"Is my build optimal? No way. Absolutely not. But... did I beat the game with it? Yeah. I guarantee it." I appreciate honesty. I suspect that you appreciate subs. Mutual appreciation achieved.
Yeh it's easy to lose sight of all of the build possibilities in a world of "ultimate honour-mode ready 1337haxx0r" builds. Most of those ARE very good, but there are hundreds of possible builds that could easily clear Honour Mode if you know how to use them. I'm always an advocate for using what you find more fun.
@PanicRolling In case you're looking for content to create, I'm hungry and I'm sure others are too, for trying playstyle builds. Instead of focusing on a class you focus the playstyle. Maybe not as general as "melee," but something closer to "melee caster" which could feature sword bards, trickster rogues, or hexblades. Throw in some "these are min/max dmg options, and these are your CC gods." Just a thought. Love your content!
@@PanicRolling well 3 times though i stoping lvling on tactican beat half the fights at lvv 5... so at 6 on easy would be borkenly easy... its possible to at 8 on easy win the entire game
Hey, I’m a 50-year-old physical therapist from Northeast Indiana and my older son turned me onto B gate three and I love it and this is one of the best instructional videos I’ve seen on it. Keep up the good work.
Making Wyll into a Bardlock just feels so natural. He's a very theatrical and romantical sort of dude. He looks like a natural with a lute in his hands.
I had the same idea, but it felt underwhelming. Having said that, I'm pretty sure it was user error anyway. "Pad-lock," however, is a multiclass I've absolutely fallen in love with.
@@jotarokujo3603 If you can get your hands on the 'band of the mystic scoundrel' it will make Wyll into an insanely powerful crowd control "Blade of Frontiers!"
Invisibility also works very well for confusing them. If you're down to your last party member standing, try out Invisibility if you are out of other options. Often they'll come looking for you and just end combat completely.
Command is actually one of the best warlock spells in the game, when you get to spellslots lvl 5, you can command 5 enemies at once, this is battle deciding. Just command all enemies in a battle ro drop their weapons, and boom, you already won
It's pretty gross, isn't it? Some of the low level spells with upcast effects end up being your most powerful spells, if you hold on to them. But yeh, 100%. If you have the ability to crowd control a large number of enemies, it can devastate their positioning and waste their resources. I'm all about it.
Yeah, and "stealing" your enemies' weapons that you just made them drop-right out from under them-doesn't require any resources from the action economy. You can just... pick up their weapons mid-fight-making them your weapons, even if you have no remaining Actions or Bonus Actions.
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Hey man just got done watching this. This video made me hyped to play warlock, like most "guides" pump out videos to get them out. This video felt like my DM trying to talk me into a class. And it worked lol
I accidentally read this whole comment with my eyes closed. I was very disappointed when I opened them... Also: I appreciate you watching the whole thing just for my face.
This helps a ton finally someone breaks it down so a noob understands it this game is intimidating to new players especially if they are new to D&D also it's literally a different language.
Helpful tip: if you like to play as a warlock or run with one (or more) in your party, have another party member be a bard. Bard get song of rest at level 2, which effectively acts as +1 short rest per day. At only level 2 dip you could also go 10 warlock / 2 bard. If you hav multiple bards or bard multiclass characters in your party this stacks, so 4 party members with 2 levels in bard can get 6 total short rests per day, letting you replenish your warlock slots after even the most minor encounters. None of the origin party members are bards by default, so if you want one in your party and don’t want to take the dip yourself, Astarion makes a wonderful bard. It fits him very well thematically, lore wise, and you can select skills that make him almost as good as a rogue for stealing and stealthing.
Yeh this is an amazing tip and I'm definitely gunna slip it into my Bard video (which is next btw). The amount of high level spells you'd get to cast per day would be ludicrous.
This has been by far the best breakdown I've seen of classes, every one else just glances over things or only talks about their personal builds. Really a great help.
Hunger of Hadar is amazing. I’ve become an absolute killing machine with this spell especially when I use the tadpoles power black hole and keep people stuck inside yes lol
Damn, dude. Love the idea behind this and I just saw that you've done this for almost all classes in BG3. Sweet! Subbed for sure! I love that you not only describe the ability, but also delve a bit into the lore surrounding the class too. Very useful for those of us who take role play seriously in BG3. Kudos!
Yeh I like to explore the lore a bit, because it's easy to forget how ridiculously hostile this world would be. I was sitting here thinking earlier about how OP you would be in real life if you had access to like 2 cantrips. I almost don't even care which 2, either. Being able to create an illusion or shoot a small flame from your hand? Sign me up. Acid? Ice? Poison? You name it.
@@PanicRolling Heck yeah! That'd be awesome! Imagine how panicked someone would be when hit by Chill Touch and a friend's attempt to heal them failed. Like, oh, crap! It just got real! lol
Thank you for your video and the effort in giving insight into the warlock class. I am a newbie to Baldurs Gate and bought BG3 a few month ago and was always intimidated by the complexity. Thanks to you and your advice to play builds to have fun and that there is a possibility to undo decisions I will finally start with a playthrough.
@@PanicRolling no not the stormy kind of cleric. Ice dragonborn/light cleric is what I'm playing now. Along with all the radiant items you can find, this is a very fun class to play. Ice dragonborn for armour of agathys. And some very nice scales. But mostly for constitution proficiency and twinned spells.
Ahh ok that sounds awesome. I'm actually playing a Dragon Sorc right now in my Honour Run! The scales would be worth it even without built-in Mage Armour.
This is great, coming from playing pathfinder wrath of the righteous where you are able to see a preview showing what your class will get you at each level during character creation AND at any time during the game by opening your character sheet - it’s great to get an overview of what you actually get from each class
This is really brilliant stuff, accessible information for newer players that maintains good "non-clickbaity" tips and tricks. Presented in an easily digestible but interesting/funny way, with additional lore information to boot. Great stuff
Thank you! I've learned a ton of info myself while doing the research for these, so it's been a great time. I'm still working out some kinks in the process, but we'll get it figured out one of these days.
@@PanicRolling Theres a really great balance here (especially over an hour) of humour and info that makes for a really digestible and informative blend with relatable commentary. Without the added pretention that some other channels may have, overall, great stuff! I'll be waiting for the druid vid! 😀
wow, I know a lot of people say this on other channels. You are hands down one of the best BG3 channels out there. This was super informative in a constructive and succinct manner! Well done
I recommend staring out as a paladin, and after that one level go full into warlock for the rest of the game. That one level dip in paladin will do several things, if you want to go with pact of the blade, you can use inquisitors might to add damage via your charisma modifier, you will also get proficiency in medium and heavy armor, this is a big deal because warlocks can be a little squishy.
Big fan of BG3 and wanted to play a warlock for my next play-through… this guide definitely dispels some misconceptions I had. Really enjoyed the content and guide! Just wanted to say thank you.
One was that I was convinced the class was like a battle mage, more like a sword toting spell caster. The other was my propensity to roleplay my class. All Paladins must be the hero, and Warlocks must be the evil doers. Also my years as a tabletop D&D fanatic that the warlock had the army of the undead at his beckon call. Not to mention my first books were Gary Guygax white covers, and my friends stopped playing when 3rd edition came out. (giving my age away) so I am a little behind when it comes to 5th. Lastly I never played a warlock so everything I just said may be skewed. Absolutely going to give it a try my next playthrough after watching this. One of the things I love most about BG3 is how much fun it is starting over!@@PanicRolling
Yeh there's a ton of room to add nuance to your characters. Someone in my comments mentioned using Hadar as a Patron, and I've heard ideas about less-than-willing participants being forced into bad deals. All kinds of ways to make a non-evil Warlock, or an evil Paladin 😈 or both in one...somehow?
Thank you so much for your content. I've never played d&d but I really wanted to play the game and I felt at a loss as to some of the terminology and how some things worked. This was very, very helpful. Thank you!
#2 you and your patron don't know each other exist actually, like unless you homebrew your lore, Great Old One Warlocks are very weird Sorcerers to everyone's knowledge frfr
Pal 5/Pact Blade 5/Fighter 2 is a phenomenal combo with the periapt of greater health and gauntlets of hill giant strength with every possible permanent Ability score buff put into Charisma, w/ Spell Sniper and The Dead Shot bow slotted is OP af
Just got this recommended. Have to say, you are a great teacher. Bo fluff, just info and examples. Loved the video and subbed. Now to start watching all your stuff. Ty
good vid A good use for phantasmal force is to allow the warlock to pile on damage that something is weak against that they might not have access to. It takes a little finesse but it's nice when the game cooperates.
I could see that, for sure. I like the idea of haunting your enemies with psychic PTSD though. It's cool in theory...it's just tough to justify over a Fireball most of the time. Maybe I'm just obsessed with Fireballs...? Probably.
I built a high elf archfey w faerie fire and eldritch blast, friendship and sleep, and poison cone with arcane background. It makes me feel like roleplay wise I'm playing some fairy archaeomancer's. Super fun and I'm only just starting out but it feels pretty solid
At 5th level, you get my enjoyment of drinking eggnog and all benefits related to it, but with a direct negative effect of wistfully craving eggnog when it is out of season.
24:38 pro tip: get branded by the priest at the goblin camp. Have that person sneak up to the leader Gnoll. And pass a dialogue check to have them fight for you
Yeh having a Flind on your team is amazing. I love how they frame it narratively, too. You're basically like: "hey you can't eat us, but your buddies over there are made out of meat..."
Yeh there is also so much depth to the choices you can make. If you play this game like you're Batman, keeping track of your Utility Belt items (potions, scrolls, elixirs, etc.) you can avoid or get out of some seriously nasty situations.
Wow .. this is by far the best guideline video for BG3 on hole YT. You are awesome! Thank u very much for this. Easy Sub for you. Greetings from Germany.
I run a Hexblade Warlock / Swashbuckler Rogue in a tabletop campaign, who is designed to be a superspy. Lots of charm like James Bond, the cunning of Danny Ocean, and the martial prowess of Jason Borne. I'm currently trying to implement the same template into BG3 using vanilla assets, attempting to do this without Mods if possible. (suggestions welcome) I would highly recommend you find a tabletop group if you haven't already. It is my steadfast belief that knowledge of one creates appreciation for the other. Meaning: if you like/love BG3, then you would most certainly be entertained by a well run tabletop adventure. These are vids are awesome! Thank you.
That character sounds amazing, and I've never seen Danny Ocean used as an inspiration before. The man definitely knows how to form a plan...and a team. I agree with you about the tabletop group, and I'm definitely planning to try it out when I can. Time is very limited right now because I have 47,000 children and they have to eat every single day...little cowards.
Going full Goo Tome Warlock is highly recommended. You can acquire so many buffs and utility spells outside of your class, like speak with dead and extra summons, along with items that add spells. So the neat package of high powered spells along with the mass of cantrips and one-a-day spells becomes a really strong competitor. Just learn your list, get creative and strategic and you'll destroy everyone. No need for exploits or cheese. It also gels really well with becoming Half-Illithid.
The utility options you get access to by going that route are ridiculous. And you're right, there's ways to get access to even the best damaging spells through gear, which really shines on a Warlock.
I did this my first playthrough and I'm glad I did. It was awesome and once I gained a better understanding of the game mechanics he just wiped the floor with people by Act 3.
Ahhhh I was having issues with rendering my videos when I made that one. I thought I had fixed all the problem parts 😕 Thank you for pointing it out to me. I think I have gotten the issue resolved now, so fingers crossed that won't happen again.
Fantastic video! You presented everything so clearly and told us a lot about details that this makes it very clear. I'm new to BG3, since I wanted to play all of the predecessors first (OG Divinity fan), so I think I'm gonna watch a whole lot of your channel in the future :) Subbed ;)
Great video. From a roleplaying perspective it's kind of limiting to restrict warlocks to someone making a deal with a higher power in exchange for their soul, which always seems very foolish to me. Maybe they just have the ability to do magic thrust upon them for some reason beyond their comprehension and it could even be just random chance.
Dude , I don’t normally comment on shit , but I’ll throw you a like and a sub. You seem like a regular ass homie , making a vid . I dig it , accent is killer too. Keep doing you brother !
BG3 is the first D&D style game I've ever played and I wanted to try it out because Im a Critical Role fan. My first character is a half-drow arch fey Warlock and man Eldritch blast is just the best thing ever. I didn't know Charisma is so powerful in this game. It got me out of potential tough battle and even convinced characters to team up w/ me.
oh yeh, there's a reason the Charisma-based characters are the most popular. Most people want to directly control their Tav/Durge, so it makes sense for that character to be good a dialogue. I went the other route on my first run. Half-Orc Frenzy Barb/Thief Rogue and he did all the talking. The Barbarian dialogue options are hilarious.
7:30 do you even need to sign your soul away for these deals? Is there not a case where a warlock swears their fealty to a patron without swearing their soul? An example could be say your patron is Tiamat and in exchange for your powers you must slay vlaakith and become the new ruler of Gith? (Say your a red draconic ancestry gith or even a duthka’gith)
You're absolutely correct, I mostly just use "sell your soul" as a catch-all phrase for these kind of deals. The Warlock serves their patron, but hasn't necessarily traded their soul at all. Also: that would be a badass Warlock, to take down Vlaakith...I don't wanna meet that dude. At all.
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Yep these are great. For baldurs gate 3 all of them are good but i would recommend fiend (blast them with fire and be devil like) or Archfey (charm and control enemies). Great old one is more about mind stuff and is probably harder to use for most players. D and d has other subclasses that i would hope get added to Baldurs gate 3 Celestial (get some cleric support spells and healing) Fathomless (lighting and water stuff) Genie (multiple choices for elements) Undying (helps keep creatures into their camp of either alive or dead.) Undead - (is pretty much the necromancer warlock.)
There are a ton of other subclasses that I come across during my research that would be awesome to see in the game. Maybe Larian or the modding community will bring some of them to life for us? Fingers crossed.
@PanicRolling I'm hoping that larian just handles it but we will have to see on that. Some subclasses would be an easy mod. An example would be the celestial warlock it has all the stuff already in the game. It would be an edited spell list and giving it the healing abilites and one of them is similar to the fiend warlocks temp HP.
Yeh I've considered it for my Honour Run honestly. A few levels of Lock to get Devil's Sight, and then some could be Bardlocks, Sorlocks, Lockadins, however you wanted to split the builds.
While just for safety I'd advocate 3 warlocks and a healer... 4 warlocks pretty much eats encounters for lunch and continues on. it might be a little slow in certain spots if you need to rely on big spells but with a couple of different build options available just by default and then enhance that with some of the multiclass builds and there is a lot there.
Yeh I'd probably have one of them lean pretty heavily into Bard and be our healer, if I wanted to make sure they were all viable Lock multiclass builds. I honestly think the best part of this game is the random mixing of different classes into a working party. It feels much more like actual strangers being forced by circumstance to work together, rather than a min-maxed party. Nothing wrong with either approach, but I'm really enjoying the RP side of things.
@@PanicRollinglockadin is definitely my favorite, but if you could bind ranged weapons imagine how op a ranged bard lock would be with 3 attacks, charisma based ranged damage, and stacking slashing flourish’s.
My D&D warlock is a level 5 black dragonborn pact of the fiend. From what I recall, I took spells/cantrips with as many different damage types as I could to cover the most bases possible. Although, I definitely have to modify them for a BG3 counterpart (as certain ones came from sourcebooks that aren't in BG3 like Xanathar's, Elemental Evil, or Sword Coast Adventurer Guide). As for a Phantasmal Force story, I haven't used it myself; but I have a funny story of it being used on me, by another party member. I was playing a lizardfolk oath of vengeance paladin for the first time, that I'd deliberately designed to be the polar opposite of one. This paladin was introduced to the party as a trial & vice-versa: 'if they beat me, I join them' sort of thing. I'd throw hints here & there, but I did my damnedest not to give too much away in terms of what class I was & whatnot. 3/5 party members were relatively battered & so was I, then I made the big class reveal via Lay on Hands restoring 20 HP to myself. Having an idea to try dealing with this unconventional opponent, the half-orc bard did a clutch gamble with Phantasmal Force on the INT save.... I rolled a 2 (since my character's an idiot with a -2 modifier, that meant I technically rolled 0) which incapacitated me. The bard described it as a Moana-esque cage scene. In response, I described crawling & skittering around the cage like General Grievous. A few sessions later, my paladin was in a very primal, savage mood & all other attempts to calm down had failed. The bard tried the same thing again to snap me out of it, this time it failed. & I basically went "try again, I dare you". 'Twas a hell of a contrast, all things considered!
If I had to pick a single favorite, I'd probably go with the Cleric. It's like 27 classes in one, and they're so strong... Edit: also Wizards can be like 400 different viable builds.
@@PanicRolling Absolutely solid picks, for sure. I've always been a stealth kinda guy (hence the Rogue) but when I want to do magic I just want it quick and simple and the blaster Warlocks are perfect for that! I will say that because of BG3 I've gotten a lot more experience with Wizards and Clerics and they have shot up the list because of that.
Yeh the fact that BG3 is a videogame kinda forced them to streamline some of the Wizard mechanics, and casting mechanics in general it seems. I was reading about Ritual Spells and it looks like in the TTRPG, you have to spend like an hour (in game time, so this is probably like a few minutes in real life) preparing and casting the Ritual spell so that it doesn't cost you the spell slot. Also the reagents and materials required to cast spells would be hilariously unfun to deal with in a videogame.
Okay, I have one major irk with your video. No, warlocks powers are in fact theirs and they cannot be revoked. This is stated within the manual of 5e as it is one of the main things that differentiates them from characters like clerics or paladins. Even if their pact is broken, the only punishment would be you would need to find a new patron to continue to level up as a warlock, but everything you had up to that point will forever continue to be yours. Great video otherwise, but this is a very widely misunderstood mechanic I thought I’d point out 🙂
@@PanicRolling For sure! I believe the misconception came from Matthew Mercer ruling it differently than the original rules, like I said though fantastic work, earned my subscription!
Amazing video! Phantasmal force would've been a lot better if it wasn't a concentration spell BUT thats an argument you could make for some other "eh" spells aswell so yeah
I agree. The Concentration mechanic makes sense from a lore perspective, and I actually like the restrictions that it places on spellcasting. Buuutttt...in a videogame, you want to be able to combine all the cool things all the time. I had to really change up my mentality for this game, to learn to slow down a bit.
Pact of the Blade extra attack is stacking still (probably because they know everyone likes it) but a lot of people are reporting it no longer stacks in Honour mode.
This is correct and can confirm. Honor mode is a closer to dnd5e rules, so no extra attack stacking from pact of the blade and martial extra attack, haste doesn't give you a full action worth of attacks, but rather just 1 attack, and it's the same thing with elixir of bloodlust.
I think pact of the tome is fairly underwhelming. Yes, guidance is fantastic, but it's hard to miss out on with so many ways to access it. Call lightning is also great, but most of the time, concentrating on hex is more useful. I don't think that haste is enough to justify an entire sublass. Also, using these once per long rest works against the advantages of playing a warlock.
Yeh I actually agree, for the most part. It's certainly playable, but in most situations, it's not optimal. A Wizard could cover most of those bases more easily, and could swap utility on the fly, between combat encounters.
It would be a shame that warlock often boils down to eldritch blasting everything if it wasn't so fun. Personally, I love that pact of the blade. Let's you very easily use any weapon while still being an effective spellcaster. It's a fantastic way to be a spellblade type character. Pact of the Tome could benefit from a little love, maybe more spell access or extra spell slots. I feel like this is the perfect kind of game to have things get a little op. The power fantasy is a huge part of the fun.
BG3 is my first time playing anything DnD related and I wasnt sure about anything, picked Fighter as my first class, got to the druid grove and saw Wyll cast Eldritch Blast and immediately was like "WTF is that!? How do i do that!?" Restarted the game, picked Warlock, been having a grand ol' time of it. I will say that I'm disappointed that Larian didn't include any kind of patron relationship. Not that they needed NPC interaction like Wyll/Mizora but something akin to breaking a Paladin oath would have been an interesting mechanic. Patron demands X choices, if you don't then you lose your powers until you reconcile somehow... For roleplay reasons I say my Patron (fiend) has a BBQ restaurant he's trying to expand/advertise and I play as a region scout. Every time I do fire based damage I say the name of the restaurant. Think "Brought to you by Carl's Jr" from Idiocracy.
It's been two weeks since this video, and I'm not sure if the NPC reaction to summons has actually been fixed, but I was told recently that they had been? Previously it was a nightmare trying to play a mass summons build. Took forever to summon everything, but then I had to keep all of them outside of town any time I wanted to enter or everyone would just run around screaming.
I'll have to take a look, because that would be awesome if they changed it. Makes sense that people would freak out, but it also has to be a fun video game lol.
@@PanicRolling not wrong plus this combo is great for playing a Evil Mastermind who takes over the Absolute. Combo dark themed & crowd control style spells with great skill spread & snarky quips from cutting words. 😏 Recommended Party: Shadowheart: War Domain Cleric with Dark Justicar Gear. Astarion: Assassin/Gloomstalker multi class dual wielding hand crossbows. Minthara: Either Vengeance or Oathbreaker Paladin with a Two Level fighter dip. Bardlock: Great Old One Warlock + Lore Bard combo with high investment in Illithid Powers.
All imma say is my warlock multiclass character would make anyone who wants an optimized build crucify me lol still managed to steamroll the game with a mess of a build but i had fun and was going for role-play/headcannon backstory game and was a very enjoyable experience
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"Is my build optimal? No way. Absolutely not. But... did I beat the game with it? Yeah. I guarantee it."
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Yeh it's easy to lose sight of all of the build possibilities in a world of "ultimate honour-mode ready 1337haxx0r" builds.
Most of those ARE very good, but there are hundreds of possible builds that could easily clear Honour Mode if you know how to use them. I'm always an advocate for using what you find more fun.
@@PanicRollingI hear you, brother.
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In case you're looking for content to create, I'm hungry and I'm sure others are too, for trying playstyle builds. Instead of focusing on a class you focus the playstyle. Maybe not as general as "melee," but something closer to "melee caster" which could feature sword bards, trickster rogues, or hexblades. Throw in some "these are min/max dmg options, and these are your CC gods." Just a thought. Love your content!
@@PanicRolling well 3 times though i stoping lvling on tactican beat half the fights at lvv 5... so at 6 on easy would be borkenly easy... its possible to at 8 on easy win the entire game
Hey, I’m a 50-year-old physical therapist from Northeast Indiana and my older son turned me onto B gate three and I love it and this is one of the best instructional videos I’ve seen on it. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate it! Enjoy your time with the game...it's a really special one.
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Old nerd! Old nerd over here! 🤘
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Making Wyll into a Bardlock just feels so natural. He's a very theatrical and romantical sort of dude. He looks like a natural with a lute in his hands.
I had the same idea, but it felt underwhelming. Having said that, I'm pretty sure it was user error anyway.
"Pad-lock," however, is a multiclass I've absolutely fallen in love with.
Wyll as a paladin is very fitting
@@jotarokujo3603 If you can get your hands on the 'band of the mystic scoundrel' it will make Wyll into an insanely powerful crowd control "Blade of Frontiers!"
The worst part about these videos… is that when I’m done I want to play them all. Very entertaining and informative. Thank you for all your hard work.
You really put me into the Darkness/Vision combo. It really stomps most encounters. The AI gets hella confused 🤣
Invisibility also works very well for confusing them. If you're down to your last party member standing, try out Invisibility if you are out of other options.
Often they'll come looking for you and just end combat completely.
Command is actually one of the best warlock spells in the game, when you get to spellslots lvl 5, you can command 5 enemies at once, this is battle deciding. Just command all enemies in a battle ro drop their weapons, and boom, you already won
It's pretty gross, isn't it? Some of the low level spells with upcast effects end up being your most powerful spells, if you hold on to them.
But yeh, 100%. If you have the ability to crowd control a large number of enemies, it can devastate their positioning and waste their resources. I'm all about it.
Yeah, and "stealing" your enemies' weapons that you just made them drop-right out from under them-doesn't require any resources from the action economy. You can just... pick up their weapons mid-fight-making them your weapons, even if you have no remaining Actions or Bonus Actions.
man you are so wholesome. Love the format, production value, energy, content... the whole package. This channel is gold.
Thank you very much! That's very kind and also totally correct.
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Hey man just got done watching this. This video made me hyped to play warlock, like most "guides" pump out videos to get them out. This video felt like my DM trying to talk me into a class. And it worked lol
I appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoyed it, too.
I accidentally watched this entire video on mute, not realizing there was audio. SOOO much better with the sound on.
Great job!
I accidentally read this whole comment with my eyes closed. I was very disappointed when I opened them...
Also: I appreciate you watching the whole thing just for my face.
@@PanicRollingLMFAO
he said "I don't need a paper bag, just duct tape" lol. Great video either way dude!@@PanicRolling
Look I get it. I wouldn't want to listen to me for an hour either...lol
Haha nah you're good man, very informative :D@@PanicRolling
This helps a ton finally someone breaks it down so a noob understands it this game is intimidating to new players especially if they are new to D&D also it's literally a different language.
Helpful tip: if you like to play as a warlock or run with one (or more) in your party, have another party member be a bard. Bard get song of rest at level 2, which effectively acts as +1 short rest per day. At only level 2 dip you could also go 10 warlock / 2 bard. If you hav multiple bards or bard multiclass characters in your party this stacks, so 4 party members with 2 levels in bard can get 6 total short rests per day, letting you replenish your warlock slots after even the most minor encounters.
None of the origin party members are bards by default, so if you want one in your party and don’t want to take the dip yourself, Astarion makes a wonderful bard. It fits him very well thematically, lore wise, and you can select skills that make him almost as good as a rogue for stealing and stealthing.
Yeh this is an amazing tip and I'm definitely gunna slip it into my Bard video (which is next btw).
The amount of high level spells you'd get to cast per day would be ludicrous.
Best BG3 guides I've seen! I've seen a lot of them but these are the only in depth ones that are really entertaining :) Pls keep up the great work!
Hey, I really appreciate it!
This has been by far the best breakdown I've seen of classes, every one else just glances over things or only talks about their personal builds. Really a great help.
Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying them.
Hunger of Hadar is amazing. I’ve become an absolute killing machine with this spell especially when I use the tadpoles power black hole and keep people stuck inside yes lol
It's a nasty spell, because it does like 3 or 4 different things, and all of them are bad for your enemies. I love it.
@@PanicRolling yes he’s my patron now he’s just a growing boy needs some protein my enemies provide:D
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Damn, dude. Love the idea behind this and I just saw that you've done this for almost all classes in BG3. Sweet! Subbed for sure! I love that you not only describe the ability, but also delve a bit into the lore surrounding the class too. Very useful for those of us who take role play seriously in BG3. Kudos!
Yeh I like to explore the lore a bit, because it's easy to forget how ridiculously hostile this world would be.
I was sitting here thinking earlier about how OP you would be in real life if you had access to like 2 cantrips. I almost don't even care which 2, either. Being able to create an illusion or shoot a small flame from your hand? Sign me up.
Acid? Ice? Poison? You name it.
@@PanicRolling Heck yeah! That'd be awesome! Imagine how panicked someone would be when hit by Chill Touch and a friend's attempt to heal them failed. Like, oh, crap! It just got real! lol
Gosh, I love you deep dives, makes me want to try every class! Plus, I love your attitude, don't like it...pay Withers to change it.
Simple as that, really.
this is actually the best video (videos) on YT that actually explain in depth what a class really is and how it plays. really good stuff man.
Thank you for your video and the effort in giving insight into the warlock class. I am a newbie to Baldurs Gate and bought BG3 a few month ago and was always intimidated by the complexity. Thanks to you and your advice to play builds to have fun and that there is a possibility to undo decisions I will finally start with a playthrough.
Yes I love these was worried you gave up on them! Thanks!
Nope, I just got sidetracked! I'm going to finish up the series!
My favourite multiclass by far is the sorcerer/cleric build.
The dogs were probably just worried you were going to squish the band again!!
Tempest Cleric/Storm Sorc? It's so friggin strong.
Hehe these dogs are so spoiled.
@@PanicRolling no not the stormy kind of cleric.
Ice dragonborn/light cleric is what I'm playing now. Along with all the radiant items you can find, this is a very fun class to play. Ice dragonborn for armour of agathys. And some very nice scales. But mostly for constitution proficiency and twinned spells.
Ahh ok that sounds awesome. I'm actually playing a Dragon Sorc right now in my Honour Run! The scales would be worth it even without built-in Mage Armour.
This video was exactly what i needed. I really appreciate the time you took to make this. The format is perfect. Thank you for being so elaborate.
Yo, this video was extremely well made for beginner and advanced players. Awesome content and your side bar comments are great man!
I appreciate it! They've been a blast to make.
Played through the game 3 times and still learned a lot from this video! love the guides
This is great, coming from playing pathfinder wrath of the righteous where you are able to see a preview showing what your class will get you at each level during character creation AND at any time during the game by opening your character sheet - it’s great to get an overview of what you actually get from each class
Lol that would be very useful to have. Someone call Larian and tell them 😀
@@PanicRolling haha if three years of early access didn’t get it done then I doubt calling them will work!
This is really brilliant stuff, accessible information for newer players that maintains good "non-clickbaity" tips and tricks. Presented in an easily digestible but interesting/funny way, with additional lore information to boot.
Great stuff
Thank you! I've learned a ton of info myself while doing the research for these, so it's been a great time.
I'm still working out some kinks in the process, but we'll get it figured out one of these days.
@@PanicRolling Theres a really great balance here (especially over an hour) of humour and info that makes for a really digestible and informative blend with relatable commentary. Without the added pretention that some other channels may have, overall, great stuff! I'll be waiting for the druid vid! 😀
I appreciate it! The Druid's going to be a fun one to talk about, too.
wow, I know a lot of people say this on other channels. You are hands down one of the best BG3 channels out there. This was super informative in a constructive and succinct manner! Well done
Thank you! That's very high praise!
I recommend staring out as a paladin, and after that one level go full into warlock for the rest of the game. That one level dip in paladin will do several things, if you want to go with pact of the blade, you can use inquisitors might to add damage via your charisma modifier, you will also get proficiency in medium and heavy armor, this is a big deal because warlocks can be a little squishy.
Big fan of BG3 and wanted to play a warlock for my next play-through… this guide definitely dispels some misconceptions I had. Really enjoyed the content and guide! Just wanted to say thank you.
Hey I'm glad I could help! I'm curious what the misconceptions were, because I was also surprised by a few features of the class.
One was that I was convinced the class was like a battle mage, more like a sword toting spell caster. The other was my propensity to roleplay my class. All Paladins must be the hero, and Warlocks must be the evil doers. Also my years as a tabletop D&D fanatic that the warlock had the army of the undead at his beckon call. Not to mention my first books were Gary Guygax white covers, and my friends stopped playing when 3rd edition came out. (giving my age away) so I am a little behind when it comes to 5th. Lastly I never played a warlock so everything I just said may be skewed. Absolutely going to give it a try my next playthrough after watching this. One of the things I love most about BG3 is how much fun it is starting over!@@PanicRolling
Yeh there's a ton of room to add nuance to your characters. Someone in my comments mentioned using Hadar as a Patron, and I've heard ideas about less-than-willing participants being forced into bad deals.
All kinds of ways to make a non-evil Warlock, or an evil Paladin 😈 or both in one...somehow?
I thought we was gonna get a "I didn't ask how big the room was, I said I cast fireball" joke on the fiend part.
I did, in fact, not ask how big the room was.
Loving these so far. Found your most recent one on the Bard first, so I've been working my way back to your older ones. Great work!
Hey, I appreciate it! I've got another one in the works as we speak.
Thank you so much for your content. I've never played d&d but I really wanted to play the game and I felt at a loss as to some of the terminology and how some things worked. This was very, very helpful. Thank you!
I'm glad! Thanks for the kind words.
BG3 Warlocks be like:
1. Sell your soul to the devil
2. Worship an SCP horror
3. Become a disney villain
Yeh there's definitely nothing to worry about.
By the way, you don't recognize those bodies in the water.
#2 you and your patron don't know each other exist actually, like unless you homebrew your lore, Great Old One Warlocks are very weird Sorcerers to everyone's knowledge frfr
I’m new to BG3 and wanted to say thanks for all the help!! You’re a great teacher, just keep up the great work!
Loving the videos man, I’m looking forward to a possible ranger deep dive in the future! keep up the good work
Thanks! I'm going to cover all the classes eventually, so the Ranger is definitely coming.
Pal 5/Pact Blade 5/Fighter 2 is a phenomenal combo with the periapt of greater health and gauntlets of hill giant strength with every possible permanent Ability score buff put into Charisma, w/ Spell Sniper and The Dead Shot bow slotted is OP af
Yeh that sounds pretty disgusting. I love it.
Just got this recommended. Have to say, you are a great teacher. Bo fluff, just info and examples. Loved the video and subbed. Now to start watching all your stuff. Ty
As someone who has just started my journey playing Any DnD related game. Your vids are super Helpful! keep doing the good work sir!
good vid
A good use for phantasmal force is to allow the warlock to pile on damage that something is weak against that they might not have access to. It takes a little finesse but it's nice when the game cooperates.
I could see that, for sure. I like the idea of haunting your enemies with psychic PTSD though. It's cool in theory...it's just tough to justify over a Fireball most of the time.
Maybe I'm just obsessed with Fireballs...? Probably.
I already liked the video but the moment you referenced tenacious D I subscribed
I often find that they have the power... to move you.
I built a high elf archfey w faerie fire and eldritch blast, friendship and sleep, and poison cone with arcane background. It makes me feel like roleplay wise I'm playing some fairy archaeomancer's. Super fun and I'm only just starting out but it feels pretty solid
Also, I got invisibility and the improved eldritch blast, but I might replace poison w vine whip
I never watch long videos on here but you had my attention the whole time! Definitely subscribing, even if this is the only video I end up watching 😂
At 5th level, you get my enjoyment of drinking eggnog and all benefits related to it, but with a direct negative effect of wistfully craving eggnog when it is out of season.
I enjoyed this a lot. I found it insightful and entertaining. Thank you!
24:38 pro tip: get branded by the priest at the goblin camp. Have that person sneak up to the leader Gnoll. And pass a dialogue check to have them fight for you
Yeh having a Flind on your team is amazing. I love how they frame it narratively, too.
You're basically like: "hey you can't eat us, but your buddies over there are made out of meat..."
@@PanicRollingafter hearing what the cave guys said when I tried fighting the gnolls, I’m all for helping the gnolls every time now
Yeh those aren't great people in that cave lol. No honor among thieves, so they say.
Love these guides. Especially since I must be mentally handicapped to still suck at this game.
Lol you should see some of the degenerate stuff I'm being forced to do in Honour Mode. Some of these fights are scary.
It is not an easy game and it has a steep learning curve
Yeh there is also so much depth to the choices you can make. If you play this game like you're Batman, keeping track of your Utility Belt items (potions, scrolls, elixirs, etc.) you can avoid or get out of some seriously nasty situations.
Wow .. this is by far the best guideline video for BG3 on hole YT. You are awesome! Thank u very much for this. Easy Sub for you. Greetings from Germany.
Much appreciated! I'm glad you liked the video! Greetings back to you, as well.
I run a Hexblade Warlock / Swashbuckler Rogue in a tabletop campaign, who is designed to be a superspy. Lots of charm like James Bond, the cunning of Danny Ocean, and the martial prowess of Jason Borne. I'm currently trying to implement the same template into BG3 using vanilla assets, attempting to do this without Mods if possible. (suggestions welcome)
I would highly recommend you find a tabletop group if you haven't already. It is my steadfast belief that knowledge of one creates appreciation for the other. Meaning: if you like/love BG3, then you would most certainly be entertained by a well run tabletop adventure.
These are vids are awesome! Thank you.
That character sounds amazing, and I've never seen Danny Ocean used as an inspiration before. The man definitely knows how to form a plan...and a team.
I agree with you about the tabletop group, and I'm definitely planning to try it out when I can. Time is very limited right now because I have 47,000 children and they have to eat every single day...little cowards.
Going full Goo Tome Warlock is highly recommended. You can acquire so many buffs and utility spells outside of your class, like speak with dead and extra summons, along with items that add spells. So the neat package of high powered spells along with the mass of cantrips and one-a-day spells becomes a really strong competitor. Just learn your list, get creative and strategic and you'll destroy everyone. No need for exploits or cheese. It also gels really well with becoming Half-Illithid.
The utility options you get access to by going that route are ridiculous. And you're right, there's ways to get access to even the best damaging spells through gear, which really shines on a Warlock.
@@PanicRolling Exactly. Plus Warlocks are S-Tier for Roleplay. A Megalomaniacal Warlock run is very entertaining.
I'm twirling my mustache just thinking about it!
I did this my first playthrough and I'm glad I did. It was awesome and once I gained a better understanding of the game mechanics he just wiped the floor with people by Act 3.
I finally understand Warlock class. thank you. I'm gonna make a new character today.
Great video! Not sure what happened around 16 minutes 40 in but it gets choppy. Just thought you should know 😉👍
Ahhhh I was having issues with rendering my videos when I made that one. I thought I had fixed all the problem parts 😕
Thank you for pointing it out to me. I think I have gotten the issue resolved now, so fingers crossed that won't happen again.
Fantastic video! You presented everything so clearly and told us a lot about details that this makes it very clear. I'm new to BG3, since I wanted to play all of the predecessors first (OG Divinity fan), so I think I'm gonna watch a whole lot of your channel in the future :) Subbed ;)
I started my first solo tactician run and repel eldrich blasting enemies into hunger of hadar has carried me almost to the end of act 2
Hunger of Hadar is a disgusting spell, and I love it.
I feel like im in a session of a DnD game right now ... this guy is 🔥 hands down DM💯 you my got my sub notification and like !
Lmao I would be a horrible DM. I don't have the imagination for it, but I respect the people that do, a whoooole lot.
Recently found your channel. Thanks for the great no nonsense information
Not sure about the "no nonsense" part, but thank you for the morale boost today!
@@PanicRolling haha ok abit of nonsense but you are hilarious and the information is top notch. Have a nice day mate
That video must have taken ages to make! Thx very much :) You made me laugh so much as well. Subscribed!
Great video. From a roleplaying perspective it's kind of limiting to restrict warlocks to someone making a deal with a higher power in exchange for their soul, which always seems very foolish to me. Maybe they just have the ability to do magic thrust upon them for some reason beyond their comprehension and it could even be just random chance.
Yeh absolutely, the origin stories are truly limitless, especially the more eldritch or imperceptible Patrons a player could choose.
Finally picked up BG3. This was very helpful. Thanks! Subscribed
Dude , I don’t normally comment on shit , but I’ll throw you a like and a sub. You seem like a regular ass homie , making a vid . I dig it , accent is killer too. Keep doing you brother !
Lol tyvm! I'm gunna do my best.
I’ve been playing a halfling monk. It’s a blast even though I can’t walk as far. Not being able to roll a 1 is pretty awesome.
Monks have good mobility anyway, and you're right about the Halfling passive being strong!
I love the great old one
BG3 is the first D&D style game I've ever played and I wanted to try it out because Im a Critical Role fan. My first character is a half-drow arch fey Warlock and man Eldritch blast is just the best thing ever. I didn't know Charisma is so powerful in this game. It got me out of potential tough battle and even convinced characters to team up w/ me.
oh yeh, there's a reason the Charisma-based characters are the most popular. Most people want to directly control their Tav/Durge, so it makes sense for that character to be good a dialogue.
I went the other route on my first run. Half-Orc Frenzy Barb/Thief Rogue and he did all the talking. The Barbarian dialogue options are hilarious.
Love your videos, Colo! Keep it up!
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying them.
7:30 do you even need to sign your soul away for these deals? Is there not a case where a warlock swears their fealty to a patron without swearing their soul? An example could be say your patron is Tiamat and in exchange for your powers you must slay vlaakith and become the new ruler of Gith? (Say your a red draconic ancestry gith or even a duthka’gith)
You're absolutely correct, I mostly just use "sell your soul" as a catch-all phrase for these kind of deals. The Warlock serves their patron, but hasn't necessarily traded their soul at all.
Also: that would be a badass Warlock, to take down Vlaakith...I don't wanna meet that dude. At all.
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Yep these are great.
For baldurs gate 3 all of them are good but i would recommend fiend (blast them with fire and be devil like) or Archfey (charm and control enemies).
Great old one is more about mind stuff and is probably harder to use for most players.
D and d has other subclasses that i would hope get added to Baldurs gate 3
Celestial (get some cleric support spells and healing)
Fathomless (lighting and water stuff)
Genie (multiple choices for elements)
Undying (helps keep creatures into their camp of either alive or dead.)
Undead - (is pretty much the necromancer warlock.)
There are a ton of other subclasses that I come across during my research that would be awesome to see in the game. Maybe Larian or the modding community will bring some of them to life for us?
Fingers crossed.
@PanicRolling I'm hoping that larian just handles it but we will have to see on that.
Some subclasses would be an easy mod. An example would be the celestial warlock it has all the stuff already in the game. It would be an edited spell list and giving it the healing abilites and one of them is similar to the fiend warlocks temp HP.
Yeh that sounds like it might already be available. There's already some crazy mods out there...20th level characters and all kinds of nonsense.
@PanicRolling I decided to look and yes there are subclass mods. Some people had to make changes or had to combo with other mods.
I know, one of these days I'm going to have to break down and jump on the mod bandwagon... there's some ridiculous stuff available.
8:55 my guy out here playing as Gul'Dan greatest warlock there is
He really does look good as a Warlock lol.
Very informative, and helpful for us D&D newbies.
I'm a D&D noob myself, so we're all learning it together.
Running a team with two warlocks each with devil sight and darkness. Works rather well so far. I wonder how a team with four warlocks would do 😊
Yeh I've considered it for my Honour Run honestly. A few levels of Lock to get Devil's Sight, and then some could be Bardlocks, Sorlocks, Lockadins, however you wanted to split the builds.
While just for safety I'd advocate 3 warlocks and a healer... 4 warlocks pretty much eats encounters for lunch and continues on. it might be a little slow in certain spots if you need to rely on big spells but with a couple of different build options available just by default and then enhance that with some of the multiclass builds and there is a lot there.
Yeh I'd probably have one of them lean pretty heavily into Bard and be our healer, if I wanted to make sure they were all viable Lock multiclass builds.
I honestly think the best part of this game is the random mixing of different classes into a working party.
It feels much more like actual strangers being forced by circumstance to work together, rather than a min-maxed party.
Nothing wrong with either approach, but I'm really enjoying the RP side of things.
@@PanicRollinglockadin is definitely my favorite, but if you could bind ranged weapons imagine how op a ranged bard lock would be with 3 attacks, charisma based ranged damage, and stacking slashing flourish’s.
Yeh that would be disgusting. I totally don't want that immediately...
Just started this game and playing a warlock, luv ur content man! Keep it up :))
I'm genuinely excited for you if it's your first playthrough! Let me know how you end up liking the Warlock.
Wonder Boy - you're my favorite for that lol
It has the power to move you.
My D&D warlock is a level 5 black dragonborn pact of the fiend. From what I recall, I took spells/cantrips with as many different damage types as I could to cover the most bases possible. Although, I definitely have to modify them for a BG3 counterpart (as certain ones came from sourcebooks that aren't in BG3 like Xanathar's, Elemental Evil, or Sword Coast Adventurer Guide).
As for a Phantasmal Force story, I haven't used it myself; but I have a funny story of it being used on me, by another party member. I was playing a lizardfolk oath of vengeance paladin for the first time, that I'd deliberately designed to be the polar opposite of one. This paladin was introduced to the party as a trial & vice-versa: 'if they beat me, I join them' sort of thing. I'd throw hints here & there, but I did my damnedest not to give too much away in terms of what class I was & whatnot.
3/5 party members were relatively battered & so was I, then I made the big class reveal via Lay on Hands restoring 20 HP to myself. Having an idea to try dealing with this unconventional opponent, the half-orc bard did a clutch gamble with Phantasmal Force on the INT save.... I rolled a 2 (since my character's an idiot with a -2 modifier, that meant I technically rolled 0) which incapacitated me. The bard described it as a Moana-esque cage scene. In response, I described crawling & skittering around the cage like General Grievous.
A few sessions later, my paladin was in a very primal, savage mood & all other attempts to calm down had failed. The bard tried the same thing again to snap me out of it, this time it failed. & I basically went "try again, I dare you". 'Twas a hell of a contrast, all things considered!
8:45 That character looks so awesome.
Haha thanks! He's my Tav from my first playthrough.
love your class videos so chill and the jokes and caption are A1. love the authenticity. Sub and bell for you man
I appreciate it, Traveler. Welcome to the channel!
Great Old One Warlock (Pact of the Blade) 9 / Fighter (Champion) 3 wielding a Bonded Great Sword for that sweet-sweet crowd control on crits.
I just started a drow warlock. I think the darkness spell they get with their race will work with this magic darkvision.
It is a really powerful combo! I would also recommend getting Darkness from another source as well, so you aren't limited to one cast per Long Rest.
@@PanicRolling It was powerful for sure. Got my golden dice with it.
Two thumbs up for the two good boy minions at the end.
I LOVE class analysis like these. Instasubbed
no wonder i’ve been dying a lot, i’ve been using farie fier in me and my squad thinking it was a buff
Hell yeah! Warlocks are tied with Rogue for my favorite class!
If I had to pick a single favorite, I'd probably go with the Cleric. It's like 27 classes in one, and they're so strong...
Edit: also Wizards can be like 400 different viable builds.
@@PanicRolling Absolutely solid picks, for sure. I've always been a stealth kinda guy (hence the Rogue) but when I want to do magic I just want it quick and simple and the blaster Warlocks are perfect for that!
I will say that because of BG3 I've gotten a lot more experience with Wizards and Clerics and they have shot up the list because of that.
Yeh the fact that BG3 is a videogame kinda forced them to streamline some of the Wizard mechanics, and casting mechanics in general it seems.
I was reading about Ritual Spells and it looks like in the TTRPG, you have to spend like an hour (in game time, so this is probably like a few minutes in real life) preparing and casting the Ritual spell so that it doesn't cost you the spell slot.
Also the reagents and materials required to cast spells would be hilariously unfun to deal with in a videogame.
Eldrich blast is the best cantrip in my opinion. I have taken the warlock feat on several characters, just for Eldrich blast
It's like 2 Cantrips in a Lvl 2 Spell Costume...if that makes sense.
thanks for another top video!
The gear is what likes the warlock by far
This is like my third time watching this video. It’s so entertaining.🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great content. Thank you!
Tyvm!
Okay, I have one major irk with your video.
No, warlocks powers are in fact theirs and they cannot be revoked. This is stated within the manual of 5e as it is one of the main things that differentiates them from characters like clerics or paladins. Even if their pact is broken, the only punishment would be you would need to find a new patron to continue to level up as a warlock, but everything you had up to that point will forever continue to be yours.
Great video otherwise, but this is a very widely misunderstood mechanic I thought I’d point out 🙂
Ahhh ok, I didn't know they could keep their powers like that. That actually opens up for some really cool patron-swapping stories.
@@PanicRolling For sure! I believe the misconception came from Matthew Mercer ruling it differently than the original rules, like I said though fantastic work, earned my subscription!
Amazing video!
Phantasmal force would've been a lot better if it wasn't a concentration spell BUT thats an argument you could make for some other "eh" spells aswell so yeah
I agree. The Concentration mechanic makes sense from a lore perspective, and I actually like the restrictions that it places on spellcasting.
Buuutttt...in a videogame, you want to be able to combine all the cool things all the time. I had to really change up my mentality for this game, to learn to slow down a bit.
does anyone know what the armor he was wearing at 8:43 is, ive never seen that it looks hard asf
it's the Hood of the Weave, Robe of the Weave, and Cloak of the Weave, and I honestly cannot remember what gloves I had on.
Just found you today. Love your style!
Sick hat dude!
Lol thanks. Wait til you see the next one...
@@PanicRolling looking forward to it
Am I the only one who thinks Panic Rolling has 30 charisma
Looool yes you are!
Pact of the Blade extra attack is stacking still (probably because they know everyone likes it) but a lot of people are reporting it no longer stacks in Honour mode.
This is correct and can confirm. Honor mode is a closer to dnd5e rules, so no extra attack stacking from pact of the blade and martial extra attack, haste doesn't give you a full action worth of attacks, but rather just 1 attack, and it's the same thing with elixir of bloodlust.
I think pact of the tome is fairly underwhelming.
Yes, guidance is fantastic, but it's hard to miss out on with so many ways to access it. Call lightning is also great, but most of the time, concentrating on hex is more useful. I don't think that haste is enough to justify an entire sublass.
Also, using these once per long rest works against the advantages of playing a warlock.
Yeh I actually agree, for the most part. It's certainly playable, but in most situations, it's not optimal.
A Wizard could cover most of those bases more easily, and could swap utility on the fly, between combat encounters.
It would be a shame that warlock often boils down to eldritch blasting everything if it wasn't so fun.
Personally, I love that pact of the blade. Let's you very easily use any weapon while still being an effective spellcaster. It's a fantastic way to be a spellblade type character.
Pact of the Tome could benefit from a little love, maybe more spell access or extra spell slots. I feel like this is the perfect kind of game to have things get a little op. The power fantasy is a huge part of the fun.
I love it! Warlock deep dive, first thing he does is respec! 🤣
Bro I like you! Great content
BG3 is my first time playing anything DnD related and I wasnt sure about anything, picked Fighter as my first class, got to the druid grove and saw Wyll cast Eldritch Blast and immediately was like "WTF is that!? How do i do that!?"
Restarted the game, picked Warlock, been having a grand ol' time of it.
I will say that I'm disappointed that Larian didn't include any kind of patron relationship. Not that they needed NPC interaction like Wyll/Mizora but something akin to breaking a Paladin oath would have been an interesting mechanic. Patron demands X choices, if you don't then you lose your powers until you reconcile somehow...
For roleplay reasons I say my Patron (fiend) has a BBQ restaurant he's trying to expand/advertise and I play as a region scout. Every time I do fire based damage I say the name of the restaurant. Think "Brought to you by Carl's Jr" from Idiocracy.
I might be delulu on this, but is the fit on 9.58 inspired by Vivi Ornitier?
It wasn't, but I can kinda see it!
It's been two weeks since this video, and I'm not sure if the NPC reaction to summons has actually been fixed, but I was told recently that they had been? Previously it was a nightmare trying to play a mass summons build. Took forever to summon everything, but then I had to keep all of them outside of town any time I wanted to enter or everyone would just run around screaming.
I'll have to take a look, because that would be awesome if they changed it.
Makes sense that people would freak out, but it also has to be a fun video game lol.
Hear me out. Warlock + Lore Bard. Use Magical secrets to pad out your spell kit with either good utility or thematic spells + more skills.
A nasty combo. The synergies between Bards and Locks are probably some of the best available.
@@PanicRolling not wrong plus this combo is great for playing a Evil Mastermind who takes over the Absolute. Combo dark themed & crowd control style spells with great skill spread & snarky quips from cutting words. 😏
Recommended Party:
Shadowheart: War Domain Cleric with Dark Justicar Gear.
Astarion: Assassin/Gloomstalker multi class dual wielding hand crossbows.
Minthara: Either Vengeance or Oathbreaker Paladin with a Two Level fighter dip.
Bardlock: Great Old One Warlock + Lore Bard combo with high investment in Illithid Powers.
All imma say is my warlock multiclass character would make anyone who wants an optimized build crucify me lol still managed to steamroll the game with a mess of a build but i had fun and was going for role-play/headcannon backstory game and was a very enjoyable experience
Sounds like a perfect build to me. Optimizing fun > optimizing stats.
Just brilliant. Subbed.
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