Raphael House of Hope Fight Honour Mode - Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode is an intense campaign featuring stronger bosses, stricture rules and a single save file.
College of Swords Bard | Honour Mode | Baldur's Gate 3 | Baldur's Gate III | Gameplay
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[@mothballsva]

i’ve been wracking my brain on this for about 20 minutes, how does your 6/6 minthara have a 5th level and 3 4th level spell slots?

[@itskwaide]

Paladin is a half-caster and Sorc is a full caster so that's what you get from an even level split. Better than a pure Paladin but no access to a level 6 slot like a pure Sorc would have.

[@thefonz8373]

Nice! I was hoping to get on Honor Mode, but Rafael scares me. If you don't mind me asking, what is your party comp and what euipment
are you using? I guess Soracadin Minthara, Swords Bard Thief MC? Those are the only two I recognize.

[@itskwaide]

The party comp is:
Dark Urge: 1 Fighter/1 Wizard/10 Swords Bard. The important items are Helmet of Arcane Acuity, Gloves of Dexterity (spend ability points on CHA, CON and INT), Band of the Mystic Scoundrel.
Gale: 12 Divination Wizard. Any gear that gives bonus to Spell Save DC is good.
Minthara: 6 Vengeance Paladin/6 Storm Sorcerer (Draconic is better but I don't like the scales on her face). Any good 2H weapon, heavy armour, gear that gives bonus to attack rolls, initiative rolls, increases AC.
Lae'zel: 12 Eldritch Knight Fighter. The OP version uses the Tavern Brawler feat and weapon throws. I don't do that, but I got bored of Battle Master. So it's just a normal fighter that attacks 3 times per turn and uses the EK spell slots to cast Shield when she's attacked. Risky ring is the important item here.

[@thefonz8373]

@@itskwaide Hey! Didn't expect a reply, especially not one so detailed. Fully appreciate it. Some follow up questions though:
1) Why the Fighter Level? Defense or Dual Wielding staffs? Also why the Wizard levels I might ask considering you have Gale in your party. I initially thought maybe to add scrolls to your learned spells.
2) What do you do about healing? I am guessing the bard?

[@Joy-xu9dr]

@@thefonz8373I imagine the fighter level is because Swords Bards get crazy levels of hits, so Action Surge allows them to wipe most battles in the first turn! And lvl 1 wizard is often chosen so you can learn any spell (can scribe any level of spell into your spell book!)

[@thefonz8373]

@@Joy-xu9dr But Action Surge is at level 2 and they recommended 1 Level in Fighter. 2 Levels is what I usually see recommended

[@itskwaide]

@@thefonz8373 This is a control build. For a damage build you could go 2 Fighter/10 Swords Bard for Action Surge or 2 Paladin/10 Swords Bard for Smite. For this build, you start with one level in Fighter which gives you:
- Proficiency in Constitution saving throws. This is then added to Concertation saving throws and a lot of the spells that the Ring of the Mystic Scoundrel allows you to cast as a Bonus Action require Concentration
- Proficiency is Heavy Armor
- Archery for extra damage. In Act III this build ideally uses a bow and the Sharpshooter feat (I'm still using two 1H Crossbows in the vid which is not optimal) and the Bonus Action is used for a spell via the Mystic Scoundrel Ring
The one level in Wizard with 16 Intelligence gives you a Wizard spell book with 4 spell slots that can be used for any spell learned from a scroll. I use this for Shield + 3 Spells that can be changed depending on who you are fighting.

[@gerbilios9902]

How many reloads did it take to get that 4 stun mind blast?

[@itskwaide]

It's honour mode, there are no reloads

[@aoiwaffle6438]

I did a all out offense team

[@itskwaide]

That's the way to do it!

[@diobrando6177]

Fake, thumbs down

[@itskwaide]

😂😂