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- EDIT: There is now an updated version of this build! • Baldur's Gate 3 - The...
Hi all! I'm here with the follow up to my last video, the chosen of Eilistraee! I really wanted to try and go for something similar to a Bladesinger and I think I managed to make something interesting! This build was really fun to make, and is one of my favourite builds for actually interacting with the game's story. There a ton of unique events and dialogue for drow in BG3, especially those alligned with Eilistraee!
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Drow (Seladrine)
Swords Bard 11/Life Cleric 1
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There is an updated version of build now available: th-cam.com/video/nnEULZnZGxs/w-d-xo.html
following this build and my head cannon is that Eilistraee came to my Drow Durge trying to drive her away from her murder tendencies
that sounds so fun for rp omg
A couple of notes based on my own playthroughs:
- Another good background would be Guild Artisan. Followers of Eilistraee appreciate all arts and trades, with a particular interest in smithing.
- Ranged weapons are heavily discouraged. There's a long story behind it.
- Sure, Eilistraee's domains are life, light, and nature... but I figure lightning and thunder are as natural as anything.
- This is one of those rare instances where an unarmored build would make sense. Every ritual and custom for Eilistraeeans seems to be clothing-optional.
That’s really good knowledge of the lore ! 🎉 all true
I was thinking how to make an unarmored build for Eilistraee's sword dancer. May be few levels from monk class or barbarian could work?
How would you build it?
Would be so nice to dance clothless for Eilistraee while going for Ansur for example
@@j1n2 going Barbarian would be the most efficient. Monk would be stronger but requires you to make unarmed attacks to make it work. So going dex barbarian or using potions of giants strength would allow you to reach good armor rating while not having to invest too many wasted point into wisdom.
@@j1n2 There is unfortunately not much in terms of multiclassing that will help an unarmored build. Monk offers some benefits but there's a lot of wasted potential in terms of weapon abilities.
Lore-wise, Valour Bard makes a lot of sense but using both CHA and WIS for casting feels like being spread too thin. I would just keep it simple, stick to War or Tempest Cleric, and use other means to improve your defenses (Defensive Duellist feat, Bracers of Defense, etc).
@@j1n2 maybe a dip into sorc - dragon ancestry sorc gets extra hp per sorc? lvl, while storm sorc gets to cast fly as a bonus action anytime they cast a spell, wizard might be something too, though I haven't really had the chance to try out many things yet, wizard would get to learn spells from scrolls too, at a cost, so theres that too, shrug just some ideas to toy around with.
If you use the singing sword from the under dark it’s a finesse weapon. So it works with dueling.
Only if you use a shield with it.
I tested, Phalar Aluve when used 2 handed doesn't get the bonus from dueling, it is a shame because you would not see Eilistraee dancing with a shield, but holding her bastard sword in 2 hands. We should petition Larian to include Finesse weapon as working with Dueling, 1 handed or 2 handed since as far as I know, Phalar Aluve is the only Versatile Finesse weapon :)
@@TheKaltezar I think there is a staff that is also versatile and finesse. There is another longsword that is versatile and finesse because my dude is dual wielding both.
@@TheKaltezar so phalar aluva and larethian's wrath are finesse long swords. Don't think there are any others in the game.
@Warbeast78 where can u get larethians wrath?
@@ninjaatnight4 act 1 the gith creche in the temple of lathander. The vendor sells it. So go there first before you go full Rambo .
If you can ever get dual wielding, and two weapon fighting style, then you can have them use both Corellon and Eilistaree's swords that you can find in act 1, which is kind of cool of like having Father and Daughter together.
Where do you get Corellon's sword? I just got the Aluva but not sure where to find the other
The creche at the Lathander temple where you go to progress Lae'zel's storyline. A vendor sells it. @@xagric1840
@@xagric1840you buy it from the vendor in the gith Kreche in mountain pass. It’s what I use in my swords bard dual wielded and yeah it’s pretty delicious
Githyanki creche quartermaster sells it. @@xagric1840
@@xagric1840 It's sold by a vendor at Créche Y'llek
the Duelling fighting style absolutely gives you a +2 when using a versatile in one hand and a shield in the offhand.
But it's worth noting that it doesn't work if your off-hand is empty
I don’t know why this video is what made it click, but it just occurred to me that Puss in Boots and Brook (OP) are both swords bards. I just found that so amusing, definitely taking this into a run, the idea of haunting music on the battlefield that you cannot find is brilliant
This was pretty much my build on my first playthrough. I didn't know Phalar Aluve existed when I played, so coming across it and finding the absolute perfect weapon for my character was amazing.
I was so tempted to make an Eilistrae drow when I first started the game, but didn't find a way to build my character that I was happy with, so just did a half-elf sword bard instead. Finding the sword was both amazing, and made me regret not commiting to it xD
Heyyyy I'm playing an Elisraee sword dancer! XD
Both in D&D and BG3. I love this character to death. I started in dabbling in the concept in 2019. Extremely high AC, decent melee damage,a skill monkey, and a lot of spare spell slot because I fight in melee. Also the RP is fantastic.
Can you give some pointers to the build?
@@Hjorth87For bg 3 or D&D?
For the Gloves of the Automaton you have to save Barcus Wroot at the windmill and again in grymforge, then invite him to join your camp (and possibly you also need to then take the option to *insist* that he join your camp). If you do all that, he will set up shop in the last light inn and sell the gloves
Just want to point out, if you want to power game just a little bit, grab the Darkfire Shortbow in Act 2 near where you get the Yuan-ti Scale Mail. Resistance to Fire and Cold damage is nothing to sneeze at on its own, but also a free use of Haste is always welcome. Plus you can use your ranged Flourishes with it.
Also another choice for gloves, I highly recommend the Woundrous Gloves from late in Act 1. A +1 to Armor Class, and an additional use of Bardic Inspiration.
If you choose to use a Shield with your sword, the Safeguard Shield can be bought right in the Emerald Grove and grants a novel +1 to all saving throws. So you have an awesome sword and a useful shield both in Act 1.
Great suggestions. I usually recommend the Darkfire Shortbow for a lot of my builds but I wanted to do something different this time.
Followers of Eilistraee don't use range weapons
Mine is a drow Bard colege of swords, who's a follower of Elistraee, I also pronounce her name like (Eli-stri-ae)! Love this idea!!!
This is my go-to kind of a build! Drow Bard, and I named him similar to Erevan as a devotee of that. Mine was a half-elf, but I love the roleplay interactions.
Really loving these Chosen videos. Be fun to see where your imagination takes you for each one.
I hope you do justice to Moradin, the Dwarves I feel are sadly underepresented in BG3, if I could suggest anything a combination of Cleric and Fighter, something simple and strong would suite well but I am eager to see what you do. Your imagination thus far has proven fascinating.
Fighter8(bm or ek) cleric2(knowledge, one of Moradin's domains, makes you a skill machine) Divination Wizard 2( because you know stuff, plus very powerful) . Guild Artisan for background. You get 3 feats, you are a tank with the shield spell, and I suggest picking the lucky feat to pass every check in the game.
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The first character I made was a seldarine drow with this general idea, however I went warlock. I didn't really vibe with it in the end so I just made another character and I've played up to act 3 now, but daaaamn this is gonna make me redo my drow!
I've been wanting to do this ever since I saw the sword dedicated to this Goddess, and I also wanted to do a Drow and Bard. This is perfect! I will be using this for my second campaign, and I'll be leaving the easy mode for the next level up! :3
My durge is a bard drow, follower of eilistraee, i chose cleric as another class at lvl3, for the sole reason of having her as my patron. :)
I've used this build for my second playthrough and I have to say, I love it. I'm not exactly using the same backstory you came up with, but the gameplay experience that you get with the drow, the bard, and that one level of cleric are super interesting and there's a lot of them. Thanks for this idea!
drow are my favorite dnd race of all time simply due to all the different lore they have and how some are evil and some are good, theres just so much going on, plus they look really cool aswell
I like this build so much that I have planned my version for when I'll be able to co-op with friends:
Build:
- Seldarine Drow of course, starting as Bard.
- Lvl 2 in War Cleric (there's a branch of eilistraeeans that are are devoted to war against demons and such) and then back to bard until Lvl 4 Bard
- Lvl 4 (3 Bard / 1 Cleric) College of Swords of course
- Lvl 5 (4 Bard / 1 Cleric) Dual Wielder feat for Phalar Aluve and +1 Rapier
- Lvl 6 (which should match finding the Phalar Aluve more or less) multiclass in PALADIN of the Ancients, whose tenets seem to have good synergy with eilistraeean doctrine until lvl 2 Paladin
- Back to bard until lvl 9 (6 Bard / 1 Cleric / 2 Paladin) and then back to Paladin until lvl 12 and ASI Feat for Charisma
- Lvl 12 respec to have 5 Bard / 1 Cleric / 6 Paladin to have Bardic Inspiration restored on Short Rest, Extra Attack, Aura of Protection and one 5 lvl spell slot
Core gear:
- Phalar Aluve
- Harmonic Dueller
- Diadem of Arcane Synergy (which stacks with Harmonic Dueller's skill)
- Possibly the Graceful Cloth to reach 18 Dex / 18 Cha, since taking Ethel's Hair wouldn't be in-character
The rest should be just to make the build stronger, like Whispering Promise (probably gonna cure a lot) to have higher attack rolls, Reverberation gloves and boots and so on. 18 AC total but AC can be increased with spells and skills. War Cleric is definetly not mandatory, I just like the idea of having Divine Favour for free, so it could be Life, Nature or Light Cleric too. If I really really want Aura of Warding from Ancients' Paladin I can ditch a level in Bard (that Bardic Inspiration restoration on short rest though, sigh) and go for 7 Paladin.
If my research is correct, this build is extremely lore-friendly, incredibly versatile and supportive, and can dish out nice damage too.
I quire like this! Can I recommend bg3.wiki/wiki/Larethian%27s_Wrath as your off-hand weapon over the +1 Rapier? It's looks absolutely badass with the Phalur Aluve and is another finesse longsword.
@@HoboZone Greate idea! Until I get to get the Harmonic Dueller in Act 3, which is thematically as perfect as Larethian's!
I love the idea of this build! I also love seeing builds that are focused more around theme rather than min-maxing everything. That said, one little tweak that I think might be nice for this and still stay on theme is going Light Domain rather than Life Domain. You get Warding Flare at level 1 of Light Domain, which allows you to use your reaction upon being attacked to send out a burst of light and impose Disadvantage, possibly causing the attack to miss. It's pretty awesome. Just my two cents, of course. Regardless, love this concept!
this is what I'm looking for, I been looking at Drow lore videos and I was trying to find something that can relate to my main character. I am definitely going to try this out thank you so much for sharing this!
This is crazy, just started playing the game and made a dnd character to play as. The similarities with this build are uncanny!
Love this. Build for a character not for power.
If you don't care about the Life,Light and Nature Domain, you can pick the War Domain (Heavy Armor + 2 spells who don't need Wis + 3 Extra Attacks p/long rest)
Yes! Especially with swords bard. Having the option to do a 3rd flourish using wp charge and bonus action can be super handy!
For archers especially, guided strike synergizes well with sharpshooter feat. War cleric is so versatile and I love it!
U know, Just today I made exactly that xd. A Swift dancer Bard/war cleric but mine is an orphan that escaped being sacrificed. Really going to enjoy the roleplaying aspect
@firemblemful sounds fun! Good luck on your journey!!! 😇
War and Tempest Domain also include Longsword proficiency, so you don't have to multiclass to wield Phalar Aluve. Or at least it opens up your options.
Very Similar to my Cleric of Eilistraee Build idea, 10Swords Bard 2 Light cleric, I really like Light Domain because of the Warding Flare, Imposing disadvantage on one attack each round is amazing and the Level 2 Channel Divinity is 2d10 + Character Level Damage Radiant in a big AoE and scales off charter level not just Cleric.
I considered light Cleric but I didn't want to have a bunch of wasted spells since we wouldn't be putting points into WIS. Warding Flare on its own might be worth it.
Were your character stats different to privilege wisdom more?
I loved this video, when I heard about the lore of Eilistraee I immediately fell in love with her! I want to make a build like that for my next playthrough !
My problem is that I reeeeally wanted to make her be part warlock SO that I could hit with my charisma ;-; (pact of the blade). And I’m REALLY trying to find an “excuse” as why an Eilistraee cleric would make a pact with another entity (obviously it would be the Archfey option, but even still..)
Maybe they were a Warlock before becoming a follower of Eilistraee?
Glad I found this, I had been wanting to make an Eilistraee devotee build recently. Although I was thinking some sort of combination of sword bard and paladin. This sounds like it might be better though, since you can take a cleric level to actually make yourself a worshiper of her. Pity you can't declare which god you follow with other classes.
If you play on PC, there's a mod for that over on Nexus. It does seem odd you can't claim a deity with Paladin I must admit.
HOLY SHIT
I was legitimately building a character meant to be a half-drow follower of Eilistraee! I was originally gonna make him a Paladin, but honestly I think Bard might be a better fit! Great job!
Same here !!
This build inspired my current half-drow twins playthrough. I’m just playing separate save files, but the idea is mirrored campaigns. Brother (Anansi) is tempest cleric of Lolth/spore Druid.
Sister (Fei) is a life cleric of Eilistraee/Paladin OotA/Lore Bard. Protection style fighting from paladin to impose disadvantage on enemies. Heavy armour and shield for high AC. Dumped Wisdom but only took 2 levels, so i selected sanctuary and create water. Put those points into Charisma and Strength. Dumped Dex and wear the gloves of dexterity for 18dex.
Got speak with animals for free from Paladin, most of the ritual spells in general, bunch of spell slots for those smite/healing/command/etc spells. She’s got so many spell options and ways to heal friendlies, or debuff enemies, or add terrain effects. I’ve just finished Act 2 and she is an absolute tank and so fun to play. Her party is Evocation Gale, MonkLock Wyll, and Barbarian/Ranger Karlach. One of the best team compositions I’ve made so far!
Thank you for the inspiration 😊
For a more melee focused version of the build, I went with Sword Bard (6) / Fey Warlock with Blade Pact (5) / War Domain Cleric (1).
This build lets you do 3-4 attacks with your main hand weapon without any buffs. Blade Pact makes it so your weapon scales with your charisma modifier and you cannot drop your weapon. War Domain lets you use a bonus action to make another main hand weapon attack, but only 3 times per long rest with one level in it. But it also gives you proficiency with all weapons, shields and all armors. You also get some useful cantrips and access to sanctuary.
If you're on PC and use mods, 5E Spells really spices up gameplay. Warlocks gets access to the Green-Flame Blade and Booming Blade cantrips. They also get Spirit Shroud at level 5, which causes you to deal additional necrotic, radiant or cold damage on weapon attacks.
Your build is strong and thematic.
lyre and flute seem closest to Eilistraee's favored instruments too - apparently the goddesses favored instruments are the harp, the flute and the horn - apparently there is something called a harp lyre - in real life anyway, so yeah - and the flute is just directly one of the goddesses main picks - so that works too - and hunting horn isn't really available in bg3 so, yeah, that just leaves the other two options to stay close to the lore, or such is what I managed to find reading around the internet.
also, small after thought - Eilistraee's clergy are actually noted for having portal magic after some fashion, mainly used for sneaking into Lolth controlled areas, it seems - so teleport would be something to consider at some point, just for lore, but yeah, there are probably better picks.
Been itching to play Drow and I think these two builds are perfect!
Really glad I found this video! I've started a few games as a Drow, and loved the unique dialogue options. My Drow Paladin of Selune had a very different conversation with Nettie just cause her immediate suspicion made me choose more cagey options, so I saw new things with her there.
I think this video convinced me to make this for my next character where I recruit Minthara on a good playthrough (now that that's an option without exploits). The enemies to friends (or lovers?) story is delicious, and I honestly don't know how she reacts to an Elistraee Drow since she herself is Lolth-sworn but also Lolth's biggest hater.
I could even give her a few levels in Fighter so she can get two weapon fighting and actually dual wield maces like she's supposed to. Evil Paladin and Good Bard fighting side by side with their respective dual wielded weapons.
I always like watching your videos, even if I'm not going to use the build presented, I like to see the creation, the idea behind it, the theme of each one, and the path you use to reach the goal in mind. I learn a lot and I've already had several ideas for creating my own builds, I'm currently doing a run with the pyromancer you did previously and it's been a lot of fun, the only thing I changed was that I did 2 levels in sorcerer for the metamagic. I would really like your videos to be seen by more people, they were of great help to me and I believe they would be of great help to many other people. Keep up the good work.
I've been looking for a build much like this, so I thank you greatly for making it
An alternate multiclass option, if you want to bump your damage significantly, is to take paladin 2, oath of ancients specifically, if you still want some decent healing and to also adhere a bit to the love of freedom and beauty of life and light that Eilistraee stands for
I hope eventually they make it so you can get god boons regardless of class. Also thanks for the video, a frontline fighter/healer is my favorite build for RPGs. There is a lot of romance in a character who can take damage, deal damage, and heal allies.
Nice job, I love thematic builds!
My main playthrough was a similiar thematic concept but I went at it a bit different. Given the selection in the game for a sword dancer, I opted for roughly equal levels in bard/monk and embracing the dancing aspect & devotion through music, to gain college of swords flourishes & also gain a few Elements monk moves that i could translate in my head. I do miss out on the actual deity tag (Why Larian why!) though, but I guess I could have dipped a cleric level. I really loved it, despite the stats spread. :p
A con of 12 was 'exciting' to say the least, but it worked out with the mobility and ways to avoid damage. Also, like you said this type of build feels really appropriate to be the face of the group, too.
Which class did you start with and what was your initial ability point distribution. This is a very tempting build for my first play through! And if you dipped into cleric, which would you sacrifice from, bard or monk?
Thank you for your video! My first full playthrough is a cleric/druid of Eilistraee, who is my favourite Forgotten Realms deity.
the wording in duelling is confusing but it just means you cannot hold a 2h weapon or a versatile weapon by themselves (ie when you hold versatile with both hands), and you also cannot have a weapon in your off hand
Holding a Versatile weapon with a shield satisfies both of these conditions, since a shield makes you hold the weapon with only one hand, while having no weapon in your second hand
im gonna try this build next, but im also of the mindset of "minimizing dump stats" so ill be going 8 16 14 8 12 16 instead. and as a side note int being a dump stat is so heartbreaking, youd think that in a campaign revolving mindflayers that int saves would be more important lol
I really wish INT had more uses in this game. Charisma is useful for half the classes in the game but INT only really has Wizard. I know Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster exist but they're not exactly popular choices.
@@HoboZone i know, right? i think the biggest fix would probably just be giving the illithids a bigger presence then just the final battle. or at least give some of the absolute the illithid powers too. there's a few mindflayer encounters in bladurs gate and rivington, but not in enough of a force to actually be a threat. and by the same time you get the chance to become one yourself (legitimately, i remember there being a glitch where you could become a flayer early, act 2ish?) its super underwhelming cause you still have all your, arguably better, class features on top of the illithid ones so you have to force in the illithid powers even moreso. and neither can even do the one thing the mindflayers are known for, Devour Intellect! neither the PCs nor any encounterable enemies can have a low enough int score to make proper use of the ability, with the exception of the tiny amount of goblins that just so happen to spawn as obvious fireball targets. or maybe officially add in the artificer class, at least giving us one other class that can actually use int in a substantial way
@@duncanm9818 kinda wish we got Artificer not gonna lie.
Dueling doesbwork with versatile weapons as long as you have a shield so that they function as a one hander.
One little fun thing I found for CHA classes, is you can get it to 22 without using a feat for it. Start at 17, use Ethel's hair for 18, buy Birthright in act 3 sorcerous sundries to get 20, and pickpocket Duke Ravenguard's longsword for 22. I haven 't tested if you can get it to 24 with ASI, the mirror, and the sword (no listed limit on the sword.)
I've found this, too. Haven't tested the mirror myself yet, but you shouldn't be able to go over 22 due to the limit on the hat. It would stop functioning if your stat is at least 22 without it.
I meant without using the hat. The hair to get to 18, ASI to get to 20, mirror to get to 22, and then hopefully Ravenguard's sword would allow 24.@@HoboZone
@@ttestagr I think that might work. I'd need to test it myself.
Just seen this after it popped up as a suggestion. Had the same idea, rolled a Drow cleric of Eilistraee back in the 3rd edition days. In BG 3 I recreated as multiclass, more along the lines of the goddess's class (brd/ftr/clr) and went with cleric 2, paladin 4 and bard 6. Real fun setup. Thanks for the vid....enjoyed it.
I did a build similar to this, but I had the dual weild feat so I could use both Phalar Aluve and Larethian's Wrath
It fits seeing as drow are naturally adept at dual weilding, and Larethian's Wrath fit in particular because Corellon is Eilistraee's beloved father
I just restarted a new character as I originally played a dragonborn, but I opted on playing a drow. This build was perfect since I wasn't sure about what I wanted. I did a barbarian folk hero, but I stumbled onto this video, and now im going to have a chat with Withers 😂
Ive had similar thoughts on when i first looked into Phalar Aluve on the Wiki when i found it. I knew i needed to do a playthrough as a good drow.
This then led me to go hang on what about adding a Minthara Romance, because how cool it would be have a Seldarine drow and lolth drow romance.
Then i was like well how do i justify doing all the bad stuff you have to do to get Minthara.
Then it clicked the redemption of the Dark Urge. Reject Baal and return to Elistraee.
All i needed was a build but i put that on the back burner because i now have several Playthroughs going already.
However this is definitely the build to use and im going to use it and use the Lolth build for Minthara.
Truly are the best BG3 builder. I literally havent gone anywhere else for build guides after finding your channel. So im very glad i stumbled upon you. Because every build so far has that theme or angle to it. That's what i enjoy.
That's an excellent idea for the playthrough. Glad your enjoying the content!
Thank you for making this video. This was exactly the kind of character I was hoping to make, both lore and playstyle.
i wish we could pick a deity for every class. i made my sword dancer a cleric because thats the only class that can pick a deity, and clerics are numerous amongst Eilistraee's followers
My drow is a following of Eilistraee. She is a ranger/rogue. Even took performance because her faith requires they play something.
Gonna do a male drow Bard noble. Trained to be a ruthless warrior at the Academy and raised into an elite Lolth sworn family they sought only their mother’s acknowledgment, but he was often neglected for the servants to take care of when he returned home during summer break.
One day he gets his chance to prove himself as he and band of other drow are sent to track down a runaway servant. While having first watch at camp he hears a song and becomes enchanted as he discovers a party of Elistrae dancing around the fire. His team notices he’s gone, they capture the servant who was a part of the party and the night before their execution he frees them. Running away and finding a new destiny in Elistrae.
I appreciate the lovely NieR background music.
I really love this build and can't wait to try it out, I always struggled to find a good class for a more heroic drow chracter and I really love the little bit of flavor the cleric class gives you
"in a similar fashion to a blade singer"?
BRO
The Blade Singers are her followers!
theres a sword you can get in act three that lets you do a performance check and if you succeed you can add your charisma to your weapon attacks. Could be a cool option for a duel wielding version of this
plus then you could use the shriek and then do an offhand attack
Those are really fun. Would love to see one for Laduguer next.
Perfect I wanted to make a bard but wasn't able to find a rp for her.
Hear me out, i think i've come up with a pretty decent build:
10 Sword bard/ 2 war cleric:
Rocking the phalar aluve all the way, starting with 17 dex + hag hair + asi would get you to 20. War cleric gets you divine favor, and even with 8 wis you could still get sanctuary. Second feat (or first) you go with great weapon master. The gimnick of the bouild would be stacking small dmg buffs on yourself with bonus actions, with divine favor+the conc. ring, which is +2d4, and healing word+broodmother amulet for a +1d6, plus the caustic band and phalar aluve skill for another +1d4+2.
Since you're a sword bard you'd wanna swing your sword, not cast spells from the back line. For magical secrets you'd take banishing smite and thunderous smite. With that and all your flourishes you'd really feel like you've mastered the sword. Basically all your spell slots would go into that, with the rest going into utility like enhance ability, knock and so on.
Later on you could boost your cha to 20 too with birthright and the mirror or go for 22 dex and one of the crit helmets.
Hey, just found your channel, thank you for your builds and especially for using Nier OST, when i realized it was "Grandma" playing at the background i was really happy.
I was struggling to get my protagonist bard to be effective at most things other than dialogue, I am giving this a go, with a few tweaks, because I am not a happy jolly Drow, I am a Lolth devotee and being pretty evil.
I would drop speak with animals as your second level bard spell pick since you get just a TON of options for it through equipment and other characters. Hideous Laughter is both incredibly thematic and terrifyingly effective for shutting down quite a lot of the games enemies.
I might do this build, maybe as a Tiefling. Since I feel like they, as well as Drow, get shunned because of looking like Devils, which would be very off putting to Faerun's people.
Plus: I have made a deity Paladin, an Oath of Vengeance Paladin of Selune
This video was fantastic! I think im going to have a great time when i get around to running this character! Looking forward to your other deity builds especially the Ilmater build!
Ive been thinking based on the wiki, its going to be some kind of healing cleric monk tank focused in monk but im not sure what other classes/abilities to use to optimize the build. 🤔
Anyway, good show! Looking forward to your next video! 😁
thats crazy i was literally trying to make this build myself over the weekend
She seems more like a goddes for bards. She likes music and dancing
For an angrier RP version of an Eilistrae drow, consider a Tavern brawler Berzerker5/Moon druid6/Light or Life Cleric 1. You won't get more class related unique dialogue options with any other race/class combo unless you pick one of Selune/Mystra/Shar as a deity.
Great build! Stole your idea and made a few adjustments 😅 My favourite build now!
Another great build!!! love the diety based builds but..I would love a specific 3 class build, but leave it to you to be able to min-max it how needed. A Dex based Monk/Barbarian/Rogue Maybe a 6/3/3 or a 5/4/3 split. I would love to see a theme as well although I can't specificially think of one! Anyway, keep up the great, great work!!
Here is a build idea, a self-hating half-drow priestess of lolth.
Lore wise there was a disagreement between lolth and corellon larethian when they were lovers. Lolth wanted more, and some sh-t went down bad. Originally drow were created in lolth's image by corellon larethian because he loved lolth, but because lolth is literally like a crazy-ex she wants to corrupt all drow since its a way of hurting corellon larethian as he is like the father of all elves.
I think a half-drow could have disdain for their darker herritage because of negative experiences that shaped their believes. Like lolth, they'd hate elves in general and moreso that because they are a half-drow (a thin blood): they are a perversion of corellons image.
I think a half-drow might come oto the conclusion to worship lolth over their shared hatred of things elf and fey.
Dumb and stupid backstory? Yes absolutely. Edgy? 150%, I'd be careful with this amount of edge since you could cut yourself on it. I'm thinking war cleric/barbarian/oath breaker paladin. 2 pally for smite, 5 barbarian for extra attack, 5 war cleric for war priest charges and level 3 spell slots.
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I just started a similar build. I plan on going Paladin 2, Bard 5, Fighter 5. It will be a strength focused dual wielder using two longswords, because duh, Phalar Aluve. lol. I'm only 5 levels in at the moment but already having fun with it.
This is the build I am doing too, its Bard/Paladin with the Paladin Deity mod, sadly the extra attack of the Warpriest was clashing with two weapon attack that uses bonus action. Warpriest should be fine with one weapon, but I was using two finesse longswords.
Hey !
Great video, so well explained and shows your knowledge ! I always wondered what kind of class/persona would align with what I liked and this is perfect ! Thank you for this, makes me want to restart a run with it, thank you soooo much ! :D
On another note, can you tell me what is the music you used in the backround ? Fell in love with it ahah
Thank you again ! :D
I can't remember the exact name of the track, but I'm pretty sure it's from Nier Replicant.
I don't think you need that many healing spells that basically all do the same in the end. You can only use one on each turn anyway for the very same cost each and can be 'upcast'. One single target and one heal-all is enough. Why pick another heal all??? Makes no sense to me. Your performance as a healer is not getting better because you have more of the same.
You should definitely have picked 'enhance ability' as well for your protagonist build! It gives you Advantages in so many conversations! I would say it is a MUST for any talker other when friendship isn't an option.
Other than that, I thank you very much for the inspirations your video has given me! I play a Bard Warlock at the moment but next time, I will definitely make a blade dancer!
This looks amazing. Looking forward to playing this build. Just two questions, is it possible for you to show how the character creation of your character as she looks great and what companions do you recommend for this build?
I can give you a written guide for the character here:
Seledrine Drow
Head 3
Dusk Skin Tone 7
Tattoo 44
Eyes - White 1
Makeup 5
Braided Bunches Hair
Hair color grey 0
Purple 7 highlights
I can't really recommend any companions as it's really down to personal preference since they can be any build. You'd want to do all their quests anyway.
Since im gonna do your selune shadowheart build. Im gonna make mine sword bard more offense by taking wizard to learn multiple scrolls. Plus the wild magic gale is gonna be fun.
What is better when you are the durge of this
With a shield it does work with dueling
This is awesome! I think I'm definitely going to use something like this, I like the whole redemption/good drow idea a lot. One question, does picking a male or a half-drow instead of a full drow change the build/rp at all?
you play it however you want
This is my first build for BG3 and it’s so much fun.
Was wondering, and I don’t quite know where else to ask this, but do you have an Arcanist build coming up? I think that would be fun for a second play through.
Thanks so much!
When you say "Arcanist", what exactly do you mean?
@@HoboZone I just read my question. First rule: no posting before coffee. I mean Artificer. Sorry.
@@BelitSeri I've tried to make builds that replicate Artificer, but I couldn't come up with anything I liked. I figured I could make a wizard that uses crossbows and such, but none of the stuff that felt on theme is available until the late game.
I might be able to do something with it in the future, but not now.
that looks cool I really want to play that.
I've actually played a very similar build to this in actual 5e, was an eloquence bard and I did take a lot of the same spells
Eilistraee's name has a kinda unintuitive canon pronunciation: EYEL-iss-TRAY-ee.
Congrats on 100k views!
Non-5e players going 15/17 always hurts. Just stick to 16 charisma and pick up Resilient:Constitution at level 4. Stats might be lower but concentration checks proficiency is too good.
This might seem like a dumb question but when should we multiclass to cleric? Can we do it at level one or just whenever? Also great video!
I'd say grab it as soon as possible to get the dialogue early. Especially since a lot of the Elistraee dialogue is in the underdark.
@@HoboZone Will do, thank you so much! 😊 Also do we switch back bad forth every level or just remain a cleric? Sorry, I've never multiclassed before so idk how it works 😅
@@Anarchy_Angel94 just take one level of Cleric and go the rest Bard after that
@@HoboZone Okie dokie, thanks again lol 😊
Drow get faerie fire later on in levels… but it is a good spell.
One Question, Phalar Aluve is a Longsword, how do u get proficient in longswords if your not going Valor bard or War/Tempest cleric?
Bard gives you Longsword proficiency by default
@@HoboZone
Holy crap I don’t think I’ve ever noticed that, even in base 5e, thanks for letting me know
a lil stuff to know.. Eilistraeedoesn't love and allow ranged weapons.. expet if there is no other option (like no other weapons around)
I've heard this. Do you know the lore reason for why they discourage ranged weapons? I can't find it anywhere.
@@TsarPandaIII couse, when her mother, lolth, tried to kill his father, corelon, she cursed her bow, so while eilistraee shoot an arrow to kill an enemy of his father, her arrow canhed direction and hit his father.. since than, she dosent like ranged weapons
Just don't go running around with a silver sword of Eilistraee, the Gith might get confused, as a note I'm sure Druid (Ranger?) or Cleric (Nature) would work too, recommend cat familiar if you get one somehow, you should probably take harp(or horn) as the instrument for a bard, for spells, radiant damage over fire damage to stick to the theme she is more about that moonfire than actual fire
think one part dancer, one part hunter, one part crafter, one part moonlight, some enchantment, and all parts silver, weirdly tho she used bastard sword when feel like a scimitar would of made more sense...
Don't sit on that second life cleric level. Preserve Life is level dependant not Wisdom and at high levels its a significant group heal. Plus the Turn Undead you get at 2 Cleric is not out of character for a good character built to survive the Underdark
I hear Phalar aluve 1-4 Thunder damage is PER HIT, meaning that it should work for magic missile too, right?
There nothing on the wiki that says it doesn't work. Try it out! I would expect it to only work with weapon attacks bit I might be wrong.
It does work with magic missle and all other sources of damage.
Eilistraee Sword Dancer's aren't bards. It was specifically a cleric domain (which was never ported over to 5E). What you're trying to do is more so the bardic College of Swords which does exist in 5E (just not in the PHB). Had they included alot of stuff from the DMG and Xanathar's Guide you would of had alot more options.
With most recent patch using duel crossbows have been slightly nerfed for this build but could this be placated by swapping the Gloves of the Automaton with Gloves of the Balanced Hands giving you Two-Weapon Fighting and then forgoing the ability improvement for the +1 CHA/CON for Dual Wielder?
You don't actually need dual wielder for dual crossbows, only Two-Weapon Fighting. I only really splashed in the crossbows because I didn't have any other ideas at the time, they're not necessary to the build. if you did want to use them though, I would grab level 1 fighter as our starting level to grab CON save proficiency and weapon/armour proficiency as well. Final build would be Fighter 1/Cleric 1/Swords Bard 10.
Otherwise, the darkfire shortbow is just a great ranged weapon anyway.
Btw, i noticed in the showcase 21:59 you have the spell magic missle, but didnt pick it up as a magical secrets spell, how did you get it?
It's from the crossbow in our off hand, Ne'er Misser. It deals force damage and allows for a level 3 cast of Magic Missle once per long rest.
Oooh nice thanks for the reply man
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The one thing that sucks is there is one sword for this Cleric class in game and you can't even use it cause it's Martial. I miss the older system that gave you a weapon type your cleric gods approved too.
This. Light cleric feels the best for this even with them being the best for melee range and they can’t be proficient. You could always tempest cleric.
Great Video! would this build work with a half drow too?
Yeah it can work with any race really.
where exactly do you get that helmet? i can't believe i haven't found it before!