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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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Is Monk/Barbarian viable? (lemmy.world)

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I'm waiting for the PS5 release because no PC atm but I've decided to play Ranger/Fighter on my first playthrough and really want to try monk/Barbarian on my second playthrough but wondering how hard it be to make it viable.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shoot sorry that definitely was supposed to be ‘ranged’ sword bards

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ahhh, no worries.

The Ranged Swords Bard is a Double Handcrossbow Sharpshooter build. There are a bunch of lvl splits you can do but Swords Bard 8/Thief 3/Fighter 1 is the best I've found so far. 8 Swords Bard for 2 ASIs (18Dex/Sharpshooter) and 4 lvl spells (Dimension Door/Greater Invisibility are the big ones), 3 Thief for Cunning Action, 2 Experitise, and an extra Bonus Action, 1 Fighter for Shield Proficiency and the Archery Fighting style. Generally speaking I prefer to reach 18 Dex via the ASI or Hag's Hair rather than the Gloves as the extra Bardic Inspiration from the Wonderous Gloves is a pretty big boost to damage output every Short Rest, but if you were willing to sacrifice that ASI you could pick up an extra Fighter lvl for Action Surge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds super fun, I’m going to have to play around with some respects. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It is.

I used a version (SB 8/TR 4) on my first run for Astarion and it was so effective I decided to use the variation above for my Dark Urge run. I also prioritized skill Proficiencies and Expertise. Right now I'm about 1/2 way through Act 2 and I think I've only failed one skill check in dialog. And that's on top of doing 100-200 dmg per round at lvl 9(without Haste or Elixir of Bloodlust).

I plan to write up a build guide but I'm having too much fun playing it.