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Are there any companions that just feel better to you when they’re respecced into a completely different class?

I’m currently playing with Jaheira respecced as a Gloom Stalker Ranger multiclassed into a Swashbuckler Rogue and a couple levels of Fighter and it honestly just feels so much more fitting for her personality than being a Druid. To me Halsin gives off definite Druid energy but Jaheira feels more like a Fighter/Ranger personality who also knows how to use magic to her advantage and has no compunctions picking locks or stealing if she has to (although I imagine she would be a lot more moral about stealing than the Guild).

(This isn’t about which class is best from a practicality standpoint - simply what feels right from a personality/lore perspective.)

Been fiddling around with my Swashbuckler-Tav and I *think* I found the weapon combo with the highest potential damage for her. Though I do wonder if there are others that will do more, either on a Swashbuckler or on any other class/sub-class, so:

1 Rogue/1 Fighter/10 Rogue - I took the level in Fighter for shield-proficiency initially (she's a Wood Elf), but kept it when I went to dual daggers/shortswords to keep the fighting style, added weapon proficiencies and medium armor.

Abilities at level 12:

STR 8 - DEX 22 - CON 14 - INT 8 - WIS 12 - CHA 17 (<- Patriar Memory... gotta fix that 😄)

Feats are: Athlete for increased jump distance and +1 to DEX - ASI +2 to DEX and Savage Attacker.

Fighting style is currently Defense, but I might change that as her AC is already quite high using Armor of Agility. I did want maximum AC as I was using Cold Snap before whose special ability fires when enemies miss her, but...

In any case...

Off-Hand: Knife of the Undermountain King for damage re-rolls and higher CRIT-chance. Don't need the Shadow Blade passive on a Swashbuckler, really.

Main Hand: Bloodthirst. Mainly for its Aura of Murder passive which is kinda key to this build.

Even though Swashbuckler lacks a proper Extra Attack, you can still get two attacks in per turn, even without a Bloodlust Elixir. Disarming attack will trigger the Aura of Murder condition, but even Sand Toss will do so... even though it's not really a weapon attack. I've tested and re-tested this and it works every time.

So... use Flick o' the Wrist on armed enemies or Sand Toss on unarmed ones and select "Don't react" when prompted for Sneak Attack. Then use Sneak Attack as your second attack and get ready for some insane damage numbers. Bloodthirst is only a dagger, true, but that doesn't matter on Sneak Attacks and all that added damage is d6-based piercing and thus doubled on targets that are vulnerable to piercing. I've seen triple digit piercing damage using this tactic - the added damage from Elemental Weapon or things like Strange Conduit Ring is near trivial compared to that.

Not even sure I'll still need Savage Attacker when I use Organ Rearranger - it will probably produce slightly higher overall results as dice can be re-rolled one more time and *everything* gets re-rolled (not just 1s and 2s), but having both on the character seems a bit redundant.

So... have I found the optimal weapon(s) for this build or are there better ones? Note: I do not have access to the Bhaalist vendor, so I don't think I can get a different source of Aura of Murder for her.

I plan for an Embrace Urge playthrough for the achievements and want to play Bladesinger Paladin since it'd combine my two favorite classes Wizard and Paladin

If not that I'll do Storm Sorcerer Wizard Bladesinger for Meta magic and to be a full caster

What stat spread would I start with

I also plan to play Dragonborn, probably white

Hi everyone again. Moe here. So I was wondering it’s my last full run for BG3 and I saved the Barbarian for last. I’m a level 4 Berserker Barb (Half Orc). If I want to be as optimal of a Throwserker as possible do I continue being a mono class with 12 full levels in Barb or do an 8 Barb/4 Rogue Thief split to get another bonus action for damage output? I ask as I did a similar split when I played a Shadow Monk/Thief and it really helped in end game a lot. Obviously I’ll grab the ring of flinging from the Druid’s grove along with the returning pike (eventually getting Nyrulna as my end game weapon). Alternatively would doing a Withers respec as a Giant Barb with the same level split be more desirable?

When a paladin hits something with lightning and radiant damage in a single attack, does it apply reverb once or twice (because you're hitting them with both types of damage). If so, combining that with the stormy clamor boots seems like a fun way to instantly knock people on their asses with a single thunderous smite.