is the portait of the purple-haired girl an official one, or modded portrait?
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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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is the portait of the purple-haired girl an official one, or modded portrait?
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Thought I had Baldur's Gate 2:EE on steam but it's just the first one. Supreme sadness.
Go to the inn in
Go to the inn in
Hearthsong and talk to the frightened villager
go to the inn in Twin Elms and speak with a npc there
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
tell me where
the secret item
Ouch, to add insult to injury (6000 gold horn) the Disappointer only gives 150 gold compared to like 800 before. Gold is going to be EXTREMELY difficult on solo now.
I also confirmed expert path of the damned still has 2/3/4 bandits at the tutorial camp.
*edit* Horn is "only"
I also confirmed expert path of the damned still has 2/3/4 bandits at the tutorial camp.
*edit* Horn is "only"
5000 gold after discount.
Oh my, that's rough.
I suspect, but have not tested, that they may have also fixed
being able to enchant it and remove the "Terrible" modifier
Can anyone check that who still has the Disappointer around?
I didn't do that anyway, I just sold it to get the Horn.
Eh, I'll just have to scale my encoutners more now, I'm gonna use a Summoner Chanter anyway so the Summon existed only as a filler before I got my Spectre out.
Alcoremortis
Member
So, I'm kinda midway through...
Does the character background you picked at the beginning affect the plot at any point? Besides the opening conversation with whatsherface and one other side comment, I haven't seen much of it.
Maybe I didn't do the right quests or something.
Does the character background you picked at the beginning affect the plot at any point? Besides the opening conversation with whatsherface and one other side comment, I haven't seen much of it.
Maybe I didn't do the right quests or something.
Lonewolf_92
Member
At higher difficulties they become more useful. The number of camping supplies you can carry is lower, so having to spend one for fatigue is more costly. I may be mistaken, but I think Survival also works on potion duration, and having an extra casting or two of high level spells in the form of scrolls also means less resting required. But yeah, compared to Stealth and Mechanics, the others are less useful/situational depending on your play style.
It sort of reminds me a little of 3E Dungeons and Dragons. Flank an enemy or otherwise get out of their sight, get to deal more damage.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Does the character background you picked at the beginning affect the plot at any point? Besides the opening conversation with whatsherface and one other side comment, I haven't seen much of it."
They change some character dialogue towards you and give you some occasional extra dialogue options.
They change some character dialogue towards you and give you some occasional extra dialogue options.
Primethius
Banned
I need some tips for the combat. I'm trying to explore the area underneath to rescue/find the remains of the priests in the very first city you come across. Have three party members and the mage absolutely gets wrecked by the ghosts/phantoms because they just teleport to him and, wack wack, he's gone.
That area can be hard, if you find yourself dying too much, you can just leave it for later.
The problem with this for solo expert potd is that (big tactical spoilers):
You would have to survive long enough for the summon to become available, and common early enemies have permanent stunlock (xuarip skirmishers, phantoms, etc.) which means you won't even be able to summon it unless you get lucky with ultra tanky stats AND lucky saves.
Also, perhaps even more importantly, I don't know if combat ends when your summoned phantom dies and you're out of range. That was key to cheesing a lot of the encounters and stealthing through Caed Nua. I haven't managed it but apparently you could use the horn summon, run away and close a door, and then continue on your way once the animat died and combat ended.
Also, perhaps even more importantly, I don't know if combat ends when your summoned phantom dies and you're out of range. That was key to cheesing a lot of the encounters and stealthing through Caed Nua. I haven't managed it but apparently you could use the horn summon, run away and close a door, and then continue on your way once the animat died and combat ended.
I'm not yet sure if the patched solo XP gain is significant. I'd have to try to do all the quests I did before, but I'm almost certain that's impossible without the horn this time as a rogue.
completely normal and you can't really do much about it - there's a helpful lvl 1 priest spell that removes a character from combat and heals them
ghosts just don't like Aloth (not many do)
Se7enSword
Banned
Is the stronghold achievement fixed now? I still don't have it. =(
Primethius
Banned
Oh okay, thanks. I was thinking of doing that, guess I'll revisit it later. Just like the bear in the cave at the beginning.
I just restarted my Hard/Expert run and I got the 2/3/4 so if it was changed, they changed it back during the hotfix patch.
Figured since the first time before I restarted I tried a Paladin, then moved onto a Wizard which I really liked but then my saves went kaput I'd start this time as a ranged rogue build, since I really liked the rogue adventurer I built with my wizard.
Thank you Obsidian for the patch, happy to be playing again.
I don't expect it to be that good for long, but at the start it's a solid class that gets me some experience with the difficulty level and the monster layouts. I mean my Deflection is really high at the beginning and so are all my defences. Concentration too.
I can actually get to my spectre really easily even against a group of 3 Xaurips.
Enemy Spectres? I wouldn't even get close to that dungeon, I have no intention of trying that area until way later.
Also my stat distribution makes for some pretty easy quest resolutions via dialogue.
Seems way more viable than Rogue, that's for sure. I've walked that path and it wasn't a pretty one.
I can actually get to my spectre really easily even against a group of 3 Xaurips.
Enemy Spectres? I wouldn't even get close to that dungeon, I have no intention of trying that area until way later.
Also my stat distribution makes for some pretty easy quest resolutions via dialogue.
Seems way more viable than Rogue, that's for sure. I've walked that path and it wasn't a pretty one.
LurkerPrime
Member
You should be a QA tester. I feel like you run into every issue out there.
You get so strong eventually. I just got to act 3 and I'm already level 11 and pretty much steamrolling everything. Slumber is the new slicken. Not really a fan of level 6 wizard spells so far, the range of the best ones seem to be around the caster which is rather inconvenient.
It really feels like they already have abilities in mind for the expansion. I can already read level 7 scrolls >.>
It really feels like they already have abilities in mind for the expansion. I can already read level 7 scrolls >.>
My stronghold upgrades keep disappearing, has happened multiple times now. I will upgrade part of it, come back later and it has reset and asks me to purchase again. For exam I had upgraded both walls, towers, barracks and now they are all saying "purchase", I have to go back to a save an hour ago to restore them. Is this a bug or is it something I am doing?
edit: it's all me, protip, don't auto resolve battles
edit: it's all me, protip, don't auto resolve battles
Happened once in Brighthollow and I thought nothing of it because the map transition is close enough to the door to teleport out.
Happened again when I was talking to the Hadret House woman, had to load an autosave
Your stronghold can get attacked from the creatures inside Od Nua and if you do nothing they destroy buildings.
That's exactly what I heard for solo potd expert -- that there's one or two possible barbarian builds, and also that level 3-4 is the hardest and most boring. I'll probably try that again next if I fail again with a rogue.
That might be, but this is a longshot -- did you double check you were on hard/expert when you saw it the first time? I was streaming for a friend after the hotfix patch, and they claimed they saw me select expert potd as the difficulty...yet I only got 2/2/2 bandits. After a while I found it was on easy difficulty even though we both thought I picked potd. I started a new game and it was fine.
If you find a way to get to either level 4 or past Caed Nua, please let me know since those are my problems. Caed Nua has mandatory
phantom/shadow fight(s), and/or cheesing with a figurine, and a mandatory boss fight at the end that you MIGHT be able to get RNG luck on to get some enemies to help kill the boss
Yeah, soon as I saw I had two for the ambush, and then the three immediately afterwards I double checked I was actually on Hard/Expert and not POTD/Expert.
Don't know if this was ever the case pre-patch as I never checked, but I just noticed you can actually select the third weapon slot for unarmed if you have weapons in the first two slots even if you don't actually have access to the third weapon slot. Guess that would be useful for RP to run around with no weapons showing.
-EDIT-
An interesting variation on one of the outcomes for the very beginning.
So, I was trying to keep from camping to keep Calisca from bolting with the water so I'd have a fighter for the upcoming fights, but one of the enemies after you knock down the wall decided to ignore her and did a little too much damage to me. So, I camped and sure enough she bolted.
However, I had already disabled some of the traps on the floor for the extra experience. Not all of them, but all the ones I'm able to do with 2 mechanics. Head back to the trapped floor, and she's not there. End up finishing the rest of the dungeon with just Heodan and head outside to trigger the scene. Sure enough, for the entirety of the scene you can see Calisca's body laying there on the ground near the guys who are about to be turned to ash.
However, I had already disabled some of the traps on the floor for the extra experience. Not all of them, but all the ones I'm able to do with 2 mechanics. Head back to the trapped floor, and she's not there. End up finishing the rest of the dungeon with just Heodan and head outside to trigger the scene. Sure enough, for the entirety of the scene you can see Calisca's body laying there on the ground near the guys who are about to be turned to ash.
Yeah, I got that as well. Fortunately I think you can still loot the corpse.
I was kind of hoping
that she would survive and you'd find her at her sister's house, and then have the option of killing her for deserting with the goods.
Ok, will try next time I go back to Caed Nua
I got it from one of the gallery posted in the early pages of this thread
Like Sword Coast Stratagems? ;-) Well probably will have wait for mods.
Yeah I did some experimenting with the beginning.
I've tried every order of things I can think of, I don't think there's any way for her to be saved.
LurkerPrime
Member
Checking the rolls would be the easiest way to tell. Mouse over their attacks in the combat log to see the specifics. Grazes should do half damage, while misses or whatever will do nothing.
Edit: Actually, thinking back I can't recall them being very effective either. If I encounter them again I'll have to check it myself.
UncleSporky
Member
I noticed that too, they seem like totally ineffectual enemies.
Intheflorsh
Banned
It looks like the stronghold stuff is fixed after all, I've finally had a few encounters and the hirelings are getting paid.
It needs to be hero I think. That what is was for me for it to work.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
This might be an issue. From memory i dont think the spit is something that is like a normal ranged attack.. it can be dodged or run away from. When it hits empty space it makes an animation that covers the ground. Maybe its something you have to stand in?
I think
being happy that she can live and be with her sister, and not have her soul ripped out, might be more appropriate than killing her over some water
Also my first post-patch expert solo POTD run seems to have come to an abrupt end unless there's another route I'm forgetting.
Has anyone found a closed door that you simply can't open? I'm seeing this, and moving the mouse cursor over it, leaving the area and reentering etc. does nothing.
http://abload.de/img/doorigzch.png
I need this door open because:
I want the dungeon area for gold and XP, and possibly to find the priest's friend so I can turn the castle neutral and loot more gold. Since I presumably can't get the figurine post-patch, I can't go the sewer route