I’d love to see an unarmed shadow monk version of this build. The shadow thief ring that gives 1d4 to weapon or unarmed damage when the target is obscured inspired me
In more poorly lit areas you can swap out the Eversight ring for the Strange Conduit ring, activating the 1-4 Psychic damage by casting your 'Pass without a Trace' class action.
I am running Astarion as an open hand monk with high wisdom/strength/tavern brawler but your videos have inspired me to do a dark urge run dexterity based shadow monk. At level 5 now and it is really fun
I would love to know the answer to this question. Probably some combination of damage stacking from the Strange Conduit Ring (plus Resonance Stone), Drakethroat Glaive elemental weapon boost and lots and lots of critical hits EDIT: having reached this area, my second-best version of this build involves the Bonespike Gloves (which *ignore* resistance to Slashing, Bludgeoning and Piercing damage) and one of Orin's daggers (causes vulnerability to piercing damage with the first hit) On the other hand, you can get the armor without taking the dark side option anyway so why bother with second-best.
I’ve been playing with this build for the last few days and am at the point where it’s basically complete. I was curious if you thought about using helm of Balduran instead of helmet of grit. You lose out on that extra BA but crits won’t be a problem anymore and you get a +1 to AC, STs, and you can’t be stunned. Might be a good addition to the build.
The point of this build is to never get hit (or rarely at least) and do as much damage as possible while remaining in stealth. Another +1 to AC and saving throws won't help much when wearing the Risky ring. And the chance of copping a Critical hit is very low considering you should rarely get hit at all. Unless you find yourself getting Stunned often, then a better idea would be to replace Bhaal's amulet with Fey Semblance amulet which gives advantage to Int, Wis and Cha saving throws. This along with the Cloak of Displacement will generally cancel out the negative effects of the Risky Ring.
@krieger7828 Yeah mate, it's all good. I've been trying to change it up a bit too. Studying his play strategy has helped the most. Knowing how many attacks I have left and the stealth/suprise mechanics have been a bit of a head scratcher sometimes though.
Hey, great video! One question: How can you shadow step with Gontr Mael equiped? I tried that but it does not work, and I assumed it is because the bow emitts light. How did you fix it? Also, where is this extra lightning and necrotic damage comming from? Thx!
Actually I discovered you can turn on and off the light in the passive window! The only question now is where the lightning and necrotic damage are caming from@@leonardoeneria3100
@@AndreGusela my gauntlets give me necrotic damage on melee weapon attacks, the electric damage comes from the drakethroat glaive spell that can enhance a weapon of your choosing with a specific elemental damage
How do you have 20 dex? You used alert and savage atacker for your 2 feats and you probably used aunti ethils boon to get to 18 but i dont see how you got 20.
Shadow step might be one of the best abilities in the game
I’d love to see an unarmed shadow monk version of this build. The shadow thief ring that gives 1d4 to weapon or unarmed damage when the target is obscured inspired me
Me too. Can probably tweak the build to favor unarmed striking or probably open hand monk
Thanks for showcasing the darkness/eversight ring combo with shadow step.
In more poorly lit areas you can swap out the Eversight ring for the Strange Conduit ring, activating the 1-4 Psychic damage by casting your 'Pass without a Trace' class action.
that fire trap punch was awesome
I am running Astarion as an open hand monk with high wisdom/strength/tavern brawler but your videos have inspired me to do a dark urge run dexterity based shadow monk. At level 5 now and it is really fun
running both campaigns at the same time, but they play quite differently
Great vids dude
A dance of murder. Glory to Bhaal!
Gortash: TYRANNY IS THE ONLY WAY! GLORY TO BA-AAAARGHHHH [dies from 9000 stab wounds]
Dark Urge: don't mind if I PRAISE BHAAL right there and now?
Hey man, please drop a in-depth build and leveling guide please!
I want to do a good playthrough. What would your alternative armor be instead of Bhaalist? Or is that piece integral to build?
I would love to know the answer to this question. Probably some combination of damage stacking from the Strange Conduit Ring (plus Resonance Stone), Drakethroat Glaive elemental weapon boost and lots and lots of critical hits
EDIT: having reached this area, my second-best version of this build involves the Bonespike Gloves (which *ignore* resistance to Slashing, Bludgeoning and Piercing damage) and one of Orin's daggers (causes vulnerability to piercing damage with the first hit)
On the other hand, you can get the armor without taking the dark side option anyway so why bother with second-best.
can you make a guide about your build pls? amazing video btw
I’ve been playing with this build for the last few days and am at the point where it’s basically complete. I was curious if you thought about using helm of Balduran instead of helmet of grit. You lose out on that extra BA but crits won’t be a problem anymore and you get a +1 to AC, STs, and you can’t be stunned. Might be a good addition to the build.
The point of this build is to never get hit (or rarely at least) and do as much damage as possible while remaining in stealth.
Another +1 to AC and saving throws won't help much when wearing the Risky ring. And the chance of copping a Critical hit is very low considering you should rarely get hit at all.
Unless you find yourself getting Stunned often, then a better idea would be to replace Bhaal's amulet with Fey Semblance amulet which gives advantage to Int, Wis and Cha saving throws. This along with the Cloak of Displacement will generally cancel out the negative effects of the Risky Ring.
@@drew1665 I won't lie I thought that exact same thing after I posted this lol, but was just an idea.
@krieger7828
Yeah mate, it's all good. I've been trying to change it up a bit too. Studying his play strategy has helped the most. Knowing how many attacks I have left and the stealth/suprise mechanics have been a bit of a head scratcher sometimes though.
@@drew1665 100%, you gotta be pretty careful and precise with your movement and actions, been running into a lot of mishaps on my Play-through lol.
Hey, great video! One question: How can you shadow step with Gontr Mael equiped? I tried that but it does not work, and I assumed it is because the bow emitts light. How did you fix it? Also, where is this extra lightning and necrotic damage comming from? Thx!
Probs switch weapon for that while in transport
Actually I discovered you can turn on and off the light in the passive window! The only question now is where the lightning and necrotic damage are caming from@@leonardoeneria3100
you can also turn it off in the passives menu
@@unbidden6948 thanks. What about the necrotic and electric damage? Where is it coming from?
@@AndreGusela my gauntlets give me necrotic damage on melee weapon attacks, the electric damage comes from the drakethroat glaive spell that can enhance a weapon of your choosing with a specific elemental damage
Is there a reason you went with Tiefling vs Wood Elf?
aesthetics I suppose
How do you get scarlet remittance without having rhapsody equipped?
Where do you get the scarlet remittance condition?
can you explain how you got to 20 DEX? Looks like you took alert and savage attacker for your two feats, not ASI. Is Hag's hair +1, mirror of loss +2?
Hag's hair + Mirror of Loss gives +3 DEX
@@unbidden6948 great. Thanks!
Whar were the steps you took whilst levelling, which class did you start with and how did you progress from there, awesome build.
Or could you maybe do a more in depth build video, I think that would be great.
I want to adopt you
How do you have 20 dex? You used alert and savage atacker for your 2 feats and you probably used aunti ethils boon to get to 18 but i dont see how you got 20.
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