Errata: I'm seeing a lot of posts about this so wanted to clarify - turns out that the DC of your magic items is not based on the first class you took, but it's also not necessarily based on the last class you took. Here's a good explanation I found online:
"If your first level is in Sorc then any abilities granted by items or Illithid powers will use Charisma. If you then level into Cleric, all items and Illithid powers will now use Wisdom. If you now level back into Sorc, all items and Illithid powers will still use Wisdom. Items and Illithid power use the spellcasting ability of the last new class you leveled into. So now if this character leveled into Wizard or example, items and Illithid powers will now use Intelligence. If they level back into Sorc and then level back into Cleric afterwards, items and Illithid powers will still use Intelligence since these were both existing classes on that character. But if they level into Monk then the ability used for items and Illithid powers will switch to Wisdom again, since Monk is a new class for this character." (source: https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/185s5kl/determining_what_ability_modifier_casting_stat_is/)
Hope that keeps things clear when we're respec'ing!

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Life before death
Strength before weakness
Journey before destination

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One thing I really appreciate about bg3 builds, is that it forces you to build around the wheelhouse of levels in which D&D is predominantly played. Sure, the theoretical aspect of levels 13-20 are nice, and yes we've all had fun in a level 20 one-shot. But the value in fine tuning a character to levels 1-12 cannot be overstated. Thanks for the entertainment Colby, you made my workday a little easier 🎉

As a quick tip for anyone speed running the gear - for the Boots of Stormy Clamor, you do need to get the mushrooms from the Arcane Tower and finish that quest for Omeluum before he will sell them to you.

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dude. years, YEARS watchin vids, hittin like n what not. appreciate the vuilds/theory craft of bg3 or dnd. THANKS A TON

You can reach the Selunite Outpost in the Underdark before going through the Goblin camp. Get some invisibility, a potion/scroll of feather fall and go into the spider caves below the Blighted Village. Go to the cliffs where he Matriarch is at and you'll see the central, glowing green pit. Pop Feather Fall and jump into the pit, you'll float down into the Underdark right outside the outpost.

Didn't realize "apply a condition" was so generous in its definition - thanks!

In favor for Light cleric, Radiance of the dawn is a very nice big aoe of radiant dmg to start things of.

Just going to add my personal modification of this build if anyone else is interested and so I can come back and consult this in the future. I used this build on Shadowheart too so I didn’t need a lot of the party face options you get from Lore Bard.

I like Tempest Cleric far more than War cleric both because of channel divinity options and always prepared spells. In addition to those you don’t have to give up martial weapon and heavy armor proficiency (even though we are using medium armor here).

As such I tweaked this build to incorporate that (and nuking things with lightning+wet when applicable). So Tempest cleric to five to get Spirit guardians. Take the same equipment. Phalar Aluve being a finesse weapon really saves us here as it means we can dump our strength once we get it.  Strength and Charisma go down to 8 set Int to 16, Wis to 16, Dex to 14, and Con to 12. Con is a little low in this setup but I prefer the increased combat versatility and it’s so hard for enemies to hit us anyway.

The Gloves synergize really well with the thunder and lighting damage features of tempest cleric and with a few levels in Wizard we can pick up Lightning Bolt from a scroll without slowing down our spell slot progression. I personally went for a 4Wiz 8Cleric split to ensure I still get three feats as we are a little bit MAD in this build. Two ASI and war caster for advantage on concentration checks plus a nice opportunity attack option that synergizes with tempest cleric and glove features. Resilient Constitution is also viable here if you play around with the ability scores if you would rather have proficiency over advantage. Dealers choice here honestly.

Took Create/Destroy Water and lighting bolt to max out damage with Tempest Cleric while also getting a lot of the value Colby illustrates in this vid. Obviously the downside is this setup sucks as a party face, but fits pretty nicely for Shadowheart. Even fits thematically for her imo as it shares a lot with the build he did for her in the optimizing companions series.

Really happy with this setup tbh as it kind of allows you to have your cake and eat it too. Hope this helps anyone who isn’t jazzed on War cleric.

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I was certain that the ice breaker was the most fun build. I was blissfully surprised when I built this and absolutely wrecked the duergar hunters.  I literally giggled the entire encounter.

Fantasticly, brilliant build, Colby!

Little late to the party but I’ve been trying to decide which build to try/play for my very first honor run and I think I found it :) At first I was excited about cleric because I’ve wanted to play one and then you’re like “now we’re bard” and I was like awww. But bards are so strong I now see why. Keep up the amazing work, Colby! You and your channel are my #1 source of BG3 builds 🤙

Just a note I speed ran to the crèche for gloves and helm before I cleared the goblin camp and they killed Halsin, sooo rescue him first if you care

the markoheshkir staff also has destructive wave in its thunder setting, which is both htunder AND radiant. And friendly fire.

One more item: ring of mental inhibition. Anytime you deal damage with spirit guardians, they also take 2 stacks of metal fatigue. So now ALL saves are rebuffed by spirit guardians. It’s just silly.

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LIFE BEFORE DEATH!!!

STRENGTH BEFORE WEAKNESS!!!

JOURNEY BEFORE DESTINATION!!!

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