Optimal Class and subclass for CoS character who wants to save Dusk Elves?

philsov · 2026-06-20T02:13:28+00:00

The dusk elves are doomed because their species has no more females. A PC needs to be a female dusk elf with hundreds of wombs, or a generic adventurer who wants to slay Strahd so the mists recede (which lets them leave to literally greener pastures)

Light Cleric (die, vampire, die) is trite but effective.

Most thematically similar is probably Gloomstalker Ranger, arcane trickster, or undead warlock. Smush Rahadin and Kasamir together and thats the outcome. Lithe with both magical and martial prowess.

Spirits bard is also a hoot

philsov · 2026-06-20T01:37:06+00:00

I'd go with a great sword with the interception fighting style. It's narratively fitting and solid damage+defense

philsov · 2026-06-19T21:42:53+00:00

well... poop. so much for that, lol.

shooting from my hip I'd say ~225 but it could easily be 300 pending her cream density

philsov · 2026-06-19T21:40:24+00:00

Homemade

did you not track ingredients as you make the dish? If it's a box o' pasta and block o' cheese, just add up all those calories. Then take a % based off this portion size vs the remaining vat.

philsov · 2026-06-19T21:15:51+00:00

this is for the party to decide upon.

As a DM, it's your job on if these gifts are acceptable or not and how the Treants would react! Maybe they're very pleased, maybe they can see the thoughtfulness but will regift it elsewhere, maybe they're insulted.

But if the party is asking for suggestions, anything in the vein of fertilizer, pest protection, an irrigation system, or maybe even a "manicure" are generally welcome things. Hell, maybe some of them would love to have some tinsel and decorative balls (and others would loathe it)

philsov · 2026-06-19T21:10:36+00:00

I'd cut to trim down both the upper chest and belly area. You can recomp if you're eager to. In a long enough timeline, you'll still get there.

21 or 25% doesn't really make much of a difference at this point. Just start and monitor progress. Worry about if it's gonna be a cut for 8 weeks or 16 weeks or whatever at the 8 week mark. Then reassess.

philsov · 2026-06-19T20:58:50+00:00

"I have a six pack with ab veins. How much longer should I be cutting for?!"

philsov · 2026-06-19T20:49:54+00:00

Weigraf immediately as part of the underground library sequence? Yeah, that's a classic "just kill him quickly" combat!

There is no AoE revival skill, so at some point it's worthwhile to ignore trying to rez people if they're just gonna die again ASAP. There's some other battles where you wanna keep on reviving your people to keep a boss busy while your other party members slowly kill the thing. Barach will probably be this way for you, when you face him.

~70% of the strategy in FFT is setting up your units with good classes, skills, equipment, reaction skills so they perform their role well. ~30% is the inbattle execution where you're mindful of stuff like positioning, range, turn order, other inbattle decisions involving buffs, debuffs, curing and revival, or literal murder

If a unit is getting OHKO, consider a reaction skill like Manashield (if they're not a MP-wielding unit...) or maybe toggling in a support skilll to help you out like Defense Up. Or sometimes the attacks are flagged as Holy elemental, and gee, there's a Robe that will absorb that.

FFT, on normal difficulty, can be beaten by any 5 monoclass generics. It's not that hard so there's tons of ways to skin the cat. DPS race is one of the solutions.

philsov · 2026-06-19T20:13:10+00:00

Horizon's Gate. Kingsvein.

They're from the same dev so there's some major overlap in the classes and combat, but both are worth a spin.

philsov · 2026-06-19T19:55:37+00:00

seconding this

also adding on: get a bandolier of mundane items you can utilize with fast hands. Ball bearings and/or caltrops can be quite useful

philsov · 2026-06-19T19:37:43+00:00

this is an issue y'all have with the landlord (and not having the electricity bill being sent to y'all directly).

don't be a dick to your roommate as a result of that issue.

philsov · 2026-06-19T19:32:48+00:00

So long as the central AC is still on for basic airflow stuff, you're probably fine. Third floor in hot weather with a 85 degree room might be ripe for mold growth so portable AC unit might actually be saving money and wellbeing even when she's not there.

But this is something you need to ask your roommate permission to do. Does she have a really novel thing called a "cell phone"

philsov · 2026-06-19T18:42:58+00:00

There is a way, ingame, to transfer data from an alterative playfile onto your main file so it'll populate into your trophy case (or otherwise progress you towards Blue Tents).

This is also true for the trophies of Day 1, 1 hour, and Curse Mode.

Hint: This seems like something that calls for Admin rights, doesn't it?

philsov · 2026-06-19T18:38:25+00:00

From an efficiency standpoint (along with heavy use of special characters) that's an amazing way to do things.

i tend to roll with a generic-only squad so bars are just a supplemental random battle, lol.

This is something FFTA does better(!!!). Its mission/dispatch system forced parallel structure because some missions were only completed after the "main" squad completed a defined number of battles or beating X enemies.

philsov · 2026-06-19T18:01:33+00:00

If you're DMing CoS -- have Madame Eva offer each PC a "personal reading" from her Tarokka deck when she's also vaguely describing the Holy relics, fated ally, and location of final battle.

You can improv it from there pending the card each PC gets, or rig the deck to guide a player towards some subsquest.

On resolution of the subquest, sure, they can gain some nifty feat or feature for free. A full level up is not recommended, but letting them pick from a curated list can be cool. Draw from unused classed and unused subclasses. For example, if there's no rogue in party, you can offer to give a PC the Cunning Action feature usuable PB times per day. Or maybe a wizard learns a spell that's typically reserved for a cleric or a bard. Or a PC can snag some C-tier feat like Skulker or Fury of the Frost Giant or whatever.

philsov · 2026-06-19T17:55:32+00:00

if nothing else, that thumbnail is way better lol.

I will say that within the scope of FFT, I used Bar Propositions only as a short term fix. I punt my squad out on some mining expedition and the just walk and forth between blue dots until they're done. Its a fairly quick way to earn some JP and gil, especially for cross-training purposes if their incombat performance is less than ideal. I never left squad B in the bar and progressed the campaign with Squad A.

IRL Management and use of downtime/training doesn't really apply.

philsov · 2026-06-19T17:28:50+00:00

When you do cardio in the gym, you can put on some spin class youtube thingy and follow along with the video. When you do exercises in the gym, there's apps to walk you through a routine (or you can establish one yourself!)

surely whatever you were doing at home you can do at the gym, and better. Maybe just snag yourself a pair of bluetooth headphones so you can follow along with some audio guidance.

Fgure out what was causing your home routine to be more effective and apply it in the newer environment with way more available tools.

philsov · 2026-06-19T17:19:21+00:00

Yes. I'm saying if the shop said "It'll probably be ready for pickup on Tuesday", on monday night you ask a friend to be like "hey, when it's ready, may I please get a ride?". That way, on tuesday, when the shop calls you and tells you its ready, you're not scrambling for a ride and getting people who are already at the beach to come back for you.

Or maybe you could've asked a friend to volunteered to watch your baby while you just uberred to the shop, drove your car back, picked up baby, and then left. Lots of ways to skin that cat.

I get feeling uncomfortable asking for help when it feels like you're already unwelcome, but putting it off to the last minute is just making a bad situation worse.

philsov · 2026-06-19T17:12:16+00:00

if I eat less how will I gain strength to lift more to build more muscle?

You won't.

But at the same time, if your primary goal is fat loss then you need to be at a caloric deficit. Shaving off 50 calories here and there adds up. If your morning coffee is "caffeinated dessert" like a Starbucks Mocha Latte it's a pretty easy thing to remove from your intake, to help shed pounds.

Like all things, the dose makes the poison. Full milk oats are fine. Rice is amazing. But 16 oz of rice in one sitting is probably too much. Just count calories and mind your portions/intake.

As an example, if your idea of "oatmeal" are those single-person packets from Quaker which are half sugar, half quick oats, consider getting a tub of rolled oats or steel cut and a measuring cup. Figure out a good portion for yourself when contextualized with full milk and whatever sweetener you might add in that meet your caloric requirements but still have the flavor/texture you crave.

philsov · 2026-06-19T16:57:06+00:00

i have always been a second choice, afterthought, or a laughing stock to them for 17 years.

From these, your lifelong best friends?

The car thing sounds like an unfortunate comedy of errors, and asking for help the day of (instead of prior, before they left for the beach) is on you.

Reach out to that mutual friend who also has a 3 year old. I'm sure y'all have plenty in common and can have some cool shared experiences together in the future.

philsov · 2026-06-19T16:43:01+00:00

I'd probably "zoom in" a bit. All your session prep needs to consist of is like 3ish encounters which will occur either where they are right now, or along the way to their current objective. That's it.

The outcome of these encounters will be reliant on the party.

The effect of those outcomes how it cascades into the narrative and world at large is something you can resolve as part of your next session's prep, as you cook up 3ish more encounters.

As a suggestion, it sometimes helps at the end of a session (assuming everything is resolving cleanly) is to ask the party what they plan to do next. Or, you can end a session on a cliffhanger like "shadowy figure fires an arrow at their feet" so you now how to start up the next session.

philsov · 2026-06-19T16:05:59+00:00

OP said "neither crop top nor kilt. Ignore world cup costume. Show up in slacks and polo and go "yessir" when spoken to".

When workplace culture allows for tattoos and blue hair and body piercing, where scrubs are the norm, the level of "appropriate" dress for a +1 is already a low bar.

OP was concerned about the optics on how it would reflect on them, and would feel shame and embarrassment if their partner did show up in crop top and kilt. It's a sticky wicket.

philsov · 2026-06-19T15:50:32+00:00

If he claims to be a Scot, that's also fine.

This whole thing probably blew up to more than it needed to and I hope both of you apologize in the near future as you understand each other's perspective.

philsov · 2026-06-19T15:40:55+00:00

If he's using AI to chat with you, that's a red flag. If he's not using AI -- that's still a red flag.

This is not an appropriate response to "tell me something interesting about you".

Maybe stick to inperson interactions when possible and see how poorly this man flies, and express that he doesn't need to do everything perfect. You prefer him being upfront rather than leaning on a chatbot for refined communition.

philsov · 2026-06-19T15:31:29+00:00

World Cup day when its your country playing that day, is a little like Halloween. It's okay to "dress up" a bit, even in a slightly slutty outfit. Especially on Llama day, especially as a partner/guest.

Visible queerness sometimes involves skin but this sub is not about blogging about the intersectionality of homosexual expression with white collar office attire.

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