You mentioned playing an archer in BG1 and then dual to mage or cleric. I could be wrong but I don't think you can dual a ranger to anything except for a cleric. You could just go with a regular fighter and put most of your proficiency points into longbow and then dual into a mage...
It may take a while to regain your fighter skills and you won't be able to get 5th level mage spells though. Even just going to level 3 would provide significant bonuses such as: a net gain of 24 HP assuming 18 constitution, weapon specialization, an extra proficiency point, ability to...
That's not a difficult number for any ranger to hit, no matter what weapon combination they are using. Does a battle master do a little better than a baseline fighter? Sure! But a hunter does better than a baseline ranger. Many of the spells a ranger would even want to use as...
This multiclass has become incredibly popular in the community for one reason - Monks in Baldur's Gate 3 (unlike in D&D) do not lose access to their class features when wearing armor. Taking your starting level in fighter gives you heavy armor proficiency and weapon proficiencies w...
If you're willing to tinker a bit in EEKeeper or the like, dual-classing from plain fighter to a specialist mage becomes possible. Specialist mages do have additional stat requirements, so keep that in mind if you want it to be a "legal" build. Another weapon I'd sug...
I am considering making a Swashbuckler->Cleric Dual-Class and wondered if it would be worth my efforts. I would level it up in a solo/easy mode run and then use it on a heart of fury playthrough duo with a Fighter/Mage after it is a full swash/cleric. So I don't mind if it ...
Dual-classing at 9 is quite sensible. You'll want to grandmaster your primary weapon eventually, if only for the extra half-attack, but you'll get plenty of proficiency points in the long run. You don't have to do it right away. ...
For character with access to fighter HLAs (GWW) it's more of a situational thing. The greatest pure damage output can be achieved with GWW and whichever weapon has the best damage. But pure damage is not always king. People praise Carsomyr a lot, but from a pure damage perspective, it...