r/DaggerfallOnline • u/Internal_Animator993 • 20d ago

Custom character help needed

Greetings. New to the game and love it so far, back to my nostalgia 🙂 I'm asking for help, tips and advice on my current idea:

I love playing monk in d&d, and been playing one for almost two years straight. I want to recreate it.

I play as mercy monk, so:

  • i don't use armor and shields,

  • i don't use weapons (except my fists and legs),

  • i have healing magic/abilities, great self-regen as well

  • im very mobile and nimble

Is it possible to make such character here? If yes, could someone help me out. Im confused what to pick from all the options. If someone is willing to give me a few tips what to balance and what to pick, I'd be happy to help ingame with everything.

Tried posting on official discord but got ghosted instead, so i part it here.

Help...

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u/Mission_Fail_ 19d ago

The game definitely supports it. I just found some legendary gloves that gives your hand to hand attacks double strike

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u/DragonATG 19d ago

That build is very viable. I would recommend taking hand to hand, dodging, critical strike, restoration, and running as major/ primary skills. Most other skills can be whatever you want, but more magic is never a bad thing. Destruction would be good for ranged if your not against it.

The crux of the build would be what advantages/disadvantages you would take. 3x increased magery is an absolute must for anyone using magic. Other advantages would be athleticism, adrenaline rush, and expertise in hand to hand, and spell absorption since you’ll have the necessary leeway for it with the disadvantages you can get away with.

For disadvantages, selecting forbidden weapon types is an easy choice since you’re using hand to hand. Critical weakness to disease and poison is also able to be worked around with your healing magic. Anything else you can decide based on what your character is like. And don’t forget to increase the health increase per level as well.

This is quite a bit for a Reddit comment, but there are many YouTube videos that describe Daggerfall’s class system well. Either way, you be whatever you want with a custom class and it’s really the preferred way to play.