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The video discusses a powerful character build for "Baldur's Gate 3" named the "Terminator build," focusing on a resilient, high-damage half-orc character designed to withstand and recover from near-death encounters. The build combines 11 levels of Battle Master Fighter with 1 level of War Domain Cleric, leveraging abilities like Relentless Endurance, a ring of regeneration, and a variety of strategic maneuvers and feats to maximize effectiveness in combat. Key abilities highlighted include Action Surge, various weapon maneuvers (e.g., disarming attack, trip attack), and multiclassing benefits such as Divine Favor and Shield of Faith. The build's equipment, like the "brutal deep boots" and "ring of regeneration," further supports its tank-like resilience. Critical hits play a crucial role, with strategies to ensure frequent critical strikes, including the use of illithid powers and the subjugation amulet. The build effectively handles multiple enemies and boosts team performance, showing versatility and durability. The presenter concludes by showcasing the build's prowess in combat and suggesting its utility to viewers, while inviting them to explore future content.
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In this part of the video, the host discusses a build for Baldur’s Gate 3, affectionately named “The Terminator build.” The build features a half-orc character designed to resemble a Terminator, capable of enduring and recovering from near-death situations. The primary structure of the build includes 11 levels in Battle Master Fighter and one level in War Domain Cleric. This combination provides versatility and extra options, such as Sanctuary and potential bonus attacks. Key features include Relentless Endurance from the half-orc race and a ring of regeneration, enabling the character to return to the fight after being downed. The host recommends starting the cleric level early for additional utility and explains that switching to cleric at any point wouldn’t hinder the build’s effectiveness.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses an effective melee weapon attack strategy for a specific character build, emphasizing the benefit of getting a times three critical hit instead of the typical times two. They opt for the Great Weapon Fighting style to complement a powerful, intimidating character archetype. Key ability distributions for fighters are recommended, including a high strength (16 or 17), acceptable dexterity (12-14), and prioritized constitution, while lowering intelligence and charisma, and maintaining wisdom at around 10. Skill proficiencies suggested are Athletics and Acrobatics.
As the character progresses to level two, the speaker considers but ultimately continues with the Fighter class to gain the Action Surge ability, which provides additional attack opportunities without relying heavily on being hasted. The chosen subclass is Battle Master, highlighting the importance of maneuvers and superiority dice which start at d8 and increase over time. Recommended maneuvers include disarming attack, repost, trip attack, fainting attack, goading attack, precision attack, pushing attack, and sweeping attack.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses strategic choices while leveling up a fighter character in a game. Initially, they consider skills like disarming attack, repost, and goading attack to fulfill a tank role by drawing enemy focus. At fighter level four, they suggest selecting the Great Weapon Master feat to enhance damage output and grant additional attacks early on. By level five, the fighter gains an extra attack. At level six, the focus shifts to increasing the character’s strength to 20, with feats like Alert and Heavy Armor Master recommended for their initiative boost and damage reduction benefits. By level seven, the fighter receives an extra superiority dice and can choose more maneuvers like sweeping attack for handling multiple enemies and rally for boosting teammates.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various tactical choices and character building strategies for a role-playing game. They highlight the importance of selecting specific attacks like sweeping, fainting, and trip attacks but suggest prioritizing trip attack and disarming attack later. The speaker stresses the significance of achieving a strength score of 20, particularly after utilizing the Heavy Armor Master feat.
During the progression to fighter level nine, the character gains the Indomitable ability, allowing rerolls on saving throws, which increases resilience against negative effects. At fighter level 11, the character gets a third attack which is considered a substantial improvement.
The speaker then discusses multiclassing into cleric with a focus on the War Domain, granting abilities like Divine Favor, Shield of Faith, and War Priest, which provides an additional attack as a bonus action. They also mention the usefulness of cantrips like Guidance and spells such as Sanctuary, emphasizing their thematic and strategic value for the build.
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In this part of the video, the speaker reviews the inventory and abilities of their character. They highlight the “brutal deep boots” which help in combat by sending enemies prone, reducing the need for a trip maneuver. They also discuss the strategic use of abilities like Shield of Faith and Sanctuary for defense and avoiding opportunity attacks. The character’s hit points (111) and various attack tactics such as goading, sweeping, and disarming are noted. The speaker lists important magic items they’ve collected, including Reaper’s Embrace, bone Spike boots, Sarah Vox horn helmet, cloak of displacement, Black Guard gauntlets, surgeon subjugation amulet, ring of regeneration, and killer sweetheart, detailing their benefits and the acts in which they can be obtained. Finally, they prepare to engage in combat to test their setup.
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In this segment, the speaker discusses strategies to guarantee critical hits in combat, emphasizing the importance of critical hits and using items like the subjugation amulet for paralyzing powerful enemies. They mention leveraging skills and party members to ensure as many critical hits as possible and introduce the concept of using illithid powers to gain critical hits at strategic moments. The speaker then initiates a combat scenario, opting for a fainting attack to gain an advantage, and notes that allies unexpectedly join the fight. They highlight the resilience of their character build, which is durable compared to high-damage but fragile setups. The speaker illustrates combat techniques like disarming the enemy and using action surges to maximize attacks, including options like sweeping or cleave attacks with a great sword, setting up for efficient victories.
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In this part of the video, the presenter finalizes a fight and showcases their character build. The build effectively defeats the opponent, and the presenter discusses the temporary hostility from others due to their actions. They demonstrate using the ‘indomitable’ feature to counter a failed saving throw. The build is described as a strong tank, likened to a Terminator, equipped with specific armor and a helmet. The presenter emphasizes the versatility of the Fighter Battle Master subclass, complemented by a one-level dip into Cleric, though they acknowledge that other setups might also be effective. The segment concludes with an expression of hope that viewers found the build useful and an invitation to watch future content.