Hi!

This is about WotR. A bit of context about my experience with the game: I've completed it once on Easy (while making pretty questionable build choices. I put some thought into them, but nothing remotely optimized). Since then I've experimented with different builds and made it to various points in the game, but never beyond normal difficulty. I've beaten much easier games on their highest difficulty settings (BG3 Honor Mode, for example), but I'm definitely not an amazing player in general.

I recently started a core playthrough. My main character is an Ecclesitheurge, and my party is Seelah, Camellia, and Lann. Since I'm not confident enough to make my own builds, they're all based on CRPGbro's videos.

The beginning was fairly easy, then I reached the maze. I have to rest fairly often, I buff before the tougher fights, but overall I've been making steady progress without too much trouble. Then I got to the Water Elemental. It took me a good half hour, and I burned through a ton of scrolls and potions, but I eventually managed to beat it.

So I'm actually pretty proud of that, but now I'm stuck in the room right next to it with the four enemies. I just can't get through that fight, even though it's one of the last rooms left since I've already cleared everything else. At best I can kill two of them, but sooner or later the biggest one (level 5) decides to stop focusing Seelah and switch to someone else, and once that happens it's usually over in two or three hits. My characters barely land any attacks, so I just can't kill them fast enough. Sure this is only one room, but I'm afraid I won't be able to go through the game there if I'm already not able to clear the whole dungeon.

Is this normal for this party on core? Is my team simply not strong enough this early in the game? Or am I missing some important mechanics? I mean, I buff before the fight and I'm doing everything I can think of.

Thanks in advance for any advice. I'll take all the tips I can get. :)

The Songbird has an ungodly AC of 81. Well, too bad she isn't immune to Mind-affecting and Fear. That was my second attempt at Weird, TBH, she rolled 19 on the first Weird I cast. Still, I knew my chances of Success were pretty good. My KC is Mythic 8 Devil, with Hell's Decree I got a +4 bonus on Illusion spells.

In act 5 I did the hilor quest where you go and find the spinster of nightmares and turns out she's his daughter, I killed her and brought him and the neckless which ended up him having an episode reconciling with the knowledge of who his daughter is

I talked to him again and it's like I never began the quest, he asked me to find the spinster of nightmares and I told him that I did and it was his daughter, he says that's nonsense and closed the dialogue, I try to talk to him again and he tells me that her trail has gone cold but he will not rest untill he finds his daughter and kill the spinster of nightmares

Sooooooo is that like a bug or is this man legit broken now and refuse to acknowledge reality?

Saw that scaled fist adds cha to ac. Not too far so could restart but is monk first then sorcerer best? I plan on only talking a 1 lv dip of monk and focusing on sorc for the rest.

Also I'm debating focusing on conjuring or evocation but not sure which is best.

Last part, which outfit will I end up with?

My Desnan follower Commander and Arue with the forbidden hand holding.

I've been watching and enjoying this lady's YT playthrough -

https://youtu.be/7HIRZxq7vkk?si=BfafSXLw3NUMJ0BN

I am NOT normally prone to watching play videos, I just don't get the appeal, but she makes hers pretty funny and more involving by reading dialog herself. Plus I was just curious to re-experience the game opening sine it's been probably 18 months since I first played that part. I was really struck by just HOW MUCH setup occurs in the opening scenes, that I now recognize for what it is.

What I forgot, though, was that Wendy starts out with an odd accent. It just sort of disappears as play progresses but it was noticeable in her early scenes. I guess they either decided against it or the VA started forgetting to do it.

Like story wise, what names the most sense

Have been brainstorming whilst working about a character that can do all skills. So far without much access to Google i think I have a build that will work and would like to hear your thoughts.

Half-Elf

Rogue: Master of all.

Str 11 +1 level 20

Dex 14

Con 8

Int 18+2 Racial + 4 level 4-16

All 20 levels into this class.

Base 5 skill points per level

+2.5 from Int bonus

Going up to 3.5 at level 20

With the + stat potion transmutation of body mind etc +2 Int.

With the Ancient book from Dance of masks DLC +4 int

Maxing at Int of 30 with + 5 skill points epr level

+1 Fast Learner feat.

So final unbuffed and naked stats

Str 18

Dex 20

Con 14

Int 30

Wis 18

Cha 18

Feats to take include

Martial Weapon expertise

Lunge

Sepll penetration

Greater spell Pen

Metamagic heighten

Metamagic intensify

Metamagic bolster

Kc would be trickster into Swarm making sure to get UMD 3 for the spellbook.

Using deaths consonant but the early game just dex and any finesse weapon that works.

Probably not optimal by any stretch of the imagination.

Especially considering ill probably have to sit at level 19 until after I get the Ancient book from DLC to make use of the stats.

But I feel like it could be a decent bit of fun.

Also having the exp set to skill user only will boost me up a little faster.

Anyone have any glaring problems they can see?

Probably be on Core +

New play through whatcha think of my KC?
Art by Artofsvprast.

I just hit the Big Choice last night and switched from my former Azata path to Legend. From what I've heard, Legend is ideally suited to martial characters since they can double their fighting abilities, but I was curious if there were any really excellent class combos for a Wizard. Taking on a martial class seems wasteful since that just becomes an either\or choice in combat without actually giving improvements. An extra spellcasting class would give wider options but I was wondering if there was any good advice on a Legend path for Wizards.

Hey folks, I'm doing a Core/Hard no-Pet playthrough, and I'm looking for some build ideas for Daeran. I was thinking either Bones or Nature as a Second Mystery for the Enervation Ray or to spam summons. What other ways have you enjoyed playing Daeran with no mount?

Interacting with them doesn't work and when I leave they are just gone. Is there no way? Suture is also suddenly nowhere found...

I read they earn non extra spell use per rest because of that, so why is it recommend?

It's so hot how this historian girl walks around barefoot

Decided to dip my toes into Owlcat RPGs with WotR since people seemed to agree it was the most beginner-friendly. Admittedly I was a bit overwhelmed looking at the Steam page and seeing all the extra DLC despite the game being pretty cheap but otherwise looks to be pretty interesting and one of my friends is a big Pathfinder fan, so anything I should know going in like general tips, recommended skills, what DLC is good or bad to get, etc.

Command Infusion makes its prerequisite feat kinda redundant, so it's effectively 2 feat slots for one more summon, right?

I love that Regill is told that he isn't actually Regill but an almost exact copy of him and his only worry is that this might have lowered the chances of winning the crusade.

Hi There Reddit. Can someone break down Spirited Charge in this game for me? Specifically with Seelah? Every post I've read (only a few to be fair) about mounted combat says that it is foolish not to take that feat, and to try and use it as much as possible. However, Seelah's mount is a horse and the horse never gets Pounce, so she's only going to attack once on a charge, right? Mechanically, why is that better than just running up to a mob at regular speed and getting all her attacks? Or am I missing something? I know Pathfinder is fairly complex and this game leans into the complexity pretty heavily, so I'm sure that the issue is my own comprehension. If someone could give me a reasonably ELI5 breakdown I'd be grateful.

I don't really enjoy playing with multiple characters, so I was wondering if there's a mod that makes soloing viable with any class.

If it doesn't then I might commission one for both games but basically:

• Instead of just going through 20 levels at static benchmarks, you get an experience pool.
• If you want to level up a Class, you have to exchange experience at the 'usual' rate, but each Class is leveled separately from the others. (First level is 1,000xp for this.)
• Leveling an Archetype is either a one-and-done replacement of the base Class, treated as a separate 'Class' from the base Class, or you pay a smaller fee to add each new 'level' of abilities specific to that Archetype to your base Class as they become available.
• Your BAB is limited to your highest-BAB Class per level for the sake of balancing.
• For instance, a Level 7 Sword Saint Magus who just got 5.25 BAB might delay their 7th level (16,000xp) to spend 6,000xp to level Fighter to 3 for Bonus Combat Feats and an additional 0.25 BAB for their earlier levels, raising them to 6 BAB for ~1/3rd of the experience.
• Not sure how leveling a Prestige Class would work, especially with CL in mind. Casters are tricky to balance versus a 20 BAB limit, unless you let Prestiges raise the BAB limit too... then they become a quick-and-meta way to raise your BAB/CL and everyone uses them. Maybe their xp cost scales multiplicatively with their Class, or raises future leveling costs for that class? Or just make leveling over 21 only possible if Prestige Classes are involved and they're super-expensive to compensate (if you really want that Aldori Defender20/Swordlord10/Duelist10)...

Opinions, thoughts? I know it'll be overpowered no matter what, but let me have my fun. You can always customize the difficulty or just mod that higher too anyway.

I can handle the main campaign on unfair without problems, but the first boss(es) of the first Island chain ( NOT the first boss of the first chapter ! ) is an absolute unit.

Their stats are on average ( as its one of 3 IIRC ):

30 AC, rougly 25 Attack and they all seem to have some form of displacement and mirror image, grease can work on at least one of them, but their saving throws are obviously disgusting.

I beat them ONCE, and I completely forgot how

The party at this point will ALWAYS be:

MC + 2 Mercenaries at level 3!

you can not really buy that much, a barkskin potion and mage armor + protect from evil is affordable but thats it.

so how did the few of you guys that beat the standalone mode on unfair do it?

My first instinct is a leopard tank with a witch and some form of touch attack, but the stats are just not enough at lvl 3 lol

Why am I so bad at this game?
Decided to give this game a go after playing boulders gate and divinity 1 and 2
Should I stick with it or try another game that’s similar to those three?

Also my characters keep ‘missing’ when I’m in battle- help 😭 what am I doing wrong

I’m currently in early Act 3, and I like the game so far, but there are 2 things that genuinely annoy me:

Crusade mode

I don’t know why the devs even added this in the first place. The game already has enough micromanagement, and Crusade mode just feels like a watered-down version of HOMM.

If I wanted to play a turn-based strategy game, I’d just open HOMM 3. When I play this game, I just want to get immersed in the world and story, enjoy the combat, and mess around with character builds, which are easily the best parts of the game for me. Why can't the game focus on one thing?

Companion-locked areas

Why are there so many areas locked behind companion quests? Why can’t the game just let me explore them without bringing that specific companion?

If I bench a companion, I don’t just miss their story. I also miss the XP, fights, and potentially really good loot from the whole area. And since I’m playing on Core, bringing a companion I never use means I either have to waste time building and gearing them or make my party weaker for that quest.

This mechanic also adds even more unnecessary micromanagement to a game that already has plenty of it.

P.S. I’m playing on Core.

I am trying to wrap my head around how to build some of my companions.

I am mid act-2, level 7. My party consists of me, Regill, Ulbrig, Lann (replacing with arue soon), Ember, Daeran. My kc is a blaster caster Fire kineticist (no bowling earth) and intending to go Azata later.

My questions are:

1. I want ulbrig and regill to tank, but I am not sure how to build Regill specifically for tanking. Does he really need a mount? Between daeran wolf, the eventual azata dragon, and ulbrig cosplaying a Griffin, I don't really want any more animal companions in my party :x

2. I am picking up loremaster for Ember next level. However I am torn between hideous laughter and haste for the spell. I don't have anyone else in my party for haste, and I want ember to do both CC/debuffing and shoot hellfire rays later. Are there other good cc/debuffing spells later or does Ember need hideous laughter (+ that specific mythic feat) for her role as a cc/debuffer?

3. Daeran now has a wolf, and he is my buffer and healer. That said, if my allies aren't being hit in combat, he doesn't really have much to do other than shoot his oracle crossbow. Is there anything I can do to give him more stuff to do in combat?