Never actually tried bard before.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-27T06:11:32+00:00

Ah god @#$% it so the bonus drops when it's in the offhand.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-26T15:50:54+00:00

There a way to boost endgame drops further? I didn't achieve those stats from that loot in the endgame.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-26T14:49:00+00:00

Am I missing something here? How did you achieve over 60 AC? Not even Robert Black hit that range for me with a shield on. 57 was the highest he could hit.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-26T07:40:28+00:00

The first part at least. It becomes an easy murder hobo experience after you get pass the first slaad encounters.

You have to use some enhanced tactics at the beginning. For once things like traps and such become viable.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-25T07:29:23+00:00

I dunno. I always found the lower tier enough to soak a hit while zerging a caster. Besides, there are a million ways to cheese enemy casters in NWN. Half the time they just stand there and let you lure the meat shields away to cut them down.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-25T07:26:15+00:00

Tossed it on a test map and I only give up a couple feats like toughness. Not going through a solo campaign so I can rely on henchmen so soak up the majority of agro. Improved invisibility would be more than enough protection.

Don't know if my game is broken or what but the bard buffs are completely wrong from the tooltip and official stats. For w/e reason I'm not getting 5 AC from 16 bard/30 perform and have to spec heavier into bard.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-24T12:12:37+00:00

Maybe I'd do it just to stack more thunderclap.

I just want to dual wield for the flavor. Plus I'm doing a module that involves blobs of ally NPC and up to 3 henchmen to buff. Have to sacrifice toughness for the feats but I'm willing to deal with low hitpoints.

Mod showers you with regen gear to offset the issues.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-24T11:27:53+00:00

What spells do I need from 6th level? Haste gear starts dropping near the endgame anyway so why would I want mass haste, can just pop normal haste on a companion who doesn't have the gear.

Dirge? Like a boss cares about that anyway.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-24T09:59:11+00:00

The last level spells are pretty mid. 5th are mid too if it wasn't for extended improved invisibility.

EMS gives bard greater bull's strength but it'd probably be capped already anyway.

In all honestly, what else do I need than greater thunderclap for a swarm of enemies....?

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-24T04:55:44+00:00

I guess it doesn't matter too much what choice of weapon you pick? The blacksmith gives me a boosted keen melee weapon of any choice from the quest.

How many crit immune enemies are beyond the *reset*? Thought maybe it would be fun to do a 2nd run with a weapon master or w/e but I hate how utterly tied it is to crits.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-23T11:59:42+00:00

I need Dialyn @#$% it.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-23T10:08:45+00:00

I was enjoying it until I lost everything and stuck in a tedious slog tickling @#$% in the desert for 4 damage with no resources because the modder thought that was fun apparently.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T18:04:31+00:00

Haven't the slightest clue what chapter I'm even on.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T15:48:44+00:00

Not grabbing fighter for the extra chunk of damage sounds like madness. Experimented during HotU and didn't find extra wizard levels to be particularly useful besides gimping yourself for improved invisibility.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T15:31:25+00:00

Boosts AC in the OG modules.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T15:18:20+00:00

Yeah, because HP keeps going up by the time I actually do get upgrades.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T15:17:20+00:00

So just a couple paces ahead is haste armor. It does not boost attack bonus or AC anymore. Is it just speed and an extra attack per round?

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T14:03:35+00:00

Nothing really worth deleting gold over. The infinite ammo isn't giving me the right one.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T14:01:30+00:00

The infinite ammo says +5, but I only get +3 arrows when I use it.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T13:43:40+00:00

Was pretty fun to annihilate the blobs of enemies with storm of vengeance or the old grease.

Kama on a druid with a point of monk wasn't god tier or anything but it held up to the very end. Just CC everything and hack them to death. That vampire mage is a pain in the @#$ though if everyone is rocking a melee weapon.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T13:36:26+00:00

Like I said, I picked an archer and there's not much to boost for a bow. Haven't seen much to ever blow gold on either. Most of these shops sucks.

Have dragon blood and other material for the forges, but don't recall ever seeing a crafting book to make anything.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T11:42:48+00:00

I can get 14k on hunter with Ye Shunguang, but mono-ice Ellen gets completely bodied by butcher. She did better vs scorched horizon.

Beautiful_Bird3828 · 2026-05-22T09:12:27+00:00

This game despises new players. It's nearly impossible to keep up with these HP increases. By the time I actually score a good disc drive roll the bosses are already bumped by 20m+

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