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A big thing to know when you respec or really anytime that you give gold to Withers, is just that you can pickpocket all the money back. There’s no penalty whatsoever to even failing to pickpocket Withers and he always has all the good you’ve given him. All his services are essentially free.

I literally wished for a multiclass guide 2min ago and this came out lmao

Something I discovered is that Wizards can learn higher level spells from scrolls based on their total caster level, not just their Wizard level. ie. a level 11 Cleric that takes a level of Wizard at character level 12 would suddenly be able to learn up to 6th level Wizard spells from scrolls. I should mention though that I tested this at only character level 3 (Cleric 2 / Wizard 1) and was able to learn 2nd level Wizard spells. Not confirmed at higher levels.

One note, if you respec your starting class, make sure to set your ability scores before changing the class. If you don't, there's a bug that messes up your skill bonuses.

Something that’s notable about 5th level is that both martials and casters benefit a TON from 5th level. Extra attack and 3rd level spells are super important, and not getting access to those when facing off against enemies of the same level (like the Gith knights) puts you at a disadvantage. Fireball, Mass Heaing Word, and other spells like them are real important because of how much more guaranteed damage you can output and mitigate in a single action!

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This multiclass caster rule change is actually really cool for level 5 eldritch knights. Such a good first 5 levels but six is kinda meh, especially depending on build, so it's awesome you don't need to hit 6 just to get a caster level

Thank you for the clear and through video. I love all of your content and can’t wait for your updated build videos!

Couple of things missed with extra attacks, Warlocks also get extra attack at 5, in the from of pact of the blade. And Druids get 2 extra attacks at 10 in wild shape.

Another kick ass video. I have been watching all your videos. Pacing, voice, tone, info delivered, organization and length make your stuff very enjoyable and very beneficial. Im Struggling between starting a Cleric or Druid!

Great video from start to finish without all the fluff. Really appreciate it, thank you.

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Remember that wizards still can learn spells from scrolls if they have the slot to cast it. So the example of a Bard 3/Wizard 3 is right about the bard but the wizard can learn a 3rd level spell from a scroll

Thanks for the vid - super keen to see your thoughts on multi classing all the companions

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I absolutely love this guide! One thing to note - When multiclassing say a Paladin with a (Pact of the Blade) Warlock, the deepened pact (at Warlock level 5) does give you the capability to have three (3) attacks from a single action! I've not tested other martial classes with the Warlock, but my assumption is that they would be allowed the third attack as well. Hopefully this helps!

So far with everything i found the following combos so be interesting/good. Fighter 1/Warlock 11: This gives you Heavy armor, Con saving throws and Second wind ( As in BG 3 Second Wind scales with character level not fighter level). Pick Pact of the Blade, get Polearm master and have 3 attacks by lvl 6. You go with Fiend for this one Bard 5/Warlock 7: This would be mora of a utility caster. Bard gives you an extra short rest charge and lvl 5 gives you inspiration on a short rest. Pick Pact Of The Tome Warlock as well as Book of ancient secrets and you will have a ton of rituals from the bard like Feather Fall, Speak with animal, Longstrider, keep up in damage with EB while also having good spells with good sustain over short and long rests. You probably also go fiend for this one Warlock 2/Sorcerer 10: Also known as the Machine-gunner. EB blast count scales with character level not warlock level, so we are getting warlock lvl 2 for agonizing blast. The rest is sorcerer for the slots and the meta magic quicken spell that lets us bonus action cast a spell. This means by lvl 11 we can cast 6 EB blasts per turn for 6d10 + 30 + 6d6 damage with 20 CHA and Hex. Drink a cheap haste potion for 9 EBs. It's a 3 sorcery point cost so you will mostly be using you slots to fuel your metamagic sorcery. This one fiend doesn't help much and Great Old One would actually be best due to the sheer numbers of attacks you do, some are bound to crit Eldritch Knight 7/Wizard 5: This ends up being a more utility tank. The shield spell with heavy armor, defensive fighting style and a shield will give you good AC. LVL 7 feature lets you cast Blade Ward and attack as a bonus action, keeping up your damage while making you a big tank. Add blur, mirror image etc. You this one comes only a bit late, by lvl 5 you probably want 3 Fighter/2 Wizard for the wizard subclass which i would go for Abjuration for the THP (War would be better but it's not in the game atm). You then probably wanna push to lvl 5 fighter and possibly even to lvl 7 and then level wizard for the rest. With the bonus action attack i wonder how well a Eldritch Knight 7/Rogue Thief 5 would be. Uncanny dodge with 2 attacks and Blade Ward. Downside is this comes online at lvl 12, at beast at lvl 10 Nature Cleric 1/Monk 11: We are taking Nature cleric for Shillelagh so the monk can use WIS. This would be a DC focused build so open hand and 4 elements. This one just seems like a neat little idea and i have no idea if this would be better then just taking Druid Magic initiate, you do get some neat spells like speak with animal and bless etc. Bless alone would put it above druid magic initiate Paladin 2/Sorcerer 10: We don't have booming blade but we can get polearm master, we really only care about smites here and polearm master bonus attack can proc that. It's better then doing a full lvl 5 paladin. Good idea might be to either pick Storm Sorcerer for the Thundering Smite synergy or Draconic for the extra HP. I would go with a spear so you can have a shield and still use Polearm master. You could probably even fit in heavy armor master if you want to and just give him more magic items to compensate for the lower to hit. We would have to leave Dex at 10 and bump STR and CHA. You have the spells of a sorcerer and the burst damage of a paladin with more slots. You will use your sorcery points to pretty much gives you more smites. Keep in mind you are a bit more of a glass cannon if you go with Storm Sorcerer tho you do gain a ton of mobility, keep your AC high, you aren't a tank, you are gonna be doing damage and avoiding being the focus, you have baby sorcerer hp but with the shield spell you will have very good AC Tempest Cleric 2/Draconic Sorcerer 10: We nuke stuff with this. Get your heavy armor, go with lighting bolt over fireball, take shatter. Find a good moment and deal max damage with the Tempest cleric. We take a lighting dragon for adding your CHA to the damage rolls. You are still a sorcerer, but you have heavy armor and a good reaction to use Vengence Paladin 3/Warlock 9: I see this as "I wanna win the game" combo. Vengance lets you have constant adv on a single enemy (Pretty much a boss killer). Warlock Blade lets you fully invest into CHA, since heavy armor doesn't seem to have a STR req you can fully dump both dex and str to 10 and focus on CHA, CON, WIS. You will have plenty of smites, some on a short rests. Take polearm master for 3 attacks per turn for 3 smites per turn to fully burst down a boss. Keep in mind this will run you dry. However you still are a martial class, you have 3 attacks and you are a mono ability class with CHA which will probably be an 18. Have a short rest and half your slots are back, and you still have high DC for Hold Person auto crits into crit smites.

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One nice thing to keep in mind is, that you can use bard spell slots (for example) to cast warlock spells. So in this way, you can get more than the 2 (or 3) slots for a warlock. My Wyll is warlock 7, bard 4 atm and can cast all of his lvl 1 or 2 spells at lvl 1 or 2 and doesn't have to "waste" one of his valuable lvl 4 spell slots.

Thanks for getting into the spell slots and full vs half vs third casters.

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I'm going 1 level in everything for my first playthrough and it isn't as horrible as I thought it would be. Expertise in 5 skills and pretty good spellcasting as well as starting fighter lets me run around in heavy armor and be a great skill monkey/face for the party while I support the big damage dealers.

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Yep, nice touch on the last bit. Multiclassing can give you a big power spike on early level builds however respecs allow you have the best of both from having an early power boost and going into a straight build or something different later.

Thanks to the Tavern Brawler feat, I'll be multiclassing a Barbarian/Monk. Opting for the Barbarian's unarmoured defence and using strength for unarmed attacks rather than dex.

I'm a complete beginner to D&D based games so I had to slow down your videos to 0.5× because it's a lot to digest. Haha. All these rules and terms are very new to me. This isn't your fault by the way, I just absorbed the info better when you talked slower 😆 BG3 really had me surprised and I've been enjoying it so far. Your guides are very useful for newbies like me. Looking forward to more!

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Currently doing cleric/sorcerer its super nice because clerics max damage always modifier works with sorcerer’s chromatic orb thunder spell

If you’re looking for a way to squeeze out some additional attacks on a martial character, consider using two weapons and taking 3 levels in the rouge for the thief subclass.

I'm going to have Such a learning curve with this game. The last time I played tabletop D&D was 1991. I don't even know which version was in use then, but so very very much will have changed.

this was very helpful for understanding, especially in regards to spell slots and the extra attack at level 5 but I do miss insights on how to possible multi-class a warlock here

very helpful, my multi is 1 level cleric for the armour and some specific spells and cantrips, then I go lore bard as a pure caster for all other levels so I get a bard that does not care about attacks or weapons at all but I get armour and shield and a slew of extra spells from cleric 1. 1 level behind on spell level access is nothing to worry about when you are a Bard with Bless !

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A video on a Warlock/Bard multiclass build would be cool. It's a very popular pick. Personally I'd love to see a Druid/Monk multiclass build video

Looking forward to this game. Loved my red dragon dude that shape shifted into an octopus in divinity 2

Tbh level 5 is a power spike for most classes, not just marshal. Getting level 3 spells on caster classes is a huge increase in power

One thing I noticed today on the characters creator was for wood elf/half elf wood elf u get sneaking as race proficiency but it doesn’t tell u or show only if u go and play around the proficiency points

Spent today at my daughter's while she was learning BG3 and recreating her TTRPG PC. A 1/2 elf Rogue/Sorcerer wish we had this video.

one notable thing about getting 3 attacks is that currently the extra attack with pact weapon stacks with the extra attack feature from non warlock classes

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Pretty much every martial could benefit from starting 2 levels in fighter. Especially the gish casters like sword Bard, blade lock, etc. Con save prof and prof in all armor/weapons. Action surge is just great. Because we go to 12, 4 fighter can be good for feat

Great guide, just wanted to mention that fighter could get up to more then 3 attacks per turn if you combo things well. Fighter 8, barb 4 could do up to 6 attacks per round for example. Action surge+frenzied Strike+great weapon mastery. but for the most part outside of fighter or gloom-stalker 3 attacks per turn is going to be the norm edit: i forgot to mention haste for the extra attack " a Hastened target to cast two cantrips/spells or double their number of Extra Attacks per turn" in my haste (pun) i forgot to mention it.

If you go 2 Pali/10 pact of blades warlock you get an extra attack by making your weapon a pact weapon and can use your warlock spell slots for smite which recharge on a short rest.

Thanks, now i know where the multiclass button is))))

According to what I've been hearing Wizard can learn spells via scrolls based on spell level, it is not cap by spell known. So you can say go Wizard 1/Cleric 11 and learn 6th level Wizard spells from scrolls. If true then this could really open up some multi-class options. Even if you don't have high Int you can use it to get spells not based on int such as buff spells like Haste. Edit: Tested it and found this is true. Wizard is now a great class to multi-class if paired with any spell casting class for more options.

6:28 there is one notable exception, *any* full spellcaster dipping 1 level into cleric specifically War, Tempest and Life domains to pick heavy armor. War domain also give martial weapons proficiency. Imagine a wizard with heavy armor master.

First playthrough and I am playing Dark Urge Paladin. Oath of Vengence. I am Level 4, I am torn to play full Pally or multiclass after 5 or 6. Bard, Warlock or Fighter. Loving this game so far!!

What I'm doing for Lae'zel is, since I don't want to use Astarion in my party (he dislikes my honorable character) and my I play a Fighter already: 5 levels of Ranger (dual wielding scimitars), take DEX ASI because damage and AC, this way she can have good DEX + Astral Knowledge for disarming traps and doing Astarion's job. I chose Hunter as a sub class with Colossus Slayer since its doing well with Hunter's Mark. Then 4 levels of Rogue for Thief and that extra bonus action which helps dual wield, + sneak attack. The rest is gonna be ranger. This way by level cap she won't miss any feats at Ranger 8/Rogue 4, though I can see Uncanny Dodge being great if anyone wants to go Ranger 7/Rogue 5. This strategy is good for DPS and longer fights, though I think if you did Gloom Stalker/Assassin you could play like an Alpha Striker of sorts: set up the strongest enemy in a fight, Hold them, apply poison, Hunter's Mark and sic Lae'zel on them. The number of attacks + on hit effects is gonna cause a lot of damage.

Thanks a lot bro

Im sure this has been already posted, but the extra attack you gain from pact of the blade (warlock) at level 5 does stack with the extra attack from your martial classes

Paladin oath of vengeance and warlock multiclass has such good synergy, take darkvision and a support wizard to cast darkness…I am the night

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Currently playing a Lvl 2 Tempest Cleric/ Lvl 3 Storm Sorcerer. Starting as cleric gave me martial weapons and heavy armor so i can just fly around after every spell i cast and get involved in melee. Just use the buffing cleric spells and you can spec like a sorcerer with low WIS.

One thing people didnt talk about is the casting stat multiclassed wiz use with regards to scrolls or equipment spells. Idk if this is a bug or intentional. So if your starting class is wiz then dipped to any other class that use a diff casting stat, all scrolls and item spells will shift to that casting class. So if you dipped to cleric, it will shift to wisdom, this will also reflect in the spellbook page. However, casting a natural wiz spell will still use Int modifier. Now reverse the process, your initial class is cleric and dipped into wiz or other class, using scrolls and item spells will shift to that casting stat. I only realized this 50 hrs into the game. When i tried to cast scorching ray (item and scroll) and it has a different hit ratio than my int based cantrips. I hope they fix this, cause i want my scrolls and items based on Int proficiency. And no, i dont want to start as a cleric and dip to wiz, because that has a different ability proficiency. Goodbye adamantium splint mail

Great content! For a future video, consider showcasing several multiclass combos like SorLock, SorcAdin, BardOnk, and dipping (say for Sleight of Hands or Armor proficiencies) Thanks again for putting great content!

Concerning the Explorer Difficulty not having multi-classing option, I heard from Larian's support that this restriction will be removed with an upcoming patch.

I didn’t even know you could multiclass. I’d been trying to build a gish battlemage for a while. I just went pact of the blade fiendlock. I would have liked to do a fighter/sorcerer multi. Oh well, now I know.

While you won't get heavy armor proficiency by multiclassing into Fighter, you can and will from three of the Cleric subclasses (which are chosen at Cleric level 1), being Tempest, War and Life. Ranger Knight is another alternative workaround without having to use an ASI opportunity. With both being Wisdom-based, it may not be ideal to combine with Wizards and/or Charisma casters, but you can always opt for the non-attack spells from Ranger or Cleric and thus not need to split your ability score priorities.

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Extra attack actually stacks with the warlock pact of the blade lvl 5 feature. So you can have paladin warlock with three attack a turn, for example.

Bardlock is scary good, btw. They don’t have a ton of spells, but they have SO MANY abilities!

5 lvls in cleric gives you an extra attack with your pact weapon. Add bloodlust and haste to multiply these attacks. Last 2 lvls can go to fighter for an action surge.

Planning my class ahead of the September release for BG3 on PS5, I was thinking of doing a Paladin / Warlock build

I laughed out loud at how convoluted it sounded listening to you about the spell slots. Appreciate the effort though.

Pact of blade gets an extra attack that stacks. Works well with sword bard and paladin.

As for extra attacks from lvl 5: My druid also has them, at least in animal form, which is awesome.

You forgot one fun info : Extra Feat/ASI at Fighter 6 and Rogue 10. Useful to know due to the 4 class level rule.

I want to point out that you can gain 2 extra attacks by having a lvl5 warlock/lvl5 martial class if you use the bound weapon from the blade pact. These 2 are the only ones that add up.

Wasn't able to multi-class at level 2 in explorer mode? Now, I need to go to normal mode. Just learned something, thanks.

Remember, gentlemem: at the moment the level cap is 12, so a fair number of the more advanced multiclassing options are precluded.

You as a College of Swords Bard you multiclass to fighter at level 4 and 5 for action surge, respec to pure Bard at 6 for extra attack and then take 3 levels of Fighter at 7, 8, and 9

Finally decided I want to make a Bard 10/Paladin 2; seems like a strong + fun combo with good breakpoints. I was going to start with 2 in Paladin to grab Divine Smite, then go straight Bard. But that means I lose some skill Proficiencies and won't get Extra Attack from my Bard subclass until character level 8. If I start as a Bard, however, I apparently lose Heavy armor Proficiency, and my melee capability won't be as good starting out. I was all ready to hit Proceed...but now I don't know >_

I'm pretty new to this game and its mechanics, but it seems super easy to justify two levels i fighter for any martial class just for action surge and second wind

Ayo, I've read an article where it said that if you go sorcerer/wizard, put one level in wizard you can just go ahead and learn all the spells, depending on your slots. It came out two weeks after this video so I think it's valid.

pact of the blade Deepend Pact at level 5 on warlock STACKS with extra attack from martial classes. so if you want 3 attacks you can go 5 warlock/5 any martial class for 3 swings a turn. though your forced to use your charisma modifier for damage if you do this. its an alternative to fighter 11 if your concerned about action economy in the late game

If you have the game set to custom, you can then put it on Explorer difficulty while also having multi classing on. It’s one of the tabs.

correction on the 2 extra attacks. You will get a +1 to attacks with your pact weapon from pact of the blade with warlock so 5 levels in warlock and 5 levels in a martial class gives you 3 attacks WITH your pact weapon!

I'd rather get my attack points that more skills personally. but you guys go crazy.

Partially interested to see if it could be viable to have one point in each class. Though the thought of all the options regardless of level and progression makes me nauseous

It's not necessary to choose a class with armor proficiency before the class that doesn't have it. You'll get these proficiencies anyway, but the game doesn't tell you about it when you pick a class, for some reason. And as I understood, hope that it's correct, if you mix any spellcaster and warlock you could use all of their spells no matter what spell slots you have left. For instance, if you're out of wizard spell slots you still can use wizard spells with your warlock spell slots. Hope that this information will be useful

5 barbarian berserker 3+ rogue thief. Berserker gets the additional attack as a bonus action. Thief rogue gets an additional bonus action which could be used to attack again or make use of cunning action. Strong.

I decided to play my 12 multiclassed character Laura Drifter in baldur's gate 3. I had already played her in adventurers league to level 12, ending at the finish of tomb of annialation. I am starting to wonder if I will regret playing what started as a joke character based on absurd going further, but I like it so far.

12:17 extra attack does stack with the druid's wild strike (extra attack in wild shape). also, the deepened pact for pact of the blade (which also gives extra attack). these abilities are named differently than the standard extra attack so the game lets you do both. so you can do 5 paladin and 5 warlock and get triple attack.

Multi-classing guide - Go 3-5 (Fiend) Warlock Pact of Blade and rest Vengeance Paladin, become both the unstoppable force and the immovable object.

From my understanding with how the multiclass system works right now if you wanna build a spellcaster just getting 1 lvl as a wizard with high enough int is always the way to go even if you wanna play as a bard/druid/cleric/sorc/warlock since it just adds so many spells to use and the only restriction on the wiz spells is the total spell cast lvls and the int stat to learn the spells.

Any class that can learn spells from scrolls (Wizard for instance) can acquire their normal spells even when multiclassing. So a lv1wizard/11bard can learn 6th level wizard spells through scrolls.

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12:07 While its not a standard action, Berserker Barbarians can get 3 attacks per turn via their Bonus Attack action that is only available after raging. I have Karlach specced into this, along with having Hold Person on my cleric to make Karlachs attacks both at advantage with Furious Strike and have guaranteed crits on hit. This being around level 6ish. Killed a 120hp enemy in 2 turns between her and Lae'zel

Warlock blade pact gets extra attack at 5 and war cleric gets extra attack charges

The freedom of multiclassing without damning your character 1 year down the line

Starting as fighter to level 2 seems even more optimal than ever.

Meanwhile I'm still thinking about DruidLock, and yes I know it's WIS CHA mix but I have a good feeling about 3 lock old ones and rest (or at least 6) Spores druid, for a fun caster with extra shapeshifting for fun exploration and more.

Just to add, pact of the blade warlock also gets an extra attack.

fighter/tempest cleric is a damn good combo if you need a tank. 9/10

Another great video. Thanks for putting them together. I do have a question about multi classing and spells. I am looking into going 2 levels in life cleric and 10 in college of lore bard as my party face/utility/healer on my next playthru. I have access to both bard and cleric versions of healing word (for instance) will the game use my charisma or wisdom modifier for those spells that are shared? Ideally I'd prefer charisma, as I'm leaning into that as party face.

I made a wizard - paladin multiclass using the helm that sets you to 17 intelligence so ended up with 17 strength as well, took warcaster and put on some armor that got me to 19 AC with the ability to cast Blur making me near impossible to hit and shield that would buff my AC by 5 if the small chance of them actually hitting me popped up. Then i could caste haste and give myself two actions. Pure scuff but hilarious to picture a wizard being the main tank whilst clearing rooms with double fireball