Yes even to people like me who can basically play BG1 and BG2 in their sleep BG3 gets really hard sometimes, until you have found the right strategy.
Or, in the case of the initial battle on the Nautiloid, it can also stay hard, because you just have so few resources to begin with.
I've done a bit of research on the unarmed monk and I am suppose to multiclass to fighter/rogue but I am looking for a build that can be useful straight off the bat instead of waiting for more levels.
Assuming you have taken Tavern Brawler and use no weapons, i.e. attack with bare fists, I dont know why anyone would ever complain about open hand monk[1]. Thanks to that broken feat, they are insanely overpowered.
And their extreme mobility (use the Ki Ability and then move using jump) is super helpful, too. I think all monks can do that beginning with level 2 ?
It only gets worse if you use strength elixiers to get strength 21 and later 27 all day. Or if you retrain Karlach to Monk and use soul coins on her, because as of 6.9 those actually also work with bare fist attacks.
Oh and yes of course you buy stuff. Its insanely cheap in BG3 to buy stuff, especially in Act 1, and what else do you want to spent your money on, anyway ?
Dont buy regular items though. Only buy special magic items with unique properties. The regular stuff you can get from drops, sooner or later.
[1]: Oh, and either taken strength potions or using a natural high strength. Thats of course needed.
