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

[Cryomancer]

How I can become immune to fear? You enter in the battle surrounded by all sides by high DC fear effects

And my entire party gets frightened running in circles, my blizzard elemental start to aggro the entire map. Heroism and other spells to buff my saves aren't working and is really annoying to watch the same loading screen every time only to have my party feared few seconds later.

 

[ArchAngel]

How I can become immune to fear? You enter in the battle surrounded by all sides by high DC fear effects

And my entire party gets frightened running in circles, my blizzard elemental start to aggro the entire map. Heroism and other spells to buff my saves aren't working and is really annoying to watch the same loading screen every time only to have my party feared few seconds later.

There is a high level cleric spell that gives you immunity vs fear and another that gives immunity vs charm spells (works wonders vs Vampire Dominate). It only lasts 1 minute per level but you can extend it if you were smart enough to get epic extend spell for your cleric.

 

[Desiderius]

Pal has anti-Fear Aura that can be upgraded to Immunity via 10 min/lvl spell.

Low lvl cleric spell gives reroll with bonus if you get your saves up.

 

[Cryomancer]

Yep. Resolved look to my lich spells and with blessing of unlife trivialized that encounter.

 

[Desiderius]

The thing with Mythic Evo is this:

Archon’s triggers a save on like 80% of the enemies in the game without costing any action econ. Upgrading that by 4 DC ends up having a massive hidden impact.

Let’s say on Unfair average enemy goes from 12/20 to 8/20 to save. That’s a 3/5 / 2/5 = 3/2 = 50% improvement in the number of mobs affected.

 

[ArchAngel]

Yep. Resolved look to my lich spells and with blessing of unlife trivialized that encounter.

You are lucky then. My first run was with Lich and there were encounters where everyone was running around in panic from standard fear aura :D
I guess they patched that shit out. I even sent them an angry bug report at the time..

 

[Yosharian]

Oh I agree, that's why I prefer having a Skald around.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I never had problems with fear. Unbreakable Heart is often on with Good Hope and remove fear is always memorized. The only fight I had real trouble with compulsions was that succubus who is aligned with Noticula that casts overwhelming presence. I had to get creative on that encounter.

 

[Alienman]

Some members of the Owlcat team are multi-talented! Check out how Vladlena Zakharchuk, our localization manager, is making the voiceover for Penta from The Lord of Nothing DLC!

I suspected this was the case in my review of the DLC

The new companion, while semi-interesting, felt a bit phoned in. Particularly her voice acting, which had a clear Russian accent to it. It made it sound like it was some in-house developer who did her role as a last-minute thing.

 

[EdgyRightWinger]

The thing with Mythic Evo is this:

Archon’s triggers a save on like 80% of the enemies in the game without costing any action econ. Upgrading that by 4 DC ends up having a massive hidden impact.

Let’s say on Unfair average enemy goes from 12/20 to 8/20 to save. That’s a 3/5 / 2/5 = 3/2 = 50% improvement in the number of mobs affected.

If I'm not already cranking DC on the caster, the enemy might be going from saving 95% to saving 95%.

I still have it in my buff routine because it doesn't cost anything really.

 

[ga♥]

How I can become immune to fear? You enter in the battle surrounded by all sides by high DC fear effects



And my entire party gets frightened running in circles, my blizzard elemental start to aggro the entire map. Heroism and other spells to buff my saves aren't working and is really annoying to watch the same loading screen every time only to have my party feared few seconds later.

Heroic invocation, but why don't you go through the shit demon other route.

 

[ga♥]

Started playing this, question: why do "modal" effects not show up on the character/inventory screen? For example, if I activate Power Attack or Fighting Defensively, the stats don't change on the Character/Inventory screens, while they should (to hit, damage, etc).

It is how it works, those screens only show permanent bonuses. You will see changes in combat logs.

Regarding power attack (and also mythic power attack) it used to be shown in the char screen if you hoovered the mouse over the damage output, but sadly it must have stopped working in between some patches.

 

[Desiderius]

The thing with Mythic Evo is this:

Archon’s triggers a save on like 80% of the enemies in the game without costing any action econ. Upgrading that by 4 DC ends up having a massive hidden impact.

Let’s say on Unfair average enemy goes from 12/20 to 8/20 to save. That’s a 3/5 / 2/5 = 3/2 = 50% improvement in the number of mobs affected.

If I'm not already cranking DC on the caster, the enemy might be going from saving 95% to saving 95%.

I still have it in my buff routine because it doesn't cost anything really.

Crank DC on your caster. It's good.

I've even cranked DC on Seelah for Archon's and Holy Whisper. So close to being good but not quite there. Would be really good on Core (especially with Good-aligned MC melee) but hardly needed. Too bad Azata Pal doesn't work.

 

[Desiderius]

BTW, Enforced Vigor gives +2 AoE atk/dam/saves Mythic bonus (stacks with everything). Stone Call is good way to trigger to lay down difficult terrain with Feather Step, Mass without doing much damage.

I think it also triggers even if damage is resisted (as with White Dragon armor cold damage).

 

[Haplo]

BTW, Enforced Vigor gives +2 AoE atk/dam/saves Mythic bonus (stacks with everything). Stone Call is good way to trigger to lay down difficult terrain with Feather Step, Mass without doing much damage.

I think it also triggers even if damage is resisted (as with White Dragon armor cold damage).

Yes, Enforced Vigor is lowkey a great ability. Particularly if you can trigger it passively (for example from an armor aura).

 

[Desiderius]

BTW, Enforced Vigor gives +2 AoE atk/dam/saves Mythic bonus (stacks with everything). Stone Call is good way to trigger to lay down difficult terrain with Feather Step, Mass without doing much damage.

I think it also triggers even if damage is resisted (as with White Dragon armor cold damage).

Yes, Enforced Vigor is lowkey a great ability. Particularly if you can trigger it passively (for example from an armor aura).

Agreed, but I’ve long enjoyed controlling battlefield movement with Difficult Terrain so not that big of an adjustment to just dump it on the heads of my team.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

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It's like listening to Bioware dialogues.

 

[Yosharian]

BTW, Enforced Vigor gives +2 AoE atk/dam/saves Mythic bonus (stacks with everything). Stone Call is good way to trigger to lay down difficult terrain with Feather Step, Mass without doing much damage.

I think it also triggers even if damage is resisted (as with White Dragon armor cold damage).

Yes, Enforced Vigor is lowkey a great ability. Particularly if you can trigger it passively (for example from an armor aura).

What aura would trigger it?

I assume you are referring to the cold damage aura from the Dragon armour. That's fine but it's only 5ft range which is a little limiting.

I'm thinking Acid Fog or some similar effect could work as setup prior to a fight.

 

[Yosharian]

Even so it's still a little expensive for a mythic ability and only some builds will be able to fit it in

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

BTW, Enforced Vigor gives +2 AoE atk/dam/saves Mythic bonus (stacks with everything). Stone Call is good way to trigger to lay down difficult terrain with Feather Step, Mass without doing much damage.

I think it also triggers even if damage is resisted (as with White Dragon armor cold damage).

Yes, Enforced Vigor is lowkey a great ability. Particularly if you can trigger it passively (for example from an armor aura).

What aura would trigger it?

I assume you are referring to the cold damage aura from the Dragon armour. That's fine but it's only 5ft range which is a little limiting.

I'm thinking Acid Fog or some similar effect could work as setup prior to a fight.

Maybe Molten Orb? The initial damage is low and splashes. It also imposes 1d3 rounds of 1d6 fire thereafter. A favorite metamagic Extend could fit the bill. Considering the bonuses only last 1 round for every 2 mythic ranks, that should give you everything you need. It will work incidentally with things like Angel mythic spell Cleansing Flames, but not enough to matter. I can only think of really contrived trickster shenanigans to make this practical. Still, not sure it's worth it. This seems more like an ability for a caster to be reckless with their summons.

 

[Desiderius]

Stone Call works fine. Slows down enemies, once the bonus is triggered lasts long enough to kill everything.

Molten Orb continuing to trigger is nice but just doesn't have the radius. Dragon Armor aura does trigger it but it's spotty. I've had it fail to do so even on the mount of the wearer.

The expense is a Mythic ability, but Martials famously run out of ones they want pretty quickly and AoE bonuses are always underrated. I picked it up after Abundant with Aru last time and had it available for the three big fights per rest. Mostly competes with Vitals and Barkskin slots, but her Barkskins aren't full anyway. Can also use with an AoE nuker if party keeps Resist up.

 

[Average Manatee]

You can have someone spend a level 1-3 quicken rod to cast any small AOE crap that won't hurt the party. Not really hard to have it up for big fights

 

[Desiderius]

Finally got back to Shadow fight in Market Square. Saved it for lvl 4 (no exp sharing shenanigans). Here's Wolj tanking the Shadows on Core:



He has Reduce Person, Shield, and Mage Armor up here, but is missing Cat's Grace, Fighting Defensively, and Combat Expertise which would get him to 31 Touch AC.

Unfair Shadow has 12 AB so not foolproof but with Protective Luck backup it's doable even on Unfair. On Core it's a nice manageable fight if you bring along Daeran to help Channel them down.

Main thing I wanted to test is whether Mage Armor and Shield work and they do. Has access to Mirror Image as well if you want it.

Notice that Shield spell is giving Deflection bonus instead of Shield bonus for some reason so doesn't stack with Prot Evil.



At lvl 4 Daeran's Channel is only 2d6 so will take multiple activations and other characters chipping in. OTOH he has 17 DC unbuffed.



Was hoping Lann's Scorching Ray Ki power would do full damage but you can see here it's only half. Probably better off letting him use his Bow Enlarged and Bull Strengthed with Perfect Strike to up damage:



You can see him here wrecking house with two attacks per turn. Can use Haste potion to get up to three.



Seelah's pretty solid tanking everything else. Using a mod that gives Combat Expertise as free Feat. Also using another mod that uses tabletop flanking so it evens out.



Order of the Paw MC's Danger Ward is one of the best security blankets in the game.

 

[Desiderius]

BTW, killing Kaylessa on sight gets you a very early +3 Composite Longbow (good for helping Lann hit as well as bypassing DR) along with a free scroll of Death Ward from the fanfic guy back at the Tavern for the Nabasu fight.

 

[Desiderius]

First time playing the Shifter companion (and no Seelah):

For some reason Shifter's Fury is giving like six attacks when *not* in Griffin Shape but we're not here for that. Ulbrig is all about some KotC2 Grappling Action!



Note that the orignial Grapple applies some nice maluses, including a very tough concentration check to get spells off. If the target sticks around long enough to get pinned then they're really in trouble.

It does also make Ulbrig more vulnerable to the attacks of other creatures! Strategic options and trade-offs are good design.



I like to learn new mechanics/classes on Core to give some margin for error, but also good for new players to learn from. About half the buffs up in these pics as there would be on Unfair. May have to kick it up later.

Ulbrig a little late to the party to force Concentration check on the first Bomb here, which conveniently crit misses. This guy has Fast Bombs so was happy to hold him to one. Even with Resist Acid, Communal up he can do some serious damage.



Mimic in the Alchemist Fight drops +2 Heavy XBow which Cam can combine with her Weapon Enchant to get to +4 to bypass DR10/Good on Vrock. Usually rely on Seelah Smite for this fight so nice to have someone else who can bypass.



This is why MC Cavalier is a nice combo with Ulbrig. Banner Charge bonus applies to Death from Above (Griffin Teleport Charge) and stacks with other Morale bonuses.



This particular MC Cavalier (yes, that's Sky from Paw Patrol, my kids are helping this run) brings some other very good things to the table.

Tactician Shake it Off gives untyped Save bonus to team and Danger Ward gives rerolls with a +4 bonus. Looks like a crit miss doesn't get the +4 lol.



Ulbrig gets his Claws around the lvl9 Nabasu in Market Square and Lann uses the maluses to light him up. Free Death Ward scroll from Kaylessa quest on Ulbrig let him avoid the Gaze.



Nabasu distracted trying to break Grapple keeps him from doing nasty things like casting DC 29 Mass Hold on team. That Ghoul Creeper did use Ulbrig's own Grapple maluses to take *him* down the following round. Something to plan around preventing at Lost Chapel fight. Should have used Protector of Life Amulet.



Order of the Paw is restricted to Dog/Wolf Mount which isn't as tanky as say a Leopard. It does get a scaling Dodge bonus against the attacks of Challenged foes which helps make up the gap. Getting your Mount taken out is a good way for the rider to end up dead since you fall off prone.



It's a fun game to try to Haplo up ZA with Enlarge effects with the growing dice it gets from Monk and x3 base multiplier on Longbow crits. Since it gets WIS to attack the DEX malus from Enlarge doesn't effect his attack bonus. Perfect Strike gives him more rolls to crit fish. Give him UMD for Hurricane Bow scroll and Legendary proportions later and it can get *really* high.



Now that the Purifier class is finally working properly it makes a good respec for Daeran. There's an Cloak in AreeSu's Lab that adds a Daze to it, and the Channel Pool for healing is separate from the Demon killing one. Looking forward to seeing if Mythic Channeling applies.



Looks like the Inquisitors you get for the Jeslyn fight in Gray Garrison (invite Hulrun) were significantly buffed.

You can put Mage Armor on the Crusader Wizards Klaem gives you (need to keep them alive to Dispel Magic on magically locked doors) to protect them from enemy archers. They rush in to this fight so good to save for last.



This is pretty funny. Ulbrig Grapples the Deradnu mid-Charge to protect the backline. Encouraging meta Rod on Bless probably a little too good. Another fight where Seelah Smite is missed because DR10/Good. Would be a toughie on Unfair.