Pathfinder Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Game of the Year Edition

[Delterius]

Up to which chapter have you played? Because your character doesn't stop rising in importance since chapter 2, the people around you do act accordingly to who you are and approach you with different requests.

Yes, because Owlcat Games are not afraid of including the strategic layer. Thus, adding the place of power for the main hero and making him the centre of events. Pillars of Eternity 1 came somehow close to that with Caed Nua, but the Watcher there is still kind of a vagabond.

It kinda makes sense to me that you're a vagabond. You're minor gentry basically, in a country filled with people in that social class. The story also doesn't give you time to settle into that role, which presumably happened between PoE1 and 2.

I do think both Kingmaker and Wrath succeed in making you feel like the leader of a faction, so to speak. Both Kingdom Management and Crusade Management make it clear there's a governmental and military aspect to your story. The storybeats in Wrath are also better in reminding you that you're in charge of an army - just look at chapter 2. After a while your character is the one being approached in their throne room or office to deal with things. I mean yeah, the Stolen Lands isn't an estabilished kingdom so you do go around solving problems. You also double as 'crusade champion' since you are the leader and main guy but not the Manager or the General of the Crusade. All in all, rough spots included, both games did a better job at their respective plotlines than, say, Dragon Age 3.

 

[Desiderius]

Desiderius Is there a mod you recommend for NPC Level 1 respec? I'm thinking about using this one.

The one on mod finder works.

 

[Desiderius]

Npc talk bad english when confronted, observe

You're not an NPC, you're just very bad at being something else.

So far. You've got time. Keep at it.

 

[ga♥]

Respec is currently quite buggy I think.
If respec using Hilor, weapon training is fugged if you do it while equipping dueling gloves or fencer's gift.
Also, I tried to respec a char with scaled fist levels to normal monk and it still showed CHA to AC instead of Wisdom, I assume it happened when they reworked the mechanic with the introduction of Shifters.
Respec mod on "modfinder" does all the above also doesn't let you keep the portrait, shows a fully white rectangle instead of it.

 

[Cpt. Dallas]

fucking lesbians

As an expletive or activity?

I thought I had reinstalled Tyranny by mistake but this game is actually worse.

 

[Desiderius]

Respec is currently quite buggy I think.
If respec using Hilor, weapon training is fugged if you do it while equipping dueling gloves or fencer's gift.
Also, I tried to respec a char with scaled fist levels to normal monk and it still showed CHA to AC instead of Wisdom, I assume it happened when they reworked the mechanic with the introduction of Shifters.
Respec mod on "modfinder" does all the above also doesn't let you keep the portrait, shows a fully white rectangle instead of it.

I haven’t seen this with Respec Mod. Only thing I haven’t been able to do is change background/deity.

 

[Desiderius]

fucking lesbians

As an expletive or activity?

I thought I had reinstalled Tyranny by mistake but this game is actually worse.

Anevia is a mannish chick with Irabeth the cowardly lion dude. Common enough straight pairing. However much they mutilate themselves that isn’t changing.

 

[LannTheStupid]

Another good point. I did not expect the breakdown that Irabeth had after the Lost Chapel. I bet none of the game journos saw it, either.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Journos are still stuck in the tutorial.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

That Stauntion Vhane fight was bullshit. None of his protections can be dispelled, and he would crit for 3 figure damage on every 2nd or third hit. There was one attempt where he swung 9 times and critically hit 6. I counted. The instantaneous heals didn't help either. Neither time I beat him did I have more than 3 party members standing. There was zero way to beat this encounter other than pure DPS on Stauntion Vhane while hoping your characters save against the demoness spells. I originally tried going straight for Minagho, but getting her to zero HP didn't do anything. She was invulnerable. Fuck that encounter with a broken broom stick.

 

[Average Manatee]

Journos are still stuck in the tutorial.

You think they managed to get past character creation?

 

[Crichton]

 

[Haplo]

Well, going for a wolf focused shifter felt a bit one-note. Plus it sucked when confronted with enemies immune to Prone.
But focusing on Great Cleave also offers neat synergy with Thug Cornugon Smash Freightening on hit... plus aoe Brutal Beating, Debilitating Injury... and perhaps even aoe Mythic Shattered Defenses too.

Kind of what Thug builds have been doing since Kingmaker. Only now typical enemies also get Tripped in the process, eat AoOs when getting up, then another AoO when they try to move away - which hopefully immediately re-trips and re-Frightens them...

Should be a cool loop.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Journos are still stuck in the tutorial.

IGN still thinks the water elemental is the final boss.

 

[Delterius]

Journos are still stuck in the tutorial.

IGN still thinks the water elemental is the final boss.

to be fair if this was oblivion the water elemental would beat deskari

 

[Haplo]

Having some fun.

Spoiler

This might be my most party synergy friendly character so far.

 

[Desiderius]

Journos are still stuck in the tutorial.

IGN still thinks the water elemental is the final boss.

to be fair if this was oblivion the water elemental would beat deskari

I think that one could in Wrath.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Cyberarmy]

They are worse than Baldur's Gate 1 romances.

 

[eli]

y this game so gae?

 

[Roguey]

y this game so gae?

There’s a few reasons. Most important, everyone deserves to love and be loved in return. Also, if that’s how a player wants to role-play, then a good gamemaster is accommodating to player’s intentions. Lastly and (maybe this is a more pragmatic reason, and another reason I like Pathfinder) it’s a part of the Pathfinder franchise itself – it’s in the very first module of the [Wrath of the Righteous] Adventure Path, in fact.

 

[Desiderius]

y this game so gae?

There’s a few reasons. Most important, everyone deserves to love and be loved in return. Also, if that’s how a player wants to role-play, then a good gamemaster is accommodating to player’s intentions. Lastly and (maybe this is a more pragmatic reason, and another reason I like Pathfinder) it’s a part of the Pathfinder franchise itself – it’s in the very first module of the [Wrath of the Righteous] Adventure Path, in fact.

How'd that work out for Chris? If I want a sermon on true love he's probably not the first guy I'd turn to. Just saying.

It's gae because that's where they think the money is. Local maximum.

 

[LannTheStupid]

How'd that work out for Chris? If I want a sermon on true love he's probably not the first guy I'd turn to. Just saying.

Well, Mr. Avellone won that defamation court case, and there is a hint on a 7 digits settlement sum going his way.

So from a secular perspective he is, actually, the guy who can say something about true love.

 

[ArchAngel]

y this game so gae?

There’s a few reasons. Most important, everyone deserves to love and be loved in return. Also, if that’s how a player wants to role-play, then a good gamemaster is accommodating to player’s intentions. Lastly and (maybe this is a more pragmatic reason, and another reason I like Pathfinder) it’s a part of the Pathfinder franchise itself – it’s in the very first module of the [Wrath of the Righteous] Adventure Path, in fact.

If they would remove their degenerate love, they would get Perfect Love from the Lord. And they could feel perfect Love for the Lord.
These games just hate degenerates and want to prevent them from archiving true Love.

 

[ArchAngel]

How'd that work out for Chris? If I want a sermon on true love he's probably not the first guy I'd turn to. Just saying.

Well, Mr. Avellone won that defamation court case, and there is a hint on a 7 digits settlement sum going his way.

So from a secular perspective he is, actually, the guy who can say something about true love.

There was no love or Love involved in that whole affair.