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In the video, FireSpark81 presents a powerful character build for Baldur’s Gate 3 called "The Shadow Monster," which revolves around using the "Darkness" spell to confound enemies and remain hidden, thus avoiding attacks. The strategy leverages the Darkness spell for concealment, enabling consistent sneak attacks while remaining undetected. The build begins with a level one fighter specializing in archery, and later incorporates levels in Warlock and Rogue to gain abilities like Eldritch Blast, Devil's Sight, and sneak attack proficiency.
As the character progresses, the build transitions into Monk, particularly the Way of the Shadow subclass, which enhances stealth capabilities and simplifies spell management. At higher levels, the character multiclasses back into Fighter, selecting the Battle Master subclass, and gains significant damage through selected maneuvers and feats such as Sharpshooter.
The overall build allows for tactical flexibility and efficiency, making it effective from early levels with the use of darkness arrows, and maintaining its strength through higher levels. The video emphasizes the methodical use of Darkness and various class abilities to maximize damage and survivability, inviting viewers to share their experiences and variations of the build.
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In this part of the video, FireSpark81 introduces a powerful and broken build for Baldur’s Gate 3 called “The Shadow Monster.” The build focuses on the use of the “Darkness” spell, which hinders enemies’ abilities to attack effectively, as they cannot see within the magical darkness unless they have special abilities. The main strategy involves hiding at the end of each turn within the darkness to avoid detection and attacks, casting “Darkness” using key points that allow for two casts per short rest, and applying poisons to weapons to keep track of the duration of the spell. The build utilizes sneak attacks every turn to deal significant damage while remaining hidden and thus invulnerable. The video concludes by offering flexibility in character choice, suggesting that any race can be tailored to fit this build.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses a character build strategy starting with a level one fighter, highlighting the importance of choosing archery as the fighting style and allocating ability points wisely. They suggest putting 16 points each into Dexterity and Constitution, with proficiency in skills like insight and perception. The build then incorporates two levels of warlock to gain key abilities such as Eldritch Blast, fear-inducing critical hits, and Devil’s Sight for seeing in darkness. At level four, a single level of rogue is recommended to gain sneak attack damage and increase stealth proficiency, alongside perception bonuses for finding hidden items on the map. The speaker emphasizes the tactical use of Darkness Arrows to remain concealed while attacking.
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In this segment of the video, the creator discusses a character build strategy for a game, specifically entering level five and multiclassing into Monk. By multiclassing into Monk, the character gains the ability to cast Darkness and use key points, which simplifies spell management. The character reaches Monk level three by level seven and selects the Way of the Shadow subclass, providing benefits like a bonus action to hide, casting Darkness with key points, and the Minor Illusion cantrip.
After this, the focus shifts back to leveling as a Fighter. At Fighter level three (character level nine), the Battle Master subclass is chosen, utilizing maneuvers like Disarming Attack, Precision Attack, and Trip Attack. By Fighter level four (character level ten), the first feat chosen is an ability improvement, specifically adding two points to Dexterity. At Fighter level five (character level eleven), a secondary attack is gained, and at Fighter level six (character level twelve), the Sharpshooter feat is chosen, adding significant damage despite a penalty to attack rolls.
Additionally, the video considers a variation where the build starts with Warlock for early Darkness casting and sneak attack abilities, then levels Rogue and continues with Warlock, focusing on casting Eldritch Blasts from darkness without needing Monk abilities.
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In this part of the video, the content creator details a specific build strategy for a character in a game that involves using the ability to hide in darkness for tactical advantage. They emphasize that while Eldritch Blast damage isn’t significantly boosted by gear or additional bonuses, the build grants flexibility and efficiency, allowing for consistent sneak attacks without needing to hide repeatedly. This build becomes effective as early as level four when using darkness arrows. The creator also invites viewers to share their thoughts and variations, encouraging engagement and support through likes, comments, and subscriptions.