Possible to change starting cantrip?

[Is This Your Card? 69]

Hi

Me and my friend are new to BG3, we started together and play on his save file.
I chose Warlock and took the uhh... fire cantrip, not knowing I'd be spamming Eldritch blast since its apparently better now after it started scaling with my Charisma.

I was wondering if I could change my starting cantrip since I don't use the fire cantrip at all.

[Dank Sidious]

Originally posted by The way of 69:

Hi

Me and my friend are new to BG3, we started together and play on his save file.
I chose Warlock and took the uhh... fire cantrip, not knowing I'd be spamming Eldritch blast since its apparently better now after it started scaling with my Charisma.

I was wondering if I could change my starting cantrip since I don't use the fire cantrip at all.

Yeah once you get to camp and get a character called withers there he can drop you back to lvl 1 and allow you to change your class. You can redo your first level then and take Eldritch blast.

[Orion Invictus]

You need to speak with Withers and respec.

[Is This Your Card? 69]

Ahh, alright.
Thanks for the quick reply guys

[Supply Slut]

Yes, you can change by respecing with withers and choosing everything from level 1 onwards again, or when you level up you get an option to change some stuff.

Certain classes are more flexible about it but warlock is generally restrictive about making changes outside of respecing and rebuilding your character from level 1 to your current level (you do not lose experience or your level when respecing)

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by The way of 69:

Hi

Me and my friend are new to BG3, we started together and play on his save file.
I chose Warlock and took the uhh... fire cantrip, not knowing I'd be spamming Eldritch blast since its apparently better now after it started scaling with my Charisma.

I was wondering if I could change my starting cantrip since I don't use the fire cantrip at all.

This will help you a LOT:

SorLockFtr at time 33:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4iw6MPxSDg&t=2524s

Absolute hoot to play. :)

Pay attention to build order and how to best utilize the build.

Good Luck

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Originally posted by The way of 69:

Hi

Me and my friend are new to BG3, we started together and play on his save file.
I chose Warlock and took the uhh... fire cantrip, not knowing I'd be spamming Eldritch blast since its apparently better now after it started scaling with my Charisma.

I was wondering if I could change my starting cantrip since I don't use the fire cantrip at all.

This will help you a LOT:

SorLockFtr at time 33:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4iw6MPxSDg&t=2524s

Absolute hoot to play. :)

Pay attention to build order and how to best utilize the build.

Good Luck

OP, here's a tip: don't follow build guides. You have no need of them, you can always respec if you make a mistake. Just RP, that's what the game is for.

[Ironwu]

OP, fine. If you don't want to actually USE a build guide for the character, at least WATCH it and learn some useful information.

* Like WHY you might want to take a level of FIGHTER first before Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take only TWO levels of Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take a second level of FIGHTER.
* Like WHY you might want to take Sorcerer levels.

Knowledge is king. Don't short change yourself.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

OP, fine. If you don't want to actually USE a build guide for the character, at least WATCH it and learn some useful information.

* Like WHY you might want to take a level of FIGHTER first before Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take only TWO levels of Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take a second level of FIGHTER.
* Like WHY you might want to take Sorcerer levels.

Knowledge is king. Don't short change yourself.

Or play the game, learn the mechanics by yourself, and don't risk getting spoiled.

[Supply Slut]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

OP, fine. If you don't want to actually USE a build guide for the character, at least WATCH it and learn some useful information.

* Like WHY you might want to take a level of FIGHTER first before Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take only TWO levels of Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take a second level of FIGHTER.
* Like WHY you might want to take Sorcerer levels.

Knowledge is king. Don't short change yourself.

Or you know, play the game. There’s literally no reason to use a build guide outside of a challenge run like solo tactician. Every class in the game is viable. You’d have to active work to make a character unviable, like jack of all trades.

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Ironwu:

OP, fine. If you don't want to actually USE a build guide for the character, at least WATCH it and learn some useful information.

* Like WHY you might want to take a level of FIGHTER first before Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take only TWO levels of Warlock.
* Like WHY you might want to take a second level of FIGHTER.
* Like WHY you might want to take Sorcerer levels.

Knowledge is king. Don't short change yourself.

Or play the game, learn the mechanics by yourself, and don't risk getting spoiled.

Well, just playing the game, most folks would NEVER learn that taking FTR at level 1 will give them the all important Proficiency in Constitution Saving Throw which is used when making saving Throws for Concentration. And since the other signature spell for Warlock is Hex, a Concentration spell . . .

Why would you advise someone to not learn about the game? Most folks don't find it fun losing due to lack of knowledge.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Or play the game, learn the mechanics by yourself, and don't risk getting spoiled.

Well, just playing the game, most folks would NEVER learn that taking FTR at level 1 will give them the all important Proficiency in Constitution Saving Throw which is used when making saving Throws for Concentration. And since the other signature spell for Warlock is Hex, a Concentration spell . . .

Why would you advise someone to not learn about the game? Most folks don't find it fun losing due to lack of knowledge.

I'm literally advising OP to learn the game, just by playing it rather than reading a guide, min-maxing their build, and getting bored because every encounter was rendered trivial while they don't even fully understand why.

[Supply Slut]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Or play the game, learn the mechanics by yourself, and don't risk getting spoiled.

Well, just playing the game, most folks would NEVER learn that taking FTR at level 1 will give them the all important Proficiency in Constitution Saving Throw which is used when making saving Throws for Concentration. And since the other signature spell for Warlock is Hex, a Concentration spell . . .

Why would you advise someone to not learn about the game? Most folks don't find it fun losing due to lack of knowledge.

That is nowhere near necessary to win the game. You also give up a feat by taking a 1 level dip, a feat that could have given advantage to concentration saving throws, or a feat that gives +1 con AND proficiency in con.

[Wolfherz]

My friend and I*

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Ironwu:

This will help you a LOT:

SorLockFtr at time 33:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4iw6MPxSDg&t=2524s

Absolute hoot to play. :)

Pay attention to build order and how to best utilize the build.

Good Luck

OP, here's a tip: don't follow build guides. You have no need of them, you can always respec if you make a mistake. Just RP, that's what the game is for.

So much this. Build guides are dumb and I have found and make custom builds that are way better and more powerful than any of the junk on that video, and did it by just experimenting.

Play what you like the game is easy enough anyways you don’t even need to multiclass if you don’t want to

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by victorvnv:

you don’t even need to multiclass if you don’t want to

I know I haven't, don't want to, and never will.