Pathfinder Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Beta Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Shinros]

Yeah, but that doesn't prove that it isn't the swarm mimicking the personality that the PC had in life rather than it being the same consciousness remaining intact in a new form.

That doesn't seem to be the case going by the leaks.

Spoiler

You own the swarm, apparently Deskari sends a locust into your swarm in order to spy/talk with you. Each bug is directed by the PC's hatred and hunger, you are the mind behind it. You know nothing else save those two emotions. You direct the swarm. It's why it's evil, the PC is still there. The bugs aren't mimicking your personality. You're imposing your hatred and hunger on the swarm.

 

[Sarathiour]

Well... from my understanding of the leaks (If they are true)

Spoiler

The pc is still there in the swarm, but you control the swarm. At the end point your an entity of hunger and hatred. That's what makes it evil, you choose to consciously become such an entity. This line here in the leaks shows you are still there when you eat a certain important character.

Spoiler

[Devour the Queen]
'I couldn't let the demons kill you. You will be a treat for the swarm'
'Oh goddess! Protect my people from this...' The Queen doesn't have time to finish her prayer - she no longer has a face or tongue. Sweet flesh, saturated with elixir of eternal youth, melts in your many stomachs.'

Seem like one of the nihilisticiest shit that will be ever made. Even lich or demon path does'nt seem half as as this thing.

I'll guess it will have a lot of fan on the dex'

 

[Robber Baron]

Depends on how much time you're given to play with your swarm. Imagine how lame if it's only for an act or two.

Also Swarm is the ultimate evil and by the end your power rivals gods right? Can you eat them too?

 

[Dishonoredbr]

you choose to shape it into becoming a literal swarm that only knows hunger and hatred.

Neat , you become Darth Nihilu and Sion all in one Package.

Jokes asides , even if the spoilers sounds tragic af , i would totally do this once just because sounds rad af to become a Swarn.

 

[Desiderius]

85% of enemies are cultists or demons which are Evil so yeah Paladin is good in WoR. at least up to Ch 3. Considering the theme, this probably lasts for the whole game except I don't know, the last act of Evil Mythic Path probably where the crusade will probably turn against you.

nice, if you go the lich way how does the rest of the crusade deals with you? you practise lichdom openly?

Considering the fact that everyone on the Codex (and likely all the normies like you -1 SD or so) are slavering after evil every chance you get I’d say how one practices the alternative openly would be the more interesting question.

It helps that you all look like idiots trying to be edgy and ending up conformist.

 

[Shinros]

Neat , you become Darth Nihilu and Sion all in one Package.

Jokes asides , even if the spoilers sounds tragic af , i would totally do this once just because sounds rad af to become a Swarn.

I would do the same, to me swarm seems like the one playthrough kind of the path. It's that edgy if the leaks are to believed.

 

[Sarathiour]

Depends on how much time you're given to play with your swarm. Imagine how lame if it's only for an act or two.

Also Swarm is the ultimate evil and by the end your power rivals gods right? Can you eat them too?

You'll probably right on it being only for an act or two. You can only go so far with a story where you are litteraly eating every npc you come across.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Depends on how much time you're given to play with your swarm. Imagine how lame if it's only for an act or two.

Also Swarm is the ultimate evil and by the end your power rivals gods right? Can you eat them too?

You'll probably right on it being only for an act or two. You can only go so far with a story where you are litteraly eating every npc you come across.

Swarms aren't necessarily stupid indiscriminate devourers.

"Urca Namat is a worm that walks conjurer who resides in a 2-foot-deep pool writhing with millions of maggots in the ruined monastery of Renchurch in Ustalav. He is mostly left to his own devices but guards the inner sanctum and attacks any who disturb his meditative slumber."

"Rhenmari Thot is a worm that walks who makes his lair in the ghoul city of Nemret Noktoria. In life, he was welcomed as an ally by the scholarly ghouls due to his single-minded research of their magic. Unlike most worms that walk, Thot thoroughly planned his death and transformation into a worm that walks, and succeeded. One of the experiments that he currently conducts in his laboratory involves an elixir that could transform living victims into worms that walk."

 

[Shinros]

nice, if you go the lich way how does the rest of the crusade deals with you? you practise lichdom openly?

Oh I forgot to answer this question. What's interesting is that the normies don't care about you being a possible lich, it's more the case that since you have divine power and apparently been blessed by Iomedae, the dead normally don't rest well in the world wound anyway and the normies actually see you as the final reckoning. Also your resident smuggler doesn't care all that much, you just opened a new market. But he warns you that the normal powers that be (paladins, queen etc) would move against you at the first opportunity. But won't since you're killing demons.

The normies have more of a problem with Aeon, afterall you pretty much go Big Brother on them.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

When is the full game supposed to release, Shinros?

 

[Shinros]

When is the full game supposed to release, Shinros?

The game will come out June, personally I just want Owlcat to take their time. If they can do a smooth launch I think wrath of the righteous will be really popular.

 

[Lawntoilet]

Seem like one of the nihilisticiest shit that will be ever made. Even lich or demon path does'nt seem half as as this thing.

I'll guess it will have a lot of fan on the dex'

Swarm definitely seems like a fantadomat approved choice

"Rhenmari Thot is a worm that walks who makes his lair in the ghoul city of Nemret Noktoria. In life, he was welcomed as an ally by the scholarly ghouls due to his single-minded research of their magic. Unlike most worms that walk, Thot thoroughly planned his death and transformation into a worm that walks, and succeeded. One of the experiments that he currently conducts in his laboratory involves an elixir that could transform living victims into worms that walk."

Pathfinder's Thot is almost as heinous as a real thot

 

[Robber Baron]

Damn evil path endings will always feel like cliffhangers, unless there's a postgame Homm type minigame to conquer the world. I mean imagine all the power buildup. And then it ends.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Depends on how much time you're given to play with your swarm. Imagine how lame if it's only for an act or two.

All mythic paths are gradual change.

Prologue - end of Ch 2 is the "common route" for the basic 6 Mythic Paths. You unlock them there and you get to finalize your choice on end of Ch 2. You can choose all choice related to all Mythic Paths before end of Ch 2 essentially

Spoiler

(so long you unlocked them, and yes you can "fail" unlocking Mythic Paths depending on choice, my LN Aeon intentionally choose to refuse the Lich Mythic Path at cost of losing access to optional dungeon of some sort where the Lich Mythic is unlocked)

Chapter 3 will diverge depending on your choice of Mythic Paths.

Spoiler

E.g. Lich starts resurecting undead, Aeon start to learn its time travel power

Chapter 3 is also the "common route" for another 4 (EDIT: 5) Mythic Paths: 1. your initial Mythic Path at end of Ch 2; 2. Gold Dragon; 3. Swarm; 4. Legend; 5. Devil. Currently Alpha Ch 3 foreshadows Swarm and Gold Dragon and Devil but nothing concrete yet.

Based on people in Discord who read leaks, you are supposed to "fully transform" on Chapter 5, meaning that the final 4 choice of Mythic Paths is probably locked before or on Chapter 5.

Most likely there will be a Final Chapter of some sort after you fully transform as the biggest diverging point.

 

[Robber Baron]

I wonder how graphics heavy the Swarm scenes will be. We all love text adventures but this is videogames

 

[LannTheStupid]

Well... from my understanding of the leaks (If they are true)

If THESE leaks are true you've just sold me the Swarm.

 

[Desiderius]

Working on LG Aeon into Gold Dragon this playthrough (STR-based Freebooter with Dirty Trick and AoOs), Lann as +4 CMB Aura Drovier with Trip Wolf.

 

[Desiderius]

Well... from my understanding of the leaks (If they are true)

If THESE leaks are true you've just sold me the Swarm.

First Swarm coded dialogue is with a tweenie edgelord bartender so yeah that fits. Bunch of Breaking Bad Biebers the lot of you.

 

[Sarathiour]

It helps that you all look like idiots trying to be edgy and ending up conformist.

You've got it wrong. We are trying to be conformist but only end up looking edgy.

Don't take me seriously. If i'm being honest, swarm does'nt look like my cup of tea, and i will probably do azala, trickster,golden dragon and eventually demon path , not sure about the other.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Man, I picked a winner as my first path. You can't hardly be "craaawwwwwliiing in your skiiiin" when you're all crawl and no skin. I do wonder what kind of special feats and spellbook they've got planned to keep Swarm competitive when the price is all of your companions.

It might just be because of it getting comparatively little attention, but it makes me wonder how Demon could possibly stand up to the likes of Lich, Swarm or even Devil compared to what we already know about them.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

My plan was for Lich, Legend, Devil(if it exists), Aeon. But if Swarm is the kill everyone route then I'll have to at least do it oncebout of sheer curiosity. eitherway since am having less and less time to play, It'll take me years to do all this, which is fine.

 

[fantadomat]

Seem like one of the nihilisticiest shit that will be ever made. Even lich or demon path does'nt seem half as as this thing.

I'll guess it will have a lot of fan on the dex'

Swarm definitely seems like a fantadomat approved choice

"Rhenmari Thot is a worm that walks who makes his lair in the ghoul city of Nemret Noktoria. In life, he was welcomed as an ally by the scholarly ghouls due to his single-minded research of their magic. Unlike most worms that walk, Thot thoroughly planned his death and transformation into a worm that walks, and succeeded. One of the experiments that he currently conducts in his laboratory involves an elixir that could transform living victims into worms that walk."

Pathfinder's Thot is almost as heinous as a real thot

It takes skillz to get that sharp

 

[LannTheStupid]

Homestly, I have only one problem with the swarm, but for me it is a big one.

Deskari is an embodiment of locusts. So if the swarm of locusts will be the only available then unfortunately it is not that scary. Locusts are strict vegans, that's why they're so deadly. They do not eat people, they eat everything that people can eat (including what cattle can eat). So all those power fantasies about eating alive NPC's are not for locust swarms. Army ants, rats, worms and spiders - now, these are fine.

 

[Technomancer]

Locusts are strict vegans, that's why they're so deadly.

Those are special hellspawn flesh-eating locusts.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

This game is definitely going to make sure my backlog grows larger. I know that I will do my first run with the Trickster, second probably with Lich. I imagine if it keeps me entertained I'll do an angel for a third run, but at that point, I will likely play them all.