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Yeah... But a resistance to intellect afflictons completely removes confused since it's the lowest tier intellect affliction. And that removes the problem with Terrify immediately without the need to tinker around with your self induced resolve afflictons. The only thing is you need two Vithrack brains for the enchantment of the Breastplate. You can buy those at Splintered Reef. Breastplate is the best way for a Berserker/something to remove confusion because it also has a speed buff and gives you +2/+2 resource points (in this case +2 Rage and +2 Guile).

Yes - everything with an AoE attack that transports procs from abilities is crazy. I'm pretty sure that we will see a nerf of those mechanics at some point like we had in PoE. There I once showed how you can use stuff like Knockdown or Envenomed Strikes in an AoE with Spirit Lance or Minor Blights and soon after that it got nerfed so that the AoE "blasts" didn't do that anymore. I wonder why they did the same "mistake" in Deadfire again. They already nerfed Rod Blast from transporting rogue strikes but did not nerf Lance and Blights or Hand Mortar etc. So either they forgot or they follow a "step by step" nerfing protocol.

Reading really weird texts that were written while under the influence of narcotics gives you headaches... No wait, that was real life.

The most powerful combo is Lance + Stunning Surge. In addition to that you can get +10 INT for your Lance AoE via Duality of Mortal Presence. Lance + Arterial + Gouging Strike solves most encounters as well. Also Riposte with Lance is pretty hilarious. Lance with high INT (cast Infuse wVE first) and Toxic Strike does enormous AoE DoT damage. Lance with Cleaving/Mob Stance is also very nice - but you need multiple engagement slots for getting attack speed bonuses from Mob Stance. Besides that, Mule Kick + Lance is hilarious as well. And also Clear Out + Lance. All three combos are very nice. Even Wizard/Barbarian and Wizard/Paladin are great when using the Lance. Blood Thirst + Lance: ouch...

Right. I mean you can multiclass Fury with Bleak Walker and Take Scion of Flame, Spirit of Decay and Heart of the Storm in order to have +3 PEN with Fury's natural weapons in addition to the stacked lashes of Wildstrike and FoD - but actually the +1 PEN and increased range of the Fury are enough to make it a viable Nuker. You can just skip the Spiritshift. However - the Fury/Bleak Walker idea is a bit more versatile because it combines +3 PEN with FoD attacks and +2 PEN with your spells. Of course the lower power level hurts the spells a bit.

I don't know how it scales now to be honest. I guess with MIG and PL but it was some time ago I tested WFlames myself. And I don't know how Spirit Lance + White Flames would behave either. I tested the Lance a lot recently but White Flames was not yet among my "test subjects". The Lance is not always triggering stuff in an AoE - for example it doesn't trigger Carnage on its AoE hits. It also doesn't apply the pike modal (-10 deflection) to all enemies, only the initial one. It does apply stuff like Flames of Devotion's burning lash with the AoE though and also the Sickened affliction of a Bleak Walker's FoD. I would really like to test White Flames with the Lance because I'm curious myself - but unfortunately I'm not at home until Friday. Maybe somebody else can step in?

Yeah yeah. Luckily I never had to repeat a year so I can't give you any tips how to survive the 4th grade as a 16 year old. Pants with stripes and a Capt. Sharky backpack maybe? Good luck with the fraction arithmetic this time!

Urgh - thanks for testing.

I still have some hangers during fights even though my hardware is pretty decent.

So... repeating a year or did everything go smooth this time?

Oh, school vacations again?

Being the snotnose that doesn't even try to help but makes snarky remarks to people who are trying to help is not really helpful either. Who released you from your kennel anyways? @OP: wrote you a PM.

Well Sonic is not finished with the fuzz I guess. For me the narrator is totally fine. That's because I always have to listen to the audiobooks of my kids who like stuff such as Bibi & Tina. Tempers you... Edit: no! Don't google that!

Sonic boy, what's up? Also renitent? How annoying... Stop squeaking around in the thread we want to read please.

There is a market for single player games. If it's smaller than the market for multiplayer games then perhaps produce less expensive single player games, eh?

Hush now Sonic. The grown ups want to read the thread.

Wizard casts 2 buffs as fast as a barb can cast Frenzy. And if he wants to add another 2 it will cost him less than a second. I can't see how others already killed lots of stuff in that time.

@last question: no. Base heal per proc is 14 points. White Flames triggers twice if you are dual wielding.

Makes sense that the benevolent solution means to spare Harmke - hence I got the Breastplate.

Hm... maybe those: - single class Barbarian with Wahaī Pōraga and Heart of Fury. - Wizard/Rogue with Spirit Lance + Toxic Strike - Helwalker/Rogue with Wahaī Pōraga and Toxic Strike - Wizard/Fighter with Spirit Lance and Clear Out. - Monk/Wizard with Spirit Lance and Stunning Surge/Heartbeat Drumming/Swift Flurry - single class monk with Wahaī Pōraga and Whispers of the Wind. They all profit from broken mechanics around AoE weapons. I guess those will get nerfed soon. It's just too good. At least in encounters with a lot of enemies.

Doesn't sound very impressive... But in addition the Berserker has a 30% hit to crit conversion while under the effect of Frenzy. That's not too bad. I'm playing a Devoted/Berserker atm and the overall hit to crit conversion of 30% from frenzy and 25% from Disciplined Strikes (combined that is roughly 48%) is cool. Multiclass Berserker: def. fun and powerful. But it's far from the best. I have a single class monk in my current party that does better. Basically because of Stunning Surge only.

If I understood it correctly he was talking about "D&D Video Games" and not the Pen & Paper version (only int the last part). Those are two different licenses with two different license owners (atm Atari?). What you linked is about the Pen & Paper version. But even if it sells better than ever that doesn't mean that it's not still a weak return on investment. I have no idea about return on investment when it comes to D&D though. I like that they sell more because that also means that this hobby is not dying out too soon which also means we will see more CRPGs - I guess.

Whoa I'm confused... spare... kill... Which does what? I used the benevolent history last time and got the Breastplate. Can't say what happend with Harmke in that predefined history though.

If your defenses are very high then yes.

Why is Fury underpowered? However - Shieldbearers of St. Elcga are known to be diplomats. Diplomacy and Insight fits them. That would be my first choice for the multiclass. The second one would be Beguiler. This can cover the mechanics part and mind control. This combination is rather unusual because Shieldbearers are honest but Beguilers... not so much. You can pick passives with the paladin mostly because if played correctly, Beguilers can cast deception spells all the time. The occasional Flames of Devotion will give you good focus. Actually while writing this I realized that this turns out to be a Deadfire version of my Counselor Ploi build from PoE. It was lots of fun. Multiclassing with Streetfighter and using Apex Ward and Inspired Beacon would most likely be the more popular choice.