I'll give you Pyre or Frozen Synapse for it
Anybody got any ideas? I figured out that if I can keep him occupied with summons, several summons of Creeping Doom (a swarm summon that my healing/summoner Daeran has) would work - they have no problem hitting him, but because of his DR they're not doing as much damage as they could be doing. Unfortunately I don't have a Paladin, so Mark of Justice to strip DR is out. What other good sources of stripping DR are there? (I've got my Magus main with his wee dragon, a Seelah Skald, an incense Woljif, a straightforward Arushelae and the aforementioned Daeran and his pet wolf.)
So Playful Darkness eh?
They way I tend to do it is summons + tsunamis (or other aoe reflex for half damage spells, but tsunami is best since it does physical damage). True strike + touch spells are also a good source of dragon.So Playful Darkness eh?
This is what I run into as well with my Mad Dog Barbarian. He rarely gets to charge and even more rare vs enemies it matters. Especially when I switched from a Bardiche to Falchion. I think Legendary Size charging on foot would work better, otherwise on horseback you must use a reach weapon.Love mounted charge and all. But its painful that often you're not in correct position to execute or have enemy meatshields blocking your primary target. Seems like I found the solution to this issue though.
Travel Domain Dimension Hop with Domain Zealot for Swift Action teleport.
Time to respec again...
If I went Aeon, Sacred Huntsmaster Inquisitor of Abadar would be a very nice fit here.
But I have chosen Angel and will not risk breaking my game by respeccing to a different mythic path (is that even possible without breaking the game?).
Inquisitor has poor synergy with Angel, so I guess Cleric of Erastil it is. Will need to burn another Mythic Ability on Impossible Domain Travel. On the upside the merged spellbook should give access to some nice buffs way sooner (Sunmarked!) ...and higher caster level on the likes of Divine Power sooner. And will get Guarded Hearth from the deal.
Think I'm gonna go with the old, reliable horsie here. He's the only one properly affected by Animal Growth, size-wise. And I want to fight big (and have big reach).
And Greataxes. Jinx is great, but constantly setting up enemies for it is tedious, even in turn based mode. And lately I often prefer to nuke with Ember, rather then Hex. Grave Singer will do well enough
I have a level spare in my build... plus I could use Extend for more copies of Divine Favor & Divine Power, so why not burn a feat on skill focus and pick up a level of Loremaster to grab some nice feat.
Although what would be better: Opportunist? Or perhaps Great Cleaving Finish? Hmmm....
Lich spells go through his resistances and defenses like butter, the main trick is to survive long enough to kill him. And if you think you got humiliated, he killed all my melee dudes so we killed him by 3 casters/archers doing Coup de grace with staffs and shit weapons waiting for him to finally roll 1 on his Fort save (I think it took like 15 turnsSo Playful Darkness eh?
I forget how exactly I did it as a Lich. I know I had Zombie Ciar and a host of summons tank him for as long as possible while the rest of the party handled the other ghouls, but I can't remember if it was a spellbook chockful of either Metamagicked Exsanguinates or Bone Explosions that did it in. Probably both. Though I do remember that the killing blow was dealt through positive energy from a Pillar of Life cast by Zombie Staunton.
That an almighty Lich had to resort to positive energy to vanquish a foe, the ultimate travesty.
). I only had scrolls of healing and none of those were able to beat his SR. And you cannot Raise Undead companions from death, you must rest so they return on their own so I could not raise Staunton to cast a proper healing spell on him.
Less long and less filler content but still pretty long if you plan to play in in TB.
You don't need anything for elemental barrage but that little dragon you get in Act 5. He gives you a random bonus elemental damage for each attack which activates Elemental Barrage with any character.
This is what I run into as well with my Mad Dog Barbarian. He rarely gets to charge and even more rare vs enemies it matters. Especially when I switched from a Bardiche to Falchion. I think Legendary Size charging on foot would work better, otherwise on horseback you must use a reach weapon.Love mounted charge and all. But its painful that often you're not in correct position to execute or have enemy meatshields blocking your primary target. Seems like I found the solution to this issue though.
Travel Domain Dimension Hop with Domain Zealot for Swift Action teleport.
Time to respec again...
If I went Aeon, Sacred Huntsmaster Inquisitor of Abadar would be a very nice fit here.
But I have chosen Angel and will not risk breaking my game by respeccing to a different mythic path (is that even possible without breaking the game?).
Inquisitor has poor synergy with Angel, so I guess Cleric of Erastil it is. Will need to burn another Mythic Ability on Impossible Domain Travel. On the upside the merged spellbook should give access to some nice buffs way sooner (Sunmarked!) ...and higher caster level on the likes of Divine Power sooner. And will get Guarded Hearth from the deal.
Think I'm gonna go with the old, reliable horsie here. He's the only one properly affected by Animal Growth, size-wise. And I want to fight big (and have big reach).
And Greataxes. Jinx is great, but constantly setting up enemies for it is tedious, even in turn based mode. And lately I often prefer to nuke with Ember, rather then Hex. Grave Singer will do well enough
I have a level spare in my build... plus I could use Extend for more copies of Divine Favor & Divine Power, so why not burn a feat on skill focus and pick up a level of Loremaster to grab some nice feat.
Although what would be better: Opportunist? Or perhaps Great Cleaving Finish? Hmmm....
I think someone said there is a Cavalier subclass that lets you reposition before charge?
Fixing it with spells is just too much fiddling.
I found pure Cleric like Sosiel decent in melee if I am able to buff before battle. Sorcerous Dexterity only lets me fire one buff after combat starts, after that I need to use Quicken Rods and those have very limited charges. But you get easy access to Dimension Hop that way. Is there a god that lets you pick both that domain and one that will give you an animal companion?This is what I run into as well with my Mad Dog Barbarian. He rarely gets to charge and even more rare vs enemies it matters. Especially when I switched from a Bardiche to Falchion. I think Legendary Size charging on foot would work better, otherwise on horseback you must use a reach weapon.Love mounted charge and all. But its painful that often you're not in correct position to execute or have enemy meatshields blocking your primary target. Seems like I found the solution to this issue though.
Travel Domain Dimension Hop with Domain Zealot for Swift Action teleport.
Time to respec again...
If I went Aeon, Sacred Huntsmaster Inquisitor of Abadar would be a very nice fit here.
But I have chosen Angel and will not risk breaking my game by respeccing to a different mythic path (is that even possible without breaking the game?).
Inquisitor has poor synergy with Angel, so I guess Cleric of Erastil it is. Will need to burn another Mythic Ability on Impossible Domain Travel. On the upside the merged spellbook should give access to some nice buffs way sooner (Sunmarked!) ...and higher caster level on the likes of Divine Power sooner. And will get Guarded Hearth from the deal.
Think I'm gonna go with the old, reliable horsie here. He's the only one properly affected by Animal Growth, size-wise. And I want to fight big (and have big reach).
And Greataxes. Jinx is great, but constantly setting up enemies for it is tedious, even in turn based mode. And lately I often prefer to nuke with Ember, rather then Hex. Grave Singer will do well enough
I have a level spare in my build... plus I could use Extend for more copies of Divine Favor & Divine Power, so why not burn a feat on skill focus and pick up a level of Loremaster to grab some nice feat.
Although what would be better: Opportunist? Or perhaps Great Cleaving Finish? Hmmm....
I think someone said there is a Cavalier subclass that lets you reposition before charge?
Fixing it with spells is just too much fiddling.
I think repositioning refers to Dimension Slide of Arcane Rider magus. A very cool class, but the idea is the same as Swift Travel Domain Dimension Hop. Use swift action to achieve optimal charging position and charge!
The issue I have with Arcane Rider is his 3/4 BAB progression and build tempo. In practice Vulpine Pounce at level 15... unless I delay Arcane Rider progression and delay his level 14 quick Dimension Slide. Improved Critical at 11 (needed for Mythic Improved Critical). Also lowish number of feats. And generally limited number of attacks. Although the cleric/inquisitor variants do not enjoy great tempo either. The cleric version can get consolation from stronger angel spells, I guess.
The easy Elemental Barrage is certainly a nice perk on the Arcane Rider, though!
They way I tend to do it is summons + tsunamis (or other aoe reflex for half damage spells, but tsunami is best since it does physical damage). True strike + touch spells are also a good source of dragon.So Playful Darkness eh?
If you've got a magus, dimension strike is a great way to do loads of damage.
Inquisitor still has access to Impossible Domain AFAIK
Correct, who knows what Owlcat's actual intentions are
That could be very interesting - potentially getting Aspect of the Wolf, Greater Beast Fang and other buffs from it. But needing 2 more levels on a 3/4 BAB class with no bonus feats is a bit of a pain.
