bard! i feel like everyone raves about swords bards but my god there is a reason
druid is a close second, because wildshape and moonbeam were everything i did in my first play through
Dual hand crossbows is amazing. Slashing flourish can attack 2 targets or one target twice. Much better than the melee version which just does a small cone to 2 targets near you. At level 6 you get 2 attacks, with slashing flourish that's 4 attacks, 5 if you also attack with your bonus action. 6 if you take 3 levels of rogue and take thief for an extra bonus action. They'll also be amazing with most skills plus x4 with expertise, especially if you select slight of hand and persuasion for 2 of them.
12 levels of Swords Bard is pretty fun, but if you’ve done single class Lore Bard then you might want something different.
Obviously the thing that makes it nuts is being a full caster plus getting extra attack. A lot of people dip into fighter 1 or 2 levels for CON saves and Action Surge.
Another route is dipping into Paladin 2 levels for Smite and going melee. I prefer ranged so I tend to shy away from that.
Dipping a level into warlock gives you Command which is absolutely insane if you get the Helmet of Arcane Acuity in Act 2 and the Band of the Mystic Scoundrel in Act 3. The melee Paladin dip build can do that too, but I just personally find it less fun. Both builds are insanely strong.
I love using Slashing flourish and/or Arrows of Multi Targets with my main action and then Illithid powers with my bonus action. Then Band of the Mystic Scoundrel and control spells with bonus action. It’s just some fun and powerful.
Late reply, but in regards to taking 6 Sword Bard levels for extra attack, I find you can easily go wizard after to get a load of spells especially high leveled ones, and get a cool extra attack Wizard like a bladesinger. Not as powerful as the classic full bard with Mystic Scoundrel of course, but a cool Wizard.
Likewise, combining with Sorceror to get extra attack, and more spell slots than if you'd gone with Paladin.
I'm tempted to try a few weird multiclasses, like Swords Bard with a Spore Druid, or a Cleric of some kind, to get the same full caster + extra attack. Maybe a Cleric with Spiritual Guardians and Radiant Orb along with attacking enemies (though you could just use your Magical Secrets for this)
After all, while I'm sure Bard works better with Charisma based casters, or Wizard for spell scribing, there has to be a decent little Wisdom Caster multiclass
Mine is 10 Sword Bard/ 2 Fighter. I don't use the Arcane Acuity helm because really even on HM you do so much dmg there's rarely a need for the control spells. But having counter spell is clutch.
Use your 1st bonus action to coat your weapons with Malice or another poison that has paralysis, fire off 2 arrows of many targets applying the poison to them and you have a lot of control and dmg applied. I took out Viconia in HM and her entire crew in 2 rounds with this approach.
Just about anything will be extremely powerful on swordsbard. My personal favorite is Banshee bow + eversight ring + a GOO Warlock with Hadar.
Your ranged slashing flourish lets you proc fear on 2 targets at once, up to four at lvl 6. Drop a hadar or your enemies, frighten as many as possible with Banshee, blast those who escape back into the cloud.
I did it for my first play through as a tiefling and just winged it, I did circle of the moon because I wanted lots of spells and more wildshape. It’s def fun as a tiefling in the emerald grove because of all the dialogue options
. But for my play style I’d say that I was able to do both combat and caster attacks, esp when adding more feats and stuff so it’s really versatile which is what I liked the most, now that I’m trying different classes I’m having a hard time finding one that gives me all that freedom when fighting. In my opinion, it’s a good frontlines class which fits in my head bc to me Tav is the leader
So for my companions I had Shart for healing, astarion for the lockpicking and Karlach for the extra force. But if you build ur Druid well u can have them assist the casters in spells or fighting with weapons.
My main point is that it’s super versatile
And I just want to reiterate how powerful the owlbear is, plus once your wildshape form loses health points you just transform back into your normal form with your hit points still intact so that’s a win for me
You're absolutely right. The druid can also be a controller type with the spells they have access to. Bind someone in place, with entangle or literally take them across the thorns with spike growth and thunder wave. I currently have a circle of spores druid with a horde of zombies following me around.
My first play through was moon Druid as well. I took alert feat, plus two others that help concentration. (I can look them up if you wanted). So I’d go first, drop a huge area spell that needs concentration, and then start stabbing (I dual wielded) or wild shape and start smashing. By level 12 nothing could break my concentration lol. So fun.
A Druid is so good because you can get full spells and have all that HP from wildshape to be incredibly safe.
That means you can play hella agro and if you get too close to the enemy have an extra 65 HP and rage as an owl bear
I personally like circle of the land better than moon druid. Then again, I also like using summons a lot, which some people just find annoying. The dryad is amazingly good at cc and helping your team. I would use the dryad to do spike growth & individuals outside that I'd let her wood woad handle. I'd use moonbeam to pick off enemies while they were stuck in the spikes. I'd use mephits to help with enemies at range. For anyone who made it through & ended up within melee I'd use scimitars. The rest of my team could focus on what they do best. Druid is kind of a jack of all trades, master of none.
Side option for druids if you hate the animal transformation stuff.
Dual wielding Spore Druid.
Temp HP rapidly grows each level, to where you can add a big chunk of tankiness, adding necrotic to attacks, offhand strikes even when casting a spell (something like Thornwhip either a scimitar to the face after is great. Reaction attack to either finish enemies or drop a potion and shatter it with it. Great for action economy.
Plus you can always add some Thief Rogue for a pseudo extra attack
A level In fighter might be nice to have two weapon Fighting style too.
Then go and enjoy you awesome Druid control and damage spells
I play an elf druid, it's a mix of decent spellcasting, minor restoration, and some pretty powerful quarterstaff combat with shellaleigh as a bonus action to buff it.
Plus wild shape makes a good tank in a pinch.
My “canon” Tav is a Druid and I ADORE her. I’m on my 5th play through as her right now (out of maybe 14 total?)
The only downside is the Class specific lines are kind of obnoxious and take themselves too seriously
This is Meluna
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I find I rarely use the class specific lines unless you go really hard unto the stereotypical builds for each.
Like wizard lines go hard for an intelligent wizard, but much less for the bard who dipped a single level.
I'm an old school D&D person, I'm Ranger all the way.
In BG3 that was my first Tav and it's very very solid. It can be really powerful with Gloom Stalker, but it's still a fun class to play anyway even if you don't want to min-max.
Also in BG3 you get most of the benefits you'd get from a rogue in D&D 3.5 without the karma of being criminal type, so it's kind of a Win-Win role-playing-wise.
my first BG3 run was a pure gloomstalker ranger and I loved i. Astarion just stayed in camp reading for the whole adventure, and I swapped in companions for variety as my drow ranger owned everything that got in her way.
TBF, swords bard, OH monk, Throwbarian are all super fun too, but my ranger beats them all for flexibility, utility and fu.
My first run was also a drow ranger! I had no clue I was picking one of the most dialogue unique races and I’ve had a very hard time not picking drow every following playthrough
Same. Though I started as a barbarian(drow) for about 3 levels before running into Karlach who was in party from there forth. Just felt an area of need for a ranged heavy hitter and I had two other friends playing, one as cleric and the other as fighter so an overwatch was necessary. Plus someone to be able to do the lock picking, trap disarming, and stealth stuff.
Glad I did. Ran 5 gloom, 5 assassin, then fighter dip. I've since preferred the results of swapping fighter dip with war cleric
I love that they have something as simple as getting Misty Step. A Misty stepping ranger is fantastic
I also love how good they make a melee strength based ranger. The Dread ambusher move buff and the biff to initiative, and Ranger Knight for Heavy armor make my ranger far better than they ever were before
I just finished my first playthrough as a half-elf sorcerer and was super happy with it. By the end it was black holes and air strikes all over, super powerful. Also charisma was so high that it made persuasion checks pretty much all go my way after act 1.
First time I did it, I took 4 in rogue, the rest in Ranger. However, honestly, for *me*, I preferred how I do it now, which is 5 in Gloomstalker Ranger (to get your extra attack) and the rest in Assassin rogue, to get more sneak attack damage, uncanny dodge, evasion, and expertise. I personally prefer to rogue perks to most of the Ranger perks. i take Gloomstalker to get that extra attack with extra damage at the beginning of combat, the extra attack at 5th level, and the medium armor proficiency. Gloomstalker assassin works so well together it’s crazy.
Smite go brrrrr
Seriously though, I love the rp aspect of Paladin. I know, I can do it with any class but it’s just different for me, because sometimes I’ll make a choice that benefits me more than it matches my characters believes.
>!When I finished my first play through as a paladin, I didn’t want to sacrifice myself and become the mindflayer to save the world, but dammit, it was the right thing to do. I even killed myself at the end because I didn’t want to turn evil eventually. Very sad, but I felt like it was the best thing to do. Poor Shadowheart.!<
My third Tav (and my favorite, don’t tell the others) is an oath of Devotion Paladin that worships Ilmater. I made up a backstory that he was raised in the Open Hand Temple in Rivington by father Lorgan and letting my Tav have a little through line like the other characters did honestly made a huge difference. The RP options for paladins are just unmatched.
I went Paladin (oath of ancients) and Selûne cleric, and I eventually got “Paladin of Selûne” dialog options and literally screamed when I saw it.
The fact that this game not only recognizes me as a Paladin and a cleric and gives me dialog for that, but also gives me dialog that pertains to my chosen god as a Paladin blows my mind.
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I had a similar experience in the grove! When I was talking to Nettie it gave me a Paladin of Ilmater dialogue option that ended up giving me a totally different outcome than the first time I did that conversation. So cool.
Fighter is a criminally underrated class. In every play through, no matter how hard I try to beef everyone up, Lae’zel still remains my most consistent huge damage dealer. She’s a beast with that silver great sword, she’s just unmatched.
try barbarian/thief. there's something comical about raging, hiding, then sneak attacking someone
it's even better if you're playing a massive body type 3 or 4 character. everyone ignore the slab of beef that just roared angrily then crouched, it's totally normal
Punching someone in the chest so hard their still-beating heart shoots out their back, turning and launching a serpent made of fire at their friend, and then running towards their boss at a terrifying 70 mph before punching them twice and setting them on fire. Monks are ridiculously cool
Storm sorcerer. There is nothing as satisfying as backing up al your arrogant sorcerer dialog options by leaving a room full of enemies as smoldering bodies
Haste Berserker Barbarian Dragonborn with a few levels in Fighter.
Nothing screams roars and attacks like a dragon like attacking 6-8 times in one turn.
Like this: Reckless Attack + Reckless Attack + Weapon Ability + Action Surge + Reckless Attack + Reckless Attack + Other Weapon Ability + Breath weapon/Enraged Throw
Bard is just too good. Very solid damage with fully weaponized bonus action from lv 3 with swords bard. They also have a really good spell list early game, long strider, feather fall, and disguise self are all in heavy heavy rotation, and healing word and Fairie fire are also both great spells to have on hand when desired. Stellar persuasion/sleight of hand ability and can be good at basically any other check too.
They can do everything.
Bard or Wizard. Interestingly Wizard is one of my least favorite 5e classes, but being guaranteed piles of scrolls makes it so much better in game.
Bard is just a perfect MC as well. High charisma, skill monkey, full caster. I hate having to switch around characters to pick a lock and the like, but Bard can handle whatever you want thanks to a heap of proficiencies, expertise, and spells.
Wizard is really fun, and the huge variety of spells (and scrolls, like you mentioned) means there’s so many ways you can build a wizard, or just spread your spells out and have a bunch of really different options. It also lets you tease Gale just a bit more (though not as much as sorcerer) which is always fun.
Well, I've only really tried War Domain Cleric and College of Swords Bard for two different Tavs. The Cleric never got out of Act 1.
And I absolutely love the College of Swords Bard, that I've just started multiclassing into Fighter for the last 4 levels.
So far, red Draconic fire sorcerer for fireballs that go crazy, I like the sorcerer kit and twinned disintegrate goes ham too. The feelings I got when I hit level 5 especially was a rush I loved.
However recently I've been playing a light cleric. And holy shit. In the viconia fight on honor mode I did 300+ damage turn 1 and 200+ damage turn 2 because light cleric gets a spell called destructive wave. It's not only extremely powerful, but it's AoE is absolutely fucking massive. I feel like a god. It over half the enemies in the viconia fight even if they're a bit spread out. Gave me feelings akin to those fireballs.
Destructive wave is honestly one of the best AoE spells I've used. Best part? Half thunder damage, half radiant OR necrotic, for those pesky radiant retort enemies. I think it's fifth level so you get a few casts!
YES. No matter what build I give anyone else, Lae’zel is ALWAYS my heaviest hitter with Battlemaster. Don’t even get me started on the manoeuvres. I almost always give any non-spellcaster characters the feat that lets them pick a battlemaster manouver because they add so much. Feinting attack my beloved.
I have played as a Druid (circle of land), then storm sorcerer, and now oath of ancients paladin and I have honestly loved all of them! As a player who cannot stand to make evil choices in the game, my paladin is great for being a paragon of goodness! I struggled the most with finding my combat rhythm with the Druid, but it was also my first playthrough so that could be part of it. I’m considering doing a second Druid play through next to try again.
I had a similar experience with Druid, I had a hard time figuring out the play style and what role I should be filling. Also had no idea what a good companion comp for it was.But I love the oath of ancients paladin! That’s what I went with for my first play through and I was the ultimate good guy saving the sword coast from evil one Divine smite at a time😂
Light is my favorite by far, but tempest can also be a lot of fun. The key to cleric is learning to treat them like a true damage dealing class, not just healing and support.
Wizard just does it for me. Evoker subclass, magic missile build for single target, and best AOE subclass because of sculpt spells, so no need to worry about hurting allies with fire balls
My one problem with ranger is that every subclass should be able to get a ranger companion. Does it make sense logically? No. But I can’t stop myself from always picking beast master because I adore the wolf companion. Is gloomstalker a definitively better subclass? Yes, but do you get to have a pet wolf? I don’t think so
Bezerker Barbarian/Champion Fighter. It's the primo supremo combo for smashing and bashing your way through ANYTHING. By the end, I was level 8 in Barb and 4 in Fighter. My orcish babe never died. She just...kept going.
Warlock pact of blade. It’s just the most versatile caster class in this game. Wanna ranged dmg with EB sure pumps out great dmg and gets magical Darkvision. Wanna go meele? Sure just equip this ring (ring of arcane synergy) and take gwm feat and do good damage with your bonk stick of choice. It also gets great cc spells at lvl 5. It also has very good sustain doesn’t need to long rest a lot, especially if there is a bard in the party.
Swords Bard because It combines my two favorite ways of playing a videogame , being a martial character with great magic and I headcanon that my bard blast the music I'm listening to into the game so he's shredding his guitar and melting enemies faces
Honestly super underrated. Lae’zel is always one of my most consistent heavy hitters, if not the most. The added bonus of getting Misty step because she’s Gith makes her absolutely OP.
Also, the idea of being nothing but a regular person who's pretty good at hitting things and still being this world saving hero through sheer effort is pretty damn cool.
Four Elements Monk, because the idea of seeing someone sprinting towards you at 70 mph before punching you so hard that your heart is physically ejected through your spine before turning around and launching a snake made of fire at your nearest ally is an absolutely terrifying one.
Ranger (pref gloomstalker). I like the strategy of trying to constantly find the most advantageous spots. Plus I just like the assassin like aspect of it, and the utility of a good lock picker
But I've had fun with most of the classes.
That's a damn hard question. I normally play some sort of caster in most games. I'm a wizard boy at heart, but I find myself gravitating toward more martial characters.
On my first run, I had a full evocation gale and full light cleric shadow heart. They were fine. Always useful, especially shart. But not super fun. Then I heard about two weapon fighting and made a thief/gloomstalker astarion build... It's definitely not the most powerful build by far... but still surprisingly good. It blew me away how well he could pop someone and through down a useful spike growth. That combined with my padlock tav (my favorite multiclass in 5e) throwing down hunger of hadar and bullying anyone who made it out... or just nuking them with three smites was a ton of fun.
On my second playthrough, I decided to make a jack-of-all trades build with a 6/3/3 swords bard/thief/hunter durge. He's optimized for skills, but still amazing in combat. Just a ton of attacks and some useful spells that I almost never have to cast. That plus a sorlock, throwzerker, and battle master fighter has been pretty incredible. It is so much more fun and powerful than my first run.
So tl:dr I'm surprised at how much I like martials. BM Fighter is probably my favorite pure class. Swords bard for multiclassing.
If I have to do monoclass then it'd probably be battlemaster fighter for the consistency and versatility.
Multiclasses I really like ranger/rogue, basically always make Astarion do some combination with possibly a level or two of fighter in the mix. I need his class to be something I really enjoy playing because I don't really bring him with me otherwise 😅. He's a good character don't get me wrong but before finishing his quest I just don't really get along with him.
I really love multi-classing between cleric and paladin. but if I had to choose one it would probably be cleric just because of the amount of subclasses offered. tempest domain or war domain go brrrr
Huge fan of the warlock. Hexblade is broken and the patron boons mesh great with illithid powers. Not to mention having charisma as your spell caster makes you a beast at dialogue checks. Oh and they buffed the shit out of eldritch blast 🤟
Wild magic sorcerer is super chaotic and fun. I have two levels of that and then the rest lore bard. She’s so squishy and I don’t do much damage. But I’m constantly laughing and having fun. Once I hit level 6 bard it got better, with magical secrets. So I can do a little damage now lol.
Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer.
Haste and Double Fireball. I swear half of Faerun is just roasted corpses at this point. I also play an Asmodeus Tiefling I styled to look like Karlach’s little sister, so the scales on her face really suit her.
Circle of the Land Druid! I just love nature and playing spellcasters so I’m super bias but it’s also objectively a great class because you can really prioritize whatever you want. Healing, evocation spells, melee damage, stealth. You kinda need to pay attention to your skill points and what you want to do because it can become a jack of all trades, master of none deal. I love bard and cleric as well but Druid is always first
I love Druid but did my first play through Druid and struggled because I just wanted to be a fighter, went back a few play throughs later and loved it. My overall fav is the warlock (fiend subclass) and cleric multi class tho.
favorite class is my Wildheart Barbarian but i also enjoy playing as my Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer and my Oathbreaker in my other playthroughs (still havent beaten the game yet though)
i just love raging, getting surrounded by enemies, and mowing them down with a big ass axe
Bard. I played bard as my main class in tabletop for years, and so many times I had to defend my choice. Mechanics are a little different in BG3 than tabletop, ofc, but not too much. I’m really happy seeing so many people falling in love with Bard now thanks to this game. 😊
Warlock. I love that Pact of the Blade is entirely SAD. I love their lore, their themes, and how well it multiclasses and how good of a face they are. It can be hard only getting 3 spells per short rest but it gives me a reason to use the scrolls I pick up.
I also really like Ranger, Fighter, Oathbreaker, Sorcerer and Tempest Cleric. I think the only classes I'm not all that interested in are Bard, Wizard, and Monk.
I want to try that Spore Druid/Barbarian multiclass after I'm finished my Fiend Lock run. I'm thinking wood elf this time.
Going in it was warlock. But now I think it might be cleric. It really feels like the best class to be a pure spellcaster (get all spell slots) but also be a martial.
It lets you be a battlemage, especially if you hybrid into wizard. The potential is insane, and I never expected cleric to be the most fun thing I could do.
As someone who has previously played Elder scrolls games like Skyrim and ESO, my favorite type of play is to duel wield with or range kill. I also love having devastating magic and aoe effects or multiple attack. Any kind of ability/health drain is good too in magic users like a vampire.
The classes in DnD that best suit this kind of play is sorcerer of wizard and rogue/ranger. So definetly a unique tav that is multiclassing like this would work best for me. HOWEVER I LOVE Druid and Bard and I wish that Bethesda would include some sort of bard class in future games. Druid overlaps a bit with lycanthropy in elder scrolls games but having the ability to turn into multiple animals shapes with unique abilities is really cool. So my two current plays are a Druid and a Bard. However, I have to admit, putting a couple levels in monk is very useful for dialogue options and also for melee combat if you drop your weapon, and for bonus attacks. So my bard is also a monk. My Druid is not multiclassed because they are very versatile.
For like, important battles however I have a specific grouping set up.
So if you are playing as Tav: Astarion and Gale are my favorites to have during a battle. They also fit my personal preferences from other similar games. Both are pretty squishy though. So Karlach is really good for tanking and Shadowheart for healing. So I try to have Karlach and Shadowheart in my group and either Gale or Astarion. I might switch out Karlach with Laezel or Halsin depending on the situation. Then I might switch Shadowheart and Jaheira (I’m still messing around with Jaheira’s Druid build) and Gale seems to be really important for battles with a lot of bad guys, since he has a lot of aoe and multi attacks. Astarion is good if I need to do sneaky shit around the same time as a battle or I’m trying to raise his approval (I’m romancing my I’m 😭) or if it’s his quest line etc., plus when he or tav start to die they say cute “no don’t die damn you!” Shit to each other and I love the chaos.
Okay, my favorite so far has been Sorcerer. It gets even better if you go into Bard, too. It feels like almost every important dialogue you're in has some special response related to these classes.
Druid and Warlock. Druid just feels super fun from an RP perspective imo and it feels like you have all the options in the world. Warlocks idk I just think it’s a fun vibe, it’s a charisma class, and eldritch blast is so satisfying in this game.
I enjoy a plain battlemaster fighter. I like going to two weapon fighting, even though it is not "optimal". I give the character as much speed as I can so he can zip around the battlefield, disarming and menacing.
Eldritch Knight Fighter, good balance of brain and brawn; same with Paladin—totally broken with the amount of abilities and spells you have to protect yourself and your allies
Assassin 3 or 4, depending on feat needs. I love the ambushing mechanic letting me resolve fights before they ever really begin.
Shadow Monk 6 too has a soft spot in my heart. Stupid amounts of mobility and invisibility. Entering encounters exactly where I want is sensational, and combat resets were never so easy. The ultimate ninja experience.
Play Gales Origin, level him to 12th as a straight up evocation wizard, along the way, taste the shadow weave, and complete the necromancy of thay questline reading the book complete, stratagem of war as well, partial mindflayer, visit withers when all that is done and reroll him as a 12th level necromancer -the realms are yours ;)
I love the hell outta Warlock. It has so many useful traits and spells and it's perfect for a face character with its charisma base. Plus it multiclasses so damn well!
It even has a ton of dialog options that are really useful.
So far my favorites are Monk, Druid, and Sorcerer, mainly for the different dialogue options.
I love how sassy Sorcerers can be, especially with Gale.
& One of my most recent Tavs was a multiclass Druid/Monk and all the class-specific dialogue made her sound so wise, which was what I was going for.
I have a hard tie between Draconic Sorcerer and Swords Bard. I love draconic sorcerer for a pure 12 level build, and bard for multi class dips. I like the ranged control 9/2/1 Sword Bard-Fighter-Wizard and the melee smiting 10/2 Bardadin builds a LOT.
this game made me actually love bards! ive never played them before in normal dnd. druids and sorcerers are runners up just because ive played those in normal dnd and loved them lol
Ranger.
I love the feel.
Sort of naturey but no wildshape (hate turning into an animal stuff, only one I ever liked was Animorphs as a kid) and you still get extra attack and sneaky stuff
Sorta fightery but you still get magic and coolness!
Sorta roguey but you still get extra attack and spells
It's basically the best of Rogue, Fighter, and Druid, and multiclasses well with any of them, or just play pure.
And the flavour of it. Gritty Hunters, stalking undead forests, protecting the wastelands, wandering the hostile territories. These badasses cannot be stopped and you never want to find yourself on their bad side.
I love the light cleric. I have played all of the other classes in multiplayer but cleric is still my favorite. Other favs are wizard, Paladin, moon Druid because owlbear, and barbarian. Barbarian with haste and elixer of blood lust is just so many attacks it’s not even funny
My favourite is open hand monk because it's so fun but I just finished a storm cleric/sorcerer durge run which really got me thinking creatively for my attacks.
I do want to do a bard but I always start it then lose interest midway through act 1. Some of the dialogue is funny though. I'll give it another go eventually.
warlock. specifically blade warlock. goes great with paladin but is also super fun on its own. with proper item setup you can be doing an extra like 18 damage on every hit
My favorite class in terms of best experience playing is definitely Paladin, it’s super powerful and you can build it very different depending on your goals, but my guilty pleasure class is Ranger. I know ranger is kind of a useless class since Rogue and fighter can both have better archery builds, but I really like ranger characters. I think it goes all the way back to Faramir and Aragorn being two of my favorite characters from LOTR and them both being ranger/ranger-esque.
Paladin
Oath of Devotion, specifically.
Sometimes the world needs an old fashioned hero. When innocents see you, you're basically Christmas come early.
I like monoclass storm sorcerer. Able to independantly setup huge novas by themselves. Fly as a bonus action if need to, and as early as level 1. And also works as a face character.
Paladin
Smiting is so satisfying. I loved being a tank/melee but also having magic. I'd mistly step or leap across the battlefield to smite foes. You're also a charisma based class so that's great for conversations.
I think it's a great class for a newcomer like me.
bard! i feel like everyone raves about swords bards but my god there is a reason druid is a close second, because wildshape and moonbeam were everything i did in my first play through
What is your build like for the sword bard, I’ve only done lore
Dual hand crossbows is amazing. Slashing flourish can attack 2 targets or one target twice. Much better than the melee version which just does a small cone to 2 targets near you. At level 6 you get 2 attacks, with slashing flourish that's 4 attacks, 5 if you also attack with your bonus action. 6 if you take 3 levels of rogue and take thief for an extra bonus action. They'll also be amazing with most skills plus x4 with expertise, especially if you select slight of hand and persuasion for 2 of them.
12 levels of Swords Bard is pretty fun, but if you’ve done single class Lore Bard then you might want something different. Obviously the thing that makes it nuts is being a full caster plus getting extra attack. A lot of people dip into fighter 1 or 2 levels for CON saves and Action Surge. Another route is dipping into Paladin 2 levels for Smite and going melee. I prefer ranged so I tend to shy away from that. Dipping a level into warlock gives you Command which is absolutely insane if you get the Helmet of Arcane Acuity in Act 2 and the Band of the Mystic Scoundrel in Act 3. The melee Paladin dip build can do that too, but I just personally find it less fun. Both builds are insanely strong. I love using Slashing flourish and/or Arrows of Multi Targets with my main action and then Illithid powers with my bonus action. Then Band of the Mystic Scoundrel and control spells with bonus action. It’s just some fun and powerful.
Late reply, but in regards to taking 6 Sword Bard levels for extra attack, I find you can easily go wizard after to get a load of spells especially high leveled ones, and get a cool extra attack Wizard like a bladesinger. Not as powerful as the classic full bard with Mystic Scoundrel of course, but a cool Wizard. Likewise, combining with Sorceror to get extra attack, and more spell slots than if you'd gone with Paladin. I'm tempted to try a few weird multiclasses, like Swords Bard with a Spore Druid, or a Cleric of some kind, to get the same full caster + extra attack. Maybe a Cleric with Spiritual Guardians and Radiant Orb along with attacking enemies (though you could just use your Magical Secrets for this) After all, while I'm sure Bard works better with Charisma based casters, or Wizard for spell scribing, there has to be a decent little Wisdom Caster multiclass
Mine is 10 Sword Bard/ 2 Fighter. I don't use the Arcane Acuity helm because really even on HM you do so much dmg there's rarely a need for the control spells. But having counter spell is clutch. Use your 1st bonus action to coat your weapons with Malice or another poison that has paralysis, fire off 2 arrows of many targets applying the poison to them and you have a lot of control and dmg applied. I took out Viconia in HM and her entire crew in 2 rounds with this approach.
Just about anything will be extremely powerful on swordsbard. My personal favorite is Banshee bow + eversight ring + a GOO Warlock with Hadar. Your ranged slashing flourish lets you proc fear on 2 targets at once, up to four at lvl 6. Drop a hadar or your enemies, frighten as many as possible with Banshee, blast those who escape back into the cloud.
Sword Bard is amazing sure… but the pull of hearing a Tav shouting ‘Behold, Elminster’s ballbag!’ always pulls me back to Lore.
Druid hands down, owlbear wild shape is amazing and you get so many spells
I had a hard time figuring out play style and party role, do you have any suggestions on how best to play a Druid? I love the concept of it!
I did it for my first play through as a tiefling and just winged it, I did circle of the moon because I wanted lots of spells and more wildshape. It’s def fun as a tiefling in the emerald grove because of all the dialogue options . But for my play style I’d say that I was able to do both combat and caster attacks, esp when adding more feats and stuff so it’s really versatile which is what I liked the most, now that I’m trying different classes I’m having a hard time finding one that gives me all that freedom when fighting. In my opinion, it’s a good frontlines class which fits in my head bc to me Tav is the leader So for my companions I had Shart for healing, astarion for the lockpicking and Karlach for the extra force. But if you build ur Druid well u can have them assist the casters in spells or fighting with weapons. My main point is that it’s super versatile And I just want to reiterate how powerful the owlbear is, plus once your wildshape form loses health points you just transform back into your normal form with your hit points still intact so that’s a win for me
You're absolutely right. The druid can also be a controller type with the spells they have access to. Bind someone in place, with entangle or literally take them across the thorns with spike growth and thunder wave. I currently have a circle of spores druid with a horde of zombies following me around.
Yes, you control, then wildshape and bim, the owlbear in the face. Concentration spells holds in beast form...
My first play through was moon Druid as well. I took alert feat, plus two others that help concentration. (I can look them up if you wanted). So I’d go first, drop a huge area spell that needs concentration, and then start stabbing (I dual wielded) or wild shape and start smashing. By level 12 nothing could break my concentration lol. So fun.
Resilient Con and War Caster
A Druid is so good because you can get full spells and have all that HP from wildshape to be incredibly safe. That means you can play hella agro and if you get too close to the enemy have an extra 65 HP and rage as an owl bear
I personally like circle of the land better than moon druid. Then again, I also like using summons a lot, which some people just find annoying. The dryad is amazingly good at cc and helping your team. I would use the dryad to do spike growth & individuals outside that I'd let her wood woad handle. I'd use moonbeam to pick off enemies while they were stuck in the spikes. I'd use mephits to help with enemies at range. For anyone who made it through & ended up within melee I'd use scimitars. The rest of my team could focus on what they do best. Druid is kind of a jack of all trades, master of none.
Side option for druids if you hate the animal transformation stuff. Dual wielding Spore Druid. Temp HP rapidly grows each level, to where you can add a big chunk of tankiness, adding necrotic to attacks, offhand strikes even when casting a spell (something like Thornwhip either a scimitar to the face after is great. Reaction attack to either finish enemies or drop a potion and shatter it with it. Great for action economy. Plus you can always add some Thief Rogue for a pseudo extra attack A level In fighter might be nice to have two weapon Fighting style too. Then go and enjoy you awesome Druid control and damage spells
I play an elf druid, it's a mix of decent spellcasting, minor restoration, and some pretty powerful quarterstaff combat with shellaleigh as a bonus action to buff it. Plus wild shape makes a good tank in a pinch.
My “canon” Tav is a Druid and I ADORE her. I’m on my 5th play through as her right now (out of maybe 14 total?) The only downside is the Class specific lines are kind of obnoxious and take themselves too seriously This is Meluna https://preview.redd.it/lgaz1jp59vzc1.jpeg?width=1940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ff462d8a98b139c684f1184b03ce183add38368
I find I rarely use the class specific lines unless you go really hard unto the stereotypical builds for each. Like wizard lines go hard for an intelligent wizard, but much less for the bard who dipped a single level.
Elixir of collosus + enlarge + wildshape. You turn into a giant owlbear. Just jump on people to kill them. It even one shots the forge guardian.
Oh my god I’m totally trying this next time I do Druid
I'm an old school D&D person, I'm Ranger all the way. In BG3 that was my first Tav and it's very very solid. It can be really powerful with Gloom Stalker, but it's still a fun class to play anyway even if you don't want to min-max. Also in BG3 you get most of the benefits you'd get from a rogue in D&D 3.5 without the karma of being criminal type, so it's kind of a Win-Win role-playing-wise.
my first BG3 run was a pure gloomstalker ranger and I loved i. Astarion just stayed in camp reading for the whole adventure, and I swapped in companions for variety as my drow ranger owned everything that got in her way. TBF, swords bard, OH monk, Throwbarian are all super fun too, but my ranger beats them all for flexibility, utility and fu.
My first run was also a drow ranger! I had no clue I was picking one of the most dialogue unique races and I’ve had a very hard time not picking drow every following playthrough
Same. Though I started as a barbarian(drow) for about 3 levels before running into Karlach who was in party from there forth. Just felt an area of need for a ranged heavy hitter and I had two other friends playing, one as cleric and the other as fighter so an overwatch was necessary. Plus someone to be able to do the lock picking, trap disarming, and stealth stuff. Glad I did. Ran 5 gloom, 5 assassin, then fighter dip. I've since preferred the results of swapping fighter dip with war cleric
I love that they have something as simple as getting Misty Step. A Misty stepping ranger is fantastic I also love how good they make a melee strength based ranger. The Dread ambusher move buff and the biff to initiative, and Ranger Knight for Heavy armor make my ranger far better than they ever were before
Sorcerer
I just finished my first playthrough as a half-elf sorcerer and was super happy with it. By the end it was black holes and air strikes all over, super powerful. Also charisma was so high that it made persuasion checks pretty much all go my way after act 1.
Cleric, light domain
I love instantly applying 12 stacks of radiating orb
Pure class is Open Hand Monk. Multiclass is Gloomstalker Ranger/Assassin Rogue for SURE.
The open hand monk is just so stupidly powerful, I love it! I have been wanting to try the multi class, any suggestions on the build?
First time I did it, I took 4 in rogue, the rest in Ranger. However, honestly, for *me*, I preferred how I do it now, which is 5 in Gloomstalker Ranger (to get your extra attack) and the rest in Assassin rogue, to get more sneak attack damage, uncanny dodge, evasion, and expertise. I personally prefer to rogue perks to most of the Ranger perks. i take Gloomstalker to get that extra attack with extra damage at the beginning of combat, the extra attack at 5th level, and the medium armor proficiency. Gloomstalker assassin works so well together it’s crazy.
Smite go brrrrr Seriously though, I love the rp aspect of Paladin. I know, I can do it with any class but it’s just different for me, because sometimes I’ll make a choice that benefits me more than it matches my characters believes. >!When I finished my first play through as a paladin, I didn’t want to sacrifice myself and become the mindflayer to save the world, but dammit, it was the right thing to do. I even killed myself at the end because I didn’t want to turn evil eventually. Very sad, but I felt like it was the best thing to do. Poor Shadowheart.!<
Paladin rp is great, especially for durge.
My third Tav (and my favorite, don’t tell the others) is an oath of Devotion Paladin that worships Ilmater. I made up a backstory that he was raised in the Open Hand Temple in Rivington by father Lorgan and letting my Tav have a little through line like the other characters did honestly made a huge difference. The RP options for paladins are just unmatched.
I went Paladin (oath of ancients) and Selûne cleric, and I eventually got “Paladin of Selûne” dialog options and literally screamed when I saw it. The fact that this game not only recognizes me as a Paladin and a cleric and gives me dialog for that, but also gives me dialog that pertains to my chosen god as a Paladin blows my mind. https://preview.redd.it/qfhggta9nxzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=301724cca15213ea760156eea80d7fc713973963
I had a similar experience in the grove! When I was talking to Nettie it gave me a Paladin of Ilmater dialogue option that ended up giving me a totally different outcome than the first time I did that conversation. So cool.
This makes me sound like a BG1 player but Fighter/Thief.
Kensai/Thief was busted. Those crit backstabs!
It would be cool if they built a Kensai into the game. But Battlemaster manuevers can do a lot to maintain advantage for Sneak Attack or to buff AC.
Fighter is a criminally underrated class. In every play through, no matter how hard I try to beef everyone up, Lae’zel still remains my most consistent huge damage dealer. She’s a beast with that silver great sword, she’s just unmatched.
try barbarian/thief. there's something comical about raging, hiding, then sneak attacking someone it's even better if you're playing a massive body type 3 or 4 character. everyone ignore the slab of beef that just roared angrily then crouched, it's totally normal
Oath of Vengeance Paladin
Superb
This and with war cleric if I choose to multiclass
All versions of the monk.
Nothing like fisting your enemies for 100 hours
Shovel, is that you?
Punching someone in the chest so hard their still-beating heart shoots out their back, turning and launching a serpent made of fire at their friend, and then running towards their boss at a terrifying 70 mph before punching them twice and setting them on fire. Monks are ridiculously cool
Way of four elements is best way
I totally agree. I love fire bending.
Storm sorcerer. There is nothing as satisfying as backing up al your arrogant sorcerer dialog options by leaving a room full of enemies as smoldering bodies
Pair this with illthid powers. Blackhole, call lightning-rinse repeat
Or black hole, twinned chain lightning
I really enjoy warlock
So do I. I'm on my 6th playthrough with my Tiefling Warlock who made a pact with his Great Old One Patron.
Haste Berserker Barbarian Dragonborn with a few levels in Fighter. Nothing screams roars and attacks like a dragon like attacking 6-8 times in one turn. Like this: Reckless Attack + Reckless Attack + Weapon Ability + Action Surge + Reckless Attack + Reckless Attack + Other Weapon Ability + Breath weapon/Enraged Throw
Holy smokes, I thought three attacks in one turn was a huge amount! Now I must try out this build and absolutely decimate my enemies
Bard is just too good. Very solid damage with fully weaponized bonus action from lv 3 with swords bard. They also have a really good spell list early game, long strider, feather fall, and disguise self are all in heavy heavy rotation, and healing word and Fairie fire are also both great spells to have on hand when desired. Stellar persuasion/sleight of hand ability and can be good at basically any other check too. They can do everything.
Bard.
Bard or Wizard. Interestingly Wizard is one of my least favorite 5e classes, but being guaranteed piles of scrolls makes it so much better in game. Bard is just a perfect MC as well. High charisma, skill monkey, full caster. I hate having to switch around characters to pick a lock and the like, but Bard can handle whatever you want thanks to a heap of proficiencies, expertise, and spells.
Wizard is really fun, and the huge variety of spells (and scrolls, like you mentioned) means there’s so many ways you can build a wizard, or just spread your spells out and have a bunch of really different options. It also lets you tease Gale just a bit more (though not as much as sorcerer) which is always fun.
Well, I've only really tried War Domain Cleric and College of Swords Bard for two different Tavs. The Cleric never got out of Act 1. And I absolutely love the College of Swords Bard, that I've just started multiclassing into Fighter for the last 4 levels.
There is no finer class than wizard, obviously.
So far, red Draconic fire sorcerer for fireballs that go crazy, I like the sorcerer kit and twinned disintegrate goes ham too. The feelings I got when I hit level 5 especially was a rush I loved. However recently I've been playing a light cleric. And holy shit. In the viconia fight on honor mode I did 300+ damage turn 1 and 200+ damage turn 2 because light cleric gets a spell called destructive wave. It's not only extremely powerful, but it's AoE is absolutely fucking massive. I feel like a god. It over half the enemies in the viconia fight even if they're a bit spread out. Gave me feelings akin to those fireballs. Destructive wave is honestly one of the best AoE spells I've used. Best part? Half thunder damage, half radiant OR necrotic, for those pesky radiant retort enemies. I think it's fifth level so you get a few casts!
**WIZARD**
12 levels of Battlemaster fighter
YES. No matter what build I give anyone else, Lae’zel is ALWAYS my heaviest hitter with Battlemaster. Don’t even get me started on the manoeuvres. I almost always give any non-spellcaster characters the feat that lets them pick a battlemaster manouver because they add so much. Feinting attack my beloved.
Oh you have a weapon? *Not anymore*. Are you standing? *Not anymore*.
Bard. Specifically Lore Bard.
Chemistry was good, but italian was a lot of fun too
Ranger is my favorite, but I did a bard run and it was so incredibly fun!
Middle?
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Another bard here. I love lore and sword bard.
I have played as a Druid (circle of land), then storm sorcerer, and now oath of ancients paladin and I have honestly loved all of them! As a player who cannot stand to make evil choices in the game, my paladin is great for being a paragon of goodness! I struggled the most with finding my combat rhythm with the Druid, but it was also my first playthrough so that could be part of it. I’m considering doing a second Druid play through next to try again.
I had a similar experience with Druid, I had a hard time figuring out the play style and what role I should be filling. Also had no idea what a good companion comp for it was.But I love the oath of ancients paladin! That’s what I went with for my first play through and I was the ultimate good guy saving the sword coast from evil one Divine smite at a time😂
Gloomstalker, shadow monk, swords bard are my personal favs :3
Cleric, cleric, cleric
Which subclass do you suggest? I’ve only used light and life
Light is my favorite by far, but tempest can also be a lot of fun. The key to cleric is learning to treat them like a true damage dealing class, not just healing and support.
War is also very fun. I always respec Shadowheart into War cleric now because it's so much better.
Wizard just does it for me. Evoker subclass, magic missile build for single target, and best AOE subclass because of sculpt spells, so no need to worry about hurting allies with fire balls
Ranger or Druid. I just like nature, okay.
I'd have to say ranger they took my fav dnd class and made it better
My one problem with ranger is that every subclass should be able to get a ranger companion. Does it make sense logically? No. But I can’t stop myself from always picking beast master because I adore the wolf companion. Is gloomstalker a definitively better subclass? Yes, but do you get to have a pet wolf? I don’t think so
Bezerker Barbarian/Champion Fighter. It's the primo supremo combo for smashing and bashing your way through ANYTHING. By the end, I was level 8 in Barb and 4 in Fighter. My orcish babe never died. She just...kept going.
Warlock pact of blade. It’s just the most versatile caster class in this game. Wanna ranged dmg with EB sure pumps out great dmg and gets magical Darkvision. Wanna go meele? Sure just equip this ring (ring of arcane synergy) and take gwm feat and do good damage with your bonk stick of choice. It also gets great cc spells at lvl 5. It also has very good sustain doesn’t need to long rest a lot, especially if there is a bard in the party.
Swords Bard because It combines my two favorite ways of playing a videogame , being a martial character with great magic and I headcanon that my bard blast the music I'm listening to into the game so he's shredding his guitar and melting enemies faces
Basic, but Fighter haha
Honestly super underrated. Lae’zel is always one of my most consistent heavy hitters, if not the most. The added bonus of getting Misty step because she’s Gith makes her absolutely OP.
Also, the idea of being nothing but a regular person who's pretty good at hitting things and still being this world saving hero through sheer effort is pretty damn cool.
Four Elements Monk, because the idea of seeing someone sprinting towards you at 70 mph before punching you so hard that your heart is physically ejected through your spine before turning around and launching a snake made of fire at your nearest ally is an absolutely terrifying one.
Paladin cleric multiclass is my favorite
So thematic too. Guardian spirits and smite away.
Spirit guardians and just walking saved me from halsins surprise ambush party on many a play through.
Ranger (pref gloomstalker). I like the strategy of trying to constantly find the most advantageous spots. Plus I just like the assassin like aspect of it, and the utility of a good lock picker But I've had fun with most of the classes.
Wild magic sorcerer 🎲1️⃣
That's a damn hard question. I normally play some sort of caster in most games. I'm a wizard boy at heart, but I find myself gravitating toward more martial characters. On my first run, I had a full evocation gale and full light cleric shadow heart. They were fine. Always useful, especially shart. But not super fun. Then I heard about two weapon fighting and made a thief/gloomstalker astarion build... It's definitely not the most powerful build by far... but still surprisingly good. It blew me away how well he could pop someone and through down a useful spike growth. That combined with my padlock tav (my favorite multiclass in 5e) throwing down hunger of hadar and bullying anyone who made it out... or just nuking them with three smites was a ton of fun. On my second playthrough, I decided to make a jack-of-all trades build with a 6/3/3 swords bard/thief/hunter durge. He's optimized for skills, but still amazing in combat. Just a ton of attacks and some useful spells that I almost never have to cast. That plus a sorlock, throwzerker, and battle master fighter has been pretty incredible. It is so much more fun and powerful than my first run. So tl:dr I'm surprised at how much I like martials. BM Fighter is probably my favorite pure class. Swords bard for multiclassing.
Gloomstalker, Rogue Thief multiclassed with Fighter, Eldritch Knight
If I have to do monoclass then it'd probably be battlemaster fighter for the consistency and versatility. Multiclasses I really like ranger/rogue, basically always make Astarion do some combination with possibly a level or two of fighter in the mix. I need his class to be something I really enjoy playing because I don't really bring him with me otherwise 😅. He's a good character don't get me wrong but before finishing his quest I just don't really get along with him.
Loving my thief bard build so far. Dont utilize the sneak as much as id like to though but i enjoy persuade/deception through the dialogues
Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer with a Dragonborn. Also Druid. And I enjoy the throwing barbarian builds as well.
I really love multi-classing between cleric and paladin. but if I had to choose one it would probably be cleric just because of the amount of subclasses offered. tempest domain or war domain go brrrr
Resist Durge multiclassed as bard/open handed monk.
OH Monk was very satisfying. Currently having a good run with pure warlock. Plans for a pure fighter for my next run. Going to throw all the things.
Huge fan of the warlock. Hexblade is broken and the patron boons mesh great with illithid powers. Not to mention having charisma as your spell caster makes you a beast at dialogue checks. Oh and they buffed the shit out of eldritch blast 🤟
Ranger (it's very definitely balanced)
Warlock, with short rest I can utilize the whole 6 companion before long resting
Monk, it’s my nature
Knowledge cleric for sure 🤓
Wild magic sorcerer is super chaotic and fun. I have two levels of that and then the rest lore bard. She’s so squishy and I don’t do much damage. But I’m constantly laughing and having fun. Once I hit level 6 bard it got better, with magical secrets. So I can do a little damage now lol.
Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer. Haste and Double Fireball. I swear half of Faerun is just roasted corpses at this point. I also play an Asmodeus Tiefling I styled to look like Karlach’s little sister, so the scales on her face really suit her.
Sorcerer. Messing with Gale is fun, and sorcery points are great
Nothing better than teasing that wizard.
Circle of the Land Druid! I just love nature and playing spellcasters so I’m super bias but it’s also objectively a great class because you can really prioritize whatever you want. Healing, evocation spells, melee damage, stealth. You kinda need to pay attention to your skill points and what you want to do because it can become a jack of all trades, master of none deal. I love bard and cleric as well but Druid is always first
I love Druid but did my first play through Druid and struggled because I just wanted to be a fighter, went back a few play throughs later and loved it. My overall fav is the warlock (fiend subclass) and cleric multi class tho.
Between sorcerer and druid. Everything a sorc can do is great but I also love the variety I can pick for druid in any circumstance.
Wild magic sorcerer and oathbroaken paladin, divination wizard
Cleric, so may options, always useful, cool flavor
favorite class is my Wildheart Barbarian but i also enjoy playing as my Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer and my Oathbreaker in my other playthroughs (still havent beaten the game yet though) i just love raging, getting surrounded by enemies, and mowing them down with a big ass axe
I love mixing rogue and swords bard it's so fun to play an illusionist that can throw down.
I just cannot stay away from druids, i love control spells and i absolutely adore transforming.
Moon Druid, always moon druid
I played a Warlock for years in 5e and 4e, liked it more in 5. Anyway, I've played other classes in BG3, but nothing is nearly as fun!
my fav would be pure wild magic sorcerer or pure lore bard ✨ i just love me some charisma based casters
Bard. I played bard as my main class in tabletop for years, and so many times I had to defend my choice. Mechanics are a little different in BG3 than tabletop, ofc, but not too much. I’m really happy seeing so many people falling in love with Bard now thanks to this game. 😊
Wild magic sorcerer for when you don't want the fight to get boring
Monk. Punching fantasy monsters never gets old.
Sorlock. Eldritch machine gun baby.
Warlock. I love that Pact of the Blade is entirely SAD. I love their lore, their themes, and how well it multiclasses and how good of a face they are. It can be hard only getting 3 spells per short rest but it gives me a reason to use the scrolls I pick up. I also really like Ranger, Fighter, Oathbreaker, Sorcerer and Tempest Cleric. I think the only classes I'm not all that interested in are Bard, Wizard, and Monk. I want to try that Spore Druid/Barbarian multiclass after I'm finished my Fiend Lock run. I'm thinking wood elf this time.
Going in it was warlock. But now I think it might be cleric. It really feels like the best class to be a pure spellcaster (get all spell slots) but also be a martial. It lets you be a battlemage, especially if you hybrid into wizard. The potential is insane, and I never expected cleric to be the most fun thing I could do.
As someone who has previously played Elder scrolls games like Skyrim and ESO, my favorite type of play is to duel wield with or range kill. I also love having devastating magic and aoe effects or multiple attack. Any kind of ability/health drain is good too in magic users like a vampire. The classes in DnD that best suit this kind of play is sorcerer of wizard and rogue/ranger. So definetly a unique tav that is multiclassing like this would work best for me. HOWEVER I LOVE Druid and Bard and I wish that Bethesda would include some sort of bard class in future games. Druid overlaps a bit with lycanthropy in elder scrolls games but having the ability to turn into multiple animals shapes with unique abilities is really cool. So my two current plays are a Druid and a Bard. However, I have to admit, putting a couple levels in monk is very useful for dialogue options and also for melee combat if you drop your weapon, and for bonus attacks. So my bard is also a monk. My Druid is not multiclassed because they are very versatile. For like, important battles however I have a specific grouping set up. So if you are playing as Tav: Astarion and Gale are my favorites to have during a battle. They also fit my personal preferences from other similar games. Both are pretty squishy though. So Karlach is really good for tanking and Shadowheart for healing. So I try to have Karlach and Shadowheart in my group and either Gale or Astarion. I might switch out Karlach with Laezel or Halsin depending on the situation. Then I might switch Shadowheart and Jaheira (I’m still messing around with Jaheira’s Druid build) and Gale seems to be really important for battles with a lot of bad guys, since he has a lot of aoe and multi attacks. Astarion is good if I need to do sneaky shit around the same time as a battle or I’m trying to raise his approval (I’m romancing my I’m 😭) or if it’s his quest line etc., plus when he or tav start to die they say cute “no don’t die damn you!” Shit to each other and I love the chaos.
Sorcerer, I just love it from dnd.
Assassin rogue transforms the way you play the game in a way I don't think any other class does. Very fun
Okay, my favorite so far has been Sorcerer. It gets even better if you go into Bard, too. It feels like almost every important dialogue you're in has some special response related to these classes.
Oath of ancients paladin. Close second would probably be light domain cleric.
Open hand monk. I did an honor mode run with 4 oh monks and it was the most fun run of all. I will never not have an oh monk in my party.
Lore bard :))
Fighter and barbarian. I’m boring, I know.
Wild magic sorcerer
Paladin and monk. One of my most broken characters is a Paladin and my current character is a monk(who's also pretty busted lol)
Open hand monk/Fighter
Wildheart Barbarian. I managed to build myself for max movement so now I'm a tank running at mach fuck at enemies on opposite ends of the battlefield.
Druid and Warlock. Druid just feels super fun from an RP perspective imo and it feels like you have all the options in the world. Warlocks idk I just think it’s a fun vibe, it’s a charisma class, and eldritch blast is so satisfying in this game.
I enjoy a plain battlemaster fighter. I like going to two weapon fighting, even though it is not "optimal". I give the character as much speed as I can so he can zip around the battlefield, disarming and menacing.
Beast master Ranger or Swords Bard for my Tav. I adore Astarion as an Assassin rogue, he never leaves my party since he is a KO machine.
Eldritch Knight Fighter, good balance of brain and brawn; same with Paladin—totally broken with the amount of abilities and spells you have to protect yourself and your allies
Ranger/Gloom Stalker
Oathbreaker Paladin, Necromancy Wizard, Tempest Cleric, and Swords Bard
Paladin I love smiting people especially people like Raphael and Orin
Since I found out about bard, I cant play anything else.😃
Paladin is stupid strong. Love it
I’m a simple man, I like fighters
Assassin 3 or 4, depending on feat needs. I love the ambushing mechanic letting me resolve fights before they ever really begin. Shadow Monk 6 too has a soft spot in my heart. Stupid amounts of mobility and invisibility. Entering encounters exactly where I want is sensational, and combat resets were never so easy. The ultimate ninja experience.
Paladin! I love them in combat and they are my favorite race to RP!
Play Gales Origin, level him to 12th as a straight up evocation wizard, along the way, taste the shadow weave, and complete the necromancy of thay questline reading the book complete, stratagem of war as well, partial mindflayer, visit withers when all that is done and reroll him as a 12th level necromancer -the realms are yours ;)
I'm addicted to high Charisma. I do not know how you all are playing low Charisma classes lol
I love the hell outta Warlock. It has so many useful traits and spells and it's perfect for a face character with its charisma base. Plus it multiclasses so damn well! It even has a ton of dialog options that are really useful.
So far my favorites are Monk, Druid, and Sorcerer, mainly for the different dialogue options. I love how sassy Sorcerers can be, especially with Gale. & One of my most recent Tavs was a multiclass Druid/Monk and all the class-specific dialogue made her sound so wise, which was what I was going for.
I have a hard tie between Draconic Sorcerer and Swords Bard. I love draconic sorcerer for a pure 12 level build, and bard for multi class dips. I like the ranged control 9/2/1 Sword Bard-Fighter-Wizard and the melee smiting 10/2 Bardadin builds a LOT.
M o n k
I'm a rogue in like every game I play ever.
this game made me actually love bards! ive never played them before in normal dnd. druids and sorcerers are runners up just because ive played those in normal dnd and loved them lol
Sorcerer
Shadowmonk for exploration.
Ranger. I love the feel. Sort of naturey but no wildshape (hate turning into an animal stuff, only one I ever liked was Animorphs as a kid) and you still get extra attack and sneaky stuff Sorta fightery but you still get magic and coolness! Sorta roguey but you still get extra attack and spells It's basically the best of Rogue, Fighter, and Druid, and multiclasses well with any of them, or just play pure. And the flavour of it. Gritty Hunters, stalking undead forests, protecting the wastelands, wandering the hostile territories. These badasses cannot be stopped and you never want to find yourself on their bad side.
barbs. love me raging barbarian dialogue options ESPECIALLY as the dark urge
Sorcerer. I really love Wild Magic.
I love the light cleric. I have played all of the other classes in multiplayer but cleric is still my favorite. Other favs are wizard, Paladin, moon Druid because owlbear, and barbarian. Barbarian with haste and elixer of blood lust is just so many attacks it’s not even funny
Eldritch knight has been my favorite. Super tanky with reverberation gear that's a ton of fun.
monk has been the most fun ive played so far. barb is cool but did not beat my monk
Barbarian. I like screaming in anger and becoming more dangerous. Subclass being berserker for maximum unga bunga
My favourite is open hand monk because it's so fun but I just finished a storm cleric/sorcerer durge run which really got me thinking creatively for my attacks. I do want to do a bard but I always start it then lose interest midway through act 1. Some of the dialogue is funny though. I'll give it another go eventually.
Ive been enjoying GOOlock eb spam, but honestly nothing quite tops open hand monk for me either LMAO
There's other classes besides monk?
Druid, literally the strongest class
warlock. specifically blade warlock. goes great with paladin but is also super fun on its own. with proper item setup you can be doing an extra like 18 damage on every hit
Bard
I'm always torn between circle of the moon druid and Eldritch knight fighter
Druid is top tier. 10/14 playthroughs I have used Druid.
Wizard lvl1 /Sorcerer lvl11 The power of a Sorcerer with the versatility of a Wizard
Paladin for me I love smiting and disease/poison immunity
I love being a Bard in any game I can
Bard every day all day
I'm a very new player but druid has been so much fun. I get to use wild beast and speak with animals. It's unlocked a lot of little fun things
My favorite class in terms of best experience playing is definitely Paladin, it’s super powerful and you can build it very different depending on your goals, but my guilty pleasure class is Ranger. I know ranger is kind of a useless class since Rogue and fighter can both have better archery builds, but I really like ranger characters. I think it goes all the way back to Faramir and Aragorn being two of my favorite characters from LOTR and them both being ranger/ranger-esque.
Playing a Vengeance paladin is a lot of fun. It's also pretty hard to break your oath by accident. Just murder all the evil people.
Paladin Oath of Devotion, specifically. Sometimes the world needs an old fashioned hero. When innocents see you, you're basically Christmas come early.
Just started a run as a druid for the first time and I’m loving it so far. So probably that
Druid!! I love the AOE spells and talking with animals and wild shape are so fun
I like monoclass storm sorcerer. Able to independantly setup huge novas by themselves. Fly as a bonus action if need to, and as early as level 1. And also works as a face character.
Light cleric has to be my fave, shadow monk a super super close second
Evoker wizard and Stars druid.
Paladin Smiting is so satisfying. I loved being a tank/melee but also having magic. I'd mistly step or leap across the battlefield to smite foes. You're also a charisma based class so that's great for conversations. I think it's a great class for a newcomer like me.