I am not a power gamer, but I know when something works. And my Baldur's Gate 3 party works very, very well. So well, in fact, that I genuinely think it might be the best combination of characters you can pull off outside of a fully min-maxed co-op run. For now, my fantasy of an all-druid Wild Shape run remains unfulfilled, but for my first playthrough, I'm pretty happy with what I've crafted instead.
I've already set out my campaign for why your first Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough should be a bard. Bafflingly high natural Charisma and the incredibly versatile Jack of All Trades skill means that you can usually ability-check your way out of trouble. That would make the bard up there with the best Baldur's Gate 3 classes even if it didn't also have Bardic Inspiration's boost to ally dice rolls and Song of Rest's teamwide heal. Naturally, to help my silver tongue shine even brighter, I chose the Dark Elf race for an extra boost to deception, so I'm lying my way straight through to Baldur's Gate.
