The summary of ‘The BEST CHARACTER in Baldur's Gate 3 – Tactician Build Guide’

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In this part of the video, the speaker provides character creation tips for Baldur’s Gate 3, particularly focusing on the best character type for playing through the challenging Tactician mode. They emphasize that while the best character is ultimately the one you enjoy playing, spellcasters generally offer the most powerful and smooth gameplay experience. This is due to the exponential scaling and versatile options that spells provide compared to the more linear progression of martial characters. The speaker then briefly reviews various spellcasting classes such as bards, clerics, druids, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards, noting the merits of these classes in the game’s context. They also highlight essential skills like sleight of hand for lockpicking or the knock spell for overcoming obstacles, showcasing the superior utility of spellcasters in challenging scenarios.

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In this part of the video, the discussion focuses on strategies for dealing with traps in the game Baldur’s Gate 3, suggesting that players can either take damage or bypass traps using various objects. The narrator emphasizes the importance of having certain abilities on the main character, specifically for conversations requiring skill checks that only the main character can perform. The key conversational skills needed are deception, intimidation, and persuasion, all of which depend on high Charisma. Additionally, knowledge skills like Arcana, history, nature, and religion are beneficial. To maximize these attributes, characters should be from classes that use Charisma, with bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks highlighted. However, the Warlock class is deemed less favorable due to its focus on damage and armor over spells. Hence, sorcerers and bards are considered ideal for their spellcasting abilities and conversational advantages.

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In this part of the video, the focus is on choosing the optimal races for Bards and Sorcerers. The speaker evaluates the importance of armor proficiencies provided by different races, noting that many races have inherent armor proficiencies that can make up for the lack of armor in these classes. For instance, the Half-Elf with the Civil Militia trait gains light armor and shield proficiencies, leading to a base AC of 15, which is superior to what a Warlock gets. Similarly, Githyanki have medium armor proficiency, resulting in a base AC of 15 without shields.

The speaker then considers movement speed as a crucial factor, dismissing races with reduced mobility like dwarves. Between Half-Elf, Human, and Githyanki, the speaker prefers Githyanki due to two powerful traits: Astral Knowledge, which grants proficiency in all skills of a chosen ability, and Misty Step, a level-5 bonus action teleport skill. These traits significantly enhance the Githyanki’s positioning and movement capabilities, making them the recommended choice over other races. Finally, the speaker narrows down the choice between Bard and Sorcerer, hinting at further discussion on these classes.

00:09:00

In this part of the video, the discussion revolves around determining the most powerful character in Dungeons & Dragons, focusing on positioning, effects that eliminate fights, and action economy—the number of actions a character can take in a single turn. The sorcerer stands out due to its ability to cast two spells per turn, thanks to the Quicken Spell metamagic, granting it a superior action economy compared to other characters. The speaker recommends playing as a githyanki sorcerer, especially in Baldur’s Gate 3’s tactician mode, due to its versatile and frequent spellcasting abilities.

The video also explores the three sorcerer subclasses: Wild Magic, Draconic Bloodline, and Storm Sorcery. Storm Sorcery is preferred because of its level one feature, Tempestuous Magic, which allows the sorcerer to fly without provoking opportunity attacks after casting a level one or higher spell. This feature enhances positioning and escape options, overshadowing the other subclasses. Draconic Bloodline provides armor and HP, but these benefits are less impactful than effective positioning. Wild Magic is deemed too unpredictable for difficult game modes.

Additionally, the video recommends starting spells like Mage Hand, for its versatile utility, and Firebolt, despite generally downplaying damage-focused spells.

00:12:00

In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the utility of certain spells and cantrips in strategic gameplay. Key points include:

1. **Spells and Cantrips**:
– **Minor Illusion**: Highly effective for luring enemies into traps or dangerous areas.
– **Friends**: Useful for making checks, though it can sometimes result in accusations of enchantment.
– **Blade Ward**: Provides a significant buff to allied creatures without costing an action.
– **Shield**: Essential for boosting effective AC to 22 when medium armor and dexterity bonuses are combined.

2. **Spell Choices**:
– **Magic Missile**: Recommended early on, with significant power coming from level 2 spells.
– **Experimentation**: Encouraged to find the most fun and effective spells.

3. **Backgrounds**:
– Important to choose backgrounds that enhance Charisma skills.
– Examples include charlatan for deception and sleight of hand, or criminal for stealth.

4. **Ability Scores**:
– Ensure dexterity is at 14 for AC benefits.
– Maintain charisma at 17 and constitution at 15 to allow for future enhancement.

Overall, the focus is on optimizing spell selection, background choice, and ability scores for effective gameplay.

00:15:00

In this part of the video, the creator concludes their pick for the best character build for tactician mode in Baldur’s Gate 3, emphasizing that they will implement this build in a future playthrough if there is interest. They encourage viewers to subscribe to the channel, leave comments, and engage with the video’s content.