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If you use a dagger you lose 1 avg damage per hit vs a mace, your highest one handed STR weapon. Plus now you can use a ranged weapon until you can increase your Spellcast DC for sacred flame. Soon you shouldn't want to use weapons anyway.
You can't just look at the first 4 levels. This is a huge buff for SH.
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Its a huge buff. She's now got a viable option to benefit from height advantage (previously sacred flame really didn't cut it), and is still a decent melee combatant. The bonuses to initiative and AC is also great.
Another thing to recognize is
if Larian implements multi-classing by the books, the stat change affects Shadowheart's multi-class options. Choices available to
both versions: Fighter, Druid, Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock
Choices exclusive to
Previous Stats: Barbarian, Paladin,
Choices exclusive to
Current Stats: Thief, Ranger, Monk
I personally think that given her Trickery Domain and love of animals, Thief and Ranger (not Monk though) fits Shadowheart's character better than Barbarian or Paladin.
Simiarly, Astarion loses the ability to multiclass into a Barbarian (haha), and gains the ability to multiclass into a Wizard. This I think fits his character far better too.
