I want to play with a custom main char + companions, so it feels more like BG1+2.
Since I am new to the system I will probably stick with single class characters when I play for the first time.
As written before it will probably a half elf lore bard with the criminal background and high cha and dex.
Lore bards are skill monkeys, the background gives me sneaking and thief tool profiency ( traps and locks), my spells allow me to heal and buff the party or to disable enemies. Spells I learn from other classes are used for damage spells. So I am a rogue, a healer, a mage and the party face. My combat power will not be very high ( deal and take (or better avoid) lots of damage), but I can support the rest of the party and my skills should allow me to avoid combat often.
If I understand the rules right, you do not need a level of rogue for the traps/locks/sneaking part. Criminal or urchin background and some dex should be enough.
I think I can agree to Warlocke that a smaller party can have advantages. You need to think about party composition to get all your basic needs, but you do not have an expert for absolutely every possibility so you have to improvise sometimes. The system is flexible enough so you do not need the classic fighter/cleric/rogue/wizard, there are many other options that should be good enough.
Somebody posted a build of an elven battlemaster/rogue and calculated his very high damage, but this assumed he has 20 dex from the start and some racial feats that are not in the PHB. Lets see what will be implemented in the game.
I will probably use a single class char when max level is 10, but for lv20 I would like to take a hexblade warlock/paladin.
Last edited by Madscientist; 08/07/20 09:59 AM.
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