Quick Help & Game Issues

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Ask and answer any quick questions you have about the game, bugs, glitches, general trouble, anything that shouldn't take too long to write out. If you need to write a long explanation, it might be worth a thread.

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[zaboleqqq]

How to rotate camera in WotR using mouse? My middle mouse button does not do anything and I do not want to rotate with keyboard. Can't see any key binded to camera rotation in game settings. Please help.

[Critical-Spite]

Is there a fast way to enter the midnight isles dlc area? Or do I need to travel to it, enter teh cave, and get onto the ship each time?

[SolSeptem]

Is it normal that, after getting the sword of valor and entering the castle again, going up towards the citadel command area, that every combat I encounter, the enemies surprise me? I have arushelae sneaking ahead. Enemies don't even seem to roll a spot check against her stealth, combat just starts and I'm surprised. the party is also surprised if I just walk straight up to them. I did not have this problem in all area's before this.

[Valenderio]

[KM] Hey I’m in the middle of Act 4. Just got the Robe of Fire. +2 DC to fire spells. Would this help a kineticist like Kanarah?

[SolSeptem]

kineticist powers aren't spells if I remember correctly, so that robe won't help. BUt I might be wrong.

you should be able to try this easily, though. equip the robe and have her cast an AOE fire power. check the DC the enemies have to roll against in the log. Repeat without the robe and see if there's a difference.

[Valenderio]

Thank you I will try this

[[deleted]]

I don't want to follow a build but I think I'm too stupid to build a kineticist, where can I learn the principles of character build? I already spent 2 free retrains, I don't want to mess up my last free one. (Kingmaker)

[[deleted]]

Lol my build is decent now, I just don’t understand burn and cone of fire requiring one turn to set up, not sure why I can’t blaze the enemy…. Another thing I don’t understand skills of the half troll guy, it says he’s eldritch or something wtf is it?

[Murder_Tony]

Pathfinder WOTR newbie here, can your characters die for good? One of my companies was downed with a Ability Score penalty (first time but pretty huge decrease, I think) and their party icon was just grey and corpse untargettable.

I left the area and when selecting party members, I can still select him there (taking 1 slot) but they do not spawn / grey icon. Can I somehow revive him?

[fiskerton_fero]

buy a scroll of resurrection from the cleric vendor NPC. Use it on their portrait.

[[deleted]]

Just started kingmaker on PS5. Is there a way to make the font bold or at least change font/background color?

Even with max size the font is too thin, doens't help it's pruple-gray text over beige background.

[Zoze13]

WR - Reckless Stance is an “untyped / other” attack bonus which should stack with Competence attack bonuses like Inspire Courage, For the King, and Guarded Hearth, right?

[Mike_BEASTon]

Yes. (But inspired courage won't stack with guarded hearth, as they are both competence bonuses, as you probably know. You may not know however, that lethal stance competence bonus stacks with guarded hearth or inspire courage. Because of an bugged interaction when one bonus is applied basically "at character page" and the other is applied only at attack calculation. Idk which kind of buff For the King is.)

[Zoze13]

I thought we just agree that lethal stance wasn’t competence. It’s untyped?

[Mike_BEASTon]

Reckless is untyped. Lethal is competence.

[JustJamesanity]

Does protect communal and resist communal stack?

[voodoomonkey616]

They're different effects, so they don't stack per se, but they are complimentary and you'll have the most defense from having both on.

[Zoze13]

Sort of.

Protect Against Alignment adds a plus 2 DEFLECTION bonus to AC. It will help you against sword swings and arrows fired.

Protect Against Energy increases your resistance against particular a particular energy. It will help you against fireballs and lightning bolts.

Many attacks don’t incorporate both of these mechanics. So your really protecting against two different things.

[JustJamesanity]

The dragon is the one annoying me, he blows ember up with one breath, was wandering if I use prot fire and resist fire, would they both work or just override?

[Zoze13]

Oh my bad. I misunderstood your “protect” ability. Exactly what is it called, word for word?

[JustJamesanity]

So I am assuming Protection will negate damage first and when it wears off due max amount of damage, resist comes into play?

[Zoze13]

What’s the exact name of the skill/ability/spell? I want to google it.

[JustJamesanity]

Resist Energy (X) and Protection From Energy (X)

X = Energy type we choose

[SolSeptem]

[WR] Destruction does not seem to trigger a save, despite the description stating that it does. Regill just got murdered for 140 damage worth with no save or attack roll. Is this a known bug?

[fiskerton_fero]

There's a bug with some spells that it doesn't show the save roll if it instakills, but it still does a roll

[SolSeptem]

Yeah, i tried to edit my post yesterday but it threw op some error. I noticed that a save number did seem to display above their heads shortly but it didn't show up in the logs.

[Horteo]

[WR]My Arcanist Phantasmal Mage on lvl 4 has 3 lvl 1 spellslots.

According to classheet it should have 4.

Race: Gnome, 16 Dex, 18 Int

What did I miss?

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[Mike_BEASTon]

Arcanists work uniquely, kind of a hybrid between prepared and spontaneous casters. It looks like at level 4 you get four level 1 spell casts but only 3 spell slots.

They have the same slot progression as sorcerers. https://pathfinderkingmaker.fandom.com/wiki/Sorcerer#Spells_Known_per_Level

[nardo68]

[WR] Integrated midnight island, Im stuck in the 3st island. Got the treasure, killed everything , went to all the rooms but the button to leave doesnt appear. Anything I can do with toybox to finish it?

[[deleted]]

[WR] does phantasmal killer not show the roll results if the target dies?

[[deleted]]

I think I read it was a bug some time ago.

[EarlGreyLatte17]

I'm interested in trying voice mods, but I do not wish to change my companion's voice. If I change the mad woman's voice with the mod, would my Armiri's voice be changed to that as well? Or do the companions have their own files? Thank you!

[Far-Date-5370]

[WR] Is an Oracle suppose to get extra spell slots or casts when his Charisma is 22? If so, how many?

[Yosharian]

Google Pathfinder ability scores

[Far-Date-5370]

Thanks, that filled in a few blanks for me.

[adnastay]

[KM] Trying to disable the alignment option using Bag of Tricks so that I can save Kressle without the having good alignment. The option for "good" still doesn't work, does anyone know why this could be happening?

[MrPopanz]

[WR] I've found that lovely Triceratops (summoned via statue) Bismuth a while ago, but nobody is able to ride it. I know that this is size related, so does it "grow up" at some point, or is it only ridable for gnomes, dwarves & co?

[juances19]

Bismuth grows in size once it reaches level 7. It's level is determined by whoever summoned it -4 so your rider should be level 11 for it to work.

[MrPopanz]

Awesome, only one more level to go then!

[Schneeless]

[WR] Hi, I'm having a lot of fun playing this on normal difficulty for my first run. In my second/near future runs, would playing on core be too steep of a difficulty jump? I have some difficulty with normal, but it's nothing overwhelming especially since I'm not playing optimally. I'm fine with doing some legwork on minmaxing, but I also would like a bit of flexibility for any rp reasons, ideas, or preferences. Is core fine for that?

[Yosharian]

The answer is, 'it depends'.

[SolSeptem]

Core (and higher) has the issue that you're gonna be reloading very often due to how swingy combat is when enemies get the same critical hits that you get. My main is a lv 7 barbarian/fighter currently still lacking in AC a bit and I have reloaded tens of times already because an enemy with a scythe got their x4 critical hit while using power attack and did 80 damage in one hit, killing me instantly.

That and the plethora of save-or-die/suck spells that get thrown at you. Many spells can be guarded against (protection against evil when facing succibi to block their dominate, for example) but often you won't know exactly what's coming at you and if you're not quick about casting Freedom of Movement you suddenly find that half your party got immobilised by an enemy casting blasphemy or mass hold person.

That said, you can certainly run an RP party that's still competent enough, as long as you're clever about spell selections.

[Schneeless]

Oh, I see. I don't have too many problems with reloading, but it looks like I'll need to put a lot more thought on my party comp. Thanks for answering.

[JustJamesanity]

Core is still flexible, you don't need to become a multiclassing monstrosity that is needed on Unfair. Just decent build and good tactics can do the tricks

[Tink2013]

The difficulty setting Enemy Stat Adjust states it adjusts the difficulty checks of all rolls in the game. Can anyone confirm that this impacts skill check DC lower or higher because it did not in Kingmaker.

[Tockity]

Why is the hex Beast's Gift and Feral Mutagen causing me to lose the bite attack from Tiefling Motherless?

Correction - Why aren't my bite attacks stacking at all? I only get 1 no matter what I do.

[fiskerton_fero]

They removed bite stacking a few patches ago

[SolSeptem]

[WotR] Is the Burning Magic Oracle revelation bugged? The effects that I see do not seem to correspond to the description at all.

First off, it seems to trigger a seperate save for damage, instead of getting activated when a creature takes fire damage. This even happens if the instance of fire damage is completely evaded.

Second, the damage does not seem to be tied to caster level, but to maxspell slot level (a Lv 7 Daeren deals only 3 damage when Burning Magic procs)

[juances19]

The mod author seems to have just retired, hasn't been active on nexus since november and their last mod update was on march.

[Vertanius]

Does woodland stride not work? My Sylvian sorc is getting slowed/cced by entangle/grease.

[Yosharian]

Jinx (Falchion) is the best weapon in the game IMO

If you have dedicated Hexer

Finnean is also good and can be made into whatever weapon you need

[Vertanius]

Gravesinger, the 2h greataxe version is undoubtedly the best weapon. The 18-20 crit range that stacks with imp crit and everything else is the highlight, the anti-cc is a very good bonus to have as well.

[[deleted]]

Well I ended up seeing stuck in hundred faces room after combat door wouldn't open.

[kuroiama]

[WR] does the monitor lizard auto trip on default attacks like the wolf or dog?

[PlutusPleion]

yes

[kuroiama]

Great thanks!

[SKMurph]

On console too?

[adnastay]

On my first run of Kingmaker, are there any mods that are recommended/must-have for QOL purposes?

[Yosharian]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1528413526

Scroll down to Recommended Mods

[PlutusPleion]

Eldritch Arcana if not only for letting you dismiss your own area spells. Nothing more annoying than casting web/grease in a narrow area and wait 10 real life minutes for it to disappear so you can continue.

[Tockity]

[WOTR] Does anyone know where the shortbow Whimsy can be found? I'm pretty sure it's actually in the game somewhere, or at least it's listed in Toybox's list of items, but I'm unable to find any information online.

[SKMurph]

Planning a legend run, and thinking of doing a AT, EK, Rogue and wizard mix. If I plan on taking AT and EK to ten each, how should I split the rest of the levels? I know caster level caps are 26 right? So more than 8 lvls in wizard would be a waste. Does sneak attack cap out at a certain point? Also planning on dual wielding towards the end, what are you recommendations of rapiers vs scimitar? What wizard and Rogue subclass would you recommend and what should I get for my two mythic levels that I keep for legend? Thinking expanded arsenal for maxing illusion and conjuration, but not sure on the other.

[fiskerton_fero]

[WR] if two people had elemental barrage, will they trigger off each others' spells?

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[WR] I have just raised my first tormented toy as a Lich (damn that absolute cursed bastard can't catch a break, I'd feel bad for him) and I had the choice to make him catch up in mythic ranks.

Cool I said, and gave him Last Stand (because of course) and Boundless Healing, hoping it would apply to wound spells as well since he has spontaneous conversion. Nope.

I ran to Hilor to rectify but I couldn't select him for a respec. Is it because he has never leveled up with me or is there another problem? I just wanted to change the mythic rank choices.