I started as Gale on a whim on 10th of July 2026 - Bg3 is my comfort game these days so fuck it, what's yet another Honour Mode run?
The party
Gale Wizard: Evocation 5
Blaster wizard who rarely got to blast! I was just short of Level 3 spells so was not too exciting. I had him with higher Con and lower Cha so while he had more HP I failed a lot of Persuasion checks.
Lae'zel Wizard: Bladesinger 5
Bladesinging is always cool, one of my fave concepts. Boiled down to just Lae dual-wielding and occasionally Bladesinging (only 2 charges so was not often used).
Shadowheart Wizard: Abjuration 5
I had an idea to make her a sort of frontline tank but it never really popped off.
Astarion Wizard: Divination 5
I heard Divination was Op so went for it; was initially thinking Necromancy but it's so weak compared to Death Cleric. It was kind of annoying as when I had Portent Dice it would ask constantly if I wanted to use them and the rolls sucked.
Timeline of events
10th July 2026 - I managed to make it to level 4 and had just cleared the Goblin camp when I decided to push onto Flind's cave. I let them kill the two guys and go inside as usual but then as I set down some smokepowder barrels at the mouth of the cave I was caught and combat initiated! One acid arrow later andthe whole party was wiped.
As this is not my first rodeo I was not too upset, I barely reacted to the ending. I decided to honourably delete my save file and left it for a bit; I hopped back on a New Game later and got as far as I did in 8 hours in 4 hours. I went with a different setup: Gale locked in as Wizard but SH as Stars Druid, Lae as full Ranger, Astarion as Lore Bard. Basically all the stuff I never use/otherwise multi-class. I decided against Sorcerer for now, that's for the Durge run and is powerful. TBC.
Assessment
I was kind of bored - I hate long resting so my Wizards were reduced to cantrips and crossbows, not very exciting but it was mostly working. I use a lot more exploits now where possible (explosive barrels and whatnot) to reduce playtime and grind. I prefer my new 'under-used classes' party headed by a full Wizard Gale. I always multi-class away from Ranger so will be interesting to see full Ranger 12 (loving Swarms so far) plus Starry Druid and Lore Bard (loved Swords, others are eh).
