Baldur's Gate III - Spoiler Edition (please read updated OP)

The visions Shepard got from the beacons was electronics stuck into meat. Maybe the budget was tight. Heh

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A match made in heaven

Okay, I admit that what I know about 5e rules wouldn't amount to a single emoji, all my tabletop time was DMing OG AD&D. I've been looking through all the online references (so much info out there, why would anyone bother to buy the PHB?) and I'm confused by two things.

1. I think I like Pathfinder better, from what I read. Is that why it came to be in the first place, a grassroots revolt against 5e?

2. Wtf is a Warlock? Like a cleric, but pulling spells from the MU table?

Guess they chose 5th because of the overall streamlined mechanics ? Personally I like 4th ed more but hardcore d&d veterans seem to disagree.

Funnily enough I made up my mind so fast because I've been meaning to play a badarse dwarf cleric in SOMETHING for literally years and yet something always stopped me.

My 'canon' Baldur's Gate protagonist would have probably been one, except that there were no romances available to dwarf characters in the vanilla version of BG2 so I played a human paladin instead. Might have made one when I played Icewind Dale with the NPC project installed, but the party really needed an arcane caster and of course dwarves can't do that in 2nd ed. Didn't want to play a caster of any kind in the Neverwinter Nights OC because I find the spell interface annoying. Couldn't be female if you played a dwarf in Arcanum. Needed another arcane caster for the Icewind Dale 2 NPC project, then a rogue for Neverwinter Nights 2. Got close when I made a dwarf support mage in Shadowrun and again in in Pillars of Eternity and its sequel with a godlike dwarf druid. Seriously considered it for Sword Coast Legends, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Pathfinder: Kingmaker but in each of those games there were other races I'd never played so I picked those instead. Even thought about playing one in a tabletop, but my friend was already playing a dwarf paladin and it seemed a little repetitive.

This time, though? No distractions. This is the game the dwarf cleric of my dreams will finally be real. (Assuming Larian provide the basic classes and races, and it would be weird if they didn't.)

How can I best refresh BG background without replaying the former 2 games?

Why not just make a Dwarven Cleric with the War Domain? Aka the Warpriest.

They get access to heavy armor, martial weapons, + 1 attack action (as a bonus action), bonus damage with attacks, a few spells from the Paladin spell list and higher level spellcasting...plus a bunch of other things. If you multiclass with a Fighter you'll lose a few of those things.


5e classes have archetypes that used to be covered by multiclassing or Prestige classes in previous editions. Multiclass is usually less powerful than a monoclass in 5e too.

My biggest issue with the Dragon Age series is the lack of a true cleric/healer class (and don't get me started on removing healing magic in Inquisition). Clerics are my go-to class, and since it's such a D&D staple, I can't imagine them not including it. I mean, they have a series of Choose Your Own Adventure-esque children's books that feature the four core classes (fighter, rogue, wizard, and cleric), so it's clearly a major part of their marketing identity. I usually go human because I'm boring like that, but if they include Dragonborn I might give that a whirl. I'm not even sure what gods a Dragonborn would worship, but there's got to be something, right?

I hope we have the option to actually join a church like in BG2! I had way to much fun listening to my parishioners' problems and waging holy sabotage against Talos. Honestly, the stronghold quests were one of my favorite parts of the game, so I hope they bring something like that to BG3.

After the spellplague and all, if any of the gods still care for their temples and worshippers; I would think that those who have one in Baldur's Gate would intervene. As I recall Helm and Tymora had temples there.

Bane, Tempus, Tyr, and Torm have the War domain

Auril, Talos, and Valkur have the Tempest domain

Malar, Mielekki, Auril, and Silvanus, all have the Nature domain.

All these are pretty important deities, and are worshipped in the Sword Coast region.  Even though some gods are worshipped more than others In Baldur's Gate, it's still a major city, and rather cosmopolitan.  I doubt there would be a problem in allowing clerics access to whatever domains they want.  What I'm curious about is whether they will open it up so far as to bring in nonhuman deities.