Kaylon

Didn't test lashes specifically but they should work like always did - ie the lash damage is multiplied by 1.2 if you have the corresponding elemental talent.

OK, I tested Durance's Staff and Stormcaller... Stormcaller main damage is shock and its damage (both types) is increased by Hearth of the Storm; also the shock debuff is applied before the hit (ie it checks always vs shock DR - 6). Scion of Flame however has absolutely no effect on Durance's Staff damage. The conclusion is elemental bonuses work only if the main damage is elemental and then both damage types are increased.

I did a few tests myself and I found a good news and a bad news. The bad news is Spirit of Decay stacks additively with the other damage bonuses. The good news is it increases also the slash damage.

It will use the default damage ie slash - It doesn't check which type does more damage, just the DR.

While Harmke killed innocent people he did it to save his own life, under the pressure of the crowd. He made a big mistake, however he's a normal guy and I think it isn't justified to kill him and the other lumbers just to punish him. A better option would have been to imprison him without killing anybody.

Runner's shot (and Wounding shot) doesn't work like a lash - the 80% is applied to the final damage (after DR) ie it sucks vs high DR targets.

The truth is lash+durgan enchanted > any proc. The only character who can make good use of these procs is the barbarian - because of carnage.

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Well, if you wait for lv15 there's no challenge anymore... Once you get the last abilities you can roll over the entire content left without resting...

With a speedy character it's possible to split some of them because some casters will stop casting their spells and will be left behind. With my solo paladin I beat them upscaled by tanking the fighters and some of their casters and then I finished the casters left, but of course I was lvl16.

Don't know if it's the same bug but I was also able to kill Osrya's cat (probably with some AoE spell) during the fight against her in the dungeons of Raedric's keep.

If you have a save before you entered the area then they should have normal stats again as long as you don't use quicksaves.

I think you encountered the same bug as me... https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/85766-302-cragholdt-bluffs-mercenaries/?p=1795595 which is apparently caused by multiple quicksaves in the same area. Each time you quicksave, some abilities of the enemies are added again and again, which explains their defenses/damage. From my experience the abilities that stacked were Sword and Shield and some fighter passives (Confident Aim and Critical Defense). To beat them I pulled them one by one and used potions of Wizard's Double which pushed the deflection of my paladin out of their hiting range (their accuracy was unchanged by the bug) - I think you can do the same with Eder... Then use attacks which target will/fortitude to disable/damage them. (Eder with upgraded Steadfast could hit them, Maneha too if she has the ability to target fortitude, priest/cipher spells too...)

Hunter's Mail is supposed to convert 20% of the damage received in healing over time, however, right now it has no effect.

It increases the base min damage, so it's an effective 10% increase to your average base damage which is further multiplied by the other damage bonuses.

It's not the min damage from the DR reduction, it's the min damage of the weapon - you just don't see it on character sheet, nor it's specified in the logs. It can be verified only if you pay attention to the damage in the logs which doesn't go under the new min. Confident Aim coupled with Comtessa Gage gloves will make fighter's damage nearly constant.

It's possible to have at the same time different effects which should trigger when you are hit (Binding from Binding Rope, Irritating from Lavender Wreath and Retaliation from Hiro's Mantle), however two of them are suppressed by the third. Is this intended or it is a bug?

The chanter has unlimited summons he can use like meat shields and kill with a bow. I think the encounter is doable with a speedy character and a bow. But you have to be able to tank a few ranged attacks or/and use some confusion scrolls to make them use their projectiles on other targets. I don't think a fighter can tank like the paladin or at least not reliably. He will be debuffed rather easily and then the damage will start adding up very fast.

Only the Liberating Exhortation can be used on himself.

Yes, Triumph of the Crusaders is very strong and has good synergy with Sacred Immolation. But Vigurous Defense coupled with Defiant Resolve and Faith and Conviction is the real deal... If you play it safe it's very reliable - keep your health maxed and use potions of Major Recovery. You can also drop a little your resolve to max constitution. Even if you're very unlucky and she hits you, the transformation won't last long enough for dragons to kill you because of the Major Recovery.

Even if it's not the 2.03 anymore I'm posting here my fight with Llengrath to keep all the dragon fights at the same place... https://youtu.be/T3iFg1qZT80 [media][/media]

Yeah, you should have done 1.2dmg instead of 11.2 - it's like if 10 more dmg were added from thin air.

The only way to prove it doesn't work is to calculate the min damage you can do with ambush and then post a screen where you do less damage than that. You can't prove a thing based on impressions.

Using an arquebus isn't gimping yourself, it's the best option in most situations - you don't have to believe me, it's simple math... Of course, it's your build, it doesn't have to be optimized. I just explained why the FoD damage with dual Bittercut isn't always better than with an arquebus.

I never said you should use only the arquebus to fight, however it's clearly better to start with an arquebus and maybe switch to another one or the sabres for the second FoD. The sabres are better against enemies weak to corrode but against the rest the arquebus will be superior because the DR is doubled vs sabres.