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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.

Let her kill Harmke.

Which predefined history? The Devil of Caroc must have died in your history in order to get the Breastplate. If you chose a history where she didn't die you won't get it. OR it's a newly introduced bug (wouldn't be the first time).

I think it's pretty awesome. What most people miss is that it immediately generates a wound (and an ACC bonus) as soon as you activate it. So you immediately turn mortification into wounds and get an ACC bonus with a chance that it continues and increases. Before the Shattered Pillar nerf I would have skipped it - but now you spend wounds on attack abilities and only generate new ones by auto-attacks. This is a hefty nerf. Having to stop spamming Torment's Reach because you need more wounds is bad for you. Also because the Shattered Pillar's dmg threshold for generating wounds much higher than that of other monks. If you can get additional uses of Torment's Reach from Dance of Death and improve you accuracy then in my opinion it's a no brainer. I like it even more on a Nalpasca because you can be supertanky (not get even grazed) but generate 2 wounds every few seconds from drug + Dance of Death. Obviously it's better when using the upgrade. Loosing its bonuses after one single hit is meh. "The Dance Continues" improves this a lot. I never regretted picking it. Maybe that would be different if I played a monk that gets pummeled all the time because then it's obviously very short-lived.

Arterial Strike with Body Blows + (upgraded) Force of Anguish = Death by a thousand steps. It's fun to watch. And both are so cheap. Same with Wahaī Pōraga is even better when meeting mobs - but you will lack the fortitude debuff.

ROFL. "Look, when I juggle overripe avocados with rubber gloves then it's no disadvantage that I have no legs. It's a myth that having no legs is a disadvantage when being a circus artist." Not to forget that the main problem of Two Handers vs Dual Wielding is not auto-attacks (or Primary Attacks) but FULL Attacks. It's the Full Attacks that make two handers strictly worse. Then at least they should be better with auto-attacks in general to balance that, shouldn't they? Or they should add something that makes them Superior to dual Wielding in some cases. +1 PEN is a first step and maybe it's sufficient. At least at PoTD it can be an advantage.