JerekKruger

Spare a thought for poor arbalests too whilst you're at it

He could have done a better job of it. I don't want Marking I want Wounding!

I always forget how high the damage is on Firebrand compared to an ordinary great sword. I'm not sure I'll use it that much, as I tend to forget to use per rest abilities, but I definitely will grab those gloves. If nothing else Firebrand has got to be good against some of the enemies who are weak against burning in the White March. Yeah, that might not help either Crucis. My Paladin currently wears Shod in Faith and my main source of healing from Durance is Consecrated Ground...

The only way I can see Sagani bring SJW pandering is that she's a woman who's job is traditionally done by men. I doubt that that was actually written to pander to SJWs, it's just the only thing I can think of. I can't see it at all with Kana, he's just an enthusiastic, slightly niave intellectual. As for Durance not being evil, that really depends on what you mean. I think most people in Eora would see him as evil, as would most people in our world. I doubt however that he sees himself as evil. He has justifications for his acts, not ones most would agree with, but they aren't empty. Essentially he seems to believe that things need to be constantly challenged in order to remain (or become) strong(er), and that any act that furthers this strengthening is justified. There are Nietzschean elements going on in his world view.

Okay Strange Mercy is pretty awesome, but it does have one downside: all that healing means my tank's health pool depletes really fast, making his second chance armour more of a liability than anything else.

Yeah, Adra Dragon scales are for superb, but that doesn't mean there's no other way to create superb armour out there in Eora, just that that's the only method available to the player.

I went with flaming, I hadn't thought of the Stormcaller synergy but I decided it fitted with my flame theme anyway. Yeah, I pretty much ignored fear on hard mode. It was only once I was fighting Drake's and noticing how many grazes and misses I was getting that I realised you really can't when the enemies have +15 deflection. I have to admit my favourite part of playing on PotD so far is that I actually have to think carefully about how to use my spellcasters. I have to make sure I target defences the enemy are weak against, same with DRs, and it becomes important to counter some enemy afflictions.

I had the Gloves of Manipulation and the +2 Mechanics resting bonus from Caed Nua so I was okay. I knew from past attempts to rush Tidefall that it required a lot of mechanics to get.

Yeah, unfortunately you can't get them. If you're not trying to earn achievements then you could console them in.

So it turns out that Drakes on PotD are pretty damn tough for a level 5 party. I guess I'll be coming back for Tidefall later EDIT: They're still tough at level 6, but I managed. Cail the Silent has always been a walkover on my hard playthroughs but here he was genuinely a pretty tough fight. I've also found a new fondness for Prayer Against Fear. Anyway, I now have Tidefall. Would I be right in thinking the best Lash to put on it would be Burning, since I'm eventually planning on taking Scion of Flames?

To be honest, if they'd allow your character model to display a basic, non-magical cloak, even when wearing a necklace that'd satisfy me. I can understand the desire to restrict the number of magic item slows, but I'd like my dudes to be sporting snazzy cloaks (except Elves because for some reason their cloaks float above their shoulders for me).

Yeah, I agree that Twin Arrows loses less, I was just pointing out that that's probably the reason powder burns doesn't stack as well. Honestly I'm not sure why you can't stack the various ranger modals, I suppose the argument could be made that firing fast precludes firing viciously and firing two arrows simultaneously precludes either due to the complexity. Perhaps, in theory, powder burns involves loading the gun with a lot more gunpowder, and hence precludes reloading fast?

I think there's a balance to be had here. On the one hand, obviously developers should give the players what they want for the simple reason that they want to sell their product. On the other hand, who wanted Planescape: Torment before it was released? It is more difficult in the case of a Kickstarter campaign where the players are also, in a sense, the investors.

Could wear two suits of full plate with no speed penalty

Isn't the same true of twin arrows?

Yeah, he's good in that role, except I hate making him wear anything other than his robes (which have a secret bonus resist to fire beyond the usual +3).

Whilst I agree that it's a dumb nerf, I think it might also be the actual reason.

I'd say Priests are possible the strongest force multiplier class in the game, their buffs are really good. As I understand it, a few of the more experienced players over on the Character Builds subforum deliberately avoid taking a Priest for this very reason: it makes the game too easy. In particular, this means it's very possible to play on PotD without a Priest, though it'll be more challenging. Personally I quite like Durance. To be more accurate I think he's a horrible person, but he's well written and I enjoy having him alone. One thing to note though: Durance is by no means a perfectly optimised Priest. Try a merc with a 10 10 18 10 18 12 stat spread and learn just how slow Durance is.

Yeah, that one bugs me. At the very least I'd like an option where you're honest, but then also add "you should probably take the potion anyway, it might help you in other ways" whilst at the moment if you tell her the truth she decides not to take the potion at all. Don't get me wrong, I think the disposition system is a decent idea, certainly better than most morality systems in games, it's just sometimes a bit wonky.

Okay that's pretty crazy. Would you rare double Bittercut better than double Drawn in Spring?

Yeah, I just feel like it's a waste talent, but the game is sometimes a bit unfair in what it lets you do. I had to let Gordy have the March Steel Dagger because apparently the only other options available to me we to threaten him or to lie to him, to my mind there ought to have been an option to simply say "I don't think this dagger is suitable for a child" and not have him reveal his secret, but apparently that didn't occur to my Paladin. Edit: to add, if this wasn't my first PotD playthrough I might consider taking it, but at the moment I am being a bit more powergamey than I usually am.

The formula is +/- 0.8 Deflection and +/- 1.6 Defence per disposition point, rounded down. EDIT: Rounded down is the same as being truncated in this case. It means that you always round to the nearest integer (whole number) less than the value. What I think you might be thinking about is rounding to the nearest integer, where you'd round up if the decimal was 0.5 or more, and down if it was less than 0.5.

Wait, does little saviour's defence aura stack? That's pretty damn powerful if so

Raedric down. The fight was pretty easy to be honest, though Aloth got knocked unconscious. My entire party was level 5 and I had six of them so that's probably why it was easy I'm guessing. My Paladin is now rocking Justice whilst he waits to get Tidefall. EDIT: I will say that having Deceptive as a negative disposition for my Kind Wayfarer is a pain. I couldn't resolve Lord Byrnwigar the way I wanted (sending Aloth) as that involved lying, and after letting the looters near Madhar Bridge take the stuff (Benevolent) I was forced to either lie to the merchant or simply not complete the quest. I lied, but now I am paranoid about ever doing so again.

Yeah, the pathfinding can be irritating, I micromanage my characters in combat as a result.