Malrats

Detailed breakdowns are always welcome! In the meantime, I made something myself based on two of the builds in the megathread here, primarily revolving around the "Sir Sit a Lot" build (it sounded really funny and lazy and I'm intrigued) but since that doesn't say much of what abilities to take, I also used the "Herald / War Caller aka "Sword Singer"" guide. I went with: Goldpact Knights/Troubadour, Pale Elf, Old Vailia - Aristocrat Might 16, Con 6, Dex 15, Per 18, Int 19, Res 4. (After bonuses. I don't have any Blessings.) Sword and Rapier for weapon proficiency. Paladin ability that I took was Flames of Devotion, Chanter I took Soft Winds of Death and If Their Bones. That's all I have so far. Oh, and I'm on Story difficulty.

Thank you. I was actually thinking of trying Paladin/Chanter but haven't been able to find a build for it yet. A couple of videos that made my head spin but that's really it. Otherwise I'm just going to go with the Monk/Wizard and be extra careful with using AoEs. But I do like the idea of the Herald, so I think I can safely say I'm narrowed down to one of these two. It's just a matter of finding a build for Herald--there's one for Sage on FextraLife as well as one on these forums. Not sure why I'm having such a tough time finding Herald. If you or anyone else knows of one that they could link me it would be most appreciated!

I may actually try this out. But is there maybe a multiclass that would go well with Chanter to make it ever so slightly more offensive? I know I read some things about them having summons, if I'm not mistaken, but maybe if I paired Chanter with something that has some offensive abilities it could still be simple to play but do a bit more damage? Just a thought, still desperately trying to figure out what to play. I'm 100% with you on the micromanagement and metagaming--I just can't handle it, not to the extent that so many of these really great builds seem to require.

I have a question about the Wizard spell warning: From what I've looked into, Sage seems to be more about fighting melee with Monk abilities and the Wizard multiclass is for buffs and the Spirit Lance that the build revolves around. Maybe I'm wrong about that since I don't know much about the game, but is there anything in that build that would be damaging my allies? So far from what I read, you're not taking any Wizard AoEs. Unless the AoE of Spirt Lance damages allies. As far as the two builds you linked, they sound really cool! Sadly I play on console and they both mentioned requiring a community patch to make sense/play correctly. But thank you for the suggestions and links!

Thank you for the suggestions, everyone. I’ll definitely have to take some time to sift through this. I don’t want anything where I can damage my allies so I’ll have to rule those out. The rest are definitely worth looking into, I think.

Hello! I've been researching classes and builds and such for two days now and still haven't landed on anything. I'm not going to be playing on any hard difficulty, so it likely doesn't even matter, but I still want to feel powerful and have fun. I'm hoping for something that's like...the coolest build possible without really having any tedious setup for fights. I guess I can deal with a buff or two if it's really necessary (So maybe Sage? But I can't find an actual guide for how to build it). I want to be able to control my character (and let companions just do what they do on AI), walk in and fight the enemies, not really worry about being too squishy and dying, but would also really like to do a lot of damage (AoE sounds extra good). I like to look cool so I traditionally go for classes who will wear armor and wield melee weapons, though I'm flexible with that. This may not even be a build that exists for all I know, but if someone can help me find something as well as link a guide that shows everything from character creation to skills to take at each level to equipment to use, I'd really, really appreciate it. I'm so lost in these types of games without guides like that but once I have them I have a lot more fun and can generally relax and focus. I know that I'm overthinking it and it drives me crazy, too, but that's anxiety for you. Even in video games! Ugh. Anyway, thanks a ton for anyone who can help me find a build. Edit: Worth mentioning: I play on console, so I don't have access to any mods. Anything that requires community patches, etc is unfortunately out of the question for me.