Already backed it because I enjoyed the first book of the taverns

do you have a plce where we can submit build ideas?

@@reginaldkelly7809 this is as good a place as any :)

@@DnDDeepDive Man you answered that quickly :D ur awesome! I have been trying to perfect a pacifist support build. Utilizing the Warlock Genies lvl 10 bottle respite mechanic and 2 lvls of moon druid. I use wild shape to hide while holding concentration. normally the build goes best with setting up beforehand. Taking advantage of my ability to use my pact of the chain Familiar and being able to still sense things while still inside my Genie bottle. also pacifist only in the sense i didnt want to be doing damage in combat, becuz i find combat one of the most boring aspects, only cuz of how long it takes. so being a character who tries to end combat situations in out of the box ways was my goal. If you could also include any magic items you would look out for. I notice u never do that in your builds for good reason, but im just curious is all. The more i write this out it seems like a dumb idea. But i love it and hope u can make it even better. especially becuz you take your builds to high level.

@@DnDDeepDive I laos made this comment...... not realizing this was a BG3 video lol. I wanted you to do it for a DnD5e build video. i apologize for that mix up lol

see, as a powergamer, I don't find broken features fun when replaying things. I want to feel okay choosing other things, which I won't do if one option for the build (cough Great Tavern Weapon Sharpshooter Master Brawler) is the obviously-best pick.

But that just seems like it's harder to do, coding it specifically for Honor Mode. And more confusing for the players, having to remember that it works differently in different game modes. It seems like it would have been better to fix it for all.

@@dylanboczar999 I disagree, there's no real absolute best pick for everything. I play a super OP optimized party and I'm constantly shifting things and finding even better ways to deal with different fights, I challenge myself with ending every fight in 2 turns max - the optimization never ends. You can make so many things "broken" - I'm really enjoying finding those combinations. Yet I see way more people struggling with just a normal difficulty than people that think it's too easy, so with those people in mind I think having a lot of possibilities for stumbling onto an OP solution really makes the game more fun for a general audience.

I think both arguments are valid for this one. Thing for me is I’m going to feel like I’m cheating using those builds in tactician in the future knowing they patched them out of honour mode :/

​@@hemogoblin6789 keep in mind that 90% of players won't touch honour mode. So changing for everyone would have impacted the experience of a vast majority who won't care about that change. So making the effort is appreciated, but I'm happy they keep it to the users who will actually appreciate it.

you say that but all the bugs are still in the game, you can beat the game in a few hours with jump skipping in any mode, including honour mode.

@@loop4x454 right, so I very clearly didn't mean every bug. My comment was directly in response to something he says in the video

“Instead of trying to inflict the feared, or restrained, or stunned, or paralyzed condition, just … try to inflict the dead condition on everything … as soon as possible. Thats the worst condition.” Two best lines imo

Read in the voice of Malus Thorm :)

but why not just long rest more?

@@snek8421 Because long rests costs camp supplies, and in tactician mode (and I assume also honor mode) they cost twice as many camp supplies (80 per long rest). Camp supplies aren't that hard to come by, so it's not like you can never long rest, but if you long rest *too* much you will run low on camp supplies. Being able to fully reset on a short rest means you don't have to worry about that at all.

thats weak. game way too easy. @@Ikaxas

Exact same thought

Same

I had a similar if not identical thought two days ago.

I’m now realizing that there is no individual experience in this life. I was thinking the SAME THING

You're entirely right, but few of these builds are anywhere near the best in the game precisely because of that. None of them abuse overtuned statuses in the game (Acuity, Wet, Radiating orb, Blindness, Vulnerability etc) which really elevate builds to another level. Not that you need that to beat honor mode, I'm just saying, none of these are the best builds in the game.

@Scribbinge I do not recall saying these were the best builds. However, when you do finally have access to the end game items, these builds do become stronger from having strong equipment. I appreciate your candid response, and I sincerely hope that one day we can play together in the same party.

agreed but it would be great to get at least a few recommended items for each build.

@ntyhurst solid recommendations would be any items that either suit your playstyle or bump up the power of what you already doing. I know that doesn't help your situation, but there are a plethora of items in bg3.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. People always forget about feats!

whispering promise + hellrider's pride is probably the most effective way to do healing in bg3, healing on its own is still too miniscule an amount to make it worth it all the time but that healing also giving two pretty sizeable buffs is super powerful in the early game when you can get them and stays potent all the way through act 2 by the time you've probably found better equipment

Whispering Promise only gives the buff to the caster, no?

​@@GiveMeTheRice It applies to anyone you heal. There is another item that only affects the caster, but it isn't whispering promise. I can't recall what it is rn, though

@@thaesimir The wiki says the whispering promise is the caster only one

​​@@GiveMeTheRice"Blessed Mercy: When you heal a creature, it gains a +1d4 bonus to Attack rolls and Saving throws for 2 turns." From the wiki🤙🤙

Hey thanks!

Indeed, preparing myself for the challenge, very informative and to the point.

Just before BG3 launched I found your channel, I was playing the early access and just rewatching your first BG3 video over and over again. I love BG3 and since a 1,5 year or so I also DM a DnD campaign, I've learned a lot by watching your video's! I encourage my players to watch your guides. I've used some builds from your first video for my first BG3 play through. Finished it on Tactician with a (bugged short rest spell slots) Sorlock without really trying (jump head first into any fight, straight up attack everyone, no disable guards first etc.) and unlocked a lot of steam achievements in the process for killing bosses before they use special powers. Yesterday I became a member to appreciate you and for the ability to find the written versions of the builds in this video. I've played for some hours yesterday and today, and I've got to say: great builds and play style philosophy so far. I've seen a lot of builds from different creators on KZfaq that are strong, but also feel niche, come online late game and are very dependent on items. On the bg3builds subreddit, and especially the honour mode topics, people seem to focus way too much on "survivability". Your approach is simple and effective: kill the enemies before they can hurt you, and you'll survive. And if everything goes wrong: I still have a few invisibility potions that I can pop, and I'll just run. Only had to do it once though, when I forgot about the "escape prison mechanic" and aggro'd the whole grove when running out with my party. I love the bard Tav build. I've played dual xbow before on a few classes, but I kind of brushed them off as boring. Lately I really started to warm up to the CC side of bards, and this build is the perfect combination! You're so right: a dedicated support character isn't what you need in this game (goodbye life cleric 1/ bard x). It kind of hurt to change the backstory of my Sorcerer Tav (man you're right, Sorcerers suck in single target damage) a bit, but I think I made a good choice picking the killer bard. The light cleric I haven't tried yet, but I picked up the armor that synergizes really well, and my life cleric bard (Gale) will be respecced soon! I've played similar clerics before and know them to be strong. The holy warrior is smacking right now, even though I haven't even reached the Paladin levels yet. In the video, you're talking so much about bless, it did help me to get my priorities straight and (re)started using it every battle! With the Holy Warrior I picked up some gloves that give advantage when 2 enemies are near, so just positioning yourself in the middle of monsters is so strong! Gives me my advantage and zone of control, and I don't have to use reckless attack every turn. The thrower I haven't tried yet, I did use your first tavern brawler thrower on a play through, but I got annoyed when fighting in dungeons and such, sometimes it is really hard to hit someone with a throwing weapon. Right now I am using the half wood elf hireling as a tavern brawler monk, she kind of fulfills the same role as the thrower, but just melee instead. I can see I miss a lot of potentially fun plays when not playing a thrower, because it would be awesome to just throw enemies around again. Super long message without a point really, just wanted to let you know I really enjoy the builds for BG & DnD! And after finishing a video, I'm also motivated to go to the gym first & play video games later!

you can get a free +3 DC from Rhapsody dagger (Cazador), and another from cloak of the Weave for an easy DC30 (higher if you have more CHA). Battlemage elixir also stacks AA for free

This is the way.

Decent gloves, you can find several others better for your bard than this though. You don’t really need extra bard points when you can basically have unlimited long rests.

Thanks! Same to you!

Welcome! :)

It's so disgusting. My solo HM war cleric became a god once I hit lvl 5. I'm about to go into Act 2 Gauntlet and I'm sad I have to respec... But I'm going right back to Light Bulb/ Reverb build as soon as I'm done 😅

If you sacrifice the gloves slot for hellriders pride and a ring slot for whispering promise you also become the best support character as you can bless the party and give blade ward using mass healing word. That solves the bless complication and makes your party resistant to weapon damage. You don't lose out too much but gain a massive amount

@@daveyfunk not really. the blade ward only lasts 1 turn and mass healing word uses up a lv 3 slot.

​@@Sarkhan69there is a amulet that has one healing word and mass healing word cast per LR and with the ring concentration free bless. With an optimized party two rounds should be enough time to wipe out almost all bosses even on honour mode while freeing up concentration slot for spirit guardians for example and at later levels 3rd level spell use isnt an issue.

@@Sarkhan69 Still worth it for bless. To be able to bless your party for 2 turns and also keep spirit gaurdians up is OP. You only give up a ring slot that way

Heya, why life cleric? and also, how do you get your ward to its max all the time without the free casting of mage armor?

@@arcmar8327 Mostly for heavy armor proficiency. The choice between Life/Tempest/Nature/War is pretty user dependent I'd say. I valued the improvement to healing word over the other benefits personally. For the arcane ward - Casting shield of faith, armor of agathys and especially glyph of warding does a decent job keeping the stacks up. They may not be at max all the time, but they stay fairly high without needing to do the tedious mage armor cycle.

either BS or you need to touch grass. honor mode only just released and you already beat it?

@@Sarkhan69real nice comment bud, you seem like a well balanced individual. But yea I did beat it, if you know what you’re doing and boss rush act 3 for key items it’s pretty breezy.

​@@Sarkhan69 skill issue

... and it's crazy to think the Bard'll be wielding the staff (and a shield) in the endgame. Seriously: ... crazy!