July 6, 20187 yr Heyo, So, I know I want to sacrifice a companion to the Blood Pool in PoE1 for my Monk/Wizard playthrough. The issue is, I'm not sure which. I'm torn between Durance and Grieving Mother, and I'm not sure which stat boosts would really serve me the best. Durance - +1 Con/+5% Max HP (So, essentially +2 Con as far as Max HP goes) Pros: With Gift of the Machine giving another +5% max HP, that's +15% essentially. Cons: Unfortunately, I'm a Monk/Wizard, so I only have something like 230 max HP at base Con anyway, so that buff doesn't really bring it up by much (Only to around 250 or so). Grieving Mother - +1 Int/+5 Defense against Intellect Afflictions (I think?) Pros - Charmed and Dominated are the absolute worst afflictions to be hit with in a party setting, and with my Intellect being close to max with Duality of Mortal Presence (+30 with this buff), I'm looking at +40 Will from Intellect alone, plus that extra bit of defense. Plus, from a roleplaying perspective, the likelihood of her coming back again is pretty slim. Furthermore, since she's glamoured, no one knows you did it. So you essentially get away with murder. Cons - ... Honestly, I can't really see many drawbacks. The additional buff is meh, but then all of them are, really, they're either incredibly situational or minimal. Intellect is a good stat to have both for build purposes and thematically. What are your thoughts?
July 6, 20187 yr So what is your question? Go with what actually works for you the best, I have seen people on youtube and streams dumping CON and still getting away with massive solo play-Thru.
July 7, 20187 yr Author I think GM gives +Rsolve last I checked. Okay, so my options are to sacrifice Aloth or Kana... ... And I'll be playing a Wizard multiclass... And Aloth is kind of a jerk to pretty much everyone anyway... Sorry Aloth. Edited July 7, 20187 yr by Cyrus_Blackfeather
July 7, 20187 yr Why not sacrifice Kana, tell Maia about it and then go on a "road trip" with her to that one island om the East of Deadfire where the Skaenites greet you? - Would be funny to see how she reacts if the game was actually well scripted for such interactions.
July 7, 20187 yr Author Why not sacrifice Kana, tell Maia about it and then go on a "road trip" with her to that one island om the East of Deadfire where the Skaenites greet you? - Would be funny to see how she reacts if the game was actually well scripted for such interactions. Because I actually like Maia and kind of don't want her to hate me. Or I suppose I could just go without the +1 INT
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