Astarion -> Boots + Gloves. Lack of medium armor proficiency doesn't seem to register for the boots, so no downsides to wearing them. Choose thief at Lvl 3, and then you can double dash every turn with your BA to benefit from +1D8 damage from the lightning discharge. Add poison + sneak attack + 1 damage from just having the charges in the first place, and voila.
Thanks, I’ll try this when I next play with a rogue in my party.
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