/divg/ - Divinity: Original Sin General

the academy is the last thing to do in act3

there are 5 ways to get in;
backdoor
side with alexander and he tells you
side with sallow man and he tells you
kill sallow man then use source vision and mind rape him for the answer
do quests for every god altar to learn how to get in

i would reload and begin the altar quests
once all are done deal with alex/ sallowman
THEN enter the academy

Since the other thread might be gone soon:
How does the scaling work?
Do summons scale to int or to caster level?

Only on Summoner level and level.

Alright, gonna start another run atcha boi bracchus.
Thanks for your time

ok so no point in even using that entrance unless you're speedrunning or something?

I did the same thing. I missed everything from the Nameless Isle.

Ah shit, no no, I thought wrong. Summoner doesn't exist in 1. I actually have no idea how to make Nick's HP more.
It's for people who are too retarded to figure shit out or that. Same with Malady just giving you SPs.

i think it's just for clueless people or maybe a safeguard for people that fuck every single questchain

>party member gets charmed by enemy
>he then uses his entire turn wasting potions and scrolls

>It's for people who are too retarded to figure shit out or that. Same with Malady just giving you SPs.

Considering you get an achievement and the entrance is kinda hidden, I'd say it's more of a secret.

Same for Malady really, I don't think ti's a 'safeguard against retards' considering pretty much every SP acquisition is evil as fuck, except Sahelia I guess. More like a way for you to still get 3 Source Points without being Hitler.

Does Malady die if she has to give you the source herself? Read that somewhere

at least you haven't had a charmed character throw another charm grenade
now that shit is garbage

Kill elf tree Y/N?
I don't understand fucking elves

Y

shadow prince tells you they're planning world domination

malady compares the mother tree to dallis

Is it too early for a modded run? Mainly looking for added difficulty and maybe added spells but not finding anything interesting.

Do you have Sebille in the party? If yes, then no.

She does.

why not?

>ranger
>rogue or knight?
>pyro battlemage
>aero/maybe hydro wizard
how's this look? still having trouble deciding what to play for my second playthrough

>AI casts atrophy on my spellcaster

I crei evrye tiem ;---;

Anyone notice how OP ressurection idol is if you combo it with comeback kid. You get +3 lives as is, and you can recraft the idol while in combat for +2 extra tries every time at the cost of 1 AP.

since /v/ can't talk about this game without a obsidianfag coming in and shitting it up; Is the story good? Like is it at least on par with Baldur's gate 1? Are the companions at least good?

>not just time warping to cast arrow storm twice

>Is the story good
Subjective, but eh, it serves fine. You may find some "plot holes" if you don't pay attention closely, like someone coming back to life 3 times "for no reason".
>Are the companions good?
Once again, subjective. Serviceable really, none really stands out that greatly.

Comeback kid and Morning Person are the shit, really helps mask how bad I am at this game

Anything special about the Cursed armor of Braccus Rex?

>get to the consulate
> horrosleep
>ohshit.jpg

4 deaths and 4 resurrects later i managed. but I got rewarded with golden and shit colored armor, wat the hell
only ancients armor remain stronk and refused the gold taint.

Is this necromancer important? Or can I kill him without consequence? I already got the face ripper from him.

It's cursed and it was also worn by Braccus Rex at some point.

Okay so far I found his spear, Chest armor, helmet and boots.

Because Sebille best mom.

The pants are near the statue in Withermoore's jar room. You need 15 Wits for it. Spear and ring are not important.
He is not a necromancer, he's a good boy. Kill him if you want to, or he will.

Side quests and all this petpal stuff - the writing is much better in DOS2 than in DOS1. The main questline is just okay.
As for the feeling, it's much more like BG2 than BG1. And companions are subjective, yes, but I personally enjoyed most of them.

Use the skill from the helmet 3 times and have fun.

If you find it fun you should stick with it user. I find pure aero compliments pure pyro pretty well. They're both very strong offense oriented schools with a lot of spells to abuse.

Geo gets decent synergy with pyro as well but I find pure geo mages to be kind of shit. They get like 4 worthwhile offensive spells and there are 0 earth staffs in the game for some reason. Poison staffs exist but the common undead enemies are immune to them of course.

I fucking hate how everyone and their mums has two or more blinks. Makes positioning a joke.
>find perfect high ground pre-fight scouting alexander
>teleport the ooze barrel to above the nearest ladder so they go through it or take a detour
>instead the gheist, assassin, and knight all jump two stories up effortlessly
>worm then spawns under my feet
Basically the only thing positioning gives is retardedly powerful damage, it's too fucking easy to move around when you can use three different blinks in the same turn. Fuck you, larian.

To be fair, you too get too many blinks with little to no effort.
>Cloak and Dagger
>Tactical Retreat
>Phoenix Dive
>Backlash
>Blitz Strike

What the fuck are geists? Do they have some secret AI claws that let them backstab me from the front?

>be level 14
>black pits
>use the helmet on shriekers since I'm too lazy to go and grab my wand
>level 7 demon shows up and tells me he's gonna kill me
>mfw

Damn i never did this

did the same
cast bouncing shield on him and he was gone in 2AP

What happends if you show up to fight braccy will all his gear?

Best build for a Lone Wolf solo run?

I need a mod to make the portraits stand fucking still, I can't stand how they glitch out seemingly at random all the time.

>Beast as a pure int/con aerothurge/pyro tank with 1 point in warfare for knockdowns
>warfare/necro fane for a party member who never fucking dies
>Summoner/Necro Lohse as a buff slut
>Pure Scoundrel glass cannon Red Prince
Everything is fucking melting in act 3. I thought Tactician would punish me for my mediocre choices, but I'm just raping everything.

Act3 is a joke because act2 gives too much exp

>I thought Tactician would punish me for my mediocre choices, but I'm just raping everything.
You are now finally woke that Tactician is just a meme difficulty.

Would you?

Where do you get Firebrand?

>Playing pre patch
Act 2 only levels you up to 17 now.

That's why using the mods that shit on the exponential scaling are the best.

I would Adramahlikh any time.

I KNOW YOU.
I KNOW YOUR LIGHT.
I KILL YOUR LIGHT.

And the absolute highest lv fight of act3 is 17
If you start act3 at 17 it IS a joke

Thanks for proving my point

is glass cannon actually a good talent? figured it'd fuck you over really hard and get you perma cced

Except it's not? Starting mobs is 17, Eternal Guardian is 18. Please update your game.

SHINING LIGHTS?

Scoundrel or Huntsman

Doesnt matter which you pick, both use the same tactic of abusing invis.

If you take it with Stench its workable, but its also not great.

Since my scoundrel is pure damage, I just have him lurk for the few "establishing rounds" of the fight, then have him pop out properly positioned and obliterate people.

The great guardian in the proving ground is lv17 on latest patch

>Gheist uses Backlash
>I'm against a wall
>teleports in front of me
>backstab critical anyway

>playing dallis

More like shit cannon. For explorer only.

thoughts on geo/huntsman? playing tactician this time

I feel like it'd work well with a ranger that uses highground
Nothing ever touches me

I barely give a fuck about armor and have less than base con

>Magic and physical
Hue

figured, but it's one of the base options so i thought there might have been a chance

>I feel like it'd work well with a ranger that uses highground
Wrong. I gave it to my ranger for testing and he always got stunned/shocked/charmed etc. in the first round. It just not worth it.

Fucking terrible
Ranger should only be huntsman warfare and maybe a few points in poly

The only way to make a magic ranger work is to take phoenix dive for "free" fire arrows with elemental arrowheads. It's complete shit unless you also have a mage in the party, better off rolling an elf and using flesh sacrifice for bloody arrows.

>playing two games at once
>dwarf run and my MP game with mates
>am host
>didn't realize you could only have 5 quick saves
>lost some 30 hours of play time
So long dwarf force. Time to start a new game as Team Elf

Do you autists ever read skill descriptions?

What the hell is up with this Poly fetishization? A ranger could just get Ranged for 5% increase in damage and 1% crit chance. Sure, weapon skills may not be all that great, but it stacks up with Warfare. Poly just gives you 1 stat point.

Scoundrel doesn't hurt either, adrenaline is nice for burst/finish with executioner and you can even grab chloroform if you run a hybrid party and want a better magic armor breaking option for them.

I set him on fire
Then Crippled him
Then bleed him
Killed him
Turned him into a flesh blob
Then blew him up on one of his minions

Do you think he'd be mad?

Also C&D

Oh yeah
Forgot adrenaline, i use that all the time
Usually use it on the turn my bloody arrows will wear off

Apopteosis
Skin graft
Wings
Chameleon

It's fucking great for ranger

It has some of the best skills in the game, for nearly no cost at all, that work on every character.

>Playing as Huntsman
>Friend is playing as Necromancer with Living Armor and seems immortal
shit bros, do I have a chance against him in the final fight? I can't lose

>Have higher Ini because you bothered with a bit of Wits
>Arrow Storm
Wow.

Adrenline
Enrage
Arrow storm

If you're an elf through flesh sacrifice and bloody arrows in there

Can you sneak to the edge of someone's sight then cloak and dagger OVER their vision area?

>using Arrow Storm
Might aswell use cheat engine while you are at it

Sure.

I don't have Backlash so no, faggot

>Better stop using a skill because somebody might cry if you do
Thanks user.

Lmao

>my build is worse and this upsets me

>*Persuasion success*
>oh baby, I'm sorry. OH BABY I'LL KILL YOUR SHINING LIGHTS