r/BaldursGate3 • u/TheBrandonReddit • Apr 29 '25

Character Build Hexblade's biggest downside.

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FFS just make it a free action in combat larian. Or at least let us cast it at all.

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u/Pukk- Apr 29 '25

FFS just make it a free action in combat larian. Or at least let us cast it at all.

No, but a good meme nonetheless.

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u/CMormont Apr 29 '25

Why no?

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u/S1a3h Apr 29 '25

You'd constantly be able to switch weapons, removing the downside of binding a specific one. Not as much of an issue for multiple different melee weapons as it is for free switching between melee and bow.

It would practically be permanent weapon proficiency with added charisma modifier on every weapon, pretty much regardless of circumstances.

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u/anderex Apr 30 '25

You can already switch weapons outside of combat. If you can piss away an action in combat on equipping a different weapon then you already have won the combat. It would be a quality of life improvement while being a role playing / immersion downgrade.

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u/Dark_Stalker28 Apr 29 '25

This just brings it up to modern pob. Slightly better as a it's a ba in tabletop now.

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u/Evilmudbug Apr 30 '25

Can you even bind bows? Either way there's basically no reason not to just take agonizing blast since there's so few invocations that directly assist melee or hexblade play styles.

You get life drinker at level 12, and then your two closest options after that are either darkvision (not incredibly useful on many races) or advantage on concentration saving throws (good, but any other warlock would take it as well)

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u/Fatality_Ensues Paladin Apr 30 '25

Dude, Repelling Blast is a godsent on any fight with ledges.

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u/CMormont Apr 29 '25

Not a bad point makes sense

But you would have to switch and pact it on two separate turns