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Actually, never mind with the Brute question. I found some older posts that explained the advantages of Berkserker/Devoted with Morning Stars

Great--Battlemage it is then! Back to the Spellblade: you said that self-damage would break invisibility, right? So blood mage might not be the best subclass, or does it not really matter? Finally, I wanted to hear your thoughts on Brute (barbarian/devoted)--not necessarily for my party but more in general. For my prior playthrough, I used a Howler with Long Night's Drink and Willbreaker to do the whole Fortitude debuffing thing. Would a Brute be doing similar debuffing, just trading the chanter stuff for the tankiness of a fighter? Or does a Brute fill a totally different role?

You're a legend! Thank you for such a detailed and thoughtful reply! Both of these options seem appealing, but the standard passive healing tank seems like the safer pick. This is so cool--I'm sold on this character as my cc/debuffer. I didn't know that the Assassin's 25 accuracy was global, so thanks for clarifying. And I love this idea too. I've seen this idea mentioned in some of your prior posts. Sounds very strong. Given all of your input and the fact that the Spellblade (assassin/wizard) sound so fun, I'm now questioning my Battlemage pick. It seems too redundant to have both an assassin/wizard and a fighter/wizard. What do you think? Is Citzal's Spirit Lance worth the redundancy? I'm trying to think of something that has synergy with the rest of the party... Here's my updated list: Herald (paladin/chanter), Kapana Taga and Lethandria's Devotion ?? Priest Spellblade (assassin/wizard) Seer (arcane archer/ascendant), Frostseeker

@Boeroer thank you for reviewing and providing feedback. By the way, I loved the build ideas that you featured in the video with @Aestus. I didn't play the game upon release and am very grateful that the community is still semi-active. 1. I had planned the Herald to be a tank but hadn't though much about the build itself. Can you please help me to understand why WotEP (with Offensive Parry) wouldn't be a great choice mechanically speaking? Is it that a Herald specifically doesn't benefit much from the available action economy that WotEP provides? What weapon would be a great choice for a main-tank Herald? 4. (You're right that the Battlemage is intended to fill the offensive tank role.) Can you say more about the Assassin/Blood Mage? Specifically, what about the Assassin makes it great in the CC/debuffing role? 5. Assuming that I've got main tank (Herald), off tank (Battlemage), support (Priest), and CC/debuffing (TBD), do you have any specific recommendations for this 5th slot? I think answering that may help me decide on #4. Thanks again!

I'm planning my 2nd Deadfire run (PotD, upscaled) and looking for recommendations on how to round out this proposed party. Herald (paladin/chanter), Whispers of the Endless Paths? Battlemage (wizard/fighter), Citzal's Spirit Lance Priest ?? ?? What are some good classes or multiclasses to round out this party? Are there any powerful or interesting weapons you'd build around? I'm open to small tweaks for the first 3 characters if it helps to enable recommendations for the 4th and 5th slots (please do let me know if you think the 3 proposed characters won't work somehow, regardless of the 4th and 5th slots). Finally, I'd prefer not to play a full class Monk, as that was my MC for my first run. Thanks!