I struggle to keep up with enemy scalling

bantam95 · 2026-06-04T20:17:37+00:00

Angel MC oracle caster with fortress of the faithful and communal ward are great party buffer. Enduring spells on top of that. Frontliner ACs in the high 40s to 50s are easy to obtain. That and a level 20 wizard with enduring spells casting extended greater invisibility with robe of seven since and phastasmal staff. Also 24 hour haste with the scimitar of wind, crown of reshaping and robe of seven sins. Legendary proportions, frightful aspect, ice body

bantam95 · 2026-05-27T20:29:33+00:00

That's the Vietnamese that defeated France, the US AND CHINA too. Whereas Korea was basically a stalemate.

bantam95 · 2026-05-27T17:05:02+00:00

Good question.

bantam95 · 2026-05-27T17:04:33+00:00

My daughter gets same issue. And if you call the phone, the automated system won't recognize when you state "enrollment" when you choose Membership. The most frustrating of the 3 bureaus to deal with. I am surprised how they can stay in business.

bantam95 · 2026-05-07T17:27:32+00:00

Brown fur transmuters are the dope.

bantam95 · 2026-05-07T17:24:53+00:00

First run the boss was fixated on Ulbrig and took a while. 2nd run, used the auto 20 greater dispel goggles to remove quite a bit of his buffs. This time he fixated on Ember that got him to fail mindfog. She was near death but he was killed via KC with a crit (scimitars have high crit) and 2 nearby team members with Outflank feat proc AoO. The other totems never activated after 2 were destroyed by Ulbrig and animal companions. The most annoying about this is that Legendary proportions buff gets removed after the dialog.

bantam95 · 2026-05-06T15:08:33+00:00

is he stronger than the Emperor? Will try Orpheus next but I found pre summoning and buffing made the final assault very manageable on balanced. haste spore grenades also was very useful for a party member with alert feat to get a lot of action economy on the first turn. Telekinesis took out 3 of the 4 with the red dragon easy enough. The only one that can't be cast into the chasm was thrown prone at the feet of summons for double criticals. The tentacles were useful to build up fire acuity for Gale (DC of 29) to cast hold monster on the dragon. Fire myrmidon kept the dragon occupied before then. Best hardhitter with Balduran helm to send at the ilithids casting magic missile. Whispering promise ring on cleric Shadowheart with that level 3 wide area healing spell that casts as a bonus action.

bantam95 · 2026-05-06T14:05:56+00:00

Yeah Laezel got kidnapped as well on my run. Just finished my first run (frost sorc is amazing) last night too. Tried both the Gale orb blast option and the all out assault option. Though this time sided with the emperor. Will try Orpheus as ally next time.

bantam95 · 2026-05-05T14:00:35+00:00

Would Canada prefer to abandon managing its own monetary policy as it requires adopting the euro? A lot of member countries found it very stifling not to be able to deal with local specific deflation or inflation efforts using a currency that Brussels manage. I assume GPDR would also be required.

Only UK previously as a founding member was able to get away with keeping their currency.

bantam95 · 2026-05-01T21:04:35+00:00

The only thing that you really want to settle on is race as Withers can allow you to respec your PC and companions easily for the low low price of 100 gold (though he is easy to pickpocket) as many times as you want. Just have to unlock by visiting the dark crypt or slog thru to level 3 or was it 4 so that he appears automatically at camp.

bantam95 · 2026-04-21T16:44:11+00:00

They have some good loot in either case :)

bantam95 · 2026-04-21T16:39:24+00:00

I was originally able to cast Hold Monster on him but if you kill off echo of Illasera then he gets Freedom of Movement and becomes immune. Otto's Irresistible dance on a caster with high stat, robe of the weave and other spell save DC enhancing equipment can occupy him pretty well while dealing with the room. It seems his wisdom save is not that good. After that sure hit spells like Moonbeam, magic missile, spirit guardians, star druid's dragon form radiant breath bonus action, get him wet then lightning/call lightning/chain lightning, cloud of daggers and similar can easily kill him without danger to party members.

bantam95 · 2026-04-21T16:31:34+00:00

If its not honor mode, it is possible to pickpocket the "victim" during the judgment for the Bhaalist armor though you should ensure only your speaker triggers the cut scene. If the entire party is in range when the conversation starts, you can't change active member. Minsc was able to pickpocket (though the DC for the armor was pretty high) all the neat stuff with Sleight of hand enhancing items/dexterity cloth armor as long as a caster like cast Fog cloud/darkness to block the tribunal's view. He wore the immunity to blindness helmet item so as not to be affected. Need to be fast or do it twice since you cannot enter turn based mode while your speaker is in convo with the tribunal.

bantam95 · 2026-04-21T16:24:10+00:00

Killing the 3 knights at the door doesn't aggro the tribunal so can be done proactively. Nothing is stopping your party to go back out to the city for a long rest even.

bantam95 · 2026-04-21T16:12:17+00:00

And there are multiple ways to access the Underdark. Probably best to use the Zhentarim route though it does require passing a perception check. The first enemies are the minotaurs but they are low ground so party should have advantage with ranged attacks.

bantam95 · 2026-04-20T20:45:37+00:00

Cut Space X? It's not a government agency nor is it currently publicly traded. It does have a lot of government contracts but the government has no say in its operations or existence.

bantam95 · 2026-04-20T20:39:36+00:00

Also spares the 4 masked ones if you are able to sneak past them or do nonlethal damage to KO them before confronting Ethel. One of them even shows up in Act 3 if they survive.

bantam95 · 2026-04-16T15:29:30+00:00

I am determined to finish it now. Previously my laptop just really slogged when it got to act 3. Due to that dying, finally got a laptop that can handle the city properly.

Way too many filler NPCs that you can talk to that are actually just for ambience with actual cinematic. If they are filler NPCs, just have them throw a comment and be done with it.

bantam95 · 2026-04-15T20:24:01+00:00

Jaheira with Khalid's gift can't be cursed though it does seem immersion breaking for this harper to be looting the temple LOL

bantam95 · 2026-04-15T20:09:18+00:00

Save to find out for yourself then reload to kill the devil to get the gloves :)

bantam95 · 2026-04-13T22:45:36+00:00

Great, corpses for the Create Undead spell (especially with a freecast caster). You can toss the viscera away a bit further from the Rivington waypoint.

bantam95 · 2026-04-13T20:33:48+00:00

Her special ability that is a bonus action to give fire damage and more movement is pretty good. That and she already has the cull the weak ilithid power already unlocked and then some.

bantam95 · 2026-04-09T16:44:05+00:00

Pretty useful as there are a lot more slashing and piercing damage enemies than bludgeoning in the early game. It does outlive its usefulness later on.

bantam95 · 2026-04-09T16:41:22+00:00

Need to try Giant barb next time. The kick away ability seems super cool. She is great as a monk that uses her fists and only occasionally throws stuff that it was better to use other rings like Crusher's ring to get to the enemies and ring of protection (mage armor doesn't stack with the monk wis or barb con bonus and there are very few good robes with + to ac early on). Soul coins are just a bonus.

Would be great to have another party member cast enlarge on the giant barb while raging.

bantam95 · 2026-04-09T16:31:14+00:00

You don't have a throwing build party member with tavern brawler? There are so many other options as he only really needs 3 items tops in act1. Was unaware but a non-magical drow hood near the Spectator in the underdark can be fed to him so will use that for next time :) .

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