The Illiterati
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Yes, but you will only have a very short time to choose your final party. Whatever origin characters you choose on the initial time on the boat will be your permanent crew(though you can still make custom ones in the future)
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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There is a point of no return at the beginning of act II where you can't change characters anymore. The game will tell you about it. You can respect anyone at that point anyway so just pick those you like the most.
There are a lot around, just check the houses or the country. I think even a merchant sells one.
Same for me except for the
chest in fire
Law of the Order (I think I completed it by giving some incriminating letter to Johan, not sure if that is the correct path)
dwarf in the cave (don't remember seeing him)
Also
Finder's Fee bugged out for me after delivering the head to the paladins. Did you complete it?
Love has a Price
I mean, surely the rewards are trash, but not getting the exp and the closure sucks. IMO the bugged journal and quests is what keeping this game from being the best I've ever played (so far), and I say it as someone that's in love with Baldur's Gate 2.
Started over after my 10 hour playthrough went a bit south on the island. I am considering that 10 hours a learning period for me as I chose to play on classic and I was burning through res scrolls like candy. This game truly is a masterpiece, even starting over I wasn't upset as my experience has been completely different. Things are resolving differently based on party member choices (prince, lohse, ifan this time fane, lohse, sebille last time) and I am much much much better off, more gold, more quests found, better combat understanding etc etc.
Reading parts of this thread though now you all have me nervous about not taking Fane this run.. is he really that crucial? I just don't know if I could see dropping any of the ones I have chosen as they have skills set up that compliment my battle strategy so very well. Ifan is probably the only one I would consider dropping but he has the excellent pet pal talent!
Reading parts of this thread though now you all have me nervous about not taking Fane this run.. is he really that crucial? I just don't know if I could see dropping any of the ones I have chosen as they have skills set up that compliment my battle strategy so very well. Ifan is probably the only one I would consider dropping but he has the excellent pet pal talent!
ACT 2 spoilers
So i just randomly stumbled upon stovehaven and Ryker. He's in his beasement awaiting my return with a tablet. I wandered upstairs, despite warning, and barely managed to kill a huge ass spider plus spiderlings. uh...Was i supposed to kill that? I can't find any info on it online. Is Ryker gonna hate me now? His Servants don't seem to mind.
Stiler
Member
You can spec him how you want. He can have pet pal if you want him to, just get him and then on lv up pick it.
You get to respec your entire party and their skills at the start of act 2, you can make Fane into whatever you want, same with anyone else. So whatever character you'd swap him with you can simply make him have their same skill setup and abilities if it goes well with your group.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
If you have petpal, it could be the start of an hilarious/dark questline.
terencecah
Member
i gotta say i really didn't like this game until i started using a controller, something about panning the camera with the middle mouse button i didn't like
question:
i'm playing explorer, is there anything wrong with setting my team like this:
tank
physical dps
magic dps
healer
question:
i'm playing explorer, is there anything wrong with setting my team like this:
tank
physical dps
magic dps
healer
Pyros_Eien
Member
Imo wings is one of the worst mobility skill. It's just one that requires investment in a good "work with everything" skill, but it's pretty bad. It costs 2AP to use on the turn you initially use it(the most important turn) and the passive effect of floating is terrible(because it only works when running around, if it was like the D:OS1 Levitate, it'd be a lot better).
The other 3 similar ones(long distance movement) are generally better. Tactical Retreat is the best, it's 1AP and cast Haste on you for 1 turn, meaning it gives you 1AP back the turn after. Phoenix Dive is also 1AP and does fire around you, which is usually good but can be a bit crappy sometimes, still it's 1AP. Cloak and Dagger is probably the worst of the 3 but it's still 1AP, the fact it doesn't break stealth isn't great in combat, but it's pretty useful for pre combat shenanigans.
Now wings lasts for 3turns so it's pretty nice, but I prefer having 2memory slots on 2 of the 1AP jumps, than have wings, because moving for 1AP is just a lot more efficient. You don't need to move THAT often, and with The Pawn you can move around a bit anyway. The movement skills will usually cool down by the time I need them again. And obviously paying only 1AP versys paying 2AP is a huge difference with how little AP you get to play with.
I also use Blitz/Battering Ram on my warrior for their damage/utility, and Backlash on my Rogue for damage/utility(only 1AP move+pretty high damage, although the range is garbage), and they both have The Pawn for small adjustments.
It uses weird collision detection, but basically you can't Netherswap if you're hitting a target that's on the "edge" of anything I think. So quite often it doesn't work the way you want it to work. It's nice when it works though.
On Explorer you should be fine with most combinations ; nothing wrong with your team. I have no tank in my team on Classic (rogue dps/hydrosophist healer/mage dps/ranger invoker) and I'm doing fine.
Thought it would be cool to play some relaxed on the couch on the TV with the gamepad, but I feel hamstrung with these controls. Not for combat, but for other things... like with a mouse, I can mouse over icons on the minimap and see what they are from far away. And I can actually click directly on items I want rather than having to line my body up with them first. That's too bad. 
Just had a hilarious experience. My buddy and I made it to
and went into a basement area where we ran into a
Further in we ran into
But when we went back we discovered that
It was a ridiculous emergent moment that we laughed at for a good couple of minutes. This game is great.
Stonegarden
Rat named Rory who ate whatever we put on the floor for him.
Betty the Tortoise who was in love with Rory and so I offered to intervene.
my buddy had been dropping poisoned food because he's an undead and Rory had died while we were offering to help Betty resolve her love problems.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Thought it would be cool to play some relaxed on the couch on the TV with the gamepad, but I feel hamstrung with these controls. Not for combat, but for other things... like with a mouse, I can mouse over icons on the minimap and see what they are from far away. And I can actually click directly on items I want rather than having to line my body up with them first. That's too bad.
Hold the search button the controller (X or A, I forget) and it will expand a search radius all around you to mass pickup items (including containers).
I have 42 bedrolls.
That fight is tough as hell when you're still kinda low level.
It's not mandatory IIRC but I don't think you can do much else with it beyond outright fighting it.
Prototype Viktor
Member
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Early Access AI was much more difficult. so if you made it to the end of Act 1 that way classic is by it's nature is much easier
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Thought it would be cool to play some relaxed on the couch on the TV with the gamepad, but I feel hamstrung with these controls. Not for combat, but for other things... like with a mouse, I can mouse over icons on the minimap and see what they are from far away. And I can actually click directly on items I want rather than having to line my body up with them first. That's too bad.
In OS1, you just hold the interact button down and you get a list of interactables near you.
Awww. I have. She just jumped me.
What the hell. I have been straight alt-looking for like six hours while adventuring.
0 bedrolls.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Finally using the mirror to respec everyone.
Possibly ! This area is so full of content ! But if you saved
Gareth
Not the first time my inability to see obvious stuff has made me lost an hour...
Prototype Viktor
Member
there are 3 of them, one where you need it, one near the water, the 3rd one is somewhere i forgot
CrichtonKicks
Member
Yet another Tarquin Act 2 question- does he move after giving you the quest? He's not at the gates of the graveyard anymore.
There's one up a ramp to a broken bridge segment between where the game starts and the entrance to Fort Joy.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Yea most people will probably miss that one.
Spoilers for the quest
You have the opportunity to form a trade agreement with the spider.
You feed it high quality limbs and she rewards you.
You feed it high quality limbs and she rewards you.
Act 2 was the best shit c:.
Cool. Yeah, I'm pretty overwhelmed with stuff to do here. And I need thievery 2 badly.
I can't even get him to move off the boat to give the quest.
His whole quest seems a bit buggy. Did you check the boat? Sometimes he goes back there, I've read.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Killing
in act 2 leads to some weird things in act 4.
This last act needs some polish.
Reimond
I found his spirit in the barracks dungeon acting as if I just killed him.
This last act needs some polish.
Gunslinger
Member
I re rolled a new class. From rogue to Inquisitor. How do you build this class? I am using strength and int with warfare and necromancer. How do you gear for this class? Int gear or strength compared to rogue this class is confusing. But I like the idea of a vampire Melee dps. Want to make it work.
Prototype Viktor
Member
like a bunch of NPC's
build it however you want it and call it what you want
CrichtonKicks
Member
Weird- I was just on the boat before going back to the graveyard and he wasn't there.
Royal_Phalanx
Member
Started act 2, and the guards of a whole town tries to kill me and succeeds because
. This game is ridiculously hard. Am I supposed to be going there at level 8?
of a magister recognizing goddamn Ifan
Gunslinger
Member
Bribe her. And don't pay 100 gold. Pay 25 or 50. 100 gold raises her suspicion
terencecah
Member
Are all the starting origin characters available as party members in fort joy?
Yes.
MisterShine
Member
Two options: go straight str or straight int. If you go strength you'll basically be a knight with some point's in necro, I recommend up to 4 or 5 straight away for the self heals, with utility necro spells as backup.
If you go int you'll use a staff, but keep a few points in strength so you can wear a mix of mage and warrior gear. Your spells will be actually useful + you can still mix it up in melee. I believe warfare skills will still scale off your int score if you have a staff.
My main was a str Inq and she was pretty tough, especially with a dip in hydro and geo later on for buff spells. Gear dependent though: get new weapons as often as possible.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Just let him go to Jail. He can break himself out or you can get him out.
Select them and move them to the fight
Gunslinger
Member
Thx bro I think I will go for the str build.
Double Click on the portrait of the people not fighting, so you gain control over them. Lead them to the fight.