However, any race will work just fine.
Your subclass will havea major impact on roleplay and story choices, so choose carefully.
You’ll also getEldritch Blast, which is an excellent source of ranged damage.
Divine Smite is one of your greatest assets.
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Paladin 4 / Warlock 1
Feat
TakeSavage Attacker.
This causes melee weapon damage dice to be rolled twice, and takes the highest result.
This gives you ahigher chance of rolling crits.
Hold PersonandMisty Stepare now always available for you.
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Paladin 5 / Warlock 1 / Rogue 3
Subclass:Thief
Select theThiefsubclass.
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Paladin 5 / Warlock 1 / Rogue 3 / Fighter 1
Your final class will be fighter.
SelectTwo-Weapon Fightingfor your fighting style, since you’re dual-wielding, and this increases off-hand damage.
The more attack rolls you make, the more chances to roll a crit.
If you use Action Surge, your turn could havefour main hand attacks and two off-hand attacks.
This race and class combination will alreadyincrease the number of critical hits you’ll makeandthe damage they’ll deal.
Any armor slots not mentioned below are open to be filled with any equipment you like.
While two-handed weapons are an option for a melee crit build, go withdual-wielding.
This allows you to havetwo weapons which decrease your critical hit roll.
It also allows you to make sneak attacks, since your weapons will be finesse.
At player levels five and ten,you earn an additional beam.
Lasts until a long rest.
Lasts until a long rest.
This isplenty of spell slotsyou’ll be able to expend ondivine smiteand other spells.
Lightning charge can be a very powerful feature to build a character around in BG3.
Flinging lightning around has never been so satisfying.
