I’m not fond of some of the classes or play as one myself and want else on companions, but I try to keep them lore friendly.
- Shadowhear I first made a monk, on 2nd playthrough first a paladin, but changed her to a Fighter eventually and I love the positive battle impact.
- Halsin I changed to a Bear Heart Barbarian. I’m not fond of Druids in fights, not sure why.
- Wyll I always respec, also not fond of Warlocs. He usually ends up a paladin, but I also usually don’t bring him along.
- Karlach I made a ranger.
- Astarion also a ranger.
- Gale I keep a wizard, because I cannot find any lore friendly class other than a wizard and also tbh I don’t mind wizards at all.
- Made Lae’Zel a Vlakith cleric.
- I’d respect Jaheira, but I cannot bear the fake sounding accent, so I don’t bring her anywhere.
After shadowheart got her cool weapon and armor, I felt like it was a bit of a waste for her to still be a cleric, so I ended up respecting her into a paladin.
I have karlac lvs in rogue just to get the extra bonus action from thief. I had way too many turns where my bonus actions were really strained. Also I guess being able to sprint more was also really helpful.
My dark urge character started out as a warlock. When I got the form change I wanted to see if there were any classes that buffed that up. It didn’t seem like anything gave much of a bonus to it so I gave up on using aside from one fight in act 3 where it was too thematic to pass up on.