Personally I would ride that gravy train.

Fair enough!

I am very bored and cursed to doomscroll reddit alternatives at my stupid, stupid job

You know, I gotta ask... how come you're replying to a random six month old thread? I'm not mad or anything, just curious how you got here, hahaha.

This was similar to how I felt getting into the Legacy of Kain series on the first Soul Reaver, going backwards into the first Blood Omen and thinking "wow, a lot of people are Tony Jay in this universe!"

Man i gotta get back into bg3. I've got no advice though as I'm terrible at builds.

I would use a gnome rather than a halfling, they're specifically good at illusions and they're smaller than halflings.

That said I feel this build would be better in a real game of dnd since illusion magic kinda sucks in video games by comparison.

Kinda necro with this, months later, but my favorite caster combo with a vanilla 4 team has gotta be evoker wizard, arcane trickster rogue, star druid/ light or tempest cleric, and lorebard

Update: Hell yeah, FearTaylor's camp clothes mod absolutely has the drip to support this, and it feels decent to play as soon as you hit level 2 and get Shillelagh rolling off Charisma. Salami shillelagh is funny, but torch shillelagh is a beast. I think Mystic Carrion's torch in Act 3 might ultimately be my BIS weapon.

Looks good to me. I don't see any reason you couldn't beat HM with that build/party. Take it slow, full rest often (On my first HM I long-rested after every single fight. There is more than enough food to be picked up.). Have fun!

I'm playing by myself, gonna try it in honor mode with a party. DJ Shart as a war cleric and/or gloomstalker ranger, Necro Gale because I've heard it's interesting to talk him into going along with evil, and eventually Minty as idk, maybe an Eldritch Knight thrower. Something that doesn't use its bonus action much so she can toss around soul branding.

It'll probably be fine in a party, even though I know fuck all about building NecroGale. Whether I'll survive honor mode this time is another question. Mostly I wanted to see if anyone spotted a bullshit little gotcha that was going to completely break the build concept.

Interesting idea! Are you planning to play solo or with a party? If you're playing with a party basically any build can work. I don't know if this would work solo/HM or not, but the best way to find out is to try it!

Better, for specific situations.

The attack and spell save DC bump at 3 is really damn solid for casters in specific. Pair it with some acuity, and hello guaranteed control spells.

As a weapon used by a melee fighter? Not at all.

If it really lasts until a long rest thats pretty good. From 2 stacks onward the damage output should be better. +2(3) atk roll and +2(3) dmg vs +5% crit chance and ~+0.67 dmg from Organ rearranger

Looks like Rhapsody has an ability I didn't know about which lets you consume your +3 from Scarlet Remittance to either guarantee a crit, heal yourself, or give a target disadvantage on saving throws.

https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Scarlet_Feast

I still think which one is better depends on how many spells you're going to be casting.

They argued that getting the kills for Rhapsody was easy and the effect lasted until long rest.

My argument was KOTUMK was more consistent.

If you're a spellcaster, sure, just for the stacking bonus to spell save DC and spell attack rolls. But then it's better to compare it against a magic staff, not a shortsword...

For actually stabbing people, I think Knife of the Undermountain King is better.

I dunno, who told you Rhapsody is better and what was their explanation when you asked them how?

Mods that increase nudity in a game where you can run fully nude against any boss is an odd point of friction to me.

That and much closer quarters made everything real entertaining

Lots of summons and pets. Elementals and demons and animals.

For feats anything that helps resist breaking concentration. There are some class dips that can make a character a lot tougher in exchange for one or two levels. Doesn't have to necessarily be to wear armor but it helps.

I personally struggle to have my Tav not be a charisma class so I always only ever go sorcerer, warlock, bard, or paladin. And I only ever dip into pally. So I've never tried quite that combo.

That’s game’s obsession with surfaces and aoe was kinda ridiculous.

Some friends and I did an all spell caster party in Original Sin 2. There was a lot of friendly fire

I was thinking a dnd game gen where players and a games master could play together, basically taking the table top games straight into a video game.

Or, as @HeartyOfGlass suggested: campaigns as DLC/developer mods!

published D&D campaigns as DLC for Baldur's Gate 3

It would be the PERFECT way to breathe some new life into a masterpiece after many of us have completed the main campaign too many times for it to still be interesting but still ADORE the game and want to keep playing it!