D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 will now be releasing August 3rd on PC and September 6th on PS5, increased level cap, race & class details and more

[Paul Farquhar]

So, what characters will everyone be playing/creating for the game? I'm going to do my first run-through with a dwarf paladin of devotion.

Well, I will start a couple and see which I'm having the most fun with, but I will probably start with Karlach - I like what Larian have done with the barbarian class. For custom characters, I think it's a good idea to make the main character the party face, so I will play a halfling college of swords bard called Sir Percivane (After a DMPC from an early 5e campaign). The best party face amongst the origin characters is Wyll*, so I will give him a go. Finally, the Dark Urge will be a duergar four elements monk.

*I overheard a conversation between Wyll and Shadowheart whilst exploring the Grimforge, discussing why his name is spelled with a Y.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Swen said play the game once before doing Origin characters/Durge in his opinion.

I assume that is for the purpose of avoiding spoilers.

 

[Synthil]

Either Lore Bard or Devotion Paladin. I've had it narrowed to those two for the longest time, yet still struggling to decide between them.

Same for me but with Ancients Paladin instead. I want to talk to animals. And it's most likely going t be a seldarine drow.

 

[KEV777]

Same for me but with Ancients Paladin instead. I want to talk to animals. And it's most likely going t be a seldarine drow.

That's a good idea. Talking to animals is always something I completely forget about in these kinds of games.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

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[deganawida]

All these bards are going Lore or Swords. What's wrong with Valor?

 

[MarkB]

That's a good idea. Talking to animals is always something I completely forget about in these kinds of games.

I went with Beast Speech on my Early Access warlock for that reason. One thing I hope they add is the option to cast speak with animals as a dialogue option when interacting with an animal, because there were a couple of times I'd neglected to have it running before clicking on one, and thus missed their initial dialogue.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

All these bards are going Lore or Swords. What's wrong with Valor?

Sword buffs their own fighting, Valor gets shield proficiency and buffs others... Swords just seems a lot more fun for the main character.

 

[KEV777]

Does anyone know what class / combo will be the best at summoning in BG3?

 

[Ondath]

Does anyone know what class / combo will be the best at summoning in BG3?

Conjuration Wizard should theoretically be the best since their subclass features buff summons (though how they implemented it in game is yet unclear), but from what I understand, if you want the "minion playing" experience, the Beastmaster Ranger has been buffed quite nicely.