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So my party is DUrge Fire draconic sorcerer, battlemaster Lezel. cleric of light Shadowheart and Assasin Gloomstalker Astarion
For my Urge i have stats 8 16 14 8 10 20 (19+1 Ethel hair bonus), for spells i chose every fire like fire bolt , rays of fire, fireball, wall of fire, for other spells it's magic missle, cloak of daggers, haste, counterspell. What of new spells of level 5 should i take? I think for myself Blight or Ice storm but I'm not sure, and what ASI points should i invest? Because i can't increase Charisma because have already 20, and i don't know in which of any other stats should i put, this must be Dex from 16 to 18, Con from 14 to 16 or Int from 8 to 10

For my another party members:
Laezel got 16 16 14 8 12 18, and i'm already chose feats like GWM and Sentinel for her, what should i chose next? ASI for 18 of Str and then get potion from Araj Oboldra for additional +2 to str and have 20 str (i used only hill giant potions for her before), or maybe Savage attacker or Polearm master? Can't chose

Shadowheart got 10 14 16 10 18 8 and i chose only ASI for Wis from 16 to 18 for her, should i chose again and let her have 20 of Wisdom?

Astarion have 10 (19 with hill giant club) 16 14 10 16 8, and i chose Sharpshooter on lvl 4, shoud i take ASI and increase his Dex to 18 or maybe chose Crossbow expert? Btw he use only titanic bow which add Str modifier to bonus damage.

For your Sorcerer L5 spells, Hold Monster is fantastic. I would prioritize this. Elemental Adept: Fire Feat will make it so enemies cannot resist your fire spells.

I like Savage Attacker for Lae’zel if you are going to continue to use Strength potions/items. If not, then boost Strength. Continuing on the potions/items route is viable.

Boost Shadowheart’s Wisdom to 20.

Boost Astarion’s Dexterity to 18. It is so useful for all of his skills. Note that Titanstring Bow adds both strength and dexterity, so boosting dexterity will help there too.

You could go war caster (especially with the mod that makes the feat more 5e like), alert, or even lucky or an armour feat for AC. An ASI isn't worth it. For the spells, someone in your party needs to be able to cast hold monster.

Increasing attributes is always a very good choice. I would choose feats only reluctantly.

Concerning Sorcerer (my main is mainly a Sorceress) we seem to have different opinions and playstyles, which is good. It's honourable to choose the weaker option with Draconic fire and throw the mighty firespells. Ok. I would indeed utilize the ability of the Sorcerer to put disadvantage for saving throws on targets and choose a lvl 5 control spell. I took +2 Cha at lvl 6 (I have two Cleric levels) and "Alert" at lvl 10. The most decisive factor in Honour mode is to go first, so initiative is very important and there are not that many items with a lot of + Initiative, therefore the feat. Especially as Sorcerer it's great to go first.

Shadowheart as Cleric of Light hurts me, I hope you gave her the domain only after her fundamental change. It's important to get her to 20 Wis anyway. In my party she has also the 18 Dex gloves for higher initiative and ranged combat (Clerics have bad damage cantrips).

The combination of GWM and Sentinel on Fighter is interesting. When I use GWM I go just for damage, so i increase Str as much as possible. More important than the damage number is the hit chance increase. The -5 is ok for Barbarians but a bad thing for fighters. I don't want my chars to have to rely on Bless. At least the Battlemaster has some means to increase hit chance.

Astarion I find a bit strange. Using a Str based approach for ranged combat is not optimal. I have this Str-based bow for my Barbarian, for a ranged Fighter there are much better options. Dex gives you initiative above all. Hand crossbows, sadly the best ranged option, use Dex. Crossbow Expert in my experience is a waste, a very weak feat (would be different if crossbows had the normal loading restrictions of DnD). Take Sharpshooter and increase Dex as much as possible, use some of the good heavy crossbows or hand crossbows. My current Astarion (I'm at lvl 10) is Fighter-Battlemaster7/Rogue-Thief3. Having two bonus actions is pure gold.