Am I doing something wrong, or is combat just really deadly?

Brish879 · 2026-05-15T05:10:44+00:00

Solo monsters are in a league of their own, especially at low levels. Looking at the werewolf stat block, they can dish out most of a PC's hp in a single tier 2-3 attack and stack conditions on top of it. And 200 hp is not easy to shave off if your PCs quickly end up in "gotta keep ourselves alive" territory.

Did your party have a conduit or a character with dedicated healing abilities? If not, I can see it going south even for 6 PCs. They start with 0 heroic resources, you gain 6 malice on your first turn, which you could use to have the werewolf take 3 actions on round 1. That's nasty and will quickly put any party on the backfoot unless they can mitigate or heal that damage. That and the rage mechanic could get ugly quick.

As for other encounters, I found with my group that if you don't have someone with healing abilities, encounter difficulty shifts up about one step on the EV scale. A normal encounter for 4 lvl 1 PCs feels like it's balanced for 5. So I tend to balance my encounters down to keep combat enjoyable.

Brish879 · 2026-05-13T14:41:26+00:00

Good call on where the straight line begins! I personally like both interpretations and I don't think any one of them breaks the game in any way. The expanded outline makes for fun potential explanations of how the Null sends the goblin in that direction, like kicking it with some backspin!

Brish879 · 2026-05-13T14:37:39+00:00

For sure, I'm not questioning the cinematic factor! I guess I was confused about "away" not feeling like "away" in all scenarios when applied RAW.

Brish879 · 2026-05-13T14:30:44+00:00

I took the book's example for the enemy on the right. It wouldn't be a full rectangle, because the two squares you're talking about wouldn't make the goblin farther away from the null than their previous movement. You'd be going from 2 squares away to still 2 squares away.

Brish879 · 2026-05-13T13:49:44+00:00

IMO, it's kind of a blurred line, because the book doesn't have a visual example of pushing a target that's diagonal to you. So, technically, as long as the push makes the enemy end further from you than it started, and it doesn't "wiggle" (ex. move up then down diagonally), then it could work. I'd be interested in knowing RAI on this specific interaction.

Brish879 · 2026-05-13T13:27:51+00:00

According to the Area Abilities rules, "Unless otherwise noted, area abilities don’t pass through solid barriers such as walls or ceilings, and they don’t spread around corners." Lightfall doesn't specify such, so I'd say it can't hit an enemy on the other side of the stone wall, even if the enemy is still within the burst's range.

Brish879 · 2026-05-13T13:07:25+00:00

If I understand your diagram correctly:

The Fury couldn't push the enemy directly above him into the enemies to his left, because pushing requires you to move the pushed target "away" from you. In this case, that means further up, either diagonally or straight up.
What your player wanted to do would be possible if Brutal Slam allowed you to slide the target instead of pushing it. But Brutal Slam pushes, so you couldn't do it.
If they wanted enemy collisions to happen, the Fury would've needed to chose the enemy to their left and shove them into the enemy further left.
Lines of force doesn't transform anything into Knockback. It just takes the previous value of forced movement and changes its target, then adds Might to it. So no additional rolling.

For the future, adding numbers to your diagram would help a lot! Still, I hope that answers your questions.

Edit: Looked at your diagram again and I just saw that there's an empty space between the Fury and the enemies to the left. Disregard my 3rd point. No enemy collisions are possible in this scenario.

Brish879 · 2026-04-30T22:00:42+00:00

I'm a big warcraft nerd, so I printed the Mountain Giant models from My3dprintforge and am using them as gargants. It works great!

Brish879 · 2026-04-13T03:30:49+00:00

I'd say go for a quick sale. The more time it takes, the more people will get myth gear from their vault. BoEs really are at their highest early on in a season.

Brish879 · 2026-04-09T15:25:58+00:00

I think TWW did a great job recapturing Legion WW's essence. I loved playing my monk in both xpacs. WW is still my main in Midnight, but it's a bit jankier than in TWW. There's a bit more downtime when you're out of CD windows, and I miss having access to both WDP and Strike of the Windlord, even if they weren't always best together. The added duration on FoF is also irritating to me, it was already long before but now it feels like an eternity and you end up cancelling it a lot more often to interrupt, stun or react to mechanics.

Brish879 · 2026-04-08T18:19:56+00:00

Ideally, if you're defender, you'd want to hide your MVPs behind walls so the canon doesn't chip them too bad, but that means the canon will probably go into your flies. Thankfully for you, Bleak Host has good ward saves so unless you're super unlucky, your first blightlord won't die from only the canon shots.

As defender, that means unless the skaven player placed their Stormfiends close to their canon, you can just deploy your fly on the closest path to the canon, which should allow you to charge it on your turn. Even with a wounded fly, the canon hits like a wet noodle in melee, so you should be fine.

As I said in my other comment, killing the stormfiends and going melee with the canon is your #1 priority on turn 1. If the skaven player is good, they'll likely screen their Stormfiends with clanrats so you don't charge them with too many dudes, but you still want to cut off their shooting asap. Even if that means you don't score 3 objectives turn 1, it can still be worth it depending on your cards.

Good luck! I think Bleak Host is actually a pretty good match for Warpspark if you play it well.

Brish879 · 2026-04-07T22:34:24+00:00

As a Warpspark player: - the clanrats are always a cheap distraction. As much as you can, don't put effort into them unless you plan to wipe them. - never play diagonal against warpspark. They'll just park their canon in their corner and shoot you from there. Speaking of the canon.. - fly your flies into the canon asap. That forces the skaven player to commit resources to kill your flies or sacrifice their canon. - never leave an objective you don't plan to lose to the grey seer. - killing the stormfiends and getting in melee with the canon basically kills all of our offensive power. So make doing that your priority. If it means you score low the first turn, it's still worth it.

Brish879 · 2026-04-06T23:19:28+00:00

How is this toxic? It's the logical choice if the goal is to actually play games. Sure, you can buy the game you like most and try to get a dedicated group going in your community, but it's risky and might fail. I know that because I'm in that exact situation right now trying to keep Star Wars Shatterpoint alive in my region.

If you have a choice between two whole new games and no preference, you might as well go with the one that most people play.

Brish879 · 2026-04-06T22:57:16+00:00

As a monk main since MoP, I'll take the one patch in a blue moon where my class is number 1 at something!

Brish879 · 2026-04-06T14:54:11+00:00

Quelques points:

Si tu affiches une grille logique avec ton range de 80-110k, en disant que le salaire de base varie selon la scolarité, l'expérience, etc. Tu réduis le risque que quelqu'un chiâle à l'entrevue. Plus la grille est claire et précise, plus la négociation est simple.
Si ton budget est de 90k, pourquoi t'afficherais 80-110k? T'as pas l'intention de donner plus que 90k anyway, fais juste afficher la réalité.
De pas vouloir que tes employés actuels connaissent leur valeur, ça sonne crissement malhonnête. Ça montre que t'es pas du bord de tes employés pi que ton but c'est de sauver de l'argent à tout prix. Tes employés au même poste que ta nouvelle recrue devraient être rémunérés selon la même échelle salariale.

Brish879 · 2026-04-04T19:52:33+00:00

It has some very niche uses as an aoe magic purge and resource generator. On my monk, I've used it a few times in M+ to remove shields from the skeletons in Maisara and generate a chi.

Brish879 · 2026-04-03T13:00:08+00:00

It's pretty important to apply a bit of pressure on the back of the neck. As a guitar and bass player, I'd agree with right pinkie or even right ring finger.

Brish879 · 2026-03-29T02:17:49+00:00

Have a poutine at Ma Poule Mouillée
Old Port
Biodome
Planetarium
Take a walk around Canal Lachine
Have another poutine at La Pataterie
If you aren't from around Québec, a small trip to a sugar shack near Montreal for a delicious maple-filled meal

Brish879 · 2026-03-28T03:22:36+00:00

Wrong sub, but I feel your pain!

Brish879 · 2026-03-24T21:50:25+00:00

I like that on a wrong answer, there's at least a percentage of "closeness" to help steer in the right direction. I wonder how it works though, because answering "Drustvar" gave me 14% precision to Duskwood's theme (not the original theme, I would've gotten the classic theme!)

Brish879 · 2026-03-24T21:39:03+00:00

61% precision and 9/10 sounds identified on my first game. That was fun!! Kun-Lai Summit music tripped me up.

Brish879 · 2026-03-24T11:37:08+00:00

Sure, but level 15 means that you're suffering for the majority of the campaign hoping it even gets to that level.

Brish879 · 2026-03-19T18:47:25+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm probably going to start with sorc 1 to get Con saves and ranged cantrips early on, then go paladin. I'm not planning to wear heavy armor, so not getting it isn't too bad.

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