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All active/offensive abilities such as offensive spells (but also Carnage for example) get an accuracy bonus based on character level (+1 per level): https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/Accuracy#Abilities

In PoE, everything that says anything about "speed", "attack speed", "action speed" and so on only affects recovery. Deletrious Alacrity of Motion is that same. What it is actually doing: it sets recovery time to 50% or in other words: it halves your recovery time. There is nothing that affects "action animation", "casting time", "action speed" or "action time" in PoE - except Dexterity. DEX affects those AND recovery at the same time. That's why it's even worth investing in DEX if you already have 0 recovery. If you want to know what exactly happens with all the different "speed" bonuses and also DEX, you can use this tool which is implemented with the same algorithms as in the game: https://naijaro.github.io/poe-speed-calculator/ PS: in Deadfire there is indeed "action speed/time" and r"ecovery time/speed" as separate stats - those can be influenced by different buffs in different ways. But not in PoE.

You can't. As soon as combat ends (which is the point when you would be able to pick up loot) you will leave he map. I know no workaround for that. Hitting the pause key like a madman doesn't work. Auto-pause options also won't trigger. But since they are only standard enemies the loot won't be exciting anyways.

I just remember that the Titan with those numerous annoying ads was pretty tough and the inside of the ruins also wasn't a walk in the park.

Currently the forum keeps logging me out every few days - despite me visiting the forums every day. This is new and it's a bit annoying tbh. This happens on mobile (Chrome/Android) as well as desktop (Chrome/Linux).

Thanks a lot! ❤️

Celebrating my 50th birthday. 👴🏼

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I'm pretty sure that's a vanilla game issue. You can also keep summoned or "natural" weapons with the help of Spiritshift/Form of the Fearsome Brute, Draining Touch and Minor Blights*. So something with the implementations of "switching forms" and "switching weapons" along the way is not 100% watertight. * for example cast Minor Blights, then shift into an Ogre, then the right Ogre Fists weapon gets replaced by a minor blight - bc. they rotate elemental types and this will summon a new form of blight weapon every time, even when you are shifted and cannot cast, then when the fight ends before the Minor Blights and Fearsome Brute spell runs out you will transform back into your normal form - with an Ogre Fist in your weapon slot which you can use like any other weapon (it's auto scaling). They are actually pretty good because they always interrupt on crit. And they make a funny boink sound when striking with them. Same can be done with spiritshift weapons or the one handed Great Sword of Citzal (PL9 wizard spell). That's all without any mods.

Yes, I would never skip Thunderous Blows unless I'd only do CC or summoning or so. As soon as you want to deal damage (be it with weapons or spells) the +2 Penetration will be very beneficial. It's not even about the +5 Might. Also in case of Thunderous Blows you are not combining "+dmg received" with "+Might" like with your Helwalker Wounds which boosts self damage twice, you "only" add more Might and you take away wounds in the process which isn't nearly as bad for self damage. Also your healing power goes up the same amount as your self damage goes up. If I didn't mention it before: a pet that adds "heal on kill" like the cat Cajux can be very helpful for a build that has lots of self damage (you can even combine this with a pet like Abraham on Edér. It adds a smaller heal-on-kill effect to all party members. This is only doable though if you have unlocked some Berath Blessing points and use them to give Edér a pet slot. You can also unlock Berath Blessing points with a little cheating/altering the file. Or you can just replace the file with one that has all the Berath Blessing Points unlocked..). Anyway: a Helwalker/Bloodmage can kill weak enemies pretty quickly and the heal-on-kill numbers scale with Might. That can spare you a lot of other healing options which might cost some resources (spell or ability use, potion etc.). Also if you have a Priest (highly recommended) then Triumph of the Crusaders is an excellent spell to put on an offensive Helwalker/Bloodmage like yours.

I wouldn't skip Stunning Surge because it's usually free in combination with the Spirit Lance and several enemies. You only need one crit roll and that will give you back the 2 Mortification.

Novice's Suffering is very special because the base damage stays very low (an that's what all the damage bonuses like crits and maluses like graze use as base) but it gets a big, flat damage bonus that isn't influenced by any damage bonus/malus except Might. This leads to very consistent damage with no real high or low rolls. Since this Barb doesn't use a lot of damage bonuses and has very high Might, Novice's Suffering is indeed a viable option. While it doesn't do much more damage with crits, it also doesn't suffer much from grazes which happen more often with a large shield. So actually a decent pick I'd say.

I said "early game" a lot, didn't I? 🥴

Hi. I wouldn't use any bashing shield before getting either Dragon's Maw or Badgradr's Barricade. Before that a non-bashing shield works better. Also in the early game the -8 accuracy of a large shield can lead to many misses. I would check if it works with a small or medium shield first and use the thickest armor in the early game. It won't be great in the early game though. Barbarians are notoriously unimpressive in the early game, and being slow and inaccurate doesn't help at that point. But it will get better quickly.

Hi, I have no experience with Turn Based Mode so I cannot say how the build performs there, sorry.