KickStarter Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pre-DLC Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Herethos]

Spoiler

Stuck at the lizardfolk village. I talked to the boy, exhausted all options, he had the king run in and there's no new options. Went and talked to everyone on the map and nothing. What am I supposed to do?

Spoiler

if you have successfully healed, "calmed" and told the farmer lizard to think for itself, and talked to the boy/spirit you should be able to go to Kagara? The lizard outside to get him to reveal the spirit.

Otherwise you have to purchase and use a glitterdust scroll or spell during conversation with the boy to reveal the spirit. Theres also an arcane and religious check to do." The spirit feeds on doubt, fear and the boy will die if there is still something for it to feed on when you defeat the spirit.

 

[Whisper]

Why i cant find some locations? I know they are there but cant "see" them.

 

[jf8350143]

Since some of the companion's stats are story related(that 15 char) I doubt you should be able to make it yourself from the story telling perspective.

One way to solve this is giving them a base stats, with only a few extra points for you to put into wherever you want.

 

[bataille]

Why i cant find some locations? I know they are there but cant "see" them.

Discovering locations requires perception checks. Yep.

 

[Whisper]

Since some of the companion's stats are story related(that 15 char) I doubt you should be able to make it yourself from the story telling perspective.

One way to solve this is giving them a base stats, with only a few extra points for you to put into wherever you want.

They are so badly made. Bad stats.

I made custom tank - he has 6 or 7 more AC than storyline tank..

 

[Whisper]

Why i cant find some locations? I know they are there but cant "see" them.

Discovering locations requires perception checks. Yep.

I can re-make them (perception checks)?

Or location is lost forever?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

got the crag linnorm down but I don't have a cold iron weapon

 

[rusty_shackleford]

IMO the billboard grass looks really crappy and contrasts heavily with the handpainted textures. They shouldn't have added it.

 

[Luckmann]

It's not about dilly-dallying. If you go to the Old Sycamore Tree caves first, you'll be informed that anything could've been going on at the temple by now, even if you do it as fast as humanly possible. Some things are simply scripted (in a, I think, reasonable fashion, albeit understandably frustrating sometimes).

The same happens if you're following up on the bandits but go the Ancient Tomb before going to the Thorn Ford. Interestingly, if you go to the Thorn Ford first and then go to the Ancient Temple, you'll get the popup that the bandits probably has gone away by now, but it's not relevant anymore, because you've already talked to them. I think.

Nah if you go to the thorn ford first you get a pop up that says tartuccio probably left the tomb by now, and when you go there he's not there and his mercs immediately attack you

Odd, because that definitely did not happen to me. I went tk Thorn Ford first, resolved it peacefully, then went to the Ancient Tomb, met Tardtuccio, got the update about bandits possibly having left, and then it resolved as if I'd gone to the tomb straight away.

 

[Whisper]

Also making custom characters make me realise how sh1tty premade ones.

I made celestial cleric, he can heal 10 times more than dwarf cleric you find in prologue.\

Calming touch 8 uses, healing burst 8 uses - thats not touching spell pool...

 

[Whisper]

Something with ranged sneak attacks - sometimes i get them, sometimes i dont. Cant figure what is problem.

 

[Shadenuat]

Harrim is not a healer cleric (although he can do it easily with Phylactery of Channeling & Extra Channeling feat, just switch for +WIS band when in combat).

He is set up for Spell Focus > Necromancy. Basically treat him as a heavy armored dorf-lich sucking fey dry with dorf-touch.

And Shake Shake Shake. His Bone Shaking/Shattering spells are same as arcane necromancers use for damage.

You can even cast improved invisibility on him, buff all to-hits and do suprise dorf lich negative energy buttsecks.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Abilities really should show their casting time on the information. I have to go look up the pathfinder wiki to figure out if something is swift, standard, etc.,

 

[panda]

Also making custom characters make me realise how sh1tty premade ones.

I made celestial cleric, he can heal 10 times more than dwarf cleric you find in prologue.\

Calming touch 8 uses, healing burst 8 uses - thats not touching spell pool...

Harrim is sort of offensive cleric though, so that is like comaring oranges vs potatoes.

They are so badly made. Bad stats.

I made custom tank - he has 6 or 7 more AC than storyline tank..

I only played BG/IWD/ToEE when it comes do D&D and i realize that my knowledge maybe lacking.
So, can you share please?
I'd really like to see a lvl2 character with 6-7 more AC than a fighter in full plate armor with a fucking tower shield.

 

[Grunker]

If the game is anything like P&P Tower Shields should generally be a very poor choice due to the TH-penalty.

 

[Grunker]

(But then, shields for anyone planning on attacking as their main combat action is typically a bad idea)

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Spoiler

Stuck at the lizardfolk village. I talked to the boy, exhausted all options, he had the king run in and there's no new options. Went and talked to everyone on the map and nothing. What am I supposed to do?

Spoiler

if you have successfully healed, "calmed" and told the farmer lizard to think for itself, and talked to the boy/spirit you should be able to go to Kagara? The lizard outside to get him to reveal the spirit.

Otherwise you have to purchase and use a glitterdust scroll or spell during conversation with the boy to reveal the spirit. Theres also an arcane and religious check to do." The spirit feeds on doubt, fear and the boy will die if there is still something for it to feed on when you defeat the spirit.

thanks, but I figured it out already
I was able to get that far without going to the tower first. Doubt the game intended me to go to the lizard village before the tower.

 

[Shadenuat]

Valerie's kit cancels out bab penalty for shield.

Also you can create a dual-wielding weapon+shield shield basher.

Probably not too effective but fun.

 

[Cael]

Valerie's kit cancels out bab penalty for shield.

Also you can create a dual-wielding weapon+shield shield basher.

Probably not too effective but fun.

In PnP, we went the other way: Greatsword dual-wielded with armour spikes. Not only do we have a big fuck-off sword as the main attack with all the attendant Power Attack shenannigans, we get a light weapon as the off-hand. And then some loon topped that off with an animated shield... Bastard.

 

[Shadenuat]

Anyone rolled a druid? not sure which animal companion to take.

Smilodon for 5 attacks at level 1

I dunno, I think Wolf is pretty interesting, especially on Hard+ where it's important to debuff enemies. Since companion grows to larger size as you level up, and Animal Growth doubles on that, you could probably stunlock-trip dragons lol.

Since poison is quite powerful in this game, going Nausicaa might also be fun with a giant centipede.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Valerie's kit cancels out bab penalty for shield.

Also you can create a dual-wielding weapon+shield shield basher.

Probably not too effective but fun.

Pretty powerful accorind to Pope Amole II (if you have sneak attacks):

 

[Whisper]

Also making custom characters make me realise how sh1tty premade ones.

I made celestial cleric, he can heal 10 times more than dwarf cleric you find in prologue.\

Calming touch 8 uses, healing burst 8 uses - thats not touching spell pool...

Harrim is sort of offensive cleric though, so that is like comaring oranges vs potatoes.

I didnt find any offensive qualities of him. He cant take damage, he cant do damage.

By the way, same story with undead elf. Crap tank, crap dps, crap healer.

 

[Havoc]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I can't continue. My kingdom gets destroyed if I rest.

People on steam forums are saying that turning kingdom management to auto will prevent the game from ending. But once turned on, auto kingdom management can't be turned off.

For those that don't believe me. This is a SUCCESSFUL event. It really is the shit "you lose" type.

(stats are cheated to survive the Troll Rampage event)

 

[Elex]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I can't continue. My kingdom gets destroyed if I rest.

People on steam forums are saying that turning kingdom management to auto will prevent the game from ending. But once turned on, auto kingdom management can't be turned off.

For those that don't believe me. This is a SUCCESSFUL event. It really is the shit "you lose" type.

(stats are cheated to survive the Troll Rampage event)

i guess is something like "a troll rampange can't be a positive thing" so a success mean minimize the damage, you stopped the trolls army after 3 villages are destroyed and razed instead of 10 villages.

 

[Havoc]

It does not matter. -15 to Stability is instant death for a starting kingdom in the troll act.