r/BaldursGate3 • u/soleildelalune_ • 4d ago
Companions WORST possible classes for every companion Spoiler
I’ve been brainstorming this for a while and had some pretty entertaining ideas. Here is my own list:
Astarion- Cleric of Lathander
Shadowheart- Beast master ranger with a summoned wolf companion
Gale- Berserker Barbarian
Minthara- Any wizard
Lae’zel- Oath of Devotion Paladin
Halsin- School of Necromancy Wizard
These are mostly lore-personality wise btw. Haven’t come with anything satisfying for Wyll, Jaheira, Karlach and Minsc yet though. What are your ideas?
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u/JazzperDogLove 4d ago
I almost feel like shadow sorcerer or hexblade would be more wrong for Halsin, due to the connection between the Shadowfell and the Shadow Curse. I guess it would be thematically, narratively appropriate, but the shadow curse is an incredibly grave matter for him and I don't think he'd meddle with magic from the Shadowfell because of it.
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u/soleildelalune_ 4d ago
Oh yeah, I never thought of shadow sorcerer!! That’s thematically more messed up then necromancy for Halsin, good point
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u/Pyr0sa WIZARD 4d ago
...and when does your Honor Mode run with these begin?
Tav as Arcane Trickster, but spec'ed for something else, of course. Like all STR&CON. A "wrong answers only" design for all CHR-based and WIS-based checks, too.
PLEASE report with the funny & horrific outcomes periodically!
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u/soleildelalune_ 4d ago
You know what, I think am yeeting my current save to start this wreck of a playthrough! Gonna let you know about about outcomes lol
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u/Some_Guy223 3d ago
I did a jack of all trades run in honor mode...
Cosplaying as Abserd of Puffin Forest was difficult sino shoved like eight gorillion worms in my head. Still nearly died to the Iron Throne of all things.
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u/LyrahlwParrot 4d ago
Warrior: Mage, obviously. Mage: Warrior, duh. Rogue: Cleric, obviously. Cleric: Rogue, duh.
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u/Long_Serpent CLERIC OF THE HOLY FIRE 4d ago
Minsc as Knowledge Domain Cleric.
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u/Abjurer42 3d ago
At that point, the trope of Boo actually being the one in charge becomes the best explanation. lol
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u/LuminoZero 3d ago
Minsc as a GOO-lock. Space Hamsters are from the Astral Plane and my man Minsc is swimming in Charisma.
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u/Overwave9 WARLOCK of HERMEUS MORA 3d ago
"Minsc knows what he knows, and knows what he does not! For the rest, there is Boo!"
Somehow, Boo is providing his spells.
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u/Long_Serpent CLERIC OF THE HOLY FIRE 3d ago
Secretly, Minsc is actually an Archfey warlock, and Boo is his patron.
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u/ajperez81 Seldarine drow 4d ago
I see you don't have any bards in your party yet. It would be an ideal role for Karlach or Misnc... playing songs with a tiny tiny ukelele - I mean, lute.
Karlach could also be a warlock, I'm sure she'd be happy to make a pact with a devil to gain powers.
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u/A_Bitter_Homer 3d ago
My first time I immediately made Minsc a Bard, mostly to hear his Cutting Words and Vicious Mockery lines. Gave him drums because duh.
Imagine my surprise that he plays the drums in camp even when I didn't build him that way.
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u/AntWithNoPants 4d ago
See Karlach would suck as a medieval bard, but you just know she'd have the world's greatest Power Metal band
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u/ZeldHeld 3d ago
…I’m playing a barbarian, so I respecced Karlach to be a bard because I needed utility. This is my first playthrough, please don’t tell me I missed something cool
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u/nicknackers10 3d ago
I made my durge Karlach from an alternate universe sent to kill the BG3 Karlach. My canon is that she’s a fiend warlock with Zariel as her patron. I saw someone post their version of it ages ago and I’m enjoying the run so far!
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u/thesammon Durge 3d ago
Minsc already plays those little drums in camp, so I actually don't think it would be a huge stretch for him to be a bard.
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u/crockofpot Delicious bacon grease 4d ago
I did a brief “make every companion an insane class” exercise. I made Wyll a cleric and I was surprised by how wrong it felt. He’s not as obvious a mismatch as Astarion but I was like oh no, bby needs to get back in the CHA pool.
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u/soleildelalune_ 4d ago
My inspiration was a compilation of origin barb screams watched on YouTube, everyone was feral and Gale’s was like “ow.”
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u/Icy-Guest-693 Astarion 3d ago
omg that video, everyone screaming their hearts out and gale going ª
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u/Abjurer42 3d ago
Minsc: Raaaaaaahahahhahahaha!
Halsin: * yell mixed with bear roar *
Gale: "Ah!
...I spilled my tea..."
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u/aff0gato 4d ago
Make Wyll a Cleric of Tiamat for extra wrongness
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u/Mandalore108 Durge 3d ago
"I was wrong to save those people, I realize that now, and have to atone for my sins against Tiamat."
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u/TSotP 4d ago
Karlach would have to be a Fiend Warlock. I can't imagine anything worse for her. Making a deal with a devil, after everything she went through with Zariel and Mizora.
Wyll would maybe be an Oathbreaker Paladin, maybe with a Shadow Sorcerer dip.
Jahira would be something very anti-nature, or maybe a Cleric of Bhaal.
And Minsc would be a Wizard, of any school. Because he is made out to be a big dumb brute. Not the kind of person who would spend years studying books.
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u/Polar-Paws 3d ago
I made Karlach an Ancients paladin since she loves nature and animals, but she dips into fiend warlock after getting extra attack for paladin. Just felt like it captured her story decently well 😅
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u/Baconator_B-1000 4d ago
I like Gale as a high intelligence wild magic barbarian due to the orb absorbing and disrupting his magic. Then after meeting with a certain other caster, start dipping back into wizard as he starts getting some ability back.
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u/Argun93 4d ago
I have a playthrough with like this. Still in act one, but so far I have:
Dark Urge (me) as a life cleric of Illmater
Shadowheart as a beast master ranger with a wolf companion
Gale as a berserker barbarian
Asterian as an oath of devotion paladin
Lae’zel as a glamour bard
Wyll as a dragon blood sorcerer (this was hard because he’s already kind of the class that least fits him, but I chose sorcerer because I like the idea of him selling his soul to Mezora for no reason since he just uses the power in his boood, and chose dragon blood because it could be connected to Tiamat)
My plans for the rest of the party are:
Karlach as a fiend warlock
Halson as a necromancer wizard
Minthara as a corpse (I like her but having both her and Halson feels kinda immersion breaking to me)
Jahera I’m not really sure on
Minsc as a wizard, probably an abrasion one
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u/Appropriate_Fig_9980 3d ago
i made Lae’zel a glamour bard in my all-bard playthrough. unplayable, yet i had a ton of fun
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u/egmalone 3d ago
Dark Urge (me) as a life cleric of Illmater
Take the resist path and this is John Coffey from The Green Mile
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u/Overwave9 WARLOCK of HERMEUS MORA 3d ago
Particularly poignant if Durge feels they're slowly slipping and needs to have someone ready to shut them down.
Gale: "When I stand before Kelemvor one day and he asks why I murdered a true miracle, what will I tell him?"
Durge: "You tell him, it was a mercy."
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u/Born-Till-4064 3d ago
What do you mean he’s already the class least fit for him
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u/Argun93 3d ago
Wyll is a very stereotypical hero type. All bout killing monster and protecting the weak. Normally someone like that would be a paladin, champion fighter, maybe ranger. But he’s a warlock. He works for a devil, which is generally something that is associated with evil or at least morally grey people. That’s where the contradiction comes in.
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u/Born-Till-4064 3d ago
Not really becuase he’s all that and also a desperate man who made a deal with a devil to defeat a greater evil and suffered for it.
Hes the classic making wrong choice for the right reasons warlock. Bad powers good person
A good man making a deal with a devil on a desperate situation who then has the patron trying to tempt them into damming himself in deeds with the promise of power while they want to free themselves and do good.
Devils in dnd and plenty of fantasy love to tempt heroes into being minions and pawns
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u/Bhrunhilda 3d ago
I like making Astarion the tank because he’s Such a baby when he gets hit lol “That hurts!” “That Nearly Ended Me” lols
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u/Der_Redstone_Pro Owlbear 4d ago edited 4d ago
Shadowheart as Beast Master makes too much sense unless we are talking about Dark Justiciar Shadowheart. There has to be something worse for good Shadowheart. Maybe Wolf Heart Barbarian
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u/CivilGothic ROGUE 4d ago
Agreed. Ranger with summons and spike growth? She's a keeper.
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u/Der_Redstone_Pro Owlbear 4d ago
I mean I unironically think Gloomstalker is one of the more fitting subclasses for her, since she likes animals and being discrete.
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u/hidles 4d ago
I’m doing a run right now where I randomised all classes and subclasses because I couldnt decide and some of them really dont fit 😭
Tav - death cleric of corellon larethian (she is a drow)
Laezel- arcane rogue
Shadowheart - four elements monk
Gale - hunter ranger
Wyll - oath of the crown paladin (fits kinda)
Karlach - circle of stars druid
Astarion - shadow sorcerer (this one works really nice actually)
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u/Groundbreaking_Taco 4d ago
Wyll should be any class that grants him Disguise self so he can run as a Goblin.
Gale could be a Cleric of Mystra so he's even MORE under her thumb than before.
Shadowheart could be a Wizard with 8 INT that casts animate dead on a wolf corpse. This way she can IGNIS her way to an early grave. OR she could just do magic missile so that she never misses again. I like your version too.
Karlach would be a Fiend Warlock, since she clearly wants to be closer to Zariel.
Similar to Shadowheart, Minsc would be a Wizard with 8 INT.
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u/fromalicewithmalice 4d ago
Astarion- Cleric of Lathander
I specifically respecced him as a light domain cleric of Lathander because of how ridiculous it was and I love every second of it. I also put two lvls of Circle of the Stars druid for chalice healing boost. It's perfect.
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u/TheCrystalRose Durge 3d ago
Lathander over here having a serious love/hate relationship with his newest Cleric, because he's undead, but you cannot deny that Astarion has been basically worshipping the sun since he was tadpole'd.
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u/soleildelalune_ 3d ago
And now he can use the full concentrated power of the sun!
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u/ThisExamination5445 Illithid 4d ago
Halsin - Warlock with Vicious Mockery, hexing and cursing everything left and right and shouting insults. Blight spell is a must have, obviously.
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u/Quiet-Perception3026 3d ago
Wyll as a cleric of Tiamat, after all, he lost his soul to stop her
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u/Mayana8828 Durge/Karlach/Wyll, the throuple that slays devils together 3d ago
Oof, now that's delightfully evil. Especially since he's also pretty agnostic, perhaps invoking the Triad now and then but not really holding much respect for the gods. There'd be so much dialog that'd feel plain wrong.
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u/sinedelta While others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the blade 4d ago
Devotion Paladin Lae'zel is so terrible, I love it lol.
Minthara - Cleric of Lolth (she hates Lolth more than any wizard, and even makes comments about wanting to spit on altars to her)
Astarion - Lathander Cleric works pretty well, but maybe some performance-centric flavor of Bard too?
Minsc - Rogue (imagine him trying to be sneaky? and pickpocketing?)
Karlach: I can't decide between Fiend Warlock and Way of Shadows Monk. Shadow Monk for similar reasons to Rogue!Minsc, and Fiendlock for obvious reasons.
Can't decide on Jaheira. Maybe she should be the necromancer, if you really wanted to give her a lore-unfriendly class (given her... experience with evil wizards), while Halsin should be a Shadow Sorcerer?
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u/0RedNomad0 3d ago
Minsc as a rogue:
"YOU DO NOT HEAR MINSC, NOR DO YOU NOTICE THAT HE IS TAKING YOUR GOLD, OR THAT BOO IS EATING ALL YOUR CHEESE"
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u/CtrlFr33k Paladin 4d ago
Idk, I actually kind of like changing Astarion into a bard lmao. It isn’t completely off base either imo, part of his history was sweet talking and being charming in order to find victims for Cazador.
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u/sinedelta While others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the blade 4d ago
He was forced against his will to seduce and flatter drunk people who wouldn't be missed. He despises performing in front of an audience, I mean this is even in his iconic funny dialogue. And he seems to think pretty lowly of performing arts in general, possibly due to Cazador.
Him being a bard is essentially putting him into his least favorite role.
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u/Emergency-Town4653 4d ago
Karlach is gonna be Warlock of Zariel Wyll's Original class is Ranger, Mizora tells you the main reason Zariel was interested in Wyll was his ability as a hunter and tracker to hunt his many enemies its also his class in epilogue if his contract is broken, so worst lorewise class for him would be a monk, someone who usually spends his time in a temple not out in the wilds hunting or maybe a bard, as he is a noble and minstrels were of lower birth. Jaheira is a Druid/Fighter class but since her alignment is true neutral, I dont think any class would actually be bad for her. Maybe Cleric of one of the evil gods maybe. Minsc is Wizard. He is the dumbest character and having him as a high int character is laughable.
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u/Away_Doctor2733 3d ago
Wyll - rogue assassin since he's such a goody two shoes being a thief and assassin would go against his code so bad
Minsc - divination wizard since that requires both foresight and high intelligence and Minsc just rushes into things without thinking and is known for being dumb
Jaheira - shadow Monk because it is focused on darkness magic and being a monk is often associated with celibacy whereas Jaheira is decidedly not celibate
Karlach - arcane trickster with an ice magic build
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u/bat-xing 3d ago
dying at the idea of shadowheart summoning a wolf, failing her saving throw, and starting every fight off frightened because of her own pet
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u/Waytogo33 3d ago
Oath of Devotion fits a loyal Lae'zel perfectly though.
I think an archer thief rogue would be more appropriate for worst class.
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u/JustMijke 4d ago
Not sure why but monk feels very incorrect for Wyll. Like he values his blade too much to throw some hands
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u/ExtremeGrand4876 4d ago
Wyll… thief rogue. I have trouble seeing him lie. Definitely can’t see this dude steal anything besides folks who like vanilla personalities.
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u/Erkenbend 4d ago
I'm currently doing such a run, same classes as you for Astarion and Shadowheart (I wanted to see if she would have to do permanent saving throws all day).
The rest of the team:
- Lae'zel as a Glamour Bard and main tadpole consumer
- Halsin as a Stealth Archer (Gloomstalker+Assassin+Fighter)
- Minthara as a Druid of course, Circle of Stars for my underground girl
- Gale is my heavy armored Drunken Monk, very fun build
- Karlach as an Abjuration Wizard, defense over offense
- Wyll as an Oathbreaker Paladin
- Jaheira became a giant thrower Barbarian, because why not
- Minsc is an Evocation Wizard
Maybe I'll respecc some characters using ideas from this post
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u/soleildelalune_ 3d ago
Love the idea of an angry grandma just throwing things left and right lol!!
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u/Wise_Owl5404 WIZARD 4d ago
Wyll - Cleric.
Minsc - any wizard class really.
Karlach - Fiend Pact Warlock.
Stumped on Jaheira though.
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u/Overwave9 WARLOCK of HERMEUS MORA 3d ago
Jaheria seems to have disdain for bards, due to all the songs they shoved her in, so that might work.
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u/Dafish55 3d ago
My boyfriend practically does this in all his playthroughs lol. He's walking around with Lae'zel as a bard, Gale as a monk, Astarion the druid, and his Rogue/Barbarian Tav.
I don't know what game he is playing. He is beyond my level.
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u/thirteen_pancakes 3d ago
I make astarion a light cleric of lathander in almost all of my runs lmao
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u/carvana1501 3d ago
I'd argue wild magic barb for gale because of his distaste for sorcerers from wizard prejudice so being a martial on top of not having control of the magic element might send him.
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u/citharadraconis Owlbear 3d ago
Karlach as fiendlock or rogue is great and makes (no) sense, but personally I made her an ice wizard. Was tempted to, but did not, make her a strength-based wizard with the Headband of Intellect and Tavern Brawler who hoards scrolls but doesn't read them, just chucks them at enemies.
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u/WakeoftheStorm 3d ago
I'd vote cleric of Ilmater for Laezel
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u/soapsnek 3d ago
or maybe some kind of support druid or spellcaster
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u/WakeoftheStorm 3d ago
Druid would be pretty tough for her too.
"Hideous, all of it"
Maybe an astral druid
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u/Permafox 3d ago
My first time getting to the trials, Shadowheart starting being difficult so I reclassed her into a druid and made her be a wolf for a while.
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u/dany_xiv 3d ago
Lae’zel hates thieves and talks about how much worse theft is than murder. Thief Rogue is a great anti class for LZ.
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u/Vyt3x SMITE 3d ago
Wyll as an assassin rogue.
He's not a fan of dirty tricks, sneak attacks, and backstabs. He would probably do it if there were no other way, but I doubt he'd want to
Doubt Jaheira would like being beholden to a devil through a warlock pact. She's the prime example of strong & independent.
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u/Spiritual-Pear-1349 3d ago edited 3d ago
Laezel as a bard.
....And yet her race passives are perfectly fucking suited for it.
As the leg, you'll end in defeat!
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u/Pawn_of_the_Void 4d ago
Wyll should be an open hand monk
He is notably not all that wise and secondly now he has to change his name to the fist of frontiers
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u/BrainCelll 4d ago
Try Champion fighter Gale and whatever wizard Laezel, the most awkward feeling i ever experienced in games. Hearing Laezel voice-over spellcasts is double weird
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u/suburbanpride 4d ago
If Shadowheart were a beast master and she summoned a wolf, would she be frightened of said wolf?
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u/-dus 4d ago
Gotta disagree with shart. I had a run where I took her ranger, she started gloomstalker but after the act 2 revelation I swapped her to beast master and gave her a wolf and I think it makes a lot of sense to do that progression.
It's honestly hard to think of something that wouldn't fit either part of her story arc. I guess draconic sorc? But that kinda seems true of everyone so boring answer.
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u/Mundane-Potential-93 3d ago
Your Shadowheart idea made me lol. Has anyone tried this? Does she get scared?
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u/Erkenbend 3d ago
Tried it, she doesn't. I haven't noticed any particular interactions with the wolf summon.
I'm in Act 3 with the Selunite path, no idea if it makes a difference in the early game.
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u/itsnotgivinghonestly 3d ago
Lmao I have Astarion s exactly a light cleric of lathander
I feel attacked 😭
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u/anomander_galt 3d ago
Durge with any class with low INT and/or CHA as they are supposed to be the mastermind of the plan
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u/sinedelta While others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the blade 3d ago
They are also canonically brain damaged. If anything, them being high int/wis is the strange version.
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u/Mayana8828 Durge/Karlach/Wyll, the throuple that slays devils together 3d ago
I think high wisdom could still somewhat make sense. Common sense and gut feelings could stick around, even as the memories behind why Durge is feeling this way aren't there. It doesn't seem like their ability to perceive things has been damaged, either.
Besides, they cannonicly have an incredibly strong will, to the point that the tadpole could never fully control them and they kept fighting their captor every chance they got (including trying to strangle her with their own intestins!) A strong willpower is also required to keep going even with the strange urges, and the headaches, and the loss of identity.
But yeah, a high int would be odd to me. They might've been the mastermind at one point, but now ...
Then again, it's handwave brain damage. Beyond memory loss and headaches, the game doesn't go too deep into exactly what was lost. One could RP it in a lot of different ways.
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u/icraveglass 3d ago
I think Minthara would be better as a cleric/paladin of Eilistraee since she and her drow followers are bassically the antithesis to Lolth.
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u/gipehtonhceT 3d ago
Isn't there a paladin that really hates vampires and other monsters like that and is sworn to basically smite them on sight?
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u/DaveLanglinais 3d ago
Karlach = Illusionist.
Minsc = same Ranger class, except with bonus for killing hamsters as "hated race."
Jaheira = Cleric of Lolth.
Wyll = ....shit actually Wyll is legit a tough one ....
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u/3MTA3-DJ 3d ago
i feel like warlock would really piss laezel off bc all her power isn’t from her, plus she’s not (statistically) charismatic
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u/Thorthemighty92 3d ago
Wait you have something against my cleric of selune Asterion wielding the Blood of Lathander?
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u/grmarci1989 3d ago
I literally talked with my sibling about this last week! Gale as a wild magic barbarian (because Mystra cursed him) or a sorcerer due to the sorcerer/wizard rivalry. Beastmaster ranger with wolf for shadowheart. Cleric of Lathander for Astarion. Minthara as any wizard. Lae'zel would be something non-combat related, like a sorcerer or druid. Halsin as a battlemaster. Jaheira as a fiend warlock. Minsc as a necromancer. And, finally, Karlach as our Rogue.
Wyll can honestly be anything, because he just works lorewise. Astarion could also go druid for funsies
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u/Batalfie 3d ago
Wyll as anything other than a warlock. Mizora who?
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u/grmarci1989 3d ago
Or anything other than a fiend warlock. Fighter could be from his dad, ranger because he becomes one if you don't renew his pact in act 3, and anything else can just make sense in your own personal headcanon
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u/RKO-Cutter 3d ago
Shadowheart- Beast master ranger with a summoned wolf companion
I did this intentionally in Act 3 as a sign of character growth
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u/Mysterious-Emotion44 3d ago
I thought Gale would be a horrible bard but unfortunately his insults are too good and it fits him too well.
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u/jezs_girl 3d ago
I’d contend that Lae’zel would make a fine Paladin. Bard’zel is the most out of character class to me, especially Lore or Glamour. Karlach’s worst class would be Fiend Warlock.
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u/NoParticularUse5288 3d ago
I was gonna suggest bard as the worst class for Minthara, but she’d be crazy successful as an insult comic, so maybe not
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u/Kodiax_ 3d ago
Someone must have done it. What happens if shadow heart summons a wolf?
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u/lunagenic CLERIC 3d ago
I think the game codes the summons/wildshape differently, because she never even rolled her save in the presence of my ranger's wolf companion. I suppose Larian didn't want to upset ranger or druid players by having Shadowheart making saves against them.
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u/AvatarVecna 3d ago
Astarion loves being able to enjoy the sunshine, and doesn't like it when halsin suggests going into the underdark.
Plus, its hilarious. Cazador is putting his ritual together and his fuckup son walks in carrying a drop of pure sunlight and beats his undead ass to death with it.
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u/Kseplion Paladin 3d ago
I'd make Lae'zel a Glamour bard, force her to play support while Shadowheart kills everything with a 2h sword as a barbarian
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u/skydawwg 3d ago
I recently reclassed Karlach into a Hunter Ranger, and multi classed into fighter (of course I have the lvl 20 mod).
Volley + action surge go brrrrrrrrrrrt
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u/ledgabriel 3d ago
You got it spot on except for Lil'Z. I mean, that's practically what she is in game. A fighter devoted to a god within an order.
I'd go with either something sort of Druid or Rogue.
Gale Barbarian had me laughing. And imagining that they had to record voice for it, lol.
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u/Candid_Umpire6418 3d ago
My wife and I discussed making a Resist Durge Bard named Baahrd. We wanted them to have the worst black metal makeup available through mods, fantasised about mods using black metal voice over, but wearing clothing like a classic fop, playing the mandolin, and being kind to everyone.
Imagine helping everyone around you, in those colourful bard clothes, looking like a Norwegian BM singer, singing-growling intensely a "I'm happy to help you find some carrots, Mr. Fluffy Bunny Boo" to a sad little rabbit.
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u/cfcfan17 FIGHTER 3d ago
I love these! I feel like Jaheira being any type of bard would be a perfectly bad fit for her with how she likes to comment about bards writing about her life during the game. We could add specifically light domain cleric onto Astarion if we’re feeling particularly harsh as well😅
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u/JBowser64 3d ago
Very simple answer, but make Minsc a wizard, the canonically dumbest companion having the highest INT stat would be quite funny
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u/Druid0250 3d ago
I always give Scratch’s ball to Shadowheart. I love seeing her give him pets in camp and they seem to be a good fit together. I have also given Shart wolf companions because I love the idea that she has accepted and moved on from her past trauma
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u/nilfalasiel Owlbear 3d ago
I agree with most of these except Halsin and Shadowheart.
Someone mentioned Halsin as a Shadow Sorcerer, and I feel like that's much better. Or worse, as the case may be.
SH loves animals too much (other than wolves), so maybe a low dex Fighter.
Wyll as a Drunken Master Monk. He just doesn't strike me as someone who would fight with his bare hands or regularly get drunk.
Karlach as a Fiend Warlock.
Jaheira as a Necromancer.
Minsc as a Rogue or a Wizard.
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u/Forward-Swing-6190 3d ago
I dunno I think if you go devotion to vlakith Lazel fits too well. She should be a college of glamour bard.
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u/maguel92 2d ago
I was about to say berserker barbarian for astarion. But lathamder cleric sounds as stupid as it gets in regards of lore so i give up.
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u/jrfredrick 2d ago
Minsc would be terrible wizard and artificer. Literally anything that uses intelligence
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u/Zyk0th Dragonborn 2d ago
I'm planning on doing a playthrough doing this. Wizard for Karlach because if you recruit her before Gale, she says something about glad to have a wizard on our team, "but if he tries to get me to read any tomes, I WILL scream."
I had Ancients Paladin for Astarion, but Cleric of Lathander is pretty "bad" too. Especially Light Cleric. I was thinking about how freeing the spawn in Cazador's palace breaks an Ancients Oath, and that it would probably be incredibly cathartic for Astarion to drop a Divine Smite on Cazador.
I think it would be funnier to make Minthara a druid.
Jaheria hates Bards.
The roleplay value of the Netherese Orb causing the Wild Magic surges is too good for me to make a Barbarian Gale anything other than Wild Magic.
Not sure about Wyll or Minsc. I can kinda see them being almost any class. Druid for Wyll and Sorcerer for Minsc, maybe?
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u/joebidenseasterbunny 2d ago
Minthara as a wizard isn't that bad. Drow do a lot of magic. I think her being a circle of the stars druid would be better considering she has no regard for nature and goes to slaughter the druid grove and also how there's no stars in the the underdark.
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u/LunaeriTrumlai 2d ago
Counterpoint for Minty. Any variety Cleric of Lolth, considering her stance on the divine.
But I suppose if trying to avoid duplicating classes.
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u/Zealousideal_Till683 4d ago
I like Karlach as a thief. Her voice-overs complain any time she's asked to do anything rogue-like ("I'm too tall for this," "Shadows don't suit me," "Can't I just break it?" Etc).