Grimoire gameplay and hints thread

[Lady_Error]

>There's also a way to Force the door, where you select two dudes to push, and it seems to expend vitality.

Never noticed it, what do you have to click for that?

>After exploring most of Briarpatch woods and some of Crowl, dudes are still level 1 and frontliner fighters can go from full health to death at the very start of Turn 1 if they're unlucky. What should I be aiming for to increase their survivability ASAP?

Make sure to put the extra points into HP at character creation. For the two on the front it's a must.

>Do we know yet some of the more generic conversation words? I could never get much out of Mordecai, except for stuff like "Ask Captain Krone about Krone." Do we know how to ask if they have any jobs for us?

Usually, just ask them who they are and then depending on how much they tell you you get more keywords from their response. I guess sometimes it's necessary to charm them first before they become more chatty and don't hold back, eg. Gorlo.

 

[Zep Zepo]

Casting "Mind Read" on them gives you the keywords they will talk about. Some NPCs resist that spell though.

Zep--

 

[YES!]

Compare the dice rolls. Should be pretty straightforward.

Just fyi - You can see weapon damage for everyone by clicking on the review order icon (double axes, middle left of the combat UI). Even if it doesn't show in assay it shows in there.

 

[YES!]

Just FYI about perk keys -

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you need 8 perk keys when you get to the Samhain area to open 8 perk chests there.

Anyone know if I should start saving up the locksmith or general gate keys for something else like this?

 

[YES!]

Also a good tip for lazy people like me who dislike the bother of moving your left hand too much. You can remap e to be enter with authotkey and just blow through combat, etc. I mapped esc to q because hitting escape was too much of hassle when I accidentally hit use. Script is simple and as follows -

$e::enter
$q::escape
$t::e
$y::q

 

[Zep Zepo]

Also a good tip for lazy people like me who dislike the bother of moving your left hand too much. You can remap e to be enter with authotkey and just blow through combat, etc. I mapped esc to q because hitting escape was too much of hassle when I accidentally hit use. Script is simple and as follows -

$e::enter
$q::escape
$t::e
$y::q

I used AHK before...Can't you make a key repeat until you hit it again? Would work well with the "$e" I think.

Zep--

 

[Lady_Error]

Just FYI about perk keys -

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you need 8 perk keys when you get to the Samhain area to open 8 perk chests there.

Are they all on the same map?

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Where?

Anyone know if I should start saving up the locksmith or general gate keys for something else like this?

I still haven't found even one door to use them on.

 

[YES!]

Are they all on the same map?

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Yes, all in 8 crypt things all touching each other on the same map you get George's sword - the fire sword thing. Its pretty neat, if you click on one a big rainbow sprays out over the screen. The names lead me to believe it was some sort of backer reward, and most have pretty humorous text for their corpses.

 

[YES!]

Also a good tip for lazy people like me who dislike the bother of moving your left hand too much. You can remap e to be enter with authotkey and just blow through combat, etc. I mapped esc to q because hitting escape was too much of hassle when I accidentally hit use. Script is simple and as follows -

$e::enter
$q::escape
$t::e
$y::q

I used AHK before...Can't you make a key repeat until you hit it again? Would work well with the "$e" I think.

Zep--

You could but holding down enter makes the combat fly. You have to click the mouse, but holding enter is the super fast way.

 

[luj1]

There is something incredibly appealing about multiple dead-ends, vague journal notes and overcoming obstacles entirely by your own wit.

It's 2017 yet it feels rejuvenating to once again experience first-hand the opposite of "dumbing-down".

 

[Haba]

There is the easy way...

Then there is the autist way.

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This is why we need cheevos!

 

[Leitz]

So after all the best Grimoire gameplay hint is to wait and play it later?

 

[PrettyDeadman]

So after all the best Grimoire gameplay hint is to wait and play it later?

Noone know. The game might become better, or it might become completely and utterly broken beyond repair.
It's a good idea to download early release from steam depot using method explained in Lady_Error post just in case...

 

[mondblut]

I swam with two of my girls through most of that chamber, refilling vitality just enough to get out. Turns out, Cleve is not as sadistic as I thought and it's much closer.

Should have grinded it back at Aquavia At Swimming 100, they can swim 9 squares.

 

[Zep Zepo]

Also a good tip for lazy people like me who dislike the bother of moving your left hand too much. You can remap e to be enter with authotkey and just blow through combat, etc. I mapped esc to q because hitting escape was too much of hassle when I accidentally hit use. Script is simple and as follows -

$e::enter
$q::escape
$t::e
$y::q

I used AHK before...Can't you make a key repeat until you hit it again? Would work well with the "$e" I think.

Zep--

You could but holding down enter makes the combat fly. You have to click the mouse, but holding enter is the super fast way.

Um..., holding it down vs using the repeat command....I think you can even set the "delay" on how often the key repeats until you press it again.

Zep--

 

[mondblut]

>>Hangman: what's the logic? Sometimes I can freely click ?s to reveal letters then pick the letters to make the word, at other times picking a ? or even what I suspect to be the correct letter fires the trap. Do I have to have more Inspection/Lockpick to give me a chance?
>>Chains: Again, sometimes I can freely click the squares to get the numbers, sometimes just clicking on the first square gives me a red *? Although that time getting two green sets got me to open the lock despite having the third set of chains go red.

I guess every time you fail a letter or a chain connection there is a chance for trap to fire adversely depending on your lockpick skill.

>Scribe spells, you need scribe skill then you also need the class that can cast that spell or is it only the skill?

Both. If you're wrong class, it says so.

>Cleve really decided that even after identifying, you will never get in-game descriptions of what a spell scroll's spell does or what a potion does etc? Are we going to have to trial and error every set of berries and whatever? The lack of info crimps my playing more than any screen scaling or even the horrible sound looping.

Does superID leave no entries in your quest log? Could be "???" ofc.

>With armour I can see the various body part AC & total AC go up and down in the Equip screen, but how can I compare weapon damage?

Assay.

>No way to quickload or even load, only to Endgame/Quit then load in from main menu?

Yep.

>Do we know yet some of the more generic conversation words? I could never get much out of Mordecai, except for stuff like "Ask Captain Krone about Krone." Do we know how to ask if they have any jobs for us?

Generic words bring generic responses. You have to track what they say of themselves and their jobs, then try some of the words they say. Not everything is underlined. In the end, Mindread is still your best bet.

>After exploring most of Briarpatch woods and some of Crowl, dudes are still level 1 and frontliner fighters can go from full health to death at the very start of Turn 1 if they're unlucky. What should I be aiming for to increase their survivability ASAP?[/QUOTE]

Level 2, duh. You missed Aquavia?

 

[bataille]

Totally balanced backer items.

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That particular backer was rather...peculiar

 

[Zep Zepo]

Shesh...get "mind read" cast it on NPC. you'll get a list of all the shit they will talk about which may lead to other keywords.

Do you retards even read this thread before posting?

Zep--

 

[luj1]

In case anyone missed it here's a hugely important tip

• For item stats: select ASSAY in context menu, drag item onto icon.
• For additional information (à la "examine"): select LOOK in context menu, drag item onto icon

You can discover all kinds of useful info this way

 

[luj1]

Gotta say guys, playing the game while finding things and posting/reading it here is pretty much making my enjoyment of this game way better.

Absolutely.

Not giving the player all the information off the bat is actually awesome. Fuck accessibility. It's much more enjoyable to revel in mystery. Sort of like "unreliable narrator". I remember when Diablo 2 expansion launched and you had to figure out rune words on your own, by trial and error. It had been very rewarding.

 

[Danthar]

Does anyone know how increasing the berserk skill affects the berserk ability? Does having a higher berserk skill level increase the chances of a berserked berserker hitting the enemy rather than other PCs, or does it just increase the damage bonus?

Similarly, does the shield skill actually work? Is it just a passive effect or should there be messages about blocking attacks?

Is the backstab skill restricted to certain weapon types (e.g. blades)?

It makes Berserk deal more damage (maybe extra attacks too, idk that bit but I seem, to recall, maybe) and it makes it so Berserk attacks stop hitting your party. Cleve's comment on it made Berserk seem really powerful.

Yes it seems to work, I have used it, and it can also fail to work (will say so in a message). Shielding yourself is possible, or shielding others, but I did have an issue where my frontline could not shield the char directly below him, idk what that was about.

I think I've heard it was, but I do not recall the source so it may be baseless speculation. I did try to backstab with a short sword myself but that didn't happen, but I only tried a few times at low skill levels.

>There's also a way to Force the door, where you select two dudes to push, and it seems to expend vitality.

Never noticed it, what do you have to click for that?

You walk into the door 3 times.

 

[bataille]

B a l a n c e .
I'm going to use that holy knight to access that sword in the backer mausoleum and nothing can stop me!

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What's the use of the seahorse ring and jeweled/cosmic eggs? The latter doesn't fit into the machine. Don't tell me I need to go all the way to the dwarf crushing machine and destroy them...

 

[luj1]

Am at the stone face now. It wants a name. Figured it's the Lich's name? Enoch? Something like that, can't remember

 

[biggestboss]

Esoph

 

[bataille]

Oh God, it's happening. Thank you for your services, sir knight, you may be on your way!

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