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Pathfinder Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Edition - RTwP incline from Owlcat Games

Discussion in 'Owlcat Games' started by Elex, Nov 20, 2018.

  1. Pink Eye Monk Patron

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    God bless.
     
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  2. Pink Eye Monk Patron

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    I'm a monk. So I just walk up and slap shit to death.
     
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  3. Trashos Arcane

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    Yes, you should definitly try Kingmaker.

    To me, it is much better than PoE. It is up there with BG2, doing a lot of stuff better than BG2, doing stuff that BG2 doesn't even do, but BG2 is more polished.

    I didn't enjoy IWD either, btw. I found out that I needed some story between all the fighting.
     
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  4. Yosharian Cipher

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    I don't know what that is.
     
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  5. Yosharian Cipher

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    On top of an already-powerful tank, yes.
     
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  6. Yosharian Cipher

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    Cute.
     
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  7. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    You said your Bards get crushed in combat. That has nothing to do with powerful tanks.
     
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  8. Pink Eye Monk Patron

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    No. You don't need to have god like AC to make use of mirror image. My Harrim, who was a sorcerer/cleric/MT, made great use of mirror image for when I needed him to tank a couple of bad hits.
     
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  9. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    Check the pic

    LinziTank.jpg

    Main tank:

    OkboTankSoulEater.jpg

    Next Round:

    Harrim'sDestructiveAura.jpg

    Linzi was basically picking her butt this fight. On the other hand she tanked perfectly.
     
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  10. Red Panda Self-Ejected Patron

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    Sounds promising. :)
    Will look into it.
    I'm just a little cautious about stuff which gets too much praise here.
     
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  11. Pink Eye Monk Patron

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    >I'm just a little cautious about stuff which gets too much praise here
    Eh. It's not just this place. Lots of other communities praise the game, and rightfully so. It's a good game.
     
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  13. Yosharian Cipher

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    I didn't say that. I said my support bard would be killed in seconds if I put it in melee. And if I built it differently, it wouldn't be a support bard anymore.
     
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  14. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    DOS 1 peters out about halfway through. They ran out of ideas for good skills so just give you some win the game buttons instead.

    P:K may be the most replayable game ever (it’s so bad many of us haven’t even finished it yet) but can be a little overwhelming at first. This can help:

    https://steamcommunity.com/app/640820/discussions/7/1630790506920383184/
     
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  15. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    At lvl 12 sure, why not? That’s plenty if you’re killing shit reasonably fast.
     
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  16. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    She’s a support Bard too. She has a total of one feat to up AC, Cautious Fighter. The rest is just sound play.

    Yeah, she casts Slow while Jub casts Haste, so she’s not a buffbot, but it’s not like she has Crane or something.
     
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  17. Shadenuat Arcane

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    what de fuck is the difference?? you need like 12 charisma, 14 if you re fancy to cast all support spells + lingering song. where are you going to put the rest and what other feats make u "support bard"? or do you run around and cast minor heals in combat?

    also you're switching topicz like crazy; either argue that your supporte bard can't be in melee or that bards at all can't be melee because "mirror image is lol", you can't be retardo into both directions.
     
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  18. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    Bard’s unique/uniquely early spells are mostly offensive. Linzi’s CHR is 20 here with 20ish DCs which is decent for AOE spells even on Unfair since she keeps everything Shaken.
     
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    Well Linzi also doesn't fall into what I'd call perfect stat spread for her to have a choice in the matter; although you could still probably turn her into some lulzy gish/duelist something for lulzies.
     
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  20. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    I did for playthrough with Bard Val. Linzi was AD 8/Thug 4/Bard 6 with Disarming Strike and Steel Net. It was surprisingly good because disarmed dudes keep trying to attack triggering AoOs for all around.
     
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  21. Shadenuat Arcane

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    Yes Val is an oddly competent Bard for all she has. What a strange character.
     
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  22. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    I’ve been Oppressor flooded so yeah that takes her up a notch.
     
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  23. Pink Eye Monk Patron

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    >or do you run around and cast minor heals in combat?
    lol.
     
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  24. Yosharian Cipher

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    Yeah it's a complete mystery how I build my support bard

    Bards don't have any inherent bonuses to AC so they're not particularly good at tanking. Of course you can throw OP buffs on any character from mid-late, but that doesn't make them effective tanks when you're up against touch attackers. And of course Mirror Image can help you get through fights, but relying on it leads to constant resting which I don't think is fun.
     
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  25. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    OP buffs? Barkskin is OP? She's wearing Ekun's armor which is smart play because its a great light armor for melee and Ekun doesn't need it. Of course you run to touch attackers when you have no other argument. The vast majority of the game that's a non-issue. By the time you get to them you can just summon spam or whatever. Touch attackers also happen to be uniquely vulnerable to Linzi's high level Sonic spells - if she's in position to cast them.

    Linzi's Mirror Image in that pic has 21 minutes left. It's a second level spell, she has more. You don't know what you're talking about. Just admit it.

    Okbo got hit 3 times total in my whole run* through Vordokai. One was this:

    NatTwenties.jpg
    then he survived the rest of the fight because Amiri Cleaved the shit out of all those zombies with Second Execution and the fight was over in two more rounds.

    * - no rest run:

    No Rest Vordokai.jpg
     
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