battlemaster Fighter. All resources come back on a short rest, so fun.

[[TG] zac]

Unmodded ?

There are several multi class options for bard, warlock, paladin & sorcerer that are all insanely good as some combination of a skill monkey, tank, striker and or face of the party.
(usually grabbing smite, extra attack, meta magic and attacking with Chr are the big things to grab, though you cant really get everything so its always a choice)

Karlach as a Monk + Bear Barbarian + thief is also extremely good with tavern brawler as she will end up with 2 main hand punches & 2 off hand punches doing quite a bit of damage.

After mods ?

The bloodrager port from pathfinder is amazing and fits Karlach extremely well (its a sorcer/barbarian hybrid that gets limited spell slots and magic effects based on its bloodline while raging) (currently the undead, abyssal, devil, and fey bloodlines are in with more coming).

It also pairs well with a dip into bard so you can grab some more utility skills.

The 3.5 Duskblade conversion (there are several different mod versions) is also very good and feels like what an eldritch knight or arcane trickster always should have been (its a wizard/martial hybrid that starts off with medium armor and depending on subclass either gets additional spell slots, heavy armor or some rogue like/enhancing abilities)

The mods adding Blade dancer, Divine soul sorcerer & 2024phb sub classes like dance bard are also amazing.

[paulxiep]

I have the main landing page in google sheet.
12 synergistic parties optimized for no-consumable (lazy and balanced) play on honour mode.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aqhKhH-0et1Ox46ZEwVFUZXO97oe1Vg1gO76Xpy7HlU/edit?usp=sharing

[DESLAND]

Open Hand monk with tavern brawler, important part: it must be a dwarf, display camp clothes, only wears Lae'zels underwear.

[seeker1]

At the moment, I'm trying to decide which is a better combo:

12 aetheric strider (mind weaver)/8 ninja assassin
12 void reaver (mw)/8 ninja assassin

Both make good assassins, the aetheric strider seems better at lethal ranged attacks (hmmm maybe combo it with blood archer). the void reaver at dual wielding.

I think I've found somebody who can take over the assassination business from Astarion.

Lae'Zel makes a rather nice 12 forceblade (mw)/8 kith'rak gish. More melee focused than the psionic warden.

I've finally tested out all 5 subclasses of the mind weaver, and I'm finding ... they all rock. Of course at first I stuck to the astral seer, which is the most "pure" psionicist, but the other subclasses are all interesting (and finally all released).

The Mystic class paralyzes you with choices of disciplines. It's too overstuffed, especially with its Expansion. But Mind Weaver seems easier to build.

[Mander]

12 spore druid

Shortsword of First Blood + Sussur Dagger
Caustic Band
Amulet of Greater Health

Armor of the SporeKeeper
Bonespike Gloves
Warped Headband of Intelligence
Boots of Speed
Cloak of Displacement

Final STAT

27 (elixir of giant Hill Strenght)
18
23 (amulet of greater health)
17 (warped headband of intelligence)
20 (17 base + auntie ethel hair)
20 (thanks to the mirror of loss).

Click heels + haste spore are an unholy combo to move around.
For spells you've AoE, area denial, crowd control.
With symbiotic entity you're a tank.
With sword and dagger you’ve a respectable melee damage (bypassing resistance) + silence on sussur dagger.

You start a fun guy and become the God of the Verdant Abyss, duke of decay and spore supreme.

[Draknalor]

Origineel geplaatst door TyranntX:

A Berserker Barbarian with an STR of 20+... That it. that's my build. I usually throw my enemies at each other.

Considering the 21 and 27 stre elixirs are in extreme abundance i hope you are not actually putting points in stre because that would be very pointless when the elixirs overwrite them.

[Draknalor]

Personally the build i like are.

Open hand monk 6+Thief rogue 4+Fighter 2.

Gloomstalker Ranger 5 + Sword bard 4 + thief rogue 3

Fighter 12.

Paladin 5, Barbarian 2, Fighter 2, Thief rogue 3.

Paladin 5, Warlock 5, Fighter 2.

Evocation Wizard 12.

[Agent Chieftain]

9 Draconic Sorc (blue) / 2 Tempest Cleric / 1 Wizard

I love how absolutely bonkers the burst damage is. Starting at level 3, it's basically a "delete one enemy of your choice" build with just Witch Bolt. And once you get up to Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning, it's a "♥♥♥♥ that guy, and everything in his general area" kind of build.

Gear is built around maximising initiative and Spell Attack/DC:

Helm: Hat of Fire Acuity
Armour: Yuan-Ti Scale Mail
Gauntlets: Gloves of Dexterity
Boots: The Watersparkers
Amulet: Amulet of the Devout
Ring 1: The Sparkswall
Ring 2: Ring of Protection
Main Hand: Markoheshkir (Bolts of Doom)
Off Hand: Sentinel's Shield.

[アンジェル]

Origineel geplaatst door Ryan:

Share your favoruite builds :)
One of my favourite parts of RPGs like BG3 is character creation.
If you don't mind, please share your favourite Tavs/builds with me. I'll read every one of them!

Rogue Thief 3 / College of Swords Bard 6 / Ranger Hunter 3
Fun and easy to play. For details see here, section The Bard
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3124459563
Things become even more crazy if you fill the character up with Ilithid powers which allow them to keep killing.

[Heu, Iterum Id Feci]

Call me old fashioned but I like pure classes. I dislike multiclassing in general.
Might ound strange to a lot of people, but it is how it is. :P
Only multiclass I generally use is good old gloomstalker 4/assassin 8, Otherwise all origins will mostly keep their class, apart from gale, as I usually have no need for another fullcaster in my party, so I tend to make him a monk. :P
I tend to play either college of lore bard or dragonic bloodline sorc...those are my favourite classes anyway, though I wish there was official support for Divine Soul sorcs.
After that I might play cleric or Druid, depending on the mood, sometimes even warlock, though I went away from the warlock more and more in general.