Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Wizard / Bard multiclass?

Do you get a new class name when you multi class like in Grim Dawn, or does it just say Wizard/Bard?

Technically 5 is more than 4 but the 4 expertise the Rogue gets are more valuable. 4 skill proficiencies and 2 expertise at level 1 is more valuable than 5 proficiencies...very simple really. And one proficiency less hardly matters for anything when I get 2 from wood elf, 2 from background, and 3 from skilled before the 4 from rogue.

Dude, do whatever you want.

Some people seemed worried about not having every skill so I posted the solution. You are right that if you take rogue 1 instead of ranger 1 your math for "total additional points when rolling for skill checks" would be higher, but you still wont have all 18 skills.

I don't think having all 18 is that huge of a deal, not all will be super relevant and I wouldn't break my character to bend backwards to get every single one. Having plenty is important though.

I personally agree that you don't need all the skills. Especially since jack of all trades fills in the gaps if you do want a bard.

I think you should just play the class and character you like and enjoy the story without focusing on getting even a majority of the skills.

Selecting a background that has a charisma skill is as far as I would suggest considering if you are worried about conversations. You don't have to base your entire build around skills.

I got a bit shoehorned into the cleric/ranger/bard10 build because I want guidance and a familiar, but I wont be focusing on dex or int skills, which gives me more freedom to build based on RP.

When I was coming up with the build though, I realized that it was the one that could hit 18 the easiest. I probably wont be specifically a wood elf nor take the skilled feat or sleight of hand from ranger. Nor do I think I'll be knowledge domain. Even then, I still have 11 skills, which is plenty.

Pick any two of rogue, lore bard, ranger and you have enough skills that I would call your character a skill monkey, just not the ultimate one.

I was planning a warlock or sorcerer initially but I want dark urge first playthrough, and I feel like for the Dark Urge with the connection to Bhaal it absolutely has to be a Rogue Assassin. Now obviously a lower charisma impacts some of the rolls but I don't plan to dump charisma either...probably getting it to 14 is the target here for the sake of compensating for not being a primary charisma class. But the extra proficiencies and expertise make up for that. One potential issue is wisdom saving throws are a major thing in the game but I can get proficiency for wisdom saving throws from a helmet found in act 1. For the rogue I plan I can probably go 12 or even 10 in INT because I don't plan to go into spellcasting at all with my rogue. I rather put a couple extra points in charisma or wisdom for the sake of those very common charisma and wisdom checks.