MULTICLASS BUILD
Are you an aficionado of Necromancy but without having to summon armies of undead? You enjoy a build where you can actually roleplay a bit with the more nuanced, darker sides of life… and death? You like a build that comes alive before reaching Act 3 so you don’t have to bench your character to prevent it from dying all the time until it finally is strong enough?
Then this might be the build for you.
Starting off, you will rely mostly on the Triangle of Death, consisting of Bursting Sinew, Toll the Dead and 
Bone Chill. Only to build and expand upon it by leveling up.
Preferably you want to have hit level 6 of 
Cleric before you get to the Underdark.
As your Archmage of Necromancy I am obliged to instruct you in the ways of applying torture through the use of the different spells of the Triangle. You will want to..
Use Bursting Sinew against enemies with low 
Dexterity.
Use Bone Chill against enemies with a relatively lower AC. (Armour Class.)
Use Toll the Dead against enemies with low 
Wisdom.
I won’t bore you too much with the technical details of the build so let’s get down to the actual build. Levelwise you ultimately will want to build towards a: 8 
Death Domain Cleric / 2 
Necromancy Wizard / 2 
Circle of the Spores Druid.
Wisdom, especially will be your dominant ability. For the ones still uninitiated in the ways of Multiclassing, this means that either Cleric or 
Druid needs to be the last class you take your first level in, since these two classes use Wisdom predominantly for their offense.
Optimal Race: 
Wood Elf, 
Wood Half-Elf or you could use 
Shadowheart after tweaking her abilities a bit with a little respec!
Why?: These two races make use of 
Fleet of Foot. The more movement you have at your disposal, the better.
Abilities:
Level Progression
- Cleric – Cantrips: Bone Chill, Toll the Dead,
Guidance and Bursting Sinew. (Take them all 4!)
Domain: Death Domain.
Deity: Doesn’t really matter but Tiamat has a nice touch to it.
Skill of note: Reaper! - Cleric – Prepare Spells:
Bless, 
Command, 
Healing Word, 
Guiding Bolt and 
Inflict Wounds.
Skill of note: Touch of Death! - Cleric – Prepare Spells:
Spiritual Weapon and 
Sanctuary. - Cleric – Prepare Spells:
Hold Person! Then either 
Aid or 
Enhance Ability.
Cantrips: 
Produce Flame.
Feat: 
War Caster. - Cleric – Prepare Spells:
Spirit Guardians! - Cleric – Prepare Spells:
Glyph of Warding.
Extra Prepare Spells options: 
Revivify, 
Mass Healing Word.
Very important skill: Inescapable Destruction! - Cleric – The new Level IV spells are not very good. Prepare any of the previous available spells that fit your need.
- Cleric – The new Level IV spells are not very good. Prepare any of the previous available spells that fit your need.
Feat: 
Dual Wielder!
Skill of note: Divine Strike: Necrotic! (Use this with your two Hand Crossbows!) - Wizard – Cantrips: Booming Blade,
Light, 
Minor Illusion.
Spells: 
Shield, 
Longstrider, 
Magic Missile, 
Feather Fall, 
Enhance Leap and another spell. (The first three I mentioned are the most important ones.)
Cool new feature: You can now learn scrolls! 
Circle of Death and Dethrone are Chef’s Kiss! - Wizard – School: Necromancy.
Spells: Not crucial for the build. Free choice.
Passive feature of note: 
Grim Harvest. - Druid – Cantrips:
Thorn whip and 
Shillelagh.
Spells: Longstrider, Healing Word, 
Thunderwave, 
Create or Destroy Water.
Replace Prepared Wizard Spells: Remove Wizard’s Longstrider and replace it with something else.
Replace Prepared Cleric Spells: Remove Cleric’s Healing Word and replace it with something else. - Druid – Subclass: Circle of the Spores.
Interesting Spells to add: 
Ice Knife, 
Faerie Fire.
Skills of note: Symbiotic Entity and Halo of Spores.
Alternative Gear & Weapons:
The Build Planner shows the most optimal equipment but the alternatives are good replacements and/or can be found way earlier in the game.
* The Warped Headband of Intellect can be used during the short period you are a Wizard to increase the power of offensive scrolls.
Helmet
Act 1: Holy Lance Helm, Warped Headband of Intellect*, Circlet of Psionic Revenge.
Act 2: Holy Lance Helm, Circlet of Mental Anguish, Fistbreaker Helm, Circlet of Hunting.
Act 3: Hood of the Weave, Holy Lance Helm, Hat of the Sharp Caster.
Armour
Act 1: Luminous Armour, Hide Armour +2 or any other Medium Armour.
Act 2: Luminous Armour.
Act 3: Armour of Agility.
Cloaks:
Act 2: Fleshmelter Cloak.
Act 3: Cloak of the Weave.
Gloves
Act 1: Hellrider’s Pride.
Act 2: Luminous Gloves, Hellrider’s Pride.
Act 3: Gloves of Dexterity, Gemini Gloves, Luminous Gloves.
Boots
Act 1: Boots of Striding.
Act 2: Boots of Striding,
Act 3: Helldusk Boots.
Weapon
Act 1: Melf’s First Staff, Sorrow, Blood of Lathander.
Act 2: Blood of Lathander, Melf’s First Staff, Sorrow.
Act 3: The Markoheshkir, Staff of Cherished Necromancy!
Off-hand/Shield.
Act 1: Safeguard Shield or any other shield.
Act 2: Melf’s First Staff, Incandescent Staff, Sentinel Shield.
Act 3: Staff of Cherished Necromancy, Markoheshkir.
Ranged:
Act 1: Take 2 Hand Crossbows, 1 in each hand. Anyone is fine, but the enchanted ones are always better.
Act 2: Take 2 Hand Crossbows, 1 in each hand.
Act 3: Take two Hand Crossbows, 1 in each hand.
Amulet:
Act 1: Periapt of Wound Closure, Amulet of Misty Step.
Act 2: Amulet of Misty Step, Amulet of the Harpers, Periapt of Wound Closure.
Act 3: Amulet of the Devout, Fey Semblance Amulet, Spell Savant Amulet.
Rings:
Act 1: Ring of Protection, The Whispering Promise, Sunwalker’s Gift, Coruscation Ring.
Act 2: Callous Glow Ring, Ring of Mental Inhibition, Ring of Spiteful Thunder, Ring of Protection.
Act 3: Coruscation Ring, Callous Glow Ring.
