Baldur's Gate 3 Which Class is Right For You Reaction

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[@merowinger4802]

Just to clear some things up: Every origin character already has a class. There are some classes that aren't used in the origin characters. There are was to reset your class later. Don't worry to much if you feel like your choice doesn't fit you anymore or you got a thing wrong. It is easy to redo most of your character once you played a bit.

[@backpack_hermit25]

Also there is no cost to doing it as you can easily just pickpocket the gold back from withers and he won’t give a damn if you fail.

[@Henrygeorge9420]

​@@backpack_hermit25I always robbed him every single time I had to resurrect someone or class change 😂

[@ZeallustImmortal]

All you miss out on by respeccing later is starting gear, which doesn't matter much anyway.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

​@@backpack_hermit25wait he doesnt care? I never bothered cause the cost was so low, but thats hilarious. Not like he has much use for mortal gold anyway.

[@battedbook5811]

One thing that wasn't explained in this is, when you break your oath as a paladin you become an oathbreaker and you're given dark and evil spells. The cool thing about being an oathbreaker is that it doesn't make you actually evil, as you could have broken your oath while trying to do good, so it can make you more of an antihero. You also get some "Finally, A Worthy Opponent , Our Battle Will Be Legendary." style dialog options as an oathbreaker.

[@chrisd7047]

I'm partial for personal reasons, but I'm not sure paladins get the shine they're due, especially the Oath of Ancients paladins. When all your nearby allies are immune to fear, resistant to spell damage, and get your Cha bonus to their saving throws, a party becomes MUCH harder to defeat. Toss in their ability to tank, their use as a secondary healer, and decent damage and interesting options with the Smite spells, and I'm putting a paladin in every party if I'm metagaming.

[@tyjames3339]

@@chrisd7047 ancients paladin also get to use their owth charge for a GREAT AOE heal on a bonus action, so you can smite twice per turn and still revive your entire team if needed. that heal saved my honor mode run more than once...

[@Pieling]

Keep in mind that you'll find the other origin characters in-game and recruit them as party members. Lae'zel (green lady) is a warrior. Shadowheart (memory-loss girl) is a cleric. Astarion (white-haired vampire guy) is a rogue. Karlach (red horned lady) is a barbarian. Wyll (one-eyed heroic guy) is a warlock. And Gale (arrogant guy in purple) is a wizard. You can change their class, or just leave them in camp lol, but it means that the game provides you with a good barbarian, warrior, cleric, rogue, warlock, and wizard pretty early on.

[@zardify_]

Spoiler...

[@_holy__ghost]

@@zardify_ how is this a spoiler. you find this out within the first 10 minutes of the game.

[@Xerou]

For my main party I did a reset with the ghoul. Shadow heart is a life domain cleric, Astarion is an assassin, Karlach got turned into a Paladin for lolz (and man does she hurt people), Lae'Zel is still a warrior, Wyll remained a warlock but is an eldritch blast machinegun build, Gale is still a wizard (and will never leave my camp).

[@backpack_hermit25]

Gale as ‘arrogant wizard guy’ hurt my soul 😢

[@beccazach]

@@backpack_hermit25 Same :') it's definitely a first impressions thing, but I worry they might not get too close with him in their playthrough since it seems they're not aiming to use a wizard in their party

[@scrublord7922]

Really glad you guys are getting more into baldurs gate 3. Definitely my favorite game of this year! If you two do decide on playing just wanted you to know that you can always swap in and out the other two party members in your squad of 4 to any other benched party members and choose any class for each, that way you can have a dedicated healer or a dedicated tank.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s solid and allows for some fun diverse gameplay 😀

[@shfhthgh]

If you’re willing to install mods, there’s one that lets you remove the party limit. It does make a lot of fights considerably easier though as well as slow down combat a bit The upside is that you don’t have to keep switching out party members whenever you want to progress their character stories, as well as hear more of their banter You can also change the difficulty at any time so if you’re finding things too hard/easy you can fix that to a certain extent

[@ryan27229]

Warlock is my favorite class. Not only is it a class you can use if you want to do both melee and spellcasting, but because it's a Charisma class it's good for talking to NPCs since charisma checks are used during dialogue. You can persuade or threaten characters to avoid fights or gain better rewards, or find out their secrets, plenty of things like that.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Nice. Warlock piqued our interest 🙂

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Double fire ball sorcerer though

[@gamefisher2419]

Be careful, not all classes have an npc companion that fills the roll in game. For example, there is no bard npc, so if you want a bard in your party then you have to make your character a bard. I think the same goes for paladin.

[@acrab6527]

only Bard and Sorcerer don't have a party member. But there's no difference between Wizard and Sorcerer since everyone does 3 levels of one and the rest of the other. So basically just make your main character a Bard.

[@minireaperYT]

Druid is a safe first pick, very good hybrid support class. Don't underestimate the monk, if u know what u doing it is busted. Going too magic reliant is something I heavily warn against, have a mixed party if you want to have a fun time.

[@PiratePawsLive]

True, the druid can function as frontline and support. I would get a Rogue and maybe a Barbarian, Fighter, Paladin or Cleric for the permanent frontline to allow some staying power. Depends on how Beth wants to play. If she goes heavy into moon druid like gameplay and runs around as animal and is fine as frontline fighter then pick a cleric for the other frontline spot for some emergency healing. Rogue is more for utility, lockpicking and setting up ambushes and such as well as the skill monkey they are :). My DnD 5e 2cents. I play in my bg3 run a Dark Urge Origin, Rogue Assasin / Ranger Gloom Stalker multiclass. Its fun but difficult at times^^

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Mixed party sounds like it would be the most fun. And another person to tell us that Monks are OP if handled well 🤔 now it will take us more hours to choose haha

[@hellfrozenphoenix13]

​@@PiratePawsLiveone build I have been enjoying is one I out on Jahera, which is Ranger and Thief, using dual handbows. Handbows deal FULL damage in the offhand slot, making the damage stupidly good.

[@dio_branflakes9953]

Moonbeam is goated

[@PiratePawsLive]

@@dio_branflakes9953 Yeah true. A Pimped up Eldritch blast can be nasty as well. especially in later levels when you get multiple per round. Thunderwave is fun as well to move enemies around on the battlefield or throw them off stuff.^^

[@fakepasta3935]

You can speak with animals with every class. You just need to use potion or scroll to do that. I personally love sorcerers, because their metamagic makes you real powerhouse later on and you are so charismatic that you can persuade nearly everyone.

[@g0lddustt29]

*Laughs in bard/rogue*

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Good to know every class can speak with animals 🙂

[@acrab6527]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames There's also just a necklace that lets anyone wearing it do it.

[@Dataanti]

@@acrab6527 this is what I used, cant remember where i got it. same with speaking to the dead.

[@charlescox86]

Forest Gnomes can speak to animals so you could also get the ability as a racial ability@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames

[@HarukoZ001]

For Druid, if you pick Circle of the Moon as your subclass, you can wild shape in combat as a bonus action, instead of using a full action.

[@MrDarkSidius]

Monk maybe sounds bland on paper, but in bg3 they're massive hitter. My friend in act 2 could wipe small group of enemies before we had our turn. And yes, taking session 0 for character creation is standard in tabletop. So wasting a few hours in bg3 creating character totally on point. That's why "Down by the river" most popular song, because everyone get to listen to it for a long time before game even started

[@SylverQrow]

Any class can do any role. Just depends on how you build the character. Rogue specializes in stealth. But you can be a stealthy fighter, Druid, Wizard, Paladin etc.. (Druids can turn into animals which can stealth pass stuff, wizards can become invisible, paladins dont have to be a tank n can be nimble. Fighters can fight as a last resort xD)

[@Xerou]

Ken while at first glance a Monk may seem uninteresting, consider this: Way of the open hand and then fighter for action surge. You get to flurry of blows (Which you can find gloves to increase the damage AND element given to attacks). You can solo a boss, in a round, by punching it TO DEATH.

[@I.Lostalim]

As a long time fan of both D&D and the Baldur's Gate series, it's great to see you guys getting ready to jump in. Couch Co-Op on the PS5 is great, I played a little with my partner! A couple of notes: The Origin Characters you can pick from are already characters you can otherwise recruit for your party (except The Dark Urge, that's a tie in from previous BG games) Most players go with a custom character because it gives you the most flexibility for choosing. Noting that Vox Machina was your go to reference - they are actually a pretty good reference point. Vex is a Ranger and Vax is a Rogue. Keyleth is a prime example of what to expect from a Druid. Pike and S2's Kashaw are different flavours of Cleric. S2's Zahra is a Warlock. Percy is a Fighter, but with a little agreed customisation with Matt the DM. Grog is your typical Barbarian berserker and Scanlan is obviously a Bard.

[@richardhealy]

A video of you making characters gets this upvote! Currently I am taking a halfling Enchanter Wizard through to Act III One thing the Gamespot video lightly explained is how diverse the sub-classes can be. An Enchanter Wizard for example excells at spells that control people (taking them out of combat, forcing them to fight for you) which is different from say an Abdjuration Wizard which has lots of buff spells and protection and the phenomenal counterspel (that if it succeeds prevents a hostile spell being cast.) Both types of wizard can access the same kinds of armour weapons and spell scrolls to copy into their spellbook (my enchanter has both fireball and wall of fire for instance) but I am now at a high enough level that if I cast Hideous Laughter at an enemy I can auto target another enemy 2 for 1. Thats something only my enchanter wizard can do with enchantment spells i.e what subclass you pick will greatly impact your experience of playing as a wizard as much as playing a battle master fighter (has extra types of attack like disarm or riposte) is distinguished from a Eldritch Knight (cast attack/defence spells) or a Life Cleric (bonus to heals) is different from an Oath of The Ancients (nature based magic) while both still being clerics. If you want some help understanding all of that, I highly recommend the channel Fextralife which has breakdowns on all 46 sub-classes and what they are like to play. But don't stress making a mistake, you have the opportunity to meet an NPC early on who for 100gp will let you respect any character so you can't screw it up- just go with what feels right. Have fun you two!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks so much for the advice 😀

[@denzelherrman]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I wouldn't support fextralife on the channel they're known for embed botting

[@SylverQrow]

Aside from the Dark Urge, all the Origin characters come with their own set classes. But you have the option to change it if you want later.

[@MalevolentFae]

Larian just released a massive improvement patch for the game. You can be certain that the game will be awesome when you get to it, since the developers want the game to be the best it can be.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎👍🤩

[@ericmartin8870]

One of the things I love most about this game is how much freedom you have to play how YOU want to! While the Origin characters are generally pre-written to be specific classes and not all classes are represented from the start, you unlock the ability pretty early on to change the classes on any character and custom-build your party. The game's story will continue to treat them as if they're the class they started as, but for gameplay it's all up to you and if you get to know the characters well enough it becomes pretty easy to get a custom party whose classes still fit the personalities of the characters you're using. For example, Shadowheart is a Cleric by default, but in all my playthroughs I've only ever kept her as her base loadout once. I find she operates really well as a Paladin herself, and in fact if you go Oath of the Ancients she may even become a better healer than she ever was as a Trickery domain Cleric. Astarion is the party's canon Rogue, but he's so snarky and flamboyant that he fits beautifully reclassed to be a Bard. I've yet to keep Gale in my party as a staple member while keeping him a Wizard, usually changing him to Sorceror at the earliest opportunity lol. So while out of your four top picks for party composition, only the Warlock is represented among early-game Origin characters (Wyll is canonically a Warlock), you can easily run your dream team with a little fine-tuning once you unlock the ability to do so. You CAN get access to a Druid later on in the story, but it IS a fair bit later on so playing from the start as one is pretty preferable IMO. Personally, Paladin and Bard are easily my two favorite classes, and they're popularly considered to be among the more generally versatile and powerful classes in the game. I once tried multiclassing a character that was both of them, but those two specific classes tend to benefit from being the "primary" with most of your level investment into one or the other...neither aspect really reached their full potential when I tried to balance both. And please don't be too self-conscious or hesitant to take your time in character creation. I've seen people take up to 2 hours sometimes getting it all fine-tuned to be exactly what they envision for themselves before they ever take a step in the actual game environment. Designing your identity for the lengthy and epic experience that is BG3 is half the fun! :D

[@_inSight__]

Different classes and stats offer unique or stronger bonuses when in conversations. Persuading, intimidating, lying, and survival checks all correlate to different stats, classes, alignments, and previous choices depending on the situation. The class you chose is great, especially Warlock and Druid, but its helpful to know both Bards and Warlocks use charisma as their main stat, which means Ken would probably have the best advantage in dialogue and the bard can back him up with bardic inspiration. However, you can swap the bard out for a fighter since none of the main characters are a bard.

[@corvotheblack9749]

This video reminds me of the time I had to fight 10 midgets, a seagull, and a random dude named Jeffrey over a can of pepsi at a movie theater in Wisconson. God I miss the 2000s😩

[@ardelianelson2902]

My first playthrough i played as a Wizard and let me tell you, the AOE spells you will have access to is great for crowd control. It makes many of the late game fights much more manageable, since many take place in an arena style area. It does require some more caution on your part but is very fun!

[@uupdown2]

Monks are great. Bandit mouthing off at you? punch em out. Owl Bear attacking you? trip it over. Spellcaster trying to affect your mind? shrug em off no sweat. Group of enemies menacing you? make them explode with your fists. Army of machine soliders trying to chop you up? Just dodge em like you're in the Matrix. Arch Devil singing at you? knock him on his arse with flurry of blows and shut him up with stunning strikes.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Sounds fantastic 🤩

[@codebread5315]

My group of friends ran a Fighter/Bard/Wizard/Cleric and we had such a blast all the way through! BARDS LEAD THE WAY! The best class honestly is whatever sounds the most fun for you! Optimization is always great but go with your gut and have fun! The best part is you can always change in game if you decide you want to go a different route, try it all!

[@Pvt.Private]

Best Mix is Barbarian and Bard, I call it Bardbarian

[@codebread5315]

​@@Pvt.Private I went 10Bard/2Fighter and went Valor Bard my guy was wearing the Helldusk Heavy armor and the Legendary Rapier so funny seeing him keep up with our Full 12 Fighter.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for the advice! 😀

[@silentwatchman9908]

Im playing a cheese grater warlock. 10 Lore bard/2 GOOlock. cast spike growth, shoot enemy with eldritch blast+repelling blast for invocation. cheese grater

[@themuzzy5092]

My first (and only so far) completed run consisted of my character as a Devotion Paladin, Karlach as Barbarian, Shadowheart as Cleric, and Gale as Wizard. It was a pretty strong team, and though we did lack some of the rogue’s stealth and tricky skillset, we made up for it in frontline might. Plus I was romancing Karlach, so there’s no way she was leaving my active party. Lemme tell y’all, Paladin smites are *fun.*

[@GavinLIVE715]

Warlocks are really good, especially in BG3. They get only to spell slots until higher levels, however, those spell slots recover after a short rest whereas every other spell caster has to long rest to get their slots back. Their spell also, are always cast at the maximum power their level allows. And then there’s Eldritch blast. A cantrip you can use any time, scale’s ridiculous to fire multiple shots at higher levels, and is customizable. You can make it deal more damage and send enemies flying with the right Eldritch Invocations. Plus not many things resist Force damage, so you can literally bombard walls and doors until they break down if they are breakable. I’m obsessed with Warlocks.

[@mifoon8727]

I say this to everyone but a good aligned Dark Urge character is something that I always Urge (eyyy) people to play as it is SUCH a good character story. It also helps that Dark Urge is essentially a custom character that you can customize and name however you want. (Although when it comes to customization the Dragonborn’s really knock it out of the park) Now that I’ve gushed I’d also like to say that a warlock can talk to animals just as easily as a Druid can, if only to let you know that you have many options with how you’d like to create your characters, such as the fighter having the eldritch knight subclass and being able learn some of the wizards spells if you want physical fighting and spells but don’t quite jive with the paladin, although there are plenty of reasons to play paladin

[@velraven8944]

When you make your two characters, the other two in the party are story npcs you recruit (generally, you COULD make two more custom characters, but you'd miss out on story). There are 2 druid characters you can recruit through the story, so if you went Warlock and Bard, bard being a class you won't find as a recruit, then you'd be able to have story characters who give your team a Druid and the fourth can be Rogue/Cleric/fighter/whatever other class/character you want in the party.

[@cyclone8974]

I can't stand the story npcs. I wish I would have known that.

[@velraven8944]

@@cyclone8974 To each their own, I guess, I personally loved just about every story NPC, but yes you can grab the recruits from Withers if you want a party of non-story NPC's and aren't playing multiplayer.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Solid advice. Thanks! 🙂

[@valathor95]

You could respec one of the origin characters as a bard, (or multiclass Wyll into bard, it fits really well.)

[@ZeallustImmortal]

​@@cyclone8974You dont even like Karlach?

[@hulmhochberg8129]

Fyi: the "best spell" for warlocks he mentioned is a "cantrip", basically a level 0 spell that doesnt cost spellslots and can be used infinetly. So if you wanno also do meele dmg those two things dont synergise so well. If you wanno fo sword and sorcery a bard is good for that aswell, if not better. Two of the batds 3 subclasses specialize into meele, with a great supportive spell list

[@SylverQrow]

Bard is also a Spell Caster. Any character can be a jokey character.

[@aurendawnstar3026]

My favorite character to play has been a multiclass draconic bloodline sorcerer and old one pact warlock. Backstory is that his "Great Old One" warlock patron is actually his gold dragon ancestor from which his sorcerer blood comes from.

[@Jason-ji8ql]

Biggest thing to keep in mind: You can always respec your characters. This will let you feel safe to experiment with choices without feeling like you're stuck with a bad one for the rest of the game.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s good to know 🙂

[@InqusitorAdaar]

My current Party in BG3 is a Babarian, Fighter, Warlock and Ranger. We are on lvl 11. The Babarian and Fighter demolish everything in battle, our Warlock charms everyone and everything while the Ranger lies his way through life and steals everything he sees together with his crow familiar. We are 80 hours in and it's been nothing but fantastic! Cant wait to see you guys play BG3! 😊

[@Dataanti]

I will admit, the amount of detail and complexity in this game is kind of crazy. I have never played a game like this before, or DND, but I was able to get the hang of it after a bit. you really just gotta take your time, and read, but you do not need to memorize everything, the inventory search is amazing! the story is top notch and completely evolves around your choices. not just the outcome, but every story beat will change depending on what you do. it actually is astonishing what they have done here, and it has certainly raised the bar for RPGs much to the dismay of other developers to the point where other developers are complaining that it should not be the new standard but its because the cookie cutter climb up a tower, unlock map area, do fetch quest, kill target, move on play style that has become the RPG standard just cant compete. easily the best game I have played in many years, makes me upset that this developer with the fraction of the budget other AAA titles get, blew everything else out of the water. the golden era of gaming has long been over, but this game is certainly gold regardless imo. really reminds me of Starwars knights of the old republic, which if you ever wanted to play some retro games (not super retro, OG xbox era) are amazing games to play, sadly there are only 2 of them.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Nice to know someone else unfamiliar with this world was able to digest it all. Because it is a lot 😅

[@wraithryder]

Ill make it easy for you - it IS multiplayer. You want a Custom character, NOT an origin character (you get ALL origin characters in the Custom Character Campaign and get to play with your own as well - its just superior in EVERY way to make your custom character - the devs have even said, start with a custom character, THEN move on to Origins if you want some MINOR additional flavor on 1 particular character). Creating your character is a 1 hour long enjoyable process - that's part of the fun of these games (you can be done in 1 min if you skip everything), and you can Respec in the game so you change everything about your character (class/appearance) middle of the game anytime, you just cant change your race (elf/dwarf/etc) so just pick a race you like and you can keep customizing endlessly anytime in game. But watch a comprehensive guide to all classes mainly because taking an hour to pick 1 that sings to you saves you 300 hours of frustration and gives you 300 hours of enjoying what you love. If you want short vids, try fextralife - they are respected and coherent and well respected.

[@FleurFeuille]

I'm playing my first run. I'm a druid and it's awesome : I Can cast spells or go into the fight in my wildshape. I've played 140 hours, still in act 3, near the end I think, and I can't wait to finish the game just to try another run, with another class. 🥰

[@GasBandit]

My favorite BG3 character is a multiclassed 9Monk 3Rogue, subclassed into way of the open hand. He's got mobility like you wouldn't believe because of the extra bonus actions provided by Rogue, high AC from dexterity, and dishes out STUPID amounts of damage with just his bare hands, and can crowd control like nobody's business with stunning fist.

[@barcster2003]

Heres an easy explanation for classes. Barbarians - " hulk smash " think of a hulk , drax they smash stuff with hands and weapons. Their thing is they are buff and intimidating. Bard - "dance off me and you" think starlord from guardians of the galaxy or any charismatic character. They are support and are able to almost talk or romance their way out of anything while also knowing about alot of things. Cleric - "i find your lack of faith distrubing" they all vary a bit. They are heavily religious to their domain/ideal. They are tanky support with the ability to change quite a bit. Knowledge cleric - skill character you want to skill the game this is it. Think professor x less psychic more knowledge Life - healer wolverine without the claws but can heal others. Light - blaster human torch but outward blasts. Nature - being druid like think captian planet its almost a druid but more beefy they are more about being fanatic wildlife conservationalists. Nature clerics are less likely to let the animals and nature help but they still can. Nature clerics don't feel a connection to the animals and nature they feel more like they need help rather than thinking nature will help them. They keep the world from impeding on nature. Tempest - blaster tank that focuses on thunder/lightning think thor Trickery - sneaky tricky shenanigans think loki War - wants to use a weapon think Darth Vader. Druid - "i speak for the trees" you are going to be all about using the power of nature and animals. Think the lorax/ Smokey the Bear/ poison Ivy / disney princesses (think about how nearly all of them talk with animals in a special way). Druids care about nature are more likely to get help from animals, live among them, control weather and plants. They use nature to save the world. Fighter - " I can do this all day" Skilled combatant or strategist typically relying on armor and weapon proficiency to defeat their enemies. Think Captain America, Mulan. They are durable and their consistency is really good. Monk - "kung fu fighting" think anime characters. Shadow is a naruto character, open hand is kenshiro from fist of the north star, 4 elements is avatar benders. They are martial arts characters with a couple of other powers. If you want an anime character monks are it. Paladin - "I am ironman" strict adherence to principles. Think of his energy blasts and other things his suit does as divine magic. Heavily armored with some special powers Ranger - "you're not wrong calling youself one of the worlds greatest archers" think hawkeye. Survivalist. They are typically thought of as archers but they can be melee. Rogue - "wherever we want to go we go." Think jack sparrow. They kind of do what they want are really shady and stealthy and hope peope aren't too mad at them for doing shady things. Sorcerer - "you made your kids with magic." "Thats what every mother does." Think scarlet witch they break the rules of magic Warlock - "I'm the only one who can walk in both worlds " think ghost rider they all have otherworldly patrons. Making a contract with a supernatural eldritch being for superpowers to fight. Wizard - "for in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own" think dumbledore, Merlin. Characters that through intense study have the most magic a character can have and do.

[@vlander1992able]

divine and arcane magics are separate, so druids,clerics,ranger are divine, sorcerer,wizard are arcane. Don't worry too much about good party composition, you'll have time to adapt as you play.

[@systemadic2615]

Vicious Mockery is such a fun thing! They recorded so many little insults for that one cantrip it’s insane. And the damage it does goes up slightly the higher level you are. Def one of the reasons why I wanted to be a bard the first time 😂 Also, don’t feel bad if you take a long time creating characters. Most people I’ve watched stream the game have spent a good 1-3 hours on character creation ALONE. Just enjoy the ride, I think you guys would love the game!

[@charlescox86]

Not only are there a lot of lines but the origin characters voice actors also recorded those lines in case you want to switch their class or multiclass with them. I was a Rogue my first playthrough so I made Astarion a bard. I will also second the opinion that a character creation episode in itself is enjoyable and they do well. Its one of the exciting parts of watching someones playthrough.

[@tenjenk]

Best part is all the other characters have recordings for vicious mockery too incase people made them bards.

[@Myrrath991]

Keep in mind the origin characters are locked. They're complete characters you can choose to play or have them follow you. You cannot choose classes or race for the origin characters as they are already created characters. Choosing a class and race applies to when you create your own character. Which I highly recommend

[@valathor95]

You can however respec them to be whatever class you want after character creation.

[@chrisd7047]

@@valathor95 Or multiclass them as you go.

[@richardhealy]

Later on for Shadowheart I respecced her into Life Cleric because of some lucky rolls she chose to reject Shar. I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't rolled a Nat 20. That IMO deserved a respec.

[@user-fd5nz5lo7m]

Reminder that those are the same classes in D&D, so JoCats crap guide is a good way to refresh your memory about them.

[@wraithryder]

Do what i did with my brother (in our multiplayer game), make your 1 custom character and when you get your party together, split your favorite origin characters between yourselves to customize as you wish (like picking players for your team) and then you dont have to worry about what the other person is doing. Honestly, with good strategy and tactics, you can solo the game with 1 character and no party, the game is designed to be fun and you will be overpowered. It's the dialogue choices that will be more of a challenge than the fights - which is cool!

[@khansofgaming]

I love your vids! You're right about the time with magic, it takes me awhile to pick what spell I want to cast. It's also because you will pick up so many scrolls throughout the game, so you will be playing with magic already I'm playing a multiclass of Warlock/Bard, and it is a blast! This game is great!! I'm 500+ hours into Baldur's Gate 3, and I'm not even thinking about stopping.

[@angel__king]

I went into this completely blind. Just choose whatever you think is cool. I started as a wizard so I just went wizard and went with whatever I thought was cool. you can totally be really optimized or you can just learn as you go. My 2nd playthrough I was a sniper ranger my 3rd I was a pyromaniac dragonborn, my 4rth I was a barbearian (Druid Barbarian). Don't stress out about it too much and just go with what you think is cool

[@barcster2003]

You can pretty much choose what you want. If you like the playstyle it will work.

[@TheMarcHicks]

Wild Magic Sorcerer is my favourite class-next to Ranger. I've created so much chaos on the battlefield thanks to my Wild Magic Surges-like unintentionally turning everyone around me into cats and dogs or polymorphing myself into a sheep 😆

[@Maehedrose]

Bards are a great class, they are good at everything but only great at conversation (allowing you to do some pretty cool acts of persuasion throughout your run). The perfect class for someone who likes to play a dabbler in many fields.

[@bulletsandbracelets4140]

I played a bard first playthrough and it is, by far, my favorite! I love the roleplay aspect of the game and lying/persuading my way out of situations, plus you get a lot of fun class-based dialogue options. (You can also play your instrument for gold, though that's mostly just a fun aside). Idk if y'all have played yet, but when you do, I'd create characters based on what you think will be fun to play and then let the rest of the party work itself out! There will be characters you might vibe with and characters you might not, and at the end of the day, you having fun is the most important part. This isn't a game where you have to skill blast your way through it - there's so many ways to solve things creatively. (I kept the same party pretty much all through and really enjoyed it, and it definitely wasn't optimized)

[@Crocogator]

Most classes can learn speak with animals and/or speak with dead. Warlock, bard, druid, and a non-shar cleric are all good options for a first playthrough if you want unique.

[@tenjenk]

The guide really didnt do much much to cover how the subclasses really change up the base assumption of the class. Clerics can become a tank or lighting caster and more, Druids have their own necromancer-like subclass, stealth rangers, warlocks can choose Fae patrons, Wizards... oh boy... thats an entire paragraph, Sorcerers can go wild magic for random positive/negative effects but barbarians can go wild magic too! Thats without getting into hybridizing your character by mixing and matching classes, which will just confuse you at this point until you get a good understanding of the game and systems. Basically certain classes benefit from dipping into other classes (even more than 1), sometimes for initial benefits, sometimes deeper for multiple subclasses, others just synergize well together.

[@GirlofCulture]

BG III is not just a game. It is a slap in the face of Triple AAA game industry, how to do it right. The fights are always unique depending on your party and class, also there is no.. i say NO single Quest that is boring or reptitive.

[@FLStyle]

BG3 maxes out at level 12, my character is primarily Sorcerer (Draconic 🐲) with 2 levels in Cleric (Tempest 🌩)

[@wraithryder]

you know you dont need a balanced party. You can just make 4 druids if you want and be just fine, the game isnt hard, just plain fun. In my personal playthrough (solo) i chose a Ranger (Gloomstalker), Sorcerer (Storm NOT wildmagic), Warlock (Chain Pact), and Cleric (Life Domain) but i swapped the Cleric out constantly for Monk and Druid when I felt like it. You get all classes, you can only go out with 4, so you tend to rotate ppl around in your party (origin characters) to get all their stories & playstyles - so dont worry about making a balanced party - just get the classes YOU want to play as for fun and do that for both of you.

[@RukilEngetsu]

Be prepared to spend an entire hour (or more) on just character customization lol

[@greenin5537]

In my party I have the cleric girl, the druid and the rogue. I'm a barbarian. I'm kind of the frontline while also deliver heavy damage. The rogue does as much as damage as he can while being stealthy. The cleric just heals every turn, and the druid tanks with his wildshapes, and when he runs out of them, is like having a wizard.

[@cainedezilwa1744]

Paladins are my favourite class. What I find quite unique and very enjoyable about them is how much damage they can do when the dice rolls are in your favour. Paladins are very much a tank in more ways than one. Yes, they can absorb damage if you spec them that way, but you can also turn around and hit an opponent so hard in just your turn that you can easily make the enemy drop 3/4 of it's health just through the Paladins specialty, Smiting. They're a dream to use once you know how to use them.

[@HollowedKnight66]

There are more subclasses that didn’t make it into the game, the paladin and warlock have about 5 more subclasses

[@Tazkar]

The great thing about Vicious Mockery is it has so many different curses and lines your character shouts when casting it.

[@TankUnarmed]

"There would be too many spells and I would sit there for 45 minutes thinking about which spell I wanna cast on this particular person" Ken you just hit the nail on the head for every dnd party who has ever had a wizard. Lol.

[@Aeolusdallas]

You don't need to pick an origin character. You can create a custom character which has probably the best way to do it the first time you play

[@erick48104]

There are people that spend hours just choosing their classes and editing their characters, don't stress over it though, there are ways to change your class without any negative effects. I picked mage in my first playthrough and when i changed to sorcerer i had way more fun. I'm really excited to watch your gameplays ☺ (Also. The origin Dark urge might not be the best to pick for the first time playing)

[@dungeonlink4205]

Something you guys should know depending on what race you pick in character creation you also get traits could benefit your class

[@Fairburne69]

The key to character creation is take your time. Spending an hour or 2 in character creation isn't usually for your first time. Also the game allows you to respec for just 100g which isn't much especially if your a loot goblin. (Even without stealing.) A druid & Warlock would make for a good starting duo. Healing in this game isn't a big deal. Low level healing spells are typically an inefficient use of your spell slots. Short rests and healing potions can do most of the healing. The game also gives you more food then you will ever need for taking long rests almost after every battle. Healing word is a great healing spell however. It can be used as a bonus action which is a plus. It has a range so unlike cure wounds you can heal from a distance. It's best used for when an ally is unconscious and fighting for their lives. A quick healing word as a bonus action and you have saved their lives and you still get an action to use against the enemy. Also any 4 classes can work. There are a few famous video where 4 friends are playing 4 halfling barbarians wreaking havoc everywhere they go. There are almost always several ways to solve a problem in BG3. Can't pick a lock? Bash the door down. Even failing skill checks in dialogue can be fun. You may not get what you want at the time of the failure but often times what happens after can be more fun and unexpected, or even tragic and horrible which can also make for a memorable experience.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks so much for the advice! 😀

[@thebeatts]

FYI this comment is long, but don't worry, I promise it's spoiler-free. Keep in mind you will be controlling all 4 characters in your party, or if the two of you play co-op then you'll have your own character plus one party member that you each control. So you really get to play 2 classes at any given time. You can also switch up your party whenever you want of course. With that in mind, here's what I'd recommend based on having watched this & your other video reacting to the origin characters: Ken's avatar: Custom Paladin, possibly a dark urge if that still appeals to you. Note that you will be forced to do some gnarly things as a dark urge but you can skew towards being overall good. Paladin because you get to do a combination of melee and spellcasting. If you want to really nerd out you can multiclass into "lockadin" making you into a death knight-type character and one of the strongest combinations in the game. Remember dark urge is completely customizable just like a custom character, but you have this set backstory of being The Dark Urge. (And the implications of that, as you'll find out, are fascinating.) Additional Party member 1: Wyll - because warlock appealed to Ken and you need some ranged firepower in this party. Bethany's avatar: Custom Bard. I say this because bards can learn the speak to animals spell. Druids are also a very cool/fun class, but unfortunately none of the party members you get are bards (unless you respec them) whereas there are actually 2 druid party members you can choose from. So if you want a bard in your party, it makes the most sense if it's one of the player characters. If Bethany plays bard she gets to use vicious mockery, can talk to animals, and can also be a very versatile all-rounder with lots of other handy skills like healing and lockpicking. They also get access to lots of other fun spells you haven't heard about yet. Can play as primarily ranged or melee. Additional party member 2: You'd be fine with anyone, but Karlach will fit into this lineup just fine. More importantly, she immediately appealed to both of you (good instincts!) and her story also intersects with Wyll's story, so having them together in the party would be a great mix. Last thing: Don't fret about all the details like race, background, etc. These do come with strengths and weaknesses that make a difference, but the most important thing is to just make characters you really connect with. Go with vibes the first time around and then if you do a later playthrough you'll know "ok I want to target this or that ability." It will be overwhelming if you try to min/max everything on your first characters and you really don't need to. Have fun!

[@sunnysidesofblue]

I'm doing my (first) playthrough as a Draconic bloodline Tiefling Sorcerer. Some interesting family history going on there... XD

[@idnyftw]

cleric + warlock is a pretty good combo because you basically get a magic gun and a fighting medic you just need a couple of close range folks to do all the running around and hitting people

[@bastiwen]

Monk is slept on by a lot of people because it looks pretty boring at low levels but holy shit is it cool after you level up more.

[@Sky-re6ne]

Dont feel bad about having a whole video (1h+) just choosing characters, thats really common for these types of games!

[@realmweavergaming7129]

If you are looking for tips on what class to pick, you will want 1x frontliner such as a barb, fighter, or paladin. Second you will want 1x healer such as a cleric or druid. You don’t need to pick these classes as you can pick up NPC characters that can fill these roles. Rogues for lock picking and pick pocketing is useful for support but Astarion can fill this role. I would say pick what you want and take NPC characters in your party to fill the frontliner and healer roles if you don’t choose them.

[@NC-ij9rb]

You can multi class when you get Withers

[@Yutani_Crayven]

Oh man. Teasing that you might play this game has me so pumped. It's a great game that allows for so much exploration & interactability, with the environment and with the characters.

[@Mugthraka]

Personaly i recreated my current DnD campaign character in BG3. Kain de Draakberg; Zariel Tiefling Dark Knight (Vengeance Paladin multiclassed with Infernal Warlock) An Ex-Knight Captain, who became a Mercenary after his Order was set up on false charges and decimated. He's a bit Broody, but try to hide it behind a wall of Deadpan, Cynical and Dark Humour. He care's for those close to him that he considere his Brothers in Arms, but will absolutly go Apeshit on any poor bloke that tried to harm them without any mercy nor Pity. Last time a guy begged him to not kill him, saying that "Forgivness is a Virtue teached by the Gods after all" Wich my Dark Knight answered that "Forgiveness is the Gods Job, MY job is to make sure that you are Acquinted with God"...

[@bantartican4926]

Glad you guys are looking into this game but I’ve been playing it a lot recently and alright co ordinating the perfect team is great it isn’t super necessary I’m playing a run where we are all playing just bards and there is a couple of difficult fights but it’s honestly really fun so just play who you want and you can still have loads of fun

[@mannotofsteel9401]

My character is a druid and I love it. Through Wyll I also came to enjoy playing warlock. For opening some locks or disarming traps you will definitely gonna need a rogue. I've heard monk is a power house class but the least played

[@grinm1899]

If you want to get some context about different subclasses, you might want to check out ItalianSpartacus's video: FULL Class & Subclass Overview (NO SPOILERS) for Baldur's Gate 3 It's 30mins long though, and you probably will be fine just choosing whatever you think cool is.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎👍🙂

[@tenjenk]

yeah def recommend that due to how varied sub classes get

[@TwistedMagoo]

my favorite configuration was Battlemaster Warrior(Lae'Zel), Rogue/Ranger multi-class(Astarion), Tempest Cleric (Shadowheart), Sword Bard (me) ... and then I would flip Karlach (barbarian) Gale (Wizard) and a druid in or out. But there are no wrong choices. Have fun!

[@user-dw5lb8zu3l]

You can also multicluss in this game (there are maximum 12 levels and instead of progressing in your class you can choose 1 level of different class and sometimes it is more benefitted). For example there are effective multiclasses: 1) paladin + warlock place of blade(need not high strength and dexterity - only charisma to deal max damage) 2) rogue + ranger gloom stalker (stealth killer) 3) tempest cleric + storm sorcerer (max lightning damage) 4) bard of swords + rogue (max skills and increased damage) 5) sorcerer + warlock (dialogue master + max cantrip damage) And there is more variety of choices due to a lot of unique equipment in this game).

[@Drocksas]

It's funny that paladin and warlock should stick out to Ken, because my first character in the game was a multiclass of both! This video briefly mentioned multiclassing, and I'd definitely recommend looking up a brief crash-course video on it. You can make some pretty insane and fun character builds by mixing and matching different amounts of the various classes in this game. Granted, it can be a bit overwhelming at first glance, so maybe only put it into practice after you've gotten a feel for the mechanics of things 😅

[@mattk5873]

Padlock is such an underrated multiclass! So is Sorlock

[@JackieBlade1]

As a thief player, I can say that the author hid one simple fact. The thief in this version of DND is the most roleplaying-oriented class. And that’s how he remains in this game. So if you play as a thief, you will always be somewhere behind all your teammates. It is worth taking only for a multi-class for an additional action or for the killer perk. Otherwise, the thief will lose to everyone.

[@PlutoIsntReal_]

I made myself a Tiefling (race) Cleric (class) in the Nature domain who has a charlatan background for my first playthrough! Although I love healing, I did it to be ironic, because the species of tiefling I chose is the one with fire resistance and an ability to cast fire on those who attack me first as a reaction. The idea of a hellspawn teifling being able to heal and loving nature was funny to me! I just had no idea how useful the Speak with Animals default is! I feel like the game would be half as fun if I was unable to communicate with the rats right off the bat. (and for all my fellow BG3 players, I found a ring that gives the wearer the ability to heal (cure wounds and the multi heal) and I gave it to Astarion to be funny. My Astarion also can cast magic misstle and has not one, but TWO scorching rays spell slots. I like doing funny things with my characters)

[@Cino-Cin]

You aren’t locked into a class. You will be able to change not only yours class, but your companions as well.

[@Cino-Cin]

For example I love Gale he is best boy, but I didn’t need a another caster so I made him a fighter.

[@johnnguyen4464]

I just want to add that you may get two addition companions that start out as Druids (Halsin and Janiera). That said, I wouldn’t worry too much about it since you can change their class (or your own class if you want to try a different class during your game) once you have Withers in your camp. Also, if you pick a medium or hard difficulty for the game, your character can multiclass.

[@BigBoneBusiness]

When the paladin breaks their oath, they can become the fourth subclass, the Oathbreaker! It's really interesting that your oath has tenets that you must follow and can definitely break, my first playthrough was as an Oath of Ancients paladin, probably the most "good" of the oaths. Also, this video made monk sound boring, you can totally use your martial arts to cast fireballs and stuff. It's a lot cooler than it sounds here. Oath of Ancients can also learn Speak with Animals! It's a spell that a few different classes can get access to.

[@frizzman1991]

Every class can be great in the right party, or even with the right plan going into a situation. The game really lets you play freely and experiment; so the variety might seem overwhelming at first, but you'll have a great time with however you adventure! You're already playing in a sense, putting all this thought into your characters. Good luck! It's gonna be great.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Sounds good 😀

[@laurahart1337]

So, one of the biggest benefits of BG3 is if you don't like your class, once a certain being is in your party, you can change it at any time (for 100 GP). So if you're unsure, or are going through and thinking "man, this wasn't as fun as I thought it would be" feel free to switch it up! Also, for your first playthrough, I'd suggest not multiclassing unless you find a guide online because it can be very tricky.

[@szasza8583]

"And from the bottom of my hearth I say: MOO!"... Ox

[@szasza8583]

You should search for a compilation of speaking to animals, there are many and they are hilarious!

[@user-nm4os1hp1j]

druids are an awesome class to play. one sub class as a bit of necromancy in it (spore sub class i think.) Other two sub classes cover tanking, dps and healing

[@user-nm4os1hp1j]

my favorite build so far is raging monk build (monk/barbarian)

[@SigfridSWE]

You will meet npc and characters that can join your party. You don't need to creat them. Just make one eatch. And then take shadowhart as your claric when you meet her at the beginning of the game

[@backpack_hermit25]

I love playing bards a lot. They’re incredibly fun and if you go full throttle on upping your charisma and prioritising the charisma skills like persuasion, intimidation and deception, you’ll be able to pass almost every skill check for them (not even halfway through act 1 on my second playthrough, and I have +10-12 on all charisma skill checks. Fair warning, vicious mockery becomes very unfortunately poor in late game. There is just so many better spells and vicious mockery can waste your turn if the enemy saves. But if you want that humour, I suggest going for college of lore bard. You unlock ‘cutting words’ where you can make an enemy reroll a successful throw and you insult them as if it was vicious mockery while doing it. So you’ll get way more usage and the fun moments of vicious mockery as well. And you also will get access to very powerful spells that typically you shouldn’t be able to learn thanks to being in the college of lore. But if you want to be more martial? Go ahead and pick college of swords. Bards are overall charming, persuasive and versatile. You will likely have nothing you’re bad at, just good or great or fantastic. I can tell you right now, Rogues can be crazy OP if you know how to place your characters. Hold shift or whatever button you press to reveal lines of sight then position yourself and just slam hide and sneak attack ranged. Or better yet just get high ground and spam sneak attack. Keep in mind you will come across playable companion characters who already fill certain rolls, there is a warlock, wizard, fighter, barbarian, cleric and rogue and depending on choices you can meet other characters who fill other roles. Most of these characters are all romanceable also, with special side quests. Also feel completely free to experiment as relatively early on in the game you will be able to unlock a way to recreate your entire characters class and levelling into something entirely different (for 100 gold, but you can actually just pickpocket the gold back with no problem). So feel free to experiment with anything and everything

[@vyst8132]

Cantrips are spells you can cast an infinite number of times, but aren't as good as full blown spells. Warlock gets 2 spell slots that are always max level, which isn't alot, but their cantrip eldritch blast is very good and upgradable/customizable. Other spellcasters get way more spell slots, but the cantrips and non-spell combat is much *much* worse for them.

[@leKitsu]

There is 12 classes total. The max level is 12. There is also an achivement for multiclassing into every single class durning one playthrough basically meaning you play as a level 1 everything the entire game.

[@Nier235]

i chose monk as my first class in Baldur's Gate 3, and i stopped sometime during act 1, i played with a friend in a new playthrough, i chose a Warrior and he chose a monk, we changed classes after he tried out Warlock and he picked that, so i had to change mine to have us pick locks and such, so i went monk, where we last left off passed the halfway point, we also chose Dragonborn as our race

[@Frostbite08]

Since y'all mentioned Vox Machina, if you're curious... Grog: Barbarian Pike: Cleric Vex: Ranger Vax: Rogue, with a few levels in Paladin after he encountered The Raven Queen Keyleth: Druid Percy: Fighter, with a few Warlock abilities Scanlan: Bard

[@Vivi-te5qj]

MUSHROOM DRUID!

[@leristamerello8225]

Building a character can be one f the most complex parts of the game. Personally I went with a Half-orc Fighter and at higher level picked up the Battlemaster subclass. Being a half orc makes me hard to kill and the Battlemaster subclass lets me control the battlefield...at least in melee range. Subclass you'll pick up about level...3 I think it was. And each class has at least 3, a few of them have more than that. Multiclassing is...tricky. Usually I only recommend that if you want to add a bit more to your class. Like Rogue/Sorcerer for added spells. Its not necessary, but can be used to expand. The base class though is a solid go-to. The origin characters are already set what class they are, and you'll meet them in game if you don't choose them as your character. Except the Dark one, that one isn't in the game. Just a custom story character.

[@shibernyan2009]

Druids are great, that was my first pick as well. Though every class can speak with animals using a potion that you get pretty early on in the game, or by simply learning the spell with a character that can cast spells. So don't be afraid to choose another class if the ability to speak with animals was your main reason for picking druid. Keep in mind that you can only create one custom character. Though you can multiclass your character as you level up. So in a way you can be both druid and bard or any other combination. If you want you can even multiclass into every single class (though this does not make for a very good character, but it is an option). If multiclassing sounds like something you want to try out, I suggest watching a tutorial on that first to get an idea of how it works and what the ups and downs are. You can also multiclass your companions (the origin characters, amongst others), but the classes they start out with are already pre-determined.

[@Eogard]

You can indeed spend a lot of time creating yoru character in this game, I spent more than 1 hour myself. You have to create the appearance of your character which is in itself pretty deep, chose your stats, your class, sub class but also your cantrips (free spells basically). There is just so much.

[@Kipdav]

I cannot Express how hype I'd be to watch you guys play Alot of this game!

[@MartinSeda]

Lol, the true first act of the game is character creation. Hours of fun.

[@manutdfan231]

man play whatever you want guys! Go crazy! Im just down for the insane adventures!

[@Noneofyobusiness123]

Honestly I can’t wait for you guys playing this game cause I would want to know what you guys would choose

[@bonnieamof7033]

Would Love to Watch a Co-Op Playthrough with you both. Watch Alot of ur content and I love Baldurs gate so would Love to see you both in it.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

It’s coming. Not sure when but we for sure are playing this 😁🥳