Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Gale: Wizard or Sorcerer *Possible Spoilers*

Does it make more sense to respec Gale as a Sorcerer than remain a Wizard considering what happened to him in regards to Mystra? I know a lot of his dialogue relates to being a Wizard in the past, but that is exactly the point. He used to be a Wizard and now has the start all over again, in addition to the magical WMD in his chest. And now he has to literally eat magic to stop the bomb from going off. Seems very Chaotic and spontaneous to me.

Well need to see more of his story but I think Gale is lying.

It doesn't make much sense that he's gaining power/levels again especially if mystra is ignoring him.

I have a feeling that he's absorbing magic items in order to power himself back up after mystra removed
his connection to the weave .

I personally can't see him as anything else than wizard, with his studious demeanor and his comments about sorcerers.

He seems very wizardy to me in his intellectual and academic approach to magic, but he also seems to have been a prodigy from a young age, and as you say it could be interesting to think of him having changed his relationship to magic and the way he uses his power as a result of what happened with the orb.

So I'm not sure about more sense, but I can see the case for it. And we can all, of course, do what we please in our single player games whether it makes sense or not

Though I've only been on the forums intermittently for the past few days. Is it definitely, definitely confirmed we can completely change companions' level 1 classes, in the sense someone has seen this in a vid? I know it was mentioned in a Fextralife stream, but not shown I believe, so I still want a corroborating source before I'll fully believe it!

So after magic herself takes away his power she then turns around and grants him innate magic ability?

Ghal is your arch topical Wizard... Only his needs matter

I agree. But we know that all the origin characters have a redemption and damnation path.

But "does Gale make sense as a sorcerer?" isn't a question that can answered until his questline has been completed, and the answer may be different if he is the protagonist or a sidekick.

Personally, I plan on leaving everyone with their original classes on first playthrough, then maybe changing things up once I know how things pan out.

I'm... not sure how that would work, but I guess it's magic so it can work in any way the DM wants to

I mean, I know Mystra is a god so could possibly do a lot of things, but severing someone completely from the Weave? Did this happen before? Is it even possible? From my understanding the Weave is one of the fabrics of the world, anyone with enough talent or knowledge can access it and make use of it, like any other element out there.

Mystra essentially is the Weave shes the lore reason for the wizards gameplay limitations. Elminster was even gender bent into a women for a time to increase his connection to magic.

If she cuts you off you can't cast spells the normal way.

If you can manage to tap into the Shadow Weave or perhaps siphon magical artifacts though...

I'll probably never stray from Gale being a Wizard. He is just so... Wizardish. Honestly, I probably will never spec out of OC's starting classes. Multi, sure, but not go out. The characters make sense in the class they have.

The only exception to this is, perhaps Shadowheart. If she switches patron deity, I might go for a different domain, too, but that's an RP thing mostly; just so she feels different after such a transformation.

Oooh. Thank you for clearing that up.

If that's the case his story got a lot of darker, we'll have to wait and see how it plays out.

Taking that into consideration I think he could work as a sorcerer or even warlock (his patron grating him magic in exchange for artifacts?)... if not for his dialogue where he clearly calls himself a wizard. I think he is the only origin character whos class is so tied to his story.

I thought about that, too, that Gale might be using the Shadow Weave to cast spells.
Do I remember this correctly that you would have to either worship Shar or at least make some sort of arrangement with her to use the Shadow Weave safely?

If so, maybe Gale's interest in Shadowheart (when we first met him in early access) is a bit more than just finding her attractive.

Edit: I can't really imagine Gale as anything else but a wizard.

I think I'd leave Gale a Wizard, but it might be thematically interesting to multiclass him with some sorcerer levels too