Strength based pure throw rogue idea
Strength based pure throw rogue idea
Suffering from chronic restartitis I’ve just had an idea about a semi unique build I have not seen much discussion about anywhere. I’ve been wondering whether it would be viable or not.
As per title, the gist of the build is going full rogue- but instead of going full DEX we would keep it just high enough to gain +2 to AC and instead go full STR. The benefits of this would be:
- Longer jumps
- (literally) Reliable pushing thanks to profeciency in athletics and the lvl 11 reliable talent
- Sneak attack procs from throwing daggers, which combined with Tavern Brawler could do some serious damage - havent done the math though.
- More carry weight obviously
- could equip one of the
versatileedit: finesseable longswords and take advantage of GWM while still being able to proc sneak attacks
The cons would be lower AC and worse sneaking and pickpocket, though the Reliable talent again would solve those issues at lvl 11.
As for the subclass Thief would work best for extra bonus action I think. Though assassin would probably work too? The guaranteed crit throw sneak attack would obliterate an enemy before the combat even started.
Have anyone tried this?
Edit: as for race obviously Githyanki and maybe Shield dwarf would work best for free Medium armor prof.
Edit2: fixed mistakes
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Isn't there still a bug where throwed weapons disappear? That would hamper a throwing build quite a bit. Nice idea nonetheless.
There is a spear in Act 3 that returns to your inventory upon throw.
I honestly can't remember where I picked it up, but I had a spear that did just that and I'm pretty sure I got it in Act 1. I've barely scratched Act 2, and sure haven't made it to Act 3 yet.
Edit: Just looked it up. Here's the spear: https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Returning+Pïke
Edit 2: I don't know the difference between a spear and a pike.
Nice, didn't know there was one in Act 1. Also didn't know the difference.
But please, don't use Fextralife wiki. It steals from other wikis and inflates the streamer numbers by embedding the Twitch stream on the sidebar.
Would not work for this build as spears are not finessable.
You could always have a hirling spec into Eldritch Knight, make a weapon their bound weapon, and then give it to your thrower.
Then you can just use your favorite dagger in Act 1.
No idea. You could just stock up on generic daggers and throw those. No big loss if some got lost.