Background is the one major thing that you cannot change after character creation, so choose wisely. The Perception skill, is probably the single best skill due to the number of passive checks that occur. It’s used for finding hidden objects, traps, and often in dialogue.
Gtk… thanks! Perception is absolutely something I tend to forget about, I don’t know why… I know how important it can be, but I just always forget about because I guess I get distracted by fancy spells and big bonk, sassy charisma and cool useful skills… poor perception always gets forgotten even though it’s probably the single most useful skill if you want to find loot and not step on every damn trap in the whole dungeon! Lmao
This is going to come in handy when doing a second playthrough, now that I have an idea of the game. Thanks for the video, and for the guides, really helpful.
Something important to point out with initiative is that unlike dnd 5e, the initiative die is a D4, not a d20. This makes initiative bonuses absolutely massive.
Its really not, its only backwards if you're character building for power or role first. If you're doing it as intended in the book, its roleplay focused, so you pick who you're born as, then who you become. Its all perspective.
Play however you want. I never got the point of min/maxing. It always ends up killing the for the sake of finishing fights 5-10 seconds faster. People tend to forget that Bg3 is an rpg and not an mmo.
Race then class isn't backwards, your priorities are. Roleplay first, you want to pick who you are born, then who you become. Class first makes sense if you're trying to build for combat or role.
As a tabletop player. This is pretty good advice. However, I would say that 14 constitution is good for a front liner. Prolly only gonna need 16 early on, if you are playing Barbarian. 12 con is fine for ranged in my opinion.
@@youngimperialistmkiiI kind of agree with you. I think 14 is fine despite your class, but you might as well take con up to 16 on barb or a spellcaster that uses concentration if you don't actually need any other stats. For example my eldritch knight/warlock multiclass is pact of the blade and uses CHA for all of its damage and social interactions and uses heavy armor. I literally only need Charisma for this build and everything else is just optional so might as well take 16 con there for my saving throws.
It gets tiring adhering to the typical fantasy stereotypes. I love making complicated yet against the grain characters that still have some great advantage. So I made a barbarian Drow. I did ot for the animations and diffoculty
For Proficiencies I really prefer my face character (the main one I'm going to play) to have a wider range of skills. So something like a Wood Elf and selecting a background that gives new skills. I'd rather have the +2 in 5-6 skills then a +5 in one or two. Then when I can respec my other companions attempt to focus them on certain skills so that when required I can rely on them to assist me in those occasions like a Rogue for lockpicking and stealing or a Barb for trading and talking to NPC's. Meanwhile for the majority of gameplay dice rolls I can just be satisfied with my character having a smaller bonus across more things giving me a higher average of succeeding.
Trying to min/max for an optimal build on the first playthrough is kinda futile if you're not already very familiar with D&D 5E and even then, the game itself has things you can't really know until you've played it (or has vacuumed the internet for all kinds of guides). For completely new players a guide on how to not make a complete disaster character is probably better than how to min/max.
Paladin is so good but the restriction to choices means you really have to think before you act as a paladin. I was trying to be a nice guy re-animating the dead husband of a certain character... whoops.
Like Vanilla WOW, if you played priest and were not a dwarf you were doing it wrong. Fear Ward for the win! I played Human for the free CC break! So I did it kinda right.
Whenever I do this I just end up having no “face” Everyone is optimized for combat and nobody can pass a dialogue check 😂😂 I just don’t like bards that much
Actually you can play what you want. This is a rpg and not a min-max simulator. This isn't exactly fun. You can play a character that has is not optimized for damage. Utility is also very strong.
He literally said this is a minmax guide and isn't for people who are just trying to have fun. Watch the video before you comment so no one wastes their time reading your uninformed guesses thinking it's actually valid criticism.
^Don’t listen to this guy. It’s completely possible to make the character you want while also making some decisions based on build optimization, and this video gives some good tips for doing so.
Nah. I love casting classes. Minor illusion next to an explosive barrel then firebolt = funny boom boom splosions. Or raining everyone then ice storm to turn them all into ice statues. So many different options every time keeps it very entertaining instead of the martials who do the same thing every turn.
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Background is the one major thing that you cannot change after character creation, so choose wisely. The Perception skill, is probably the single best skill due to the number of passive checks that occur. It’s used for finding hidden objects, traps, and often in dialogue.
Gtk… thanks!
Perception is absolutely something I tend to forget about, I don’t know why… I know how important it can be, but I just always forget about because I guess I get distracted by fancy spells and big bonk, sassy charisma and cool useful skills… poor perception always gets forgotten even though it’s probably the single most useful skill if you want to find loot and not step on every damn trap in the whole dungeon! Lmao
This is going to come in handy when doing a second playthrough, now that I have an idea of the game. Thanks for the video, and for the guides, really helpful.
Perception is useful on any character, even if they're not primarily Wisdom-based.
Something important to point out with initiative is that unlike dnd 5e, the initiative die is a D4, not a d20.
This makes initiative bonuses absolutely massive.
I thought this was an absolute beast of a game for 2023 game of the year
Agreed about the choose your class first. This is what I always tell friends that are just jumping in. It IS kinda backwards on the character creator.
Its really not, its only backwards if you're character building for power or role first. If you're doing it as intended in the book, its roleplay focused, so you pick who you're born as, then who you become. Its all perspective.
Cool vid! You should do an honor mode guide too 😤
Play however you want. I never got the point of min/maxing. It always ends up killing the for the sake of finishing fights 5-10 seconds faster. People tend to forget that Bg3 is an rpg and not an mmo.
Race then class isn't backwards, your priorities are. Roleplay first, you want to pick who you are born, then who you become. Class first makes sense if you're trying to build for combat or role.
As a tabletop player. This is pretty good advice. However, I would say that 14 constitution is good for a front liner. Prolly only gonna need 16 early on, if you are playing Barbarian. 12 con is fine for ranged in my opinion.
Yeah but casters will benefit from 14-16 con due to concentration and being squishy hp rise.
@@Cyb3rM1nd hp is useful for everyone. But those points are imo better used elsewhere.
@@youngimperialistmkiiI kind of agree with you. I think 14 is fine despite your class, but you might as well take con up to 16 on barb or a spellcaster that uses concentration if you don't actually need any other stats. For example my eldritch knight/warlock multiclass is pact of the blade and uses CHA for all of its damage and social interactions and uses heavy armor. I literally only need Charisma for this build and everything else is just optional so might as well take 16 con there for my saving throws.
@@GreenLightningHood Indeed. Heavy armor proficiency on a caster negates the need for dex. So yeah, pump con.
It gets tiring adhering to the typical fantasy stereotypes. I love making complicated yet against the grain characters that still have some great advantage. So I made a barbarian Drow. I did ot for the animations and diffoculty
For Proficiencies I really prefer my face character (the main one I'm going to play) to have a wider range of skills. So something like a Wood Elf and selecting a background that gives new skills. I'd rather have the +2 in 5-6 skills then a +5 in one or two. Then when I can respec my other companions attempt to focus them on certain skills so that when required I can rely on them to assist me in those occasions like a Rogue for lockpicking and stealing or a Barb for trading and talking to NPC's. Meanwhile for the majority of gameplay dice rolls I can just be satisfied with my character having a smaller bonus across more things giving me a higher average of succeeding.
Trying to min/max for an optimal build on the first playthrough is kinda futile if you're not already very familiar with D&D 5E and even then, the game itself has things you can't really know until you've played it (or has vacuumed the internet for all kinds of guides). For completely new players a guide on how to not make a complete disaster character is probably better than how to min/max.
3:45 careful you do not become an oathbreaker Paladin, as you won't be able to respec unless you pay 1000gold, staking up to 10000 gold at some point
Paladin is so good but the restriction to choices means you really have to think before you act as a paladin. I was trying to be a nice guy re-animating the dead husband of a certain character... whoops.
I just started playing on the Xbox and cannot figure out how to use bonus actions? What buttons do I press.
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You gotta share this outro music dude
Would love to see your take on an "optimal" every class multiclass guide. That achievement has my brain hurting just thinking about it lol. 😂🧠🔨
Just do the easy way, respec a hireling
I think high strength/dexterity and charisma is probably the way to go.
Like Vanilla WOW, if you played priest and were not a dwarf you were doing it wrong. Fear Ward for the win! I played Human for the free CC break! So I did it kinda right.
Play whatever you think seems fun. There easy lol
He literally says multiple times in the video this is for min max
Try that in honor mode, your death would be easy indeed
No one has fun being dead all the time .
Too difficult, everything seems fun at once
Whenever I do this I just end up having no “face”
Everyone is optimized for combat and nobody can pass a dialogue check 😂😂
I just don’t like bards that much
Why is the section called Barbarian Bard lmao
As a newbie (2 hours in, first &d game), I see my wood elf fighter seems less than optimal 😂
The extra movement is pretty decent and stealth is always useful while harder to get on a fighter. Pretty deece pick IMHO.
*only if you dont care about the rpg of your class
He literally said that in the video. Watch the video.
Alright
Actually you can play what you want. This is a rpg and not a min-max simulator. This isn't exactly fun. You can play a character that has is not optimized for damage. Utility is also very strong.
He literally said this is a minmax guide and isn't for people who are just trying to have fun. Watch the video before you comment so no one wastes their time reading your uninformed guesses thinking it's actually valid criticism.
No don't listen to UA-camrs even if they have good tipps. Make a character as you want.
^Don’t listen to this guy. It’s completely possible to make the character you want while also making some decisions based on build optimization, and this video gives some good tips for doing so.
^Listen to this guy because the original person doesn't know what they are talking about.
Tips 1, 2 and 3. NO casting classes, NO casting classes, and NO casting classes. My dual wielding gloom stalker mows over everything.
Nah. I love casting classes. Minor illusion next to an explosive barrel then firebolt = funny boom boom splosions. Or raining everyone then ice storm to turn them all into ice statues. So many different options every time keeps it very entertaining instead of the martials who do the same thing every turn.
Wrong
@@GreenLightningHood Yes, you are
Chill the fedora edgelord
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Min maxing in a game this easy just seems masturbatory lol
Go try honor mode, lol
"easy" is subjective.
thats just like, your opinion, man
Why don't you post a video of you having beaten the game on any difficulty?