Baldur's Gate 3 - The Fist of Talos (Deity Build) 

Love your stuff. Also the part about Elistrae’s followers not wearing armor, that’s just wrong. Her followers will wear little to no clothing during religious ceremonies, but that’s it. Day to day, adventuring, they wear clothing and armor.

Another great build! Loving your chosen of the deities ideas, very cool concept. Keep going brother!

Aye this is a fun build. The Storm Sor and Tempest Cleric is a common choice so its nice to see something a lot more unique. Talos isn't a god you hear much about in a casual sense and I know nothing about them but this seems like a very cool build to represent their wrath. Def keep it up with builds which are Not the strongest, at this point the meta builds are well established and boring, fun and thematic are much better.

I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with a way of the 4 elements monk build that's more thematic than your basic pure monk. Lo and behold, here you are with just the thing I needed. =D I love how all your builds are more about doing a fun theme and not just pure min max power builds.

Hey man, just wanted to jump in and say, as a dnd nerd who loves Eilistraee, I loved your Eilistraee video and I don't know what these people are talking about. From what I've read about it, the only time they'd be naked is during a particular time of worship and dance. Not on the battlefield. You did a great job. Now I shall finish enjoying this video XD

I love what you’re doing with your channel. This is a great game. I’ve also regularly played dungeons and dragons for over 20 years and monks are very multiple ability dependent. There are ways to address that, but I like that you are not letting that drive your build the themes make these characters very fun to play your build here makes me want to play this guy in a paper and pencil, dungeons and dragons game keep up the good work, brother.

Lightning charges also add damage to spirit Guardian so as a lvl 8 tempest claric you can just throw entire rooms of enemy's around just by walking!

I think you're doing great by interpreting the god based on the information given. People forget that deities have various aspects and not all clerics embody all of those aspects at once. Hell, even some Chosen of deities are only vaguely "on theme" with their deity, and in most cases not even clerics. Point being: you kinda stumbled your way into making more accurate Chosen character than the comments would lead you to believe. Great work, and I hope you also do race-specific deities in this series like Vlaakith and Lagduer!

You could take revify and imagine you are using magical electric paddles 😁. "Clear!" 😂

Good one, very thematic . I would also recommend a❤ Sorcerer1(storm) - Tempest6 - Land Druid 5. This way you get access to both main lightning spells, you get both main classes with their SC maxed, con saving throw proficiency and you are all about storms and nature. Give it a try.

well I am a lore nerd and talos is also known as the lord of storms - so your good in this case. known for lobbing lightning around FYI - talos is the god of storms, but not the god of the sea specifically - that would be Umberlee - AKA the bitch queen. Both are chaotic evil and sailors pray to both usually. There is a temple to Umberlee in baldurs gate (act 3) and a shrine to all gods where you can pray to talos and donate for a bonus if you want. Alternative talos build for you: The storm bow archer bard 6(swords), cleric 5 (tempest), wizard 1. starting stats: DEX and WIS primary, with some OK INT and CON, dump STR and CHA feats:SHARPSHOOTER, WAR CASTER gear: the lightning bow, the staff from lorican and whatever other gear you fancy. You get 4 attacks per round with your bow with haste + bardic flourish bonus ones for AC you get heavy armour + shield + haste bonus + shield spell reaction. for an easy 25+ AC end game. the staff gives you lightning charges when you cast, the bow gives them when you attack and you have shocking grasp for mele. you are a full caster with access to lightning bolt, chain lighting, call lightning all castable at level 6 and you get as many attacks as a ranger or paladin or barbarian pureclass and can cast haste on your self if you want.

Very Nice use of Way of 4 Elements. Spell sniper and reverberation gear went pretty well with mine.

I was just about to start planning my evil playthrough and this build is perfect for it

This is a cool build, kind of the vibe I’ve been wanting in my Tav. For sure gonna try it out.

Thank you for this build. I've been trying to combine monk and cleric for a monk of bahamut I wanted to create so seeing this build gave me some ideas and inspiration. Hope you don't mind me using this build as a jumping off point for that. keep up the awesome work :) the one thing I wonder which of bahamuts domain I should go for. Life or War.

Cant wait to run this and rp as a skyrim nord suddenly in faerun

An alternative to the strength would be either grabbing the club of hill giant strength or just use potions of hill and then cloud giant strength. you can then pump up your dex and wisdom and still get the benefits from tavern brawler and everything else.

Followers of Eilistraee don't fight in the nude. They wear armor. They disrobed for times of worship. Talos is a god of storms. His name is invoked by most to try and avoid his eye.

Love your builds! keep it up!

FYI, you still get unarmed monk bonuses in heavy armor and with a shield just not the movement speed. I would go strength and get tavern brawler feat, increasing strength and dex is hard to do but not impossible late game. Great ideas though :)

Awesome build, I'm using this as a guide for my Raiden (Mortal Kombat) inspired character.

Finally a Monk build

Loving all your builds! I just got done a tactician run with your Pscionic Warrior build and it was a blast incorporating all the different mind flayer abilities with it, seemed like the natural progression of that build and made tactician a little easier. Anyway, I had a build suggestion for you! Idk if you've played Elden Ring but I was thinking of a Sir Gideon Offnir build, he's basically a jack of all trades who uses spells from all the different schools of magic, this may be multiability score dependant but I would love to see you make it work.

you know your DnD lore much better than the sticklers in your comments :) Elistraees followers would be nude douring rituals, yes.. but they would absolutely wear armor for combat and adventuring. This DnD lore nerd loves all your builds, especially the deity ones.

Blue dragonborn, str(17) > wis(16) > con(14). Tavern brawler(str), str +2. Monk, 1x tempest cleric, 4e monk to 11. Run lightning trident, then thunder trident, shield, and heavy armor. You are now a dynasty warrior. My dude's name was Szaraketh stormfist. Can do either 11/1, 10/2, 6/6, 4/8(lose extra attack for +1d8 thunder to attacks and more spells). More cleric probably run the act 3 staff for extra lightning dmg spells.

Will you please make an element monk who throws the ice block.; or just give me a reply 1) Exactly how much strength does it take to lift the ice block? 2) Does barbarian bear ability, make it easier to lift the ice block? 3) are there any potions or gear that make it easier to lift the ice block? 4) Can you electrify or poison the ice block for electric or poisoning? 5) Can you oil/ on the ice block and use fire to blow it up? 6) can it melt/shatter/explode with fire/bludgeoning/grenades? 7) does it leave a water puddle when destroyed; if poisoned, electrified or oiled. Will it leave a corresponding puddle? 8) Does water bottle throwing get the tavern brawler bonus? 9) How many hit points does it have? 10) how many times can you throw the ice block? 11) can you cast spells on ice block? 12) buff it; meaning AOE spells? 13) If you cast a spell on top of it, then throw it; will the spell move with the ice block? 14) can you put items or creatures on the ice block and throw it, gnome with reduce person on top or a bottle of water or oil. I hope you see my comment. Please a video or just a response would be appreciated.

Would love to see a remaster of this as it's a build I'm considering for a full evil durge run. Maybe with a single level into storm sorc for flying??

HOLY DIVER

I totally understand not wanting to do loads of research into a topic you have only been introduced to... But the wiki is pretty good at delivering efficient info. Id say that it, at the very least, warrants a quick search if youre making a whole video series on it. Check the Dogma and the domains out for a well rounded, streamlined summary. It could help bring more creative opportunities for you as well!

I like your builds, but I think people get too hooked-up over CON. The HP difference between 14 and 16 CON is 12 pts at level 12. By time time you're L12 those 12 HP shouldn't make or break you in any way - you're dealing with huge attack pools at that point and lots of different magic items to mitigate it. The HP are far more valuable at L1-4 then after that. The main thing for CON is Check bonuses: if your build uses CON for Concentration spells/activities, etc then it's important to you; and even then it's just a +1 bonus: +5%.

Love this build as a start, but you are missing out on some lightning charge-Thunder reverberation synergy that really boosts this build: • hat of storm scion’s power - buffs your spell dc and spell save whenever you deal Thunder damage • spineshudder amulet - deals reverberation whenever you hit a spell • Thunderskin cloak - makes any creature suffering reverb have to roll to save if they hit you. If they fail, they’re knocked prone • ring of spiteful Thunder - when you deal Thunder damage to a creature suffering reverb, they have to make a saving throw or suffer dazed • the water-waterspark combo can become hazardous if you have a lot of melee brawlers in the area or if enemies aren’t grouped together. For this reason, Boots of Stormy Clamour may be a more appropriate swap-in so you’re still stacking reverb in place of lightning charges On top of that, I think taking a quarterstaff or trident could also benefit this build: • You can get spellsparkler early on and get lighting charges for spells/cantrips. Makes it to where you’re conserving the minimal lightning charges lost if you use a spell instead of making an unarmed attack • cacophony is also fairly early into Act 2, and would provide consistent Thunder damage for the reverb effects • in the late game, Markoheshkir can give you access to both free-use Thunder magic and some super powerful lightning magic that would otherwise be locked off to you • for more of a Poseidon flair and to buff off of Tavern Brawler, Nyrulna gives you a solid non-ranged option and insane Thunder damage. Plus the other passives synergize well with Monk.

Id add in 1 point in storm sorcerer just so you can fly about

I have been looking for a way to make a Lord Raiden from Mortal Kombat build and this is the closest to perfect that it is gonna be

Absolutely loving the builds! I was wondering if there's a way to make work a multiclass of Barbarian, Monk and Cleric. Almost like an unarmed berserking war priest.

Strength gives you more unarmed damage tho, it is applied twice with tavernbrawler

Who even cares if it's 💯 lore accurate. D&D is all about doing your own thing

I'm loving your videos on deity builds, I recently started playing and I'm not very familiar with the world of D&D and I had no idea about the Gods in this universe. I started watching and researching... at this point I'm kind of disappointed that I didn't identify a good option for a Half-Elf other than Corellon Larethian, which I don't feel would be appropriate for my more human-oriented background of the race. I'm even considering restarting my campaign to make an Eilistraee Drow as I fell in love with the idea of it being a very exclusive type of character. Anyway, can you recommend a deity for a Half-Elf Sorcerer/Cleric specialized in storm that is good/neutral (chaotic or neutral)?

What is that blue wind lol you should really show them all 11:30

Build starts at 4:30

Why monk first ? Cleric for the toy's thay become monk proficient possibly a bit better ?

you really should at least look at the forgotten realms wiki, loads of easy to find good info. Love the build, but Talos was a Barbarian/Reaver/Orc god, not a sea god. It would work if the guy was a pirate though... but Talos is mostly plainsland where you get big Thunder Storms.

Can you do a paladin build next please

Joe Frazier build

great build, but you should've bumped your rizzdom up to 20 OwO

very fun build. if i can ask, How would you go about building " Escanor, the Lion Sin of Pride" i was thinking paly/monk, but it unarm strike doesnt work with smite. thoughts?

Anybideas for a githyanky psyic monk or a dualweilding samurai?

Yeah, you could just read the Forgotten Realms Wiki article on the deity you're making a build for. That would show commitment and really not be that hard.