FunkMonkey posted:

I've long known that my next character is going to be a Shifter/Shattered Pillar and going Bloody Roar on some chumps.

Captain Oblivious posted:

So how about that Rekke fellow

Once he learns Aedyran he has some uh, INTERESTING stuff to say. For one, he's a missionary of a monotheist religion come to bring the word of capital g God to the mythical western lands beyond the storms. He also has no concept of the Engwithan pantheon whatsoever, which begs a lot of questions.

Captain Oblivious posted:

Shattered Pillar is mostly wasted on Shifter tbh. As a multiclass, you aren’t using many wound spenders anyway. The rapid wound generation of Shattered Pillar is soing basically nothing for you, and the lower wound cap will even prevent you from stacking Maximum Lash with Turning Wheel.

Lima posted:

Does Carnage apply weapon effects/modal abilities etc to those hit in the AoE?

Kith posted:

Generic Legendary items are not supposed to be dropping. If you have any, report it as a bug.

Tenzarin posted:

There's a quarterstaff that increases dmg and attack speed based off metaphysics skill and you can enchant it with 5% dmg for all the dmg types at the same time. 2 handers seem really strong in this game, so strong you can just have your front line running around with them no problem.

Captain Oblivious posted:

So how about that Rekke fellow

Once he learns Aedyran he has some uh, INTERESTING stuff to say. For one, he's a missionary of a monotheist religion come to bring the word of capital g God to the mythical western lands beyond the storms. He also has no concept of the Engwithan pantheon whatsoever, which begs a lot of questions.

snoremac posted:

Do you succeed in textual stat-based actions by having higher athleticism or whatever than a set number, or does having high athleticism just increase probability?

ProfessorCirno posted:

It's...functional. There's honestly almost no actual synergy between them, you're mostly just mashing the strongest class in the game (monk) with a near empty class that has like three good tricks (cipher). I mean, you'll do fine - the game doesn't really have a difficulty - but fighter's a better multiclass for cipher, and either no multiclass at all or fighter/barbarian/paladin is better for monk.

Azran posted:

Do my non-active party members get any experience? Or will they always lag behind the main party?

Heithinn Grasida posted:

In most circumstances soul blade strictly increases melee dps by more than 50% and it works from level 1, though doesn’t really come into its own until you get draining whip. A nature godlike transcendent with maxed out might can be punching for over 100 damage by level 4. You rip through fights on PotD before your companions really get to do anything. It synergizes well with lightning strikes and turning wheel since soul annihilation is multiplicative with those, which are in turn multiplicative with the additive bonuses from soul whip and might. Transcendent may not have game breaking skills like charge and cleaving stance that are certain to be nerfed, but it’s a really straightforward melee powerhouse that’s strong out the gate and can cherry pick the few good cipher powers for some versatility later on.

For the guy thinking about this combo, don’t listen to ProfessorCirno’s advice, soulblade is one-dimensional, but it synergizes perfectly well with monk.

Lima posted:

Does Carnage apply weapon effects/modal abilities etc to those hit in the AoE?

FunkMonkey posted:

Nope

ProfessorCirno posted:

Nothing here contradicts what I said in the slightest

It's entirely functional. Soul Blade does it's thing, monk does it's thing, but neither really interacts with each other on a great degree. Soul Annihilation works well with Fighter because Cleaving Stance activates when you kill, meaning Soul Annihilation is more or less guaranteed to activate it; monks don't have anything that specifically fires when you kill a dude, and while I'm certainly not going to look down on their buffs because they, like everything else monks have, are extremely good, they don't work as well with Soul Annihilation as the fighter buffs do; Lightning Strikes is insane, yes, but Soul Annihilation already does hilarious damage, and appreciates Tactical Barrage way more. Transcendent, in other words is losing probably the best high level powers in the game for a really good single target nuke with a required build up and cipher dialogue options. And hey, I'm playing one, so obviously that's a fair trade to plenty of people.

I'm obviously discounting the idea of playing a Transcendent that focuses on the cipher spellcasting side, because cipher powers are largely mediocre. That said, you can still do it - Helwalker/Ascendant with ranged weapons (probably scepters, just try not to kill yourself). This uses swift strikes to spin up your focus extra fast, and then once it's go time, you've got the Helwalker Might bonuses kicking in.

Another good combo for Cipher as a caster - especially if you want to use guns - is paladin. To be...well, Paladin. Have gun will sail, and all that. Flames of Devotion is a full attack, meaning you fire with both offhand and mainhand, and they're counted as having been loaded even if they, well, weren't. Better yet, it can be refunded, meaning you can do it in fact forever. This is a great way to alpha spike your Focus (so hello again Ascendant); gunkata once, twice, maybe even three times I guess (I haven't tried this out myself yet) to launch your Focus to max right at the start of the round, and probably also ice some fools at the same time. Cipher squishiness is offset by paladin conviction defense bonuses and high HP benefits, and also paladins are drat near unkillable period anyways. Probably more of a support cipher build.

Anyways, you aren't disagreeing with me, you just think what I'm saying sounds overly harsh.



For what it's worth, Carnage would play second fiddle to Berserker's Frenzy and Barbaric Blow anyways, because both those powers are pretty slick. Also, if you use the Mega Blade of However Many Paths (you know the one) you get kind of the Carnage effect in reverse, because whatever weapon-based powers you use through that zweihander are "cast" through it's cone. Pair it up with a Kind Wayfarer traveler and heal the entire party of any damage possible with a single FoD!

Nephthys posted:

So the only companion I'm still not sure how to build atm is Serafin. Barb/Cipher doesn't seem to go too well together. I'm guessing you either shoot your guns, use your focus and then wade into melee or just stick to melee from the start. Neither of which seems like a good use of the multiclass.

Is pure Cipher or Barb just better?

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Pro-tip:

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Results are not perfect but if your character is something that's hard to find on the internet in pre-existing art (i.e., not an elf with huge knockers ) it can be a decent substitute.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

"Brilliant" inspiration, currently only from Chanters at high level. Also a specific spellbook in the Dark Cauldron gives wizards extra spell casts but makes you get interrupted more easily.

turboraton posted:

He can translate the Strange Tablet.

oxford_town posted:

How would you write an ending in which maintaining the institution of slavery was positive?

evilmiera posted:

I never found him. What's the tablet say?

frajaq posted:

divx posted:

It's about the sale of a horse and how to care for it. His people seem to worship them.

frajaq posted:

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

Does anyone else find it kind of weird that the only inn in Neketaka is the Gullet one? I mean, you can rest in both the brothel and the bathhouse, but you'd think there'd be an actual inn that isn't a semi-cave in the slums.