I love D&D but yeah, use-per-rest abilities are the worst. I think Pillars of Eternity got it right with use-per-encounter abilities and that would be much better here. Obviously you'd have to tune a lot of that shit down in power, but still.
i don't know if i'd go that far, but 5e's rules are significantly less complex by design, to let people focus on roleplaying. whether or not it's better really depends on the DM and whether or not they take advantage of that fact. all the rules larian added are completely allowable in 5e specifically because the handbook encourages the dm to do these kinds of things. but there are plenty of dm's that don't have that skillset so things can come off overly simple
Figuring out the 'house rules' is always the issue if you aren't using someone's fully-tested build guide. Like I want to play a Githyanki Berserker/Thief, which I'd normally do str-based and start it as a Barbarian... but it sounds like BG3 has special rules that let you go the more ideal path of using dex and starting as a Rogue. And then I have no clue what the ideal level split is, whether or not taking a fighter 2 splash (for action surge) is worth it, etc. etc. etc.
This is why I'm just going RP first, min max second. I'll select a nice balance of what fits my theme and what looks powerful. Let all the uber autists figure out the quirks and min max and I'll try their shit out on my next runs.
This exactly.
You aren't perma fucked when you break your oath- you can repent or just straight play as an oathbreaker.
i'm not really sure what you mean, but anyone can use dex as their primary, you just need to use finesse weapons. just be weary though, barbarian rage doesn't work with dex
oathbreakers aren't even evil, really. they just aren't lawful in the normal paladin sense. they still have their goals, they just aren't tied to the tenants of their original oath. so a vengeance paladin might become an oathbreaker because he thinks his methods have become too cruel.
Did that change in release? The discussion I was just reading that prompted my previous post said that rage doesn't require strength in BG3's rules.
Yep.
I mean, unless bg3 does something goofy with spells, all clerics get spiritual weapon. It is a lvl 2 spell though, so you need to be level 3 cleric to prepare it.
