I Did A Respec of Several Origin Characters…So Much Better

[Metallicus]

So I was never using Gale or Wyll because they suck compared to the other characters. Wyll was so boring as a Warlock. Basically just Agonizing Blast over and over. Gale was just as boring plus irritating. Shadowheart as a trickster sucked.

Now i have Shadowheart as a War Domain Cleric in Heavy Armor. I have Wyll as a Gloomstalker Ranger (replacing Astarion as a rogue in my party) and he is so much more fun not to mention his damage is so much better. Finally I respecced Gale into a Draconic Sorcerer and wow, what a difference.

My party is so much better. Everyone has more hit points and just way more fun.

[Naked Granny]

It's so true.

It's awful that their personal stories explicitly reference their metagame mechanical class. Somehow, I dunno how or when exactly, characters in the world began referring to people as though "class" were a fundamental and obvious aspect of their personhood. It's such an incredibly amateurish failure of writing and profoundly misunderstands the purpose of roleplaying game mechanics.

And it doesn't help that virtually all of the characters start out as dumped-strength, zero armor, low hp pure casters in a game where all encounters outnumber you to such an extreme.

And here I am remembering the days when you got to have six people in a party...

[guppy]

Respeccing them to 'fix' their stats is a good Idea - there current ones are so wastefull.
I worry that changing their class might interfer with their story lines though.
Also trickster is absolutely ace :D I get it's not for every one esp. if you just like to run into combat and start hitting but her stealth boosters and illusion are pretty good for setting up the field in your favor and positioning your players

[Dont be Silly Wrap your Willy]

...and people complain that this game has no RP and you are forced to play a certain way , lol.

Good job , honestly. You tailored your experience to your liking.

I respec'd Shadowheart to Light Cleric to focus on healing . Astarian to Assassin because trickster is kind of meh and multiclased Gale to Wiz/Warlock. Worked pretty well in Act1 on Tactician so far though after i get to more companions i will probably redo my setup entirely.

[lailaamell]

I made them all into fighters

[wardenwolf]

Originally posted by guppy:

Respeccing them to 'fix' their stats is a good Idea - there current ones are so wastefull.
I worry that changing their class might interfer with their story lines though.
Also trickster is absolutely ace :D I get it's not for every one esp. if you just like to run into combat and start hitting but her stealth boosters and illusion are pretty good for setting up the field in your favor and positioning your players

Doesn't change the story at all. Run wild and do what you want with respecing the party.

[Drake]

Trickster domain is op, the aoe advantage alone justifies having shadoheart in the team.

In my team I use gale wyll and karlach, and I have a light cleric as main. Wyll hits like a truck and just spams blindness which just renders most fights easy.
Gale is a wizard so he's a control master. Enlarge on karlach is just stupid. grease and fireball are my standard combo.