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      • Bg3 paladin war priest 122 ( talk ) 01:15, 1 November 2023 Specifically I'm thinking war priest of Gruumsh cause Orc Lore and those extra attack charges stack nicely and there's some decent shield buff etc spells monk can make use of. Standalone - Enhanced Paladin Auras Enhances Paladin Auras by increasing their tiny range of 3 to 15! Independent of the May 6, 2023 · As I find Paladin as somewhat limiting as Holy Warrior (I tend to play as CN - or thereabouts), I looked at possible replacements in the PHB. 6/6 paladin/cleric is pretty nice. What classes are you using? Only thing that works for me is if I use my extra attack on something that consumes another resource (ki points etc). For example a war cleric 1, fighter 5. with 3x(1D10+5) and + 1 weapon attack is actually not bad at all. First try I went all in on cleric of war. tacking on a level of war priest isn't bad general plan - but I'm about to train out my volley char for something else. Paladin ends up getting auras that make them stand their ground quite well. Still get 2 feats. This mod adds the Priest class to the game, inspired by World of Warcraft - Updated as Priest 2. This bug makes it pretty useless with classes with Extra Attack as they'll basically be gone after the first 3 turns of each day. This build uses some very specific equipment, Paladin and the Cleric Light domain to deal big AoE radiant damage, while attacking two times per action, and having great control over the enemies. Cleric spells will use the caster's Wisdom modifier for Spell Save DC and Spell Attack rolls. During combat, this feature allows you to spend a War Priest Charge to perform an extra attack within the same turn. The goal of this build is to be anAlmost full cleric while packing a heavy punch Thief 8 / Fighter 2 / War Cleric 2 - You sacrifice two feats, 2D6 Sneak Attack damage, Reliable Talent and Supreme Sneak for War Priest, a few cleric cantrips, one or two level 1 Cleric spells, Guided Strike, Fighting Style, Action Surge, Shield profiency, Medium/Heavy Armour profiency and martial weapon profiency. However while I do get this extra attack with my Paladin, it does not seem to be active with Wyll. Timestamps:0:00 - 1:1 Dec 16, 2024 · War Domain Cleric Build - War God's Priest - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) 9 War Domain Cleric/2 Paladin/1 Storm Sorcerer - Spirit Guardians, Divine Smite, Tempestous Flight, Radiating Orbs and Combat Support The War cleric's Guided Strike/War God's Blessing feature is probably one of the subclass's best, giving yourself/an ally +10 to an attack roll (any attack roll, including those for spells!) is a really nice feature, and can be used multiple times per short rest at relatively low levels (starting at 6th). On the plus with multiclass Ability Reqs also being removed this means you can dump WIS and still get full use out of War Priest. War priest helps with accuracy when you most need it and gives extra attacks. Aug 15, 2023 · So I just hit level seven and found an interesting interaction. Gather your party and venture forth! Aug 9, 2023 · Paladin Unleashed - Minor At LvL 1: Extra Channel Charge! Extra Lay on Hands! Gain Durable Feat (No ASI) Standalone - Lay on Hands Restored Restores Lay on Hands to Character Level (Pre Patch 1) Independent of the other mods. wondering if it could be fixed by multiclassing from Sep 28, 2023 · Step by step guide to build a War domain cleric with 2 level dip in paladin. The game always forces me to spend Bonus Action + War Priest Charge if I want to attack a second time, even if I still have a second Action from Action War Priest is a Class Feature in Baldur's Gate 3. Cleric 11 / Wizard 1 is also good. Divine Favor is a little worse damage wise and a lot worse resource-wise vs. Sep 18, 2023 · Domain of war cleric needs to have a way to disable the automatic use of the war priest charges, otherwise they are pretty useless as you use them too quickly when multiclassing. I feel like 7 paladin 5 war priest would be decent. Your last 2 levels have several possible options. Counterspell needs no introduction Mirror Image is really nice against bosses. yup this has been frustrating me a lil bit on my fighter/war cleric. If you want damage from spells cleric is better. And if even Guided Strike isn't enough, then you can use a War Priest charge to take another swing making it very reliable to land your killing blow or letting you hit a 2nd time that same turn if you really need to. I planned on doing 5 Battlemaster Fighter to get extra attack and maneuvers, 1 War Cleric to get war priest charges, 2 paladin to get divine smite on top of my innate Zariel Tiefling smites, then 4 War Cleric to get access to spirit guardians. 7/5 Cleradin (7 Paladin, 5 Cleric) Pros: Still, I'm disappointed in the war cleric's usefulness in combat and dialogue. Gather your party and venture forth! I did this exact run through as Hunter 11/War Cleric 1 and it was a bunch of fun. As well learn how to distribute damage. Nature Paladin: 1 Sorcerer, 4 Nature Cleric, 7 Ancients Paladin. War Cleric was mediocre in the tabletop, but since in bg3 your Spiritual Weapon attack is not tied to your bonus action, War Clerics can get 3 attacks from round 2 onwards. One of the main reasons to choose War Cleric is that they have the War Priest ability, which lets you attack with your Bonus Action. I dont know if this is common knowledge but picking War Domain Cleric as a second class is probably the most powerful choice for melee in the game. I definitely felt like a different kind of Paladin. Paladin spellcasting is absolutely focused on combat. Gather your party and venture forth! In BG3 its a once per game action in which you get to choose one of the following options: She's 6 War Cleric, 1 Monk, 2 Paladin, 3 Warlock. I'm far from a DnD expert so I'm looking for any advice on whether this is a good idea. Baldur's Gate III is based on a modified version of the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (D&D 5e) tabletop RPG ruleset. Today we create the ULTIMATE Paladin of War build utilizing War Domain Cleric & Paladin. Remember to respec at 6 and 12. Also I'm struggling to see the long term value of war clerics bonus action attack. of course because BG3 end the game at lvl 12 where lvl 11 fighters get 3 attack, the 3x Eldritch black is not as strong as 2 regular attacks, but there are alot of good war mage items that lets give you buff after you cast a Jul 26, 2024 · The Divine Champion of Justice - named to match my Divine War Priest Cleric/Paladin hybrid - is a brutal Paladin/Fighter hybrid that uses a varied arsenal to dish out some absolutely nutty damage. Mostly a Paladin, but you get Shield, War Priest bonus attacks, and Guided Strike. Such as when Paladin is low have Asterion jump into melee for a round to soak some damage while Paladin uses lay on hands. Shield of Faith A concentration spell that gives a slight Armour Class boost to improve survivability. When you make an unarmed or weapon attack, you can spend a War Priest Charge to make an additional attack as a Bonus action. I found War Cleric a bit underwhelming, especially because the number of War Priest charges are way too low plus they rely on Long Rests. 51. are using some other unknown formula. War Cleric / Vengeance also looks like fun with 3 War priest charges for double smites. These may vary greatly, from allowing you to equip certain Weapons or pieces of Armor with Proficiency, to add your Proficiency Bonus to certain Saving Throws. Between your heavy hits starting at 8 with Divine Strike, War Priest, and spiritual weapon, you'll be doing okay. War Priest gives you bonus action attacks starting at War Cleric 1, so you could have 4 attacks on the first round of combat starting from character level 6. I honestly feel like when they were writing her story, they were at least considering paladin for her class. I would love a good oathbreaker arc. The game won’t consume more than one resource at a time and it pushes war priest back to the third attack. You get 3 - THREE charges of War Priest which gives you an optional Second Action on Weapon/Unarmed Attack - recharge on Long Rest. War Cleric 5/Paladin 7 You get guides strike, a lot more spells slots for smiting, spirit guardians, Paladin aura, second Paladin aura, extra attack. But, it depends on which class you would like to focus on ( Paladin or Cleric ) Personally I feel like a martial/half-caster multiclass would be better for War Cleric so you can have a full extra attack naturally. AT LEVEL 1 CLERIC. Gather your party and venture forth! Oct 30, 2024 · 1 War Cleric. Guided Strike: Gain a +10 bonus to your Attack Roll. The problem is that I cannot use Action Surge without using War Priest first. Only at 7 IIRC, but pally has 2 attacks a round, I only get a 2nd attack if I expend a war priest charge, and those are limited to long rests If I were in the mindset of fully optimizing a Cleric/Paladin, I'd probably go 1 War Cleric / 11 Paladin for War Priest attacks + Improved Divine Smite. No I dont want paladin or warrior specced into eldritch knight. Four war clerics has a real nice zealot feel. Sadly, no Extra Attack ever (which a subclass of the foppish guitar plucking Bard gets! SHAKES FIST AT WotC). Both in heavy armor + shield(if you want) so AC will be about even. Powerful Crown Paladin Guide for BG3 - Best equipment, abilities, spells and more. Otherwise, pump Con and Str, Wisdom should be average. Hunter’s Mark but I didn’t find it too onerous. Cleric is a bit more thematically revelant, but paladin is perfect. I'd much rather save those bonus action attacks for when they're actually useful instead of having to blow them on the first three rounds of combat, but any second attack automatically uses a War Priest charge instead of Extra Attack. Gather your party and venture forth! My MC was War Cleric 10, Vengeance Paladin 2 on my Tactician run. You also get 2 feats. I've taken GWM as my first feat. Paladin powers certainly can (and often do) come from a god. In this case you can pretty much dump your CHA. But I usually do about 3-6 combats per long rest w/ my groups. "War Priest. Aug 23, 2023 · ok thanks. Paladin has less spells, less ranged options, but more healing through lay on hands. This Paladin is less concerned with saving innocents in favor of abs But now you're mostly just a poor man's Paladin with a few extra spell slots. I will be including extra advice on which characters to pair with this build (which I usually don 2 paladin for smites, and fighting style 1 war cleric for extra attack via war priest (keep respeccing as the last class taken to work after other actions) 3 fighter for action surge, fighting style, superiority dice through battle master 6 swords bard for flourishes on short rest fighting style, extra attack A community all about Baldur's Gate III, the role-playing video game by Larian Studios. Paladin extra attack = level 5 Paladin aura = level 6 Sword bard extra attack = level 6 So you really need 13 levels to effectively triple class those - warlock 5, paladin 2, sbard 6 If you stop sbard at 5 you lose out on the extra attack which is pretty huge Or if you go warlock 5 sbard 6 then you can't get paladin 2 divine smite. I think I'd much rather have access to level 5/6 spells, and level 1-4 spells earlier. Then I started trying to multiclass with paladin/fighter. Guided Strike at Level 2 allows your War Domain Cleric to Mar 10, 2024 · A War Domain cleric plays similarly to a paladin in a lot of ways. Channel Divinity: Guided Strike. There is no option to not use them. Was going to go unarmored and dex based, unarmed etc. In Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus, you bring some of the universe’s most powerful warriors to lightning-fast tactical skirmishes where you are in full control and only superior tactics can deliver victory. Gather your party and venture forth! Jul 29, 2023 · War Cleric's War Priest feature clashes pretty significantly with things like Spiritual Weapon and Hunter's Mark. War Domain made an good back line defender for those enemies that like to leap onto your back line. Paladin 2 - scorcerer 10 = P much the exact same as the bard one, but without the bonuses you get eg the flourish, the extra attack. The warpriest (in my opinion) just has the paladin beat in more neutral oriented games and from a spellcaster point of view but everytime i roll up a warpriest, i concider the idea of just playing cleric instaid as there is quite the difference between 6th & 9th level casting. Mar 3, 2024 · Overall changes to War Domain Existing Guided Strike & War God's Blessing removed - Set Domain Spells removed, replaced with choices from the Paladin Spell List - War Priest charges reset on short rest; War Priest attack bonus action requirement removed The other reason you might not be seeing it so much is anyone with a 5e background or looking at 5e for build ideas won't really think of it since Paladin uses CHA and Cleric WIS for their spellcasting, and we're used to having multiclass Ability score requirements in 5e that BG3 is ignoring. War Domain is okay-ish. 152. Cleric is a character Class in Baldur's Gate 3. Also it kind-of makes u want to go GWM or SS w/ 2H-Ranged weapon. Divine Favour Gives a bonus of 1d4 radiant damage. I was testing War Cleric 1 dip (confirming that it was 1 attack and not a full attack action), and after my first attack, I was forced to use War Priest charge before the normal free attacks from Extra Attack. (Other Paladin class features and always-prepared Oath spells will still be available. and finally i planned for Shadowheart to go War Cleric, as Trickery is kinda lame, and its still (imo Dec 14, 2024 · Basically the question in the subject! I have multi-classed one level of war priest with my mc Paladin as well as with Wyll as pact of the blade warlock. Sorcerer 5/Wizard 5/Paladin [vengeance] 9: Haste (add'l full action) FEAT Great Weapon Master (add'l attack after crit or felling an enemy) Offhand it looks like Thief 3/Priest [war] 1/Paladin 9 manages to score Haste, the Priest bonus action attack, and the Thief's extra capacity to trigger the Priest bonus action attack, and Haste. Fighter gets a fighting style and Second Wind. I thought War Cleric can still be a decent melee class even though I know paladin is surely the superior melee class of the two. Wish it did for me, I was trying with shadow monk 6 -> war cleric 1. Dec 30, 2024 · War Domain Cleric Build - War God's Priest - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) 9 War Domain Cleric/2 Paladin/1 Storm Sorcerer - Spirit Guardians, Divine Smite, Tempestous Flight, Radiating Orbs and Combat Support Meanwhile a war cleric/paladin with the same equipment can deal 32 DPR every round, can smite with spell slots up to level 5 (+9 radiant damage on average at level 1), can still use war priest charges 3 times per day, and can spend their bonus action on hold person or confusion. For leveling i start as fighter, then level 2 add in war domain cleric and then the rest into fighter. Devotion is closer to classic Paladin. granted, i can generally take whatever bonus action i want to before i go in for a second attack, but it would be nice for the game to prioritize free extra attacks over the War Priest class ability which has a dual cost. You lose out on a couple 4th level slot and one 5th lv (which in this build is just another 4th level slot for smite purposes). My intention is to build a close combat supported with magic cleric for Baldur's Gate 3. I would like to get a build to work, but it feels like with Tempest Cleric I can achieve 75% of what a War Cleric does and still be a thunder God at the same time. Subreddit for Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus, the brand-new turn-based tactical strategy game. Best Race, Abilities, Spells, Cantrips. I'm looking over Gloomstalker, War Cleric, and Vengeance or Oathbreaker Paladin, and there might be something with a mix of the three. Level 8: War Cleric 2 / Gloom Stalker 5 / Paladin 1 Level 9: War Cleric 2 / Gloom Stalker 5 / Paladin 2 BG3 is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. ) Oct 16, 2024 · The only ones I use casting ability is for healing and offensive spells (command, hold person, healing word, cure wounds). Edit: Though a drow war priest necromancer of Lloth sounds fantastic. Dec 16, 2024 · War Domain Cleric Build - War God's Priest - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) 9 War Domain Cleric/2 Paladin/1 Storm Sorcerer - Spirit Guardians, Divine Smite, Tempestous Flight, Radiating Orbs and Combat Support The character is Fighter 2 / War Cleric 2 at the moment. Feels FAR better than Action Surge. War Priest is a War Domain Cleric feature that allows the Cleric to make a limited number of bonus action attacks using War Priest Charges which recharge after a long rest. Use the pyroquickness hat to get an extra bonus action off your 6th level searing smite to get more damage out of your 2 attacks. What I found suggested that I wanted to try is 2 levels in fighter for action surge, fighting style, and con save proficiency, then 2 levels in paladin for the smite capabilities, and then the rest in cleric. Plus in 5e War Priest charges are based on WIS, so BG3 is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. Oathbreaker Paladin Lv6 to Lv11 (double attack and spells fit thematically, companion I have for aura) The Fiend Warlock lv12 for Dark Ones Blessing (Healing on kill fits the theme assuming +4 heal) Optionally War priest for bonus action attacks or Barbarian for Rage at lv12 instead of Warlock. If you want them to survive better give them a shield. You pick up pretty useful spells from cleric's spellbook, 4 war priest charges, tons of spell slots, and you still get paladin's saving throw aura. Write up taken from: [BUG] - War Clerics With Extra Attacks (Class Crippling Issue) - Larian Studios forums 'A War Cleric that obtains Extra Attacks through multiclassing has a consistently triggering bug because the game does not know how to properly handle [War Priest Extra Attack Charges] if the player can attack more than once per turn. 0 (with Disc now!). Feb 16, 2024 · Ever wanted to make a Cleric-Paladin multiclassing work? Look no further than right here. If you go fighter 5 then War Cleric it'll behave as normal, 2x attacks then the war priest attack. Gather your party and venture forth! warlock/paladin/sorc multiclass bard of unknown subclass thief rogue/gloomstalker multiclass - ranged We figure that a front line cleric would be best and I was considering War Cleric. War cleric, like the other guy said is super cool and it's kinda like a WIS paladin, without smite but with a lot of options. War Cleric can guarantee the first bolt hits (War cleric channel divinity attack roll bonus), then the other clerics all get advantage. With splits like Paladin 7 / Cleric 5 or maybe even 9/3, you get more conventional paladin with some cleric flavor. 2 levels of Paladin would let you smite with Warlock and Cleric spell slots for even more damage in melee. (act 2 spoilers) I kind of wish they made her a paladin. There is a ton of good radiant gear. Maybe if you long rest spam it's fine. Is there any particular reason for this is it a game rule or am I missing something? Thanks in advance I like the smiter bard at home: 10 war priest, 2 paladin. Currently level 5 with 3/2 split and I'm curious if this is even decent or should I remake with a different Domain and Oath. Fortified by holy zeal, you brandish an arsenal of sacramental savagery to use against those you deem unrighteous. Possibly the best single level dip in the game (certainly up there with Fighter 1), and really rounds out a number of Martial builds. Polearm master plus Sentinel and all those War Priest charges worked well to protect both the cleric and my archer and warlock. I know that a War Cleric can not be exactly like a Paladin with massive damage Smites and crazy saving throws, but a Paladin also doesn't have all the spell options a Cleric has to play with, in and most importantly OUT of combat. I'm playing a fighter with a dip in War Cleric, and I've found that the limited bonus action war priest attack is always prioritized over my extra attack. g sometimes you wanna swing twice but not use the War Priest charge). It looks as the War Domain Cleric - the War Priest - might be something for me. Either way I don't like Nov 19, 2024 · War Domain Cleric Build - War God's Priest - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) 9 War Domain Cleric/2 Paladin/1 Storm Sorcerer - Spirit Guardians, Divine Smite, Tempestous Flight, Radiating Orbs and Combat Support The lore you get for Oathbreaker Paladin Durge fits so extremely well with a Durge's story and themes, and it is SO GOOD. War cleric can burst harder than fighter before level 5, if you're willing to long rest more, but you'll probably find the 3 charges per day for war priest to be underwhelming as a main source of damage (you don't get more until levels 5/8/11,) and most of the war domain spells are garbage (unless you go all the way to cleric 9. I'm thinking 9 Cleric 3 hunter for colossal slayer and wasteland wanderer. War Domain Cleric gets 2 spell slots and War Priest. Dual wielding kills the idea of using War Cleric, the main front liner Cleric subclass. Oath of Ancients has a good bonus action for proccing the on-heal item suite. Or just be a paladin and get Smites. Divine strike + divine smite + spirit guardians and 2 attacks, 6th level spell slot and plenty of 4s for smites. Still having Level 5 spells and a Level 6 spell slot for upcasting cleric spells was awesome. Clerics worship and enact their deities' will to the world, for better or worse. The Bonus attack cleric of war gets is decent (even though it costs War Priest Charges) but I only get them when I melee attacked with the action first. The last level I got was Fighter 2, so I got Action Surge. Aug 23, 2023 · War Cleric is your Off-brand holy warrior that you'd rather be a healbot. Charging into battle with Spirit Guardians, heavy armor, and 3 attacks (using the war priest bonus action) sounds like fun. I played a war cleric for years in tabletop and I'm building Shadowheart just like that character: pure war cleric with a weapon and a shield. However, in 1v1 encounters, the War Priest did 5-10% more damage over the duration of the encounter. Hope this info helps! Cleric spells are Prepared spells, so all Clerics have access to these spells (up to their Cleric level) and prepare a limited number of them at any one time. In total, you lose one cleric spell prepared, which should not be a big deal (because the only spell this character's casting in combat is Spirit Guardians). War priest charges does not make up for this since they're gone after 1 or 2 fights. Cleric 7/Paladin 5 primarily gets me- 4th level cleric spells 2nd level paladin spells (meh) Paladin extra attack (main reason I want pally 5, should work well with war priest extra attack) Cleric 9/Paladin 3 still gets me- Oath of vengeance subclass 5th level cleric spells (really nice, especially for war domain) Feats: Great Weapon Master, combos great with the War Cleric's +10 attack ability. If you want to get the dark justiciar flavoring, you could maybe go 6 bard/4 paladin/2 cleric to really feel like a paladin, but otherwise 10 swords bard and 2 levels of war cleric or paladin could also fit the bill. So I'm wondering if playing as a paladin while still putting in a few levels (1-3) as a war domain cleric of Selûne (so I get those war priest charges). I had guessed the devs wanted to make Durge's default class a Paladin before they had that interview because if how many times in Durge's story it is commented you are an Oathbraker paladin LOL War is an OK 1-dip imo but not amazing pure, same with life Cleric. Still no matter how I tried to build her (till now) - it just feels lackluster. At Level 1 you unlock the War Priest subclass feature. Not sure if this helps but for a melee powerhouse putting 11 levels into fighter and 1 level into war domain cleric can give you 4 attacks followed by action surge for 4 more. PS5/PC. It's a very effective build through the whole game. The paladin doesn't have to swear an oath to a god, but regardless, the power of their oath comes from somewhere. Paladin, * Full BAB (v 3/4) * D10 HP (v d8) * Divine Grace (saving throws) * Lay on hands & Mercies/ Fervor (Lay on hands is larger effect with added bonuses, but no selfcast) War Priest * Level 6 Spell Casting (v Lv 4, detect evil) Hi, Im really new to all that DnD stuff apart from a small romance with Neverwinter Nights 2 that happened quite longtime ago. Oath of Ancients is more aligned to pallies focusing on ranged attacks. That said - which sounds better Ranger 11 / War 1 - 2 volleys + war priest volleys Ranger 9 / War 1 / Fighter 2 - 2 special arrows / attacksincluding many target + Gloomstalker first round + surge and still solid spells. As a Paladin, you must constantly adhere to the tenets of your Oath or you will lose the power it grants you. And thats on top of concentrating on a spell like Spirit Guardians. A community all about Baldur's Gate III, the role-playing video game by Larian Studios. You'll still get most of your Paladin abilities, but you are trading Extra Attack for the War Cleric capstone and 9th level spells. I was considering paladin for a while tho I dont see myself watching every action closely in far of breaking oath Looking at doing a build; 8 Swords Bard - flourishes, extra attack, font of inspiration, 2 feats 2 Paladin - smites 1 War Cleric - war priest charges, bless, heavy armour prof1 dip just offers so much!!! 1 Wizard - haste and other spells (using int headband) I'd use a feat for GWM but wondering how this works with war priest charges? The idea is that I'd use bonus attack from GWM when crit Powerful Paladin Build for Baldur's Gate 3. If you want to deal melee attack damage paladin is better. Pick up ritual caster to get a spider familiar. Defensive: 17 Cleric/3 Paladin. They channel the power of their faith to cast Spells. There is also a 10-2 Life Cleric/Ancients pal for Bulky and high dps AoEs w/ a ton healing. Hordebreaker and War Priest go a long way to mitigating the delay in getting to Extra Attack. Features provide unique abilities that are inherent to a Character's Race, Class, Background selected. But I did read in some other forums that war cleric is still mostly spell oriented so wanted to ask here in steam since the bg3 community here is as active as their official forums. Domain spells, that help with protection, mainly - Shield of Faith, Sanctuary . 3x War Priest charges, Heavy Armor Proficiency, Martial Weapons, lots of useful spells etc. Sep 14, 2023 · War priest charges are possibly bugged with extra attack. War priest lets you attack with your main hand weapon twice. Exactly where is meant to be less restrictive than previous editions, and saying they absolutely don't come from a deity is just as restrictive as forcing it to. Cleric spikes so hard with Guardian Spirits that I dont feel like Monoclass is justifiable. The only other perk is fighting style but look what you get with Wiz. Very high AC to be tanky and (hopefully) avoid losing concentration. I have done 11-1 Vengence Paladin War-priest Cleric and it has worked decently well. Maybe Cleric 6 / Bard 6 so I can still have the "give an ally +10 attack to a roll" from the War Cleric subclass. Jan 4, 2025 · War Subclass: specialized in striking with weapons, dealing physical damage. Jan 8, 2023 · Does anyone have a point by point eval comparison of Paladin's vs War Priests? I know BAB and Hit points for the . War only gets bonus action atk few (3-5) times a long rest. Spoiler notice: Mild but tagged spoilers for the existence of certain items / permanent stat boost. Overall, the Paladin demonstrated greater survivability and could stay in the fight longer than the Priest. . Paladin 2/5 - rouge thief 10/7 = memey build for stealth critical smites from the shadows. Devotion paladin 6/war cleric 6 with great weapon master gives you sacred weapon and guided strike to offset the -5 from the feat and it let’s you get war priest bonus action attacks when you don’t get the bonus action attacks from crits/kills So a Paladin 6 / War Cleric 6 has the same number of spell slots as a Paladin 5 / War Cleric 7, still has War God's Blessing, and gets Aura of Protection on top of that. Start paladin 2 and level war cleric to combined level 6, then respec to paladin 5, war cleric 1 and add cleric rest of the way. If you take War Cleric at 2 the extra attack will trigger before the second attack (e. Baldur's Gate III is based on a modified version of the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (D&D 5e) tabletop RPG Lately i found myself swapping from paladin 5/cleric 7 to paladin 5/cleric5/ fighter 2, just to do more smites on a hold person/monster enemy. I understand the cleric and paladin combo problem of wisdom vs charisma but flavor wise I have a hard time getting my head interested in a priest like bard. In my case I had tons of extra hill giant elixirs so I just used them through all of act 2 and 3. Level 2 channel domain is pretty useless to use on yourself. With rad orb and reverb gear, huge burst damage and crowd control. Paladin is perfect flavor wise. Gather your party and venture forth! Pretty basic build tbh, started off as war cleric I believe my starting stats were 8 str, 10 dex, 16 con, 17 wis, 14 int, 8 cha. I took great weapon fighting as my fighting style. Jul 24, 2021 · Captured everything in a spreadsheet for reference, analysis, and insight. Thinking of stats as following: Str: 15 Dex: 10 Con: 16 Int: 8 Wis: 16 I dont know if this is common knowledge but picking War Domain Cleric as a second class is probably the most powerful choice for melee in the game. Aug 28, 2023 · well smite does more damage you only have so much cast slot, the cantrip + war magic is a cantrip. In this subreddit, we love our 1 level War Cleric dip. Paladin with Benefits: 1 Sorcerer, 2 War Cleric, 9 Paladin. The results were interesting. Thanks for watching! Let me know in the comments if there are any builds you guys are curious to see, I am LOWKEY running out of ideas. War Domain Cleric and Fighter get simple and martial weapon proficiencies and all armor proficiencies. If you dipped into war cleric to pick up the war priest charge bonus attack before you get your martial class, paladin in my case, to level 5 to get the regular extra attack the game wont let you use your regular attack until Yeah, and if you do an evil playthrough, war priest makes the best necromancer imo (tabletop, no experience with it in bg3 yet). Gather your party and venture forth! A community all about Baldur's Gate III, the role-playing video game by Larian Studios. Two attacks from all them (War cleric extra attack) is great for clean up and conserving spell slots. Feb 5, 2024 · About this mod. At Battle Master 7/ War Domain 5, when taking the attack action, the war priest charge will always be spent on the second attack, followed by the fighter extra attack 3rd. The charisma comes in for later paladin skills, but as a full caster, you have tons of smites, and you don't really need to burn through them that quickly, think of the war priest charges as shit I missed my smite charges, and your spell slots won't be consumed as quickly, nor will you run out of war priest charges. Fighter also get constitution saving throw proficiency which is amazing for melee spellcasters that need to maintain concentration. You can choose to expend war priest charges if you really need the extra damage but I try to play around GWM's bonus action attack. Fighter or Paladin or Ranger or Barbarian or Valour Bard 11 / War Cleric 1 - You sacrifice a feat (and one known spell for the Bard) for War Priest, a few cleric cantrips and one or two level 1 Cleric spells. You cannot manually select which extra attack you want to use, so all charges will be expended pretty much immediately. You want to lead from the front lines, wading into battle with heavy armor and a shield, batting aside goblins, kobolds, and other monsters with a mace or shield. You can recharge spent War Priest Charges by performing a Long Rest. Without extra attack you'll still be a "bad" martial even if you pump strength. You can pre buff with spirit guardians and use luminous Armour and synergistic gear to debuff anyone you don’t out right kill. BG3 High Damage Oath of the Ancients Paladin Build. I ran 5 Gloomstalker + 7 war cleric with a shield and it was fun because of the additional attack from Dread Ambusher. Basically a pure spell caster that can quicken spells, and are very threatening in melee. Not great at the job but better than nothing. But in keeping with the spirit of this build guide, here is my stab at a level split that tries to be a little more even-keeled. Of the cleric domains, War is the most relevant because: War God's Blessing helps the tank and other party members hit high AC targets War Priest extra attack charges give you an additional attack on turns when Great Weapon Master doesn't trigger Gloomstalker 5 War priest 5 fighter 2 - can be archer or melee, prob start fighter for con prof Fighter 11 war priest 1 - mostly a fighter with extra attacks from war priest, also some cleric utility for the multiclass I’m between going paladin or fighter, for paladin I found a 10 cleric/2 paladin spread while searching around, and for fighter maybe just going 4 cleric/8 fighter, gives me a lot of feats I guess, but that’s just off the top of my head Oath of the Crown Paladin Build for Baldur's Gate 3. Paladin 2 / War cleric 10 gives you a cleric who can smite your enemies. So if you pick war cleric before paladin 5, your second attack uses a war priest charge, and only your third attack will use the free extra attack from paladin Respec as a Paladin 5 -> War cleric 1 -> the rest should solve this issue. Additional cantrips like Guidance which is useful during world interactions and various dialogue checks. A 2, 5, or 6 level foray into paladin proper could help out your play style, but there's nothing saying a cleric of war wouldn't love going around basing heads for their deity. smiter bard at home: 10 war priest, 2 paladin. BG3 is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. Divine Strike: Once per turn deal 1-8 in addition to your melee weapon damage. You get Spike Growth from Nature Cleric and the good aura from Oath of Ancients. Nov 19, 2024 · War Domain: Features; War Priest Allows to use War priest charges to attack with bonus action. And for monk I was thinking shadow monk. The bonus action attack is occasionally useful when you run out of War Priest charges, but being able to make a whole other attack as a reaction is quite nice. This build is an absolute killer for Honour Mode. You get a lot more spell variety, an extra War Priest charge, and most importantly, a level 6 spells. Taking any action that breaks your Oath will summon the Oathbreaker Knight and temporarily prevent you from using your Channel Oath abilities. Given you are dual wielding, you can already attack with your Bonus Action. ) The three classic combinations are: 7/5 Paladin/Warlock (6/6 is also viable, 7/5 is particularly good with Oathbreaker): in terms of class synergy this one is the most interesting as it scales entirely off Charisma, you can smite with your highest level slot twice per short rest and you have three attacks per action. Aug 23, 2023 · I have a War priest of the orc god, forget the name of the bugger as I've not played that character in a week or so, most fun I've had so far. In either case you probably should pick one casting stat, get it to at least 14. At an absolute minimum, we need 3 levels of Cleric and 3 level 2 spell slots (ESL >=4). Thinking of going Paladin or Bard for my multiclass because of this reason. I see it being great early but not so much late. As a melee fighter though, Paladin trumps it 100%. It includes: 22 new spells (most with multiple ranks), talent tree for a unique build, 19 new passives, three powerful capstone auras, and a new resource - Holy Power. I'm going for a war priest that can be a party face. Could they do the normal 2 attacks and then a bonus action attack? You also get two attacks per turn like any martial class and the coveted sword flourishes. Gather your party and venture forth! Just a heads up War Clerics were changed from 5e, and in BG3 instead of using WIS modifier War Priest uses are Cleric Levels +1. I am playing with a paladin 8/cleric 1/fighter 3 build and it works good, you can potentially deliver a lot of attacks in a single round, but the problem is after the first attack the war priest charge is Paladin 2 War Cleric 10 is pretty devastating, IMO. Nov 1, 2023 · War Cleric extra attack charges are used before "Extra Attack" from fighter, paladin level 5. May want to level this as War Cleric 1, Paladin 6 for extra attack and saving throw aura, in order to get Tyr dialogue with Anders in the beginning. Clerics also make great tanks if you switch Shart to a subclass that gains heavy armor like: Storm, war priest, life domains. Use the level 4 Ranger feat to boost Strength, or take Polearm Master. War God’s Blessing: Endow a nearby ally with the glory of your god to grant them a +10 bonus to their Attack Roll. Something like 5 paladin + 7 cleric would give you access to two-weapon fighting style and extra attack. Imho being able to cast more hastes is better than action surge. Access to additional bonus action attacks via the War Priest feature. Just took buff spells from Cleric then went straight Druid, I’m only lvl 7 rn so 6 lvls in spore Druid I took 2 wis from my ASI with hags hair I have 20 wis. War Cleric works well for this since you have Guided Strike to help ensure you don't miss. Weird. — unsigned comment by 74. Nov 7, 2024 · War Priest. Sub-class of Cleric which gives "Heavy Armour Proficiency", "Marital Weapons Proficiency" and "War Priest", as well as "Divine Favour" and "Shield of Faith" at level 1. There's nothing wrong with sticking to War Cleric. ebz jvrufgg ljwio ouaa nplzvm oujxzr jduo xmr gvr raosyq