u/Grravessy

I am beyond thrilled with the reveal! I absolutely adore the concept of an Omnic with a fully human face. I know it shouldn't really be a shocker but I also found the fact that she speaks through her neck augment/cybernetics (despite the whole human face thing) such a cool aspect of her design. Looking forward to seeing her gameplay, even if it's fairly basic as leaks have suggested. I just love the villains in this game and she is colllllld, her voice lines are gonna be tuff.

Hi everyone!
Apologies in advance, but this is sort of a mess. I’d love any balancing guidance that anyone can offer for a unique situation.

My current playthrough has the following rule: nobody left behind. Essentially i will have all companions with me at a time, thanks to mods (including Alfira because i adore her). Ive really been enjoying the story/RP side of this, as it gives everyone a chance at reacting to scenes rather than the same 3 companions… plus all of the chatter during adventure lol.

The problem is i realize the game is balanced for 4 party members, not for 10-12. So I have tried to even this out as much as possible. I am running custom mode Tactician (I would have gone honor but I want more than one save so I can go back and replay fun fights and my favorite moments). Legendary actions on, all other difficulty settings maxed. I also have the extra enemies & extra encounters / minibosses mods and randomised loot / shop gear so I can’t just hunt for specific build items

Here are my current builds for each character, including planned builds for the ones I am yet to recruit. I opted to go for mostly classes I did not run on my first playthrough, but I want to make an effort to still keep the run as challenging as possible with the large party. If these class choices will be too cheese in the late game I’d rather respec now.

They are all currently lv 3/4. I believe I will have to multiclass them all due to lv 20 curve. For ones that I have an idea of Multiclass direction I have added that below too.

1: Raella/Tav, Drow Assassin Rogue (probably going to multiclass into Gloomstalker Assassin, it’s a fav from tabletop I want to recreate, open to swapping her build but she’s the least preferable option)

2: Shadowheart, Death Domain Cleric

3: Astarion, Hexblade Warlock. Mostly shadow blade + booming blade for melee with eldritch blast for range

4: Gale, Wild Magic Sorcerer

5: Lae’zel, Kensei Monk (mod) (wanting to multiclass into Battle Master fighter, also wanting to try open hand monk + BM if kensei is too powerful)

6: Alfira, ranged Swords Bard with dual crossbow (planning to multi into a ranger class? Thoughts?)

7: Karlach, Eldritch Knight fighter (again thinking to MC but not sure which), for fun I’m trying to pick fire themed Cantrips and spells only.

8: Wyll, Vengeance Pally (thinking of doing a melee tank healer build by MC into life cleric, idk if that’ll work it just sounds kinda fun)

9: Halsin, Moon druid

10: Minthara, Barbarian build of some sort because her rage cry sounds awesome. I’m thinking throw build if I can get my hand on returning pike and/or later Nyrulna. Open to other options

11: Jaheira, Stars Druid + Swarm Ranger (idk I felt like a ranger multiclass fits the whole Harpers thing, so I’m leaning there)

12: Minsc…. Honestly no idea. I was going to go Barbarian but I feel like I already have a lot of tanky picks with Wyll, the Druid’s wildshape forms, and Karlach. The only class I don’t have is a Wizard so maybe I’ll do Wizard Minsc for fun? If so which class should I pick?

Might be a bit of a tough one for advice but is there any additional mods or builds that I should swap in or use in addition to these for better balancing? Worst case scenario I can leave Minsc and Jaheira at camp but I’d really like to take them along, I know Jaheira has a lot of cool interactions in the city.

Massive thanks to anyone who can offer help!

A fun little ATLA quiz that the team put together. Ever wondered which nation you'd belong to if you were in the world of Avatar? Take the personality quiz to find out!

(mods feel free to remove if not allowed! Just wanted to share for fun :) )

I absolutely love the look of this new map. I'm curious to hear what you guys think about it in regards to the apparent leaks for the demon-like silhouette on the upcoming characters artwork. According to leaks, they are a Hashimoto Clan member. Considering they launch on Season 3 alongside this new Japanese map, I'd say that's a good sign towards the leak possibly being true. I'm more curious about the potential future story hints or little Easter eggs that we may find throughout the map involving the Hashimoto, Yokai, or even the Shimada Clan, though!