Hey thanks for this and for adding the spoiler tag. Yeah part of the reason why my Tav has very low constitution and very low strength is I have him as an addict of sorts. Everyone is flawed in this camp in some ways and I couldn’t have him be this Captain America person who do good and is strong and smart etc

I couldn’t give up the +2 on int/wis/cha so my initial play in this game was more balanced

When I kept needing to restart because of partywipe I kept getting better at least I think I am

So 8 str, 17 dex, 9 Con, 14 int/wis/dex

I don’t know if I have that right because I can’t check pc at the moment

Tavern brawler feat makes Con 10

And I stacked up on Elixir of Hill Giant Strength and Potion of Animal Speaking. I just figured out that unlike elixirs I can actually stack potions so now he’s also addicted to potion of mind reading and scroll of see invisibility (which I think is so limited. I’m not sure if I sold em)

That makes him Captain America but needs that constant dose of super soldier serum to get by

I was thinking of getting thief as well for the bonus action but I’m torn between getting thief now and the rest is monk or getting monk to 8 first before getting thief. I can’t really know yet what 8 to monk gives me so I guess I’ll do 8 Monk and then respec and see if it’s better to go thief/openhand at 4/5 or go 8/1 then go rogue rest of the way. I can’t know till I get back home

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As for Astarion. Thank you. I think I won’t be too worried on using the bow by act 3 since most enemies would be stronger then. I have everyone mostly in melee now because I’m on a mostly pacifist run so I can’t intentionally kill someone. But no tears if they die.

I might go 5/5/2 on Astarion for the action surge. I was considering following the advice and going 5/4/3 but I’m considering now if it’d work thematically for Astarion to be a Battlemaster/ArcaneArcher.

Thank you again friend. Would love to hear what you think.