Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

Hello. New player to the game and NWN2 systems in general, some basic experience with D&D but not much. Roleplaying as the main interest/focus.

I would be seeking for some help/advice in regarding of building Warlocks. I have a Chaotic Evil Rock Gnome character I plan to be playing/roleplaying, but how to spread the status points, skills and so-on is a complete mystery for me. As mentioned before, I am not the most experienced of players when it comes to character builds in a D&D type character creation.

Any advice in regarding building the character would be more than welcome.

warlock "can" be somewhat complicated. it is fairly easy to play a blaster, but there are many aspects to respect while building. as far as being RP-centric. your warlock should be more than capable of this. my DC lock is high RP invested.

here are a couple write-ups to get you started on your lock

http://nwn2db.com/build/?86294

http://nwn2db.com/build/?86293

Well that's one of my concerns. If I were to go full-out with a Roleplaying build, or what looks nice and cool, how much will I shoot myself in the leg in the process?

Also, those builds are with (1) rank in rogue/cleric, which is afaik against the rules. minimum of (3) per class at above level 20 when multiclassing.

right. they are not specific to this server, but they will give you a pretty good idea of what route you want to go. after you decide what route you want to go we can help you flesh it out and there are some really good builders that watch these forums that can make it a solid build and what you want (RP-wse) as well.

i am more so showing you the write up in the notes section that goes into some warlock detail. one is for a blaster and the other a controller. there is a couple other build concepts you can work into like constitution based blaster or melee based versions of DC lock/blaster/constittion builds. first thing is understanding that each class has it's own RP considerations to them and do they fit inside of what you want for your concept.

Cheers for the help so far.

I have been reading Warlock lore a lot the last few days, and I definitely want to be rolling with one in RP. All I have been doing the last few days is reading lore and tailoring background/reasons/motivations and so-on.

It's just that the character builder allows more freedom than I am usually used to, and as said, even if I made a build focused entirely around roleplaying, picking things based on "oh, this looks cool!", that doesn't guarantee that it is going to work, or to have any kind of impact in gameplay.

Hence why I am asking for help with the builds.

Any case, I think I would be most interested of running with Controller builds.
Ps: got a PM from another player aswell, who's also helping with builds and stuff.

on my tab so cannot make a build. the builder is PITA on the tablet

ok so i am thinking a lock27/BG3. pretty good lock build pairing. will need 13 str and 13 int but the rest i would pump into charisma. can put 16 points into constitution for the HP's and if you start at 16 charisma that will leave you with only 11 in dex. not a huge deal as you can get +4 dex items now or you can get leaps and bounds for +4 dex and tumble. maybe start with str 12, dex 12, con 16, int 14, wis 8, cha 16. put your first stat increase in strength so you can get PA and cleave at 6 and 9. taking practiced at 3 and blind fight at 1. i would take the BG levels at 10,11,12 taking divine shield at 12. take CE and ICE at 15 and 18. in the epics take at least 3 great cha's and be sure to get eldrich master ASAP. can mix in some epic blasts to up your blast damage or can take epic spells you like.

should end up with a pretty good build that way. can swap in dark transient for ICE if you want. can play with it a bit to see what you want.