AndreaColombo

Swift Flurry is superior if you're going to crit a lot (i.e. you're stacking Accuracy and Hit-to-Crit conversion); otherwise, the lash from Lightning Strikes is going to net you more damage.

I usually prefer the Priest not to be my MC or even my primary damage dealer as there are a bajillion great buffs I'd want the Priest to cast. By the time the spells are cast, most enemies are already dead

Had a quick check: in Deadfire, Devotions does indeed grant a +10 generic Accuracy bonus, which means it doesn't stack with other active bonuses. I stand corrected.

I'd need to double check on the spell. If they changed it from melee/ranged to general, then it won't stack with those indeed—but it would be rather significant departure from the first game and, to the best of my memory, the way the spell used to work in Deadfire as well.

Any other active bonus of the same type (i.e. an active bonus that specifies to melee and/or to ranged Accuracy.)

You don't need your MC to be a Priest; suffice to bring one along for the ride. The catch with Devotions is that is grants separate Accuracy bonuses for melee and ranged, which count as different from overall Accuracy bonuses that apply to both simultaneously (which are the majority.) So you can stack it on top of most other Accuracy-bolstering active effects. As for the "no rest" playthrough—watch out for the game has a number of "forced rests." There's a mod on the Nexus that removes them. Other than Empower, you're not losing anything that I know of but you'll need a good supply of Adra potions to clear any wounds you get from being knocked out in battle.

Orlan Devoted/Stalker from The White That Wends with Blade of the Endless Paths, likely. Get that PER at 35, stack Accuracy boni like there was no tomorrow, max out on Pen and you probably have good damage as well. EDIT: let's turn this into a build thread while we're at it. Here's a start: Class: Devoted/Stalker with proficiency in estocs. Attributes: Base Berath Item Insp Other Talent Total MIG 15 2 5 1 23 CON 8 2 2 5 17 DEX 18 2 3 5 28 PER 21 2 5 2 3 33 INT 8 2 5 15 RES 8 2 5 15 This is for an Orlan from The White That Wends. Talents are Gift from the Machine, Cauldron Brew, Savage Cunning, and Blood Pool (Sagani.) The bonus under "Other" is from Aenalys; items are Aegor's Swift Touch, Footprints of Ahu Taka, and The Undying Burden. Equipment: Helm of the Falcon Devil of Caroc Breastplate Aegor's Swift Touch The Undying Burden Footprints of Ahu Taka Ring of Prosperity's Fortune Blade of the Endless Paths The Willbreaker (for enemies immune to Piercing damage) Cutthroat Cosmo (for the armor speed penalty reduction) Ring 2? (Kuaru's prize for the +1 PER but it's better for a Wizard) Amulet? Cloak? (Ajamuut's Stalking Cloak for +1 PER but it's better for a Rogue or SC Monk; also comes pretty late unless you hire an exported character)

The real question is—what's the best possible stacking of Accuracy and Penetration? You can't fully max out both, as maxing Accuracy requires a Cipher/Ranger build with weapons that don't necessarily have the best Penetration; similarly, stacking Penetration requires the Devoted subclass and, possibly, wielding estocs. So what's the best combined result that can be achieved?

To stack Accuracy you'll of course want the highest Perception attribute you can get. I do not know what items boost Perception off the top of my head, but as for the rest: 18 base +2 Orlan +1 The White That Wends +1 Savage Cunning +1 Blood Pool sacrifice (Sagani) +1 Cauldron Brew (comes fairly late though) ------- 24 You can get it to 29 with a Perception Inspiration, 31 if you're using Berath's Blessings, and further up with items (not sure if you can get the +4 you need to hit the cap of 35 from items; the more experienced players may chime in on this.) EDIT: If you choose Aenalys at the brothel, you get another passive bonus of +2 PER. That gets to you to 33 if using Berath's Blessings while under the effects of a Perception Inspiration, so it should be easy to hit 35 with items at this point. Then you'll want your Priest to cast Devotions for the Faithful for another +10 Accuracy that stacks with pretty much everything, and you can get another +10 Accuracy from Nature's Resolve (though this will go away if you rest, so you'd need to opt into a No Rest playthrough once you get it.) A SC Monk has access to Razor's Edge, which grants +1 Accuracy per Wound up to a maximum of +10. Dance of Death / Enduring Dance have no cap that I know of, if you can avoid getting hit (you may give up on Razor's Edge and multi with Wizard to bolster your defenses with spells and guarantee a long-lasting Enduring Dance.) That said, as others have pointed out, Ciphers and Rangers can stack higher Accuracy than Monk. I believe there's a weapon or two that either stack Accuracy bonuses on the wielder or Deflection penalties on the target. BoTEP, off the top of my head, can stack Accuracy.

It was worth a shot. Thanks for looking into it!

Should be your equivalent of the following path: C:\Users\User\Saved Games\Pillars of Eternity II\LegacyGameHistories

Nah, forgot to remove the ".json" extension from the files so the game couldn't read them

That too, but I had already fixed it (perhaps not in the downloadable version from the Nexus, which I'm updating now.)

Figured it out. It's so silly I'd rather not say what it was!

Alas, they have not changed. I even tried overwriting my files with a copy-paste from the 5.0 files to no avail. It really should work

My mod Faster Deadfire no longer works with version 5.0 of the game even though I can find no fault in my files. Could someone please have a look and let me know if they can see what's wrong? Tagging @Elric Galad as I know he's an active modder, but anyone's welcome to chime in.

I'd rather go with Wand for the blights, for consistency with the first game. Cobras can be Unarmed as well, IMO (though any proficiency is better than no proficiency.)

How many items is it possible to enchant to Legendary, excluding the four from SSS? I know you can get one if you kill the Kraken (which I won't, for I want the Savage Cunning passive), and one if you steal the Kraken's eye from the namesake tavern in Port Maje (is it possible to do without getting caught?). Can't quite remember what other sources of Legendary enchantment there are.

Thanks a lot, @Boeroer! This is super useful

They do look plenty pretty

Perhaps it might just be better to upgrade four items to Legendary then. EDIT: @Boeroerninja'd me. I don't use summons all that often, so that's why I would generally prefer item upgrades. The Accuracy bonus stacked to +8 would be good provided enough foes of that type are encountered afterward. I know for a fact that I wouldn't encounter a whole lot of fearsome Beasts at that point, so it's between Spirits and Vessels, whichever is the more prevalent in FS. Then again, Legendary weapons are so against all foes...

I think the balancing mod already does something about Form of the Fearsome Brute:

Ah, they just can't get their hands off the nerfhammer, can they? I'll run a quick a test later; that synergy was the entire point of my build so if it doesn't work, I'll need to check whether the nerf can be undone via mods.

Classic Nature Godlike with fists (and a set of scimitars for Crush immune foes.) At higher levels I'll be abusing WotW with the Stalking Cloak

My primary reason for suggesting this change is so those weapons could benefit from the Devoted's passive—but of course if it creates issues elsewhere, it might not be worth it.