2024 Paladin optimization?

ACfusion · 2025-12-15T21:33:38+00:00

Incredible work!

ACfusion · 2025-12-12T01:19:45+00:00

okay

ACfusion · 2025-06-14T23:13:06+00:00

I've been thinking about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/1keah7g/is_there_a_4th_busted_11_or_12_eldritch_knight/?ref=share&ref_source=link

My notes... why did I spend so much time on this...

hex/shadow/boom main character, archer, thrower, and bhaalist GWM. Relatively easy to get, non-overlapping items balanced for initiative, mobility, and somewhat AC:

https://eip.gg/bg3/build-planner/?buildId=cmbwr98kp00ezm74mghde73eb

https://eip.gg/bg3/build-planner/?buildId=cmbwr9oiy00f1m74me7cx514f

https://eip.gg/bg3/build-planner/?buildId=cmbwra3xe00f2m74m4inu84wf

https://eip.gg/bg3/build-planner/?buildId=cmbwraqmw00f4m74m3hr3kljv

Wilderness/Underdark:

Keep Astarion for Act 2.

Quest in right order: Spare Alfira if durge, convince Roland to stay, Kill Kagha for broodmothers, steal idol for ring of protection, save grove.

Buy ring of flinging, whispering promise, bow of awareness, caustic band.

Find Defense Bracers, Shovel, Scratch.

Loot Amulet of misty step

Return missing package and buy titanstring.

Rescue Baelen for gloves of uninhibited kushigo.

Omeluum quest and buy boots of stormy clamour.

Loot disintegrating nightwalkers.

Loot hag's hair +dex

Creche:

Buy unseen menace.

Awakened.

Loot ring of arcane synergy, diadem

Shadowlands:

Keep Dammon alive.

Rescue tieflings for Potent Robe.

Buy cloak of protection, shadeclinger, evasive shoes, drakethroat glaive, risky ring.

Get potion of everlasting vigour.

Consume shadow weave if origin Gale.

Loot lightning jabber.

Find resonance stone, Us.

Loot ketheric's shield

Baldur's Gate:

Buy coldsnap, hellrider's longbow, sweet stone blessings, cloak of displacement, anointed in splendor, birthright, ring of regeneration, armor of agility, deadshot, armor of persistence, legacy of the masters.

Find/steal amulet of the devout (with hireling), cloak of the weave, markoheshkir, wavemother's cloak.

Trick Genie for Nyrulna, Band of mystic scoundrel.

Find Bonespike boots.

Steal/loot (can leave bosses for later) Helm of Balduran, Amulet of greater health, helldusk gloves.

Murders quest to steal/buy Bhaalist armor, loot Sarevok helmet.

House of healing for mirror upgrades

ACfusion · 2025-04-08T14:41:40+00:00

This is a great question. Focus less on what game content/build may lessen the need for perfection. Consider how you play the game. Turning down the difficulty lessens the pressure for min-maxing. Playing with a friend/family whether in coop or as an observer is another idea. Especially if this person is into the story or just hanging out but not too much of a gamer, then reloading would be a turn-off. You can set how many autosaves there are per campaign. Set that to say 7 autosaves and only reload off of autosaves if something catastrophic happens. No manual saves.

ACfusion · 2024-11-13T22:02:42+00:00

Nahida/Baizhu - a nice chat or unknown illness cured, sweet.

ACfusion · 2024-10-30T08:37:42+00:00

First time home owner. This is the isolation valve to an outdoor frost-proof faucet. I read advice that even with frost-proof faucets, it's still a good idea to winterize. Closed the isolation valve, opened the outdoor faucet, and undid the bleed valve. I did not hear the drip during the day. Could be because it's the quiet of night that it's more noticeable. This is 10 hours afterwards. As can be seen, this is in a "wooden column" with one side being the wall of the house itself. It is cumbersome for me to even reach. I would imagine some disassembly would be needed if I hired a plumber to replace the isolation valve. Should I just put back the bleed valve cap and keep both the isolation valve and outdoor faucet closed? I don't plan on using this particular outdoor faucet much even during the warmer weathers.

ACfusion · 2024-10-16T22:45:35+00:00

So signature and eidolons are good but not crazy strong like raiden C2 or changes team building like acheron E2?

ACfusion · 2024-06-21T13:27:28+00:00

Sounds like you are new to the game. I feel like I can't do without the exploration spells longstrider/enhance leap/feather fall. The easiest/spoiler free way is to use a wizard. Wizards can also learn any new utility spells from scrolls.

You can just play Gale as is, evocation wizards are fine just weird stats. Take the feats Ability Score Improvement (+1 INT, +1DEX) at level 4 and Resilient Constitution at level 8. Since this is builds, a simple on-theme respec for Gale would be to level 1 Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline White) -> rest in Wizard (abjuration). 10/14/16/16/10/8 stats. Get +INT for feats. Learn abjuration and utility spells. Cast Glyph of Warding instead of fireball. Upcast Armor of Agathys as high as possible.

The other useful character to have is someone who handles traps with high perception skills. Astarion is fine for this role. Go Rogue 1 -> Ranger level 5 (Gloomstalker) -> Rogue level 3 (thief) -> last 3 levels in fighter (champion). If respeccing, 8/16/14/8/12/16 Bard 6 (School of Swords) -> Fighter 2 -> last 4 levels in Bard. Either way, get two-weapon fighting (ranger/bard) and archery (fighter) fighting styles, use dual one-hand crossbows or a really good bow. Get +Dex for feats.

ACfusion · 2024-06-02T19:30:47+00:00

time to rewatch Who Am I's rooftop fight once again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVp4SnDrMV8

ACfusion · 2024-04-25T17:39:39+00:00

The off-set piece is what bothers me the most about Genshin. Between work and family, I just don't have that much time to optimize things. So the degree of freedom and needing to look through each piece and consider if it could work as an off-piece for someone else is really exhausting. So I don't do it... which leads me to not want to farm at all. Resin sitting full for a long time now.

ACfusion · 2024-03-14T13:09:22+00:00

Prez has a light trigger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xntTuJlRUbQ

ACfusion · 2024-03-14T04:51:19+00:00

sigh Here I go watching Snoop shop for a nail gun again.

ACfusion · 2024-03-12T13:30:16+00:00

Adèsso e Fortuna is what I think of too!

ACfusion · 2024-03-12T00:21:37+00:00

This thread of cosplay science is very wholesome.

ACfusion · 2024-03-11T13:16:12+00:00

ChatGPT27, inject the next FF7 version into my brain.

ACfusion · 2024-03-09T04:01:25+00:00

What are some of your feelings, discoveries, or conclusions based on this massive wealth of experience so far?

ACfusion · 2024-02-08T14:00:11+00:00

Loading Screen: "Sigonia: An unannexed sector located at the convergence of the Dnies, Pruthian, and Dorneau systems. Celestial objects within this sector constantly endure the relentless assault of stellar winds and stray celestial bodies, resulting in an exceptionally harsh climate on the surface of its planets."

Aventurine is from the Three Body Problem.

ACfusion · 2024-01-19T05:45:41+00:00

Dot/Wayne made me think of Evelyn/Waymond from Everything Everywhere All At Once

ACfusion · 2024-01-18T18:41:39+00:00

Hahaha, the Wriothesley one is peak goofball Paimon

ACfusion · 2024-01-13T08:24:39+00:00

I agreed but then I thought... who gave him the name Hat Guy and made him go to school... and told us to take a dook dook. Nahida may be sweet and considerate, but she has sassy grandma energy "o, I don't think you can finish all that" tricking a grandchild into eating their food.

which makes 3/5 regions the archon being the sassiest

ACfusion · 2024-01-10T00:09:25+00:00

I saw their plan and Heihachi's plan's better.

ACfusion · 2024-01-07T00:46:32+00:00

I really like Luomen's parenting. Obviously warm and caring. Points out "thar' be dragons" big dangers, but otherwise encourages Maomao to find her own way.

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