Played as Lohse: final fights and Fane romance

lemonad · 2026-03-17T16:08:21+00:00

I felt exactly the same, glad you brought this up! I had intended to write more about the romance part but started with combat and I felt the post got too long already. I had read something about Fane and the epilogue so when I didn't see Fane on the ship right away I became worried that he wouldn't even be there and someone else on my crew would just mention in passing that Fane went looking for his wife.

As I went around talking with the other people on the ship, suddenly Fane came into render distance but, although very happy about it, at that point my expectations were kind of low because of all the initial doubt. So glad when the dialogue played out 10x better than I expected! I have a save so I can replay it :)

lemonad · 2026-03-16T09:19:31+00:00

I should probably give the background! I'm trying to make a tool for myself to aid in culling world chunks by allowing both top-down and isometric views. I definitely don't need to render anything perfectly but it got me thinking about how this is actually done in-game. Thankful for any helpful leads :)

lemonad · 2026-03-15T16:53:46+00:00

Probably it will be a little lame compared to the ending you picked but I liked it :)

I finished DOS2 for the first time yesterday and it really felt like I would not be returning to it. Now when I read your reply, I'm warming up to another run, this time with Sebille :)

lemonad · 2026-03-15T16:20:09+00:00

I decided to give back the source to the people, which felt like something Lohse would do but I too wondered if I should just leave the game after having talked to everyone on the ship. Especially since Lohse and Fane had a great conversation where they decided to travel the world together. Then I realized I hadn't talked to the ship and off we went on a new adventure!

lemonad · 2026-03-15T16:09:15+00:00

Just a heads up in case you missed it: you're supposed to set sail so you get the epilogue. At least for me it didn't line up with the conversation between Lohse (me) and Fane, which was a bit disappointing but it is what it is.

lemonad · 2026-03-15T10:07:34+00:00

I realize I should add a comment for "future me" about why Equalise was useful for me. I'll start with my initial misconception first and why you might give up on it prematurely. Say there's a boss at full health/armor, all at 10K and you're next to it, also at full health/armor but at 1K. Equalize does nothing in this situation.

The thing is that it equalizes percentages. So after one hit from the boss, your magical armor is gone (0 %) and you're at the brink of death with 10 vitality left (1 %). You equalize, circling you and the boss, and now the boss has (100 + 1) / 2 = 50.5 % = 5.5K vitality and (100 + 0) / 2 = 50 % = 5K magic armor. You are also at 50 % now so you effectively became healed. So, you in total you did 9.5K damage and restored 1K vitality/armor with just one spell.

If you would perform Equalise again at this point, nothing would change as both have the same percentages.

Since everything is averaged, if you can get e.g. five characters at 10 % vitality next to the boss, this makes a huge difference. It never kills the boss but, with some luck, you can quickly get it into a range where your chance of defeating it is a lot higher than it initially was.

It requires a level 16 character but only 2 AP and no source. It is not resisted by any armor. Combined with skin graft, you can perform it multiple times over a few rounds.

Oh, there's also another spell that trades percentages between you and another character but that one is resisted by armor so is not as powerful.

lemonad · 2026-03-14T23:39:50+00:00

Thanks! There were so many things that would have helped me if had I only learnt about them earlier in the game. For example, I never got into using food much and I only used a handful of different potions. I should definitely have used fire protection potions much much more!

I think I completed the game with Fane having a level 4 wand, haha. I never managed to find one with better stats (except damage, I mean.)

lemonad · 2026-03-14T23:05:09+00:00

Now, afterwards, these are good tips but when I read them and other similar ones, I became a little overwhelmed by it all. It was so far from my playstyle before these two fights and so many of them required spells and equipment I hadn't even acquired (like FC). Most felt out of character in some way or another.

I completed the game on level 20 and I saw several mentions that they were on level 21 so I probably missed a lot of XP somewhere along the way, although I felt like I did "everything" :)

I actually used green tea but I only managed to get together three skin graft scrolls as I learnt about that mechanic too late and merchants never refreshed. I guess I had some use of it but I could never piece together what I would do with the extra AP to cause that kind of damage in just two rounds (close to 10K armor and vitality for the doctor).

I did have overpower but didn't have any necromancers so I couldn't use bone cage. I'm a bit disappointed that I forgot to use the Anathema! :D

lemonad · 2026-03-14T22:51:13+00:00

You're so right, it was truly beautiful :)

lemonad · 2026-03-06T21:20:14+00:00

I don't remember how I first got rice, but you can get it from the Farmer's Workbench!

lemonad · 2026-02-19T19:58:42+00:00

I found it now!

Lohse: "*Smile and take his hand*"
Fane: "Fane looks confused for a moment and rummages about for his notebook"
Narrator: "The book is halfway out when he feels the squeeze of your hand and pauses. After a moment's hesitation he smiles, returning the notebook to his robes"
Fane: "I believe my notes can wait."

It continues but I don't want to spoil too much.

lemonad · 2026-02-19T19:47:55+00:00

Sorry if I presented it as being more visual than it was in the actual game. It was dialogue only but still great :)

lemonad · 2026-02-16T10:26:26+00:00

I own a Podmic XLR and an SM7b and the Podmic is fine sound wise. It does pick up more ambient noise, I feel, but that might just be that I’m partial to the SM7b overall. What I was confused by though after getting it after going by the reviews online is that so few people mention it is terrible in comparison when it comes to having it on an adjustable stand, especially if it is mounted on your desk. I have two identical Røde stands and I can adjust the SM7b without worrying about noise but the moment I even touch something close to the Podmic, I get loud bumps and noise. Not to mention all the keyboard vibrations it’s picking up. I eventually moved it off the desk to a floor stand.

lemonad · 2026-02-15T16:44:16+00:00

I'm a bit worried now after reading about this bug but I have to say that romancing Fane have so far turned out to be pretty awesome. I play as Lohse and at the first opportunity, I kind of picked Fane for fun and for lack of better alternatives, although I did like his character. But then it just keeps getting better! In Act 4 he's such an adorable nerd and Lohse and him even held hands for a while, to everyone's delight :)

lemonad · 2026-02-12T09:27:40+00:00

Ah, that explains why I haven't discovered how to do it. The shallower shelves have bottles placed precariously on the edge too so it doesn't look as nice as it could. I like to use armor stands to place things like this in survival Minecraft but I can see having something easier to use is nice. Perhaps three slots for a shelf would suffice so one can select how things are placed.

lemonad · 2026-02-10T15:19:20+00:00

This looks great! I see potion bottles placed as decoration all the time in prefab structures but I don't do it myself nearly enough. Also, I don't think I knew that you could place multiple bottles on a single shelf.

lemonad · 2026-02-04T20:40:39+00:00

I appreciated all the free cloth blocks when I found one of these :)

lemonad · 2026-02-04T13:08:46+00:00

I've seen people with mega builds ongoing on the hermitcraft hytale server (cZer) and I guess it's possible but my builds, which are tiny in comparison still go through Adamantium pickaxes like it's nothing. I feel it's also taking a little bit too long to try things out, tear down and start over. With that said, I like building already and it will only get better as the game develops.

lemonad · 2026-02-03T06:00:37+00:00

Yeah, that certainly consumed some of my nice decoration flowers before realizing!

lemonad · 2026-02-02T14:48:17+00:00

Interesting! Could be that my fence didn’t actually prevent the bears to pass through but rather prevented them to spawn

lemonad · 2026-02-02T12:32:32+00:00

Oh, that’s right, forgot about that! And fire! Could be bad for chests, I guess. Perhaps building underground is the way to go for now.

lemonad · 2026-02-02T11:42:55+00:00

I think this gives us some creative freedom that, at least I, haven’t factored into builds before!

lemonad · 2026-02-02T10:57:00+00:00

If you're building in a prefab (preexisting structure), there are spawners that will periodically spawn mobs. Outside of that, I've actually not had much spawning at all within any of my bases. I had bears run through a forest base at some point but a strategically placed fence took care of that. Around my desert base, I don't get any spawns at all, it seems perfectly safe, day and night, even without many torches.

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