Might_and_Guile VS Deities-Of-Faerun

Might and Guile: Modular. Adds everything from additional thief, ranger, and bard kits to some fun multiclass kits (ie, the halfling slinger, a halfling fighter/thief equivalent of the ranger Archer kit) to a complete overhaul of the bard class, turning them all into multiclasses with passive auras (in lieu of modal bardsong) that cast spontaneously like sorcerers. I haven't played enough with all of these (especially the revised bards) to comment much on them, but the new kits are both distinct from vanilla kits and similar power-wise. The reworked stalker (loses mage spells, gains snares and shortsword/dagger mastery) and beast master (a shapeshifter-lite, it gains a spirit wolf buddy and a wolf and werewolf beast shape) are particular standouts - combined with the Improved Rangers component which adds a reduced backstab multiplier and improved sight radius for all rangers, it does a lot to carve out a proper niche for the class. The thief Ninja kit is also very fun to play, in both its single- and multi-classed versions: it gains several pseudo-magical abilities (such as reflected image, knock, and sanctuary), cast using ki points gained at every other level. There's a fantastic breadth of options, many of which feel well-suited for NPCs.

Tome & Blood, Might & Guile, and Faiths & Powers in effect overhaul most of the classes. T&B has some fun options for mages, specialist mages in particular, and sorcerers, including a Favored Soul kit that gains access to a handful of cleric spells. M&G bards are fundamentally different from vanilla classes - multiclass thief/mages or fighter/mages that cast spontaneously and use passive auras rather than active bardsong to aid allies. Very cool. And F&P's sphere system (I've been using nuFnP) makes clerics and druids feel totally distinct from each other. The elemental mystic druid kits feel (and play) totally different from, for example, the Hivemaster. Super fun.

If you like 3E bards you might like the bard overhaul in Might & Guile, which gives bards spontaneous spellcasting and changes their bard songs into something more like NWN2’s “inspirations” which can be active even while you fight and cast spells (for the most part).

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Well, yes, because it doesn't really feel they add much to the table. I wouldn't roll a bard myself either. But then I found the Might & Guile mod which tuned bard kits into multiclass kits... and revamped the songs... and I can see this community doesn't like rulechanges but this became one of my cornerstones of the game.

Deities of Faerun: many, many cleric and cleric multiclass mods, including options from demihuman pantheons. Note: not compatible with Faiths & Powers, or with the kits in Divine Remix: pick a mod and stick with it. I haven’t properly used this one in a while – if someone wants to weigh in with some more detailed comments, I’ll edit this section. However, some comments: First, this is in some respects narrower than Faiths and Powers, as it only affects clerics and cleric multiclasses, rather than paladins. I have to say that I found some of the descriptions a little overly wordy for my taste. Fleshing out the in-universe role of the deity/church in question is a nice addition, for sure, but I think there’s a middle ground. This is a minor stylistic quibble on my part, however. Note that the mod recommends not using it alongside components such as Tweaks Anthology’s “bonus APR for specialization” and “all classes have 4 weapon slots,” as DoF is perhaps more sparing with these things, reserving them where appropriate for more martially-oriented kits.

Divine Remix is an old mod no longer updated, I would suggest using Deities of Faerun instead : https://github.com/Raduziel/Deities-Of-Faerun/releases/tag/1.9.8

So far so good, I could call it a day and end my preparations here, but I am very much intrigued by the [Deities of Faerûn](https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/topic/30780-kit-pack-deities-of-faer%C3%BBn-bgee-bg2ee-iwdee-and-eet/) mod [Github](https://github.com/Raduziel/Deities-Of-Faerun/releases).