So You Want To Play Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous (New Player's Guide)

[@Nostromo2144]

You know a game is going to be fairly simple & straightforward when the new player guide is almost 2 hours long...

[@augustofragoso8411]

​@@yaldabaoth2it is a joke.

[@VestigialLung]

@@yaldabaoth2 there’s a whole rules lite segment of the gaming world that would call that claim into question. I’m enjoying the Kingmaker game enough that I’m probably rolling right into this one when I finish, but outside of a video game, the closest I’m coming to PF is the PF for Savage Worlds books. I respect a lot of their worldbuilding and design, but absent a computer doing much of the book-keeping for me, I’m not touching their system itself with a standard-issue 10 foot pole anymore. My tastes have just shifted away from the simulationist side of the hobby. That’s not to say rules-heavy games shouldn’t exist. PF, GURPS, and the like appeal to a set of gamers that deserve to have their wants met just the same as all the people playing Fate or PbtA should theirs, but acting like any move towards streamlining is a move towards an apocalypse for the industry is pretty farcical. Hell, PF’s origin was an act of streamlining, keeping what people liked about 3.X D&D, streamlining what they didn’t (I played a ton of 3.5, and not once did I roll up a cleric without at least 1 divine meta magic feat once those hit the table b/c those rules were a mess I had no interest in dealing with for example, or CMB/CMD vs D&D’s system), and not throwing the baby out with the bath water (as many felt 4e did).

[@EverybodyhatesChris98]

He does go pretty in depth on a lot of subjects in the vid though. If you are familiar with crpg’s most the learning curve isn’t that bad. I only played dos2 before this and I think I got a good grasp on the game after act I.

[@unixtreme]

​@@yaldabaoth2 isn't elden ring already an easy game by your logic? A watered down Rpg if you will.

[@gazelle_diamond9768]

@@yaldabaoth2 Absolutely not, this game is the perfect example of: How to NOT adapt a TTRPG into a video game, because unless you have extensive knowledge of said TTRPG, you can basically do nothing.

[@JustAnderw]

I picked up this game after playing baldurs gate, put 5 hours in it just today and having a blast! It's gonna be even cooler once I get out of the character creator

[@trouble2x552]

😂😂😂

[@danieljordan6763]

😅😅

[@richardsims5158]

lol, truth

[@thestew56]

I work a roughneck job. My coworker taught me a trick...puttin my phone inside my hardhat. I can hear everything even with ear protection on. Thank you for this

[@joaocanabrava1412]

😂😂😂😂

[@EamonRyanGobShite]

I would just get Bluetooth earbuds not a great idea to have the phone so close to your head for a long period. It emits mini microwaves.

[@alexblades5218]

"Remove condition on rest" options, plus the one to remove conditions after combat were the options that made this game enjoyable for me

[@carthuscrass2343]

I also add in dead companions rise after combat. Anything that forces me to stop what I'm doing and take care of something because an enemy got a lucky roll detracts from the fun. Conversely, I also set enemy stats and difficulty to normal and 1.0, throw in more enemies and more behaviors to offset the fact that I'm making the game easier with my other choices. All of that puts the game in a sweet spot for me. Very enjoyable without being too hard or too easy.

[@stfauth6031]

I played on core and about a third of the way through I went in and changed this to on… “Removing conditions on rest” saved me soooo much time the rest of the way through.

[@lordsathariel4384]

@@fartloudYT in kingmaker I had issues but if you explore a tiny bit and have a proper built healer the only real issue you have is running out of death ward

[@thousandyoung]

The problem is that is kind of stupid in a Game where 99.9% of shit does Conditions/Status and there are Million Encounters. Unlimited Resurrection is bad n00b cheese though. The Time Limit thing is also Bad Prehistoric Gimmick that no one needs in a +100 Hour Hardcore Crpg in 2022. Owlcat dropped the Ball Hard on that one when doing Kingmaker.

[@lordsathariel4384]

@@thousandyoung in kingmaker on normal and challanging i had my first party proper death both at the same place danm vordaki and that was cus of the condition spam and status effects but after that i only had issues when i got to the big dude the effects are annoying but they can be managed with abit of luck and prep

[@makidiaz3894]

As someone who has played divinity and wasteland 3 thanks to Morty, so far the most difficult part of this game is figuring out how and what to use to buff yourself before battle. There are so many spells my goodness, the games story and dialogue and scenery is absolutely amazing, this is one heck of a high quality game

[@vaporsaver]

Fujin!

[@makidiaz3894]

@@vaporsaver Fuji! 💜

[@bigmacdoubleyouv]

I have played RPGs all my life, but not typically traditional D&D, although I know how it works. I came here cause I couldn't figure out what to do once i level up, let alone gave up trying to create a character.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

Agree for the most part, but I think there's way too much dialogue. Every minor NPC will blurt out paragraph after paragraph of needlessly long-winded fluff. They could've conveyed the point of most conversations in half the amount of words.

[@makidiaz3894]

@@dmtaboo_truth7052 I finished the game about two weeks ago, oh man after about 85% into the game, I kinda wanted it to be over. The ending is beautiful storytelling, but man it was just way too long. I finished it on the ps4 and let me tell ya, the loading screens were BRUTAL. I think more than 20% of my 100 hour playtime was loading screens

[@jairusstrunk94]

It's important to remember in all tabletop RPGs "The rule of fun" Don't stick to any rule that isn't fun for you.

[@sixseven404]

Word

[@BigBoss-rw4mn]

@@sixseven404PowerPoint

[@GetterRay]

That's why I don't play Pathfinder.

[@BigBoss-rw4mn]

@@GetterRay nobody forced you to play it 🥹

[@newnamesameperson397]

That rule doesn't apply to a video-game stimulating the game. Otherwise I would have dipped after act 1 and charged into the worldwound solo or more than likely live and never come back. My gm would hate me but they can't name a campaign that hasn't gone off the rails. If you are reading this Justin do you remember the half of year we spent trying to start a tavern/brothel/ale house instead of stopping the tyrant king. FYI we finally killed the king by sending him a working girl to poison him because our establishment became so renowned and high class. To quote Justin "I am immensely disappointed most of my story went to waste" but it was fun tho

[@EPICSAWIKI]

There is a certain flare of sincerity in all of your reviews man. After beating BG3 I decided to look back and play one of the CRPG’s I missed out on and just every video you put out is so informative. Really appreciate it.

[@DeMause]

Man, to be honest I would totally watch a 4 hour video of you going through every class in the game. I am reasonably experienced with the pathfinder TTRPG and have over 200 hours played in WotR but I still learned a lot.

[@Frey12]

Get these feats and auto win basically: shake it off, combat reflexes, seize the moment(don't get doesn't stack with outflank), outflank = auto win basically

[@Nostromo2144]

@@Frey12 Don't you need to get these on all your characters, or at least the front line ones...?

[@Frey12]

@@Nostromo2144 Correct and they are totally worth it. Actually, drop seize the moment as it apparently doesn't stack. And Shake it off needs at least 4 characters. However, pets count and pets can get teamwork feats after level 4. so one pet being ridden and you can automatically always be outflanking and on crit both pet and character can attack of opportunity. Shake it off is a personal choice as its up to 4 saves and with a +6 resistance cloak you basically have +10 saves with a single item and one feat which i think is worth it. After you get outflank, you need to try and get 18-20 crit threat range, then you get improve crit weapon at level 9/11. You start criting every 4th attack. If your entire team is melee and you have pets thats anywhere from 8 to 9 attacks after one party member crits. (My current team has 5 pets 6 melee)

[@MANUELEYTOR]

It's clear why 5E and BD3 were unusual successes in the RPG industry, simplicity goes a long way attracting people to these systems.

[@Never_Wr0ng]

For someone who's tried to start 4/5 playthroughs in the past year on PC but bounced off everytime, I can't describe how MASSIVE of a help this video is. Was always looking for something akin to this. Thank you so much!!! ❤️❤️

[@digitallorin9595]

It's worth mentioning that taking *only* "several days" to put together a video that is almost two hours long, well scripted (or well-spoken if not necessarily scripted), engaging, and informative, is an absolute triumph of focus. Thanks for putting this together - I remain 'on the fence' about this game after watching this video, but it was tremendously helpful, and an excellent indicator of what I'm in for should I take the dive. Sub-earning content right here, to be sure!

[@MuteProtest]

This was like an answer to my prayers. Started playing yesterday, and this was exactly what I was looking for. When I saw it on my youtube feed this morning I was like how did i miss this?! Until i realized you just released it. Thanks so much for the great content as always.

[@GaryWRNY]

Enjoy!

[@marchuitt]

Both games are enjoyable (to me) - Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous. Own both. They also have a Warhammer 40K (Rogue Trader) CRPG game as their next offering. Though I hope Owlcat isn't done with the Pathfinder world too.

[@Homiloko2]

@@marchuitt I have a guess that they're going to come back with the Pathfinder 2E ruleset next time they make a PF game, and I really hope it comes true because I love the 3-action economy combat rules.

[@KenpachiMayuri]

Thank you for what you said at 3:23. I am so tired of people telling me I am not real gamer, because I prefer easy/story difficulty. The mythic path guides were really useful, especially the devil. Now I will not run around panicking with my current character, looking everywhere on the map and not understanding why I cannot find it (I chose to be a lich for the first ascension). I usually don't comment on videos, because of how needlesly rude people can be. But! you are always so respectful (and informative), that I felt, it is safe the join the discussion. If I ever work up the courage, I might comment on some of your other videos. < 3

[@anrovai]

tbh even if i cant realy understand it (maybe bcs i actually play the table top) there is no shame in playing the game on low difficulty just to enjoy the story.

[@frasler1]

@@thomascheckie2394 Very good point.

[@johnhobbes2268]

Especially the pathfinder games can be so funny to play on lower difficulty. I've beaten the game on hardest difficulty without to much problems since I spend literally days on creaating min/max builds and exploiting everything. But since finishing it once I'm just playing on normal or casual mode and make really funny jank builds. There are so much funny builds than those who spent the first 2 minutes on every map to just cast the buffs on every character. Especially since the classes have a very different power level and classes like the swort saint have special abilities that deal with the problems you have on the highest difficulty.

[@KenpachiMayuri]

@@thomascheckie2394 Good point! I play tabletop rpgs as well, this thought never crossed my mind. :D

[@bigppenergy3082]

Beta

[@Julian-cn1ey]

Great video! Would love an 'Intermediate player's guide' to help cover the mid and high levels of the game, and what's important to success at that part of the game. Low level PF plays a lot like DnD, and the concepts are simple, but once you get to level 10 or so, and you have so many abilities and levels to play with, it's hard determine what's important and not important.

[@stefanvas6984]

For poison: you can suppress the effects of poison with delay poison. It will usually expire by the time the spell is over. Even better: preventively using delay poison makes a character immune to poison and that spell lasts a long time.

[@jhonrock2386]

By default, this game runs in real time with pause mode. Playing as that, I found this game quite hard even on normal dificulty. Changing it to turn based mode made the game A LOT easier. And the most curious thing about this is the fact that A LOT of skills/spells that seemed to be useless while playing the game in real time, became increadible usefull while playing on turn based. Certainly because the pathfinder system was built to be played in turns, so, not all skills/abilities/spells would translate well in a real time scenario.

[@douglasknupp4574]

Aiming area spells in real time is a bitch.

[@thousandyoung]

I still love the Chaos of Real Time in these Games. It's Perfect for People that already know the Game inside and out and exploiting A.I.

[@azku]

Being able to change it on the fly is a big plus for me. I can use RTWP in easy fights and swap to turn based for hard fights.

[@jhonrock2386]

@@azku Yeah, that's what I usally do. RTwP for trash mobs, dealing with them only using normal auto attacks and TB when dealing with bosses OR when I want to experiment something new (new build, new spell/skill, etc). As it happens with D&D, in PF your characters become reaaaaaally strong as their level increases, and that's what I love in these systems, the tangible feeling of power progression. A LVL1 wizard is weaker than a bug, but a LVL 20 wizard is like the personification of the armageddon.

[@deomikhailangelonunez5789]

Brought the game when it was release, brought all the DLC but i could never finish Act 2 because there are too many things that I don't understand in the game and I'm relying too much on YT guides, This Video really helps learning about the basics and In my next Run of the game I have more understanding on whats more happening and try to play without always consulting on online guides, Thank You!!

[@shawnjohnson4732]

I’m a veteran of the system and I always watch these videos because sometimes there are little details I miss. Like extra enemies giving more xp, I hadn’t even considered it (though it obviously makes sense.) I also keep an eye on them as easy crash courses for table top players. Obviously not all applicable but a lot of the mechanical stuff is the same.

[@riviar3055]

This video actually made me feel better about dying hopelessly time and time again. I picked a core difficulty thinking this is how the game is supposed to be played and I regularly run into situations that easily, if do not kill the entire party outright, kill at least 1 or 2 characters. And ress scrolls/diamonds are a royal pain to bring and use. If this game is not designed to be playable purely on good tactics and choices, and you are left on the mercy of the RNG, then I am fine with lowering the difficulty without hurting my pride.

[@KedaiCiplak]

I just keep recommending this guide to all my friends who just got tired playing BG3 and wanting to try WOTR.

[@gunlancer1920]

Even tho I love this CRPG games and I'm actually playing WOTR right now. God, the entry to these kind of games is hardcore af, a 2 hour video guide om how to start the game is honestly crazy.

[@TheEvilShepard]

After struggling with Pathfinder for a while, I stumbled upon this video and it helped me a lot. Now I have completed the game and it's become one of my favorites, so thanks for making it easier for some of us :)

[@evanhaukenfrers4765]

The annoying thing about Core difficulty is that it's the base pathfinder rules (or as close to it as possible) as you said. However, enemies are scaled up to be as much as twice or higher the CR they would be in tabletop (plus they get other bonuses too!). I originally went with Core difficulty when playing the game and was shocked to see how much more powerful everything I fought was compared to what I was familiar with. It's like they expected people to save scum and minmax like crazy and designed encounters around that. So, if you want to play using the base rules (normal crits, 100% damage taken), but don't want to deal with massively buffed enemies, it takes some research and knowledge to craft a custom difficulty.

[@tomleary508]

That is sadly an issue with pathfinder in general in my experience. It is built around min-maxed cheese, to the point of min-max or die.

[@coot33]

@@tomleary508 That's 3.5e in a nutshell.

[@stickydude8921]

Man you're amazing! I'm waiting for a console release and this is going to be a life saver. I remember playing Kingmaker, I was so lost and the game was incredibly confusing for me for like 20-30 hours until I felt comfortable playing and ended up restarting it. You are going to help many people, including me. Thank you so much for your work and I hope you're feeling better!

[@joeymacaroni4498]

September 2 for Ps4 release

[@JoeBuddensNewport]

@@joeymacaroni4498 I think you meant 29th

[@FoxyFoxlyn]

Correct. It got delayed.

[@joeymacaroni4498]

omfg that's too long

[@FoxyFoxlyn]

@@joeymacaroni4498 only moved from the beginning to the end of the month. Tbh I would rather they don't release it until it runs well. I couldn't finish kingmaker as kept crashing every 10mins in the last act. I ended up rage quitting and watched the ending on YT. I was playing it on my ps5 as well. After originally giving up on my PS4 Pro due to the load times, but the ps5 sped that up drastically.

[@kancheeb.979]

Just bought this game today and it's quite overwhelming. So much classes and features. Definitely glad i found this video to help understand the features.

[@24nero24]

This is the first game in this genre i have ever played. I have only played a few hours and was completely overwhelmed this really made in a lot easier to understand. Thank you so much

[@tobyrichardson5488]

This is exactly why I am here as well😄

[@duwax]

Play divinity original sin 2 ....that game is on

[@RonnieMyers777]

Same

[@thejetty_]

This is amazing, been keeping an eye on this game for awhile. This will be my first pathfinder so this is incredibly helpful.

[@windblownleaf6450]

Good luck. I've taken part-time semester modules that are less complicated than this game.

[@petrorlov2599]

@@windblownleaf6450 So true haha!

[@nurilnuril4372]

26:00 "Going to bring up a tab and if you don't know what you're looking at means nothing". lol, exactly why I'm here. I love these complex games and it's a joy trying to figure everything out. Thanks for your guide, it's enjoyable thus far and I expect to really appreciate the next 80 minutes as I delve into this game. Thanks again.

[@willferrous8677]

Personally I'm a big fan of the long form video essay format (My usual vids that I run in the background are from Joseph Anderson, Neverknowsbest, PatricianTV, to name a few), so seeing your first hour+ video is very gratifying to me. You normally 100% games, so I always felt like you probably have more to say in many of the past videos and just edited it all down to 30min- because "that's normal". But I can see you making hour long videos and use every minute well, so, for me, it was always a pity to see your videos "cut short".

[@Der0Nibelung]

Late to the party here. I've never made it past chapter 3, basically I've found that I want to do something different. Many of you can relate. But now, my current play through, for the first time I'm using turn-based combat. I find this to be much more fun AND now many of the Feats and stats make sense. Initiative, Movement Base, Quick Draw etc etc make sense and have their uses!

[@alpacaskeleton]

Thank you for your detailed and practical guides! It saves even experienced gamers a bit of headache when first diving into this system.

[@jordanmatthews3146]

This is a FANTASTIC video! I’ve watched your channel for a long time, starting with your DOS2 content, and I know you have the same love for WotR. I’m not familiar with the Pathfinder system so I’ve been overwhelmed with all of the mechanics, keeping me from really enjoying the game, but this guide is exactly what I needed. Thanks dude and congrats on the recent YT successes so far!

[@Lion0fTheDesert]

Excited to try this finally on PlayStation. I hope it clicks with me😁 Your videos are so helpful, keep it up! ✊🏽

[@nathanizabeast]

Listening to this at work. Getting super pumped to take on Pathfinder's hardest boss, character creation.

[@athernandez666]

Such a complex games requires such an in depth video made by the wotr goat himself.

[@stanleyk9076]

Oh my goodness has [your gift giving holiday of choice] come early? Thank you for this!

[@fragilemetal1982]

Thanks for this, I had planned to watch your earlier stuff on WotR before the console release, this is a bonus. I had put Kingmaker aside for a bit while I cleared Solasta (the kingdom management was becoming a bit much in Kingmaker, I've automated it since last night), but have now thrown myself back into it and hope to clear it in time for WotR. Many thanks again, this will help so much.

[@marklion250]

Great video! As someone who used to wait for a console release I can imagine how happy I'd be finding such video around the time I'm about to play the game. Thank you very much. Watching even though I already learned most of this

[@Saturn2888]

It's likely my "I'm on the fence about Pathfinder" comment on another video didn't spur this video, but the timing is impeccable!

[@apui4eva]

Your speech about the difficulty is really meant a lot to me.. because i always play normal and sometimes i feel stupid after looking people playing in hard or above mode.. 😂😂 thanks

[@rabbithaze9707]

Thanks for the guide! Finally got this game after really enjoying Kingmaker. I appreciate you mentioning how it’s okay to play on any difficulty. I’d actually rather play on casual or even normal than story but. I remember some encounters in Kingmaker being bullshit for me even on story, and I’d rather have fun and get the story. I can always replay on a higher difficulty later

[@GrimmDork]

Late to the party, about to buy the game on sale and found this a good intro course. I remain very impressed with your ability to deliver concise information with minimal spoilers!

[@ghostlywarlock]

I LOVE the interface design of the character creation screen, I wish there was a website like that for PF2e resources

[@mouserat31]

I’m a huge noob with Pathfinder but I’m trying this one out. I don’t understand what’s so fun about 1,000 options and stats to tinker around with in character creation. But maybe soon, I’ll love 1,000 options and stats to tinker around with in character creation.

[@Marcinex]

There are a few beginner things - seemingly small things that do a lot. The most important one for me was, to immediately after you get a new companion, go into his skills, spells, etc. Always when you get someone new (especially spell casters) a lot of their spell slots will be empty. It's immediately felt with Sosiel, you will get him and think he's not very usefull until you realise he has a lot of spells, especially helpfull summon monster and elemental spells evening the odds. Overall the key rule I feel to this game is, that you really get all the tools you need to beat any situation, just open your eyes, look at the tools and use them wisely. There is always a spell, tactic, formation, etc. To beat the current situation. You are weaker than the opponents you fight and your characters will die unless you play smart and learn.

[@TheKhaosTheori]

I love WOTR! Thank you for putting this guide together in a clear and comprehensive way. The metamagic section was very helpful. As always, the content you produce continues to be informative.

[@usaliengames9810]

OK, I've just picked this up for PlayStation. Fingers crossed, here goes!

[@nidradhikya]

Thank you for this very informative and easy to understand video! I started playing WotR a couple weeks ago without knowing the pathfinder system, and now I feel like I could probably change the difficulty to daring, and that’s mostly because I’ve been watching your videos on classes, combat, spellcasting etc. Subscribed, of course!

[@ManamuneAnada]

I have 266hrs in WoTR and atleast half of those hours were spent making like 30+ characters and just figuring out the game A guide like this would've been real great at the beginning

[@FlynTie]

And i thought the Dark Souls series was the most cryptic and confusing (yet fun) game to play. Thanks for this guide, it's certainly invaluable and highly appreciated!

[@Nedded]

Thank you for uploading this video, as a casual D&D enjoyer it was overwhelming the character creation, I created a human cleric and decided not to show the flaming sword to the village and now I feel guilty, hopefully after this video I'll get a better grasp

[@zacharychadwell1903]

Pathfinder wotr, is important to me as well op. Seem like a good dude just trying to help others enjoy this wonderful game. Keep making content. You've earned this sub.

[@MexicanNinja007]

Great guide to pathfinder. From what I've seen, they did a phenomenal job replicating this campaign to video game orm

[@hanli5416]

Gotta keep this video in my mind when i finally get the game on console, i just hope this conversion is better than kingmaker at release.

[@wowgasp8670]

This is how I imagine my grandma sees me playing a super simple game like halo 2. I got to the hour an 20 min mark of the video and I forgot so much. There's just so much information ☠️

[@REALVINERGY]

I've been watching this video off and on as I've been traveling by train a lot lately and every time I open it again I've already forgotten everything from the week before

[@michaelheubeck374]

As a console player glad you are thinking of us

[@DontKnow-hr5my]

I swear, if you like Baldurs Gate 3, like deep stories, play this Game! It is one of the best RPG's i ever played

[@zgraca3jr]

The character building seems pretty daunting. Is it enjoyable playing it on turn based normal difficulty? Console player here unfortunately

[@DontKnow-hr5my]

Depending what you, pick, it really is not as bad. It is really rewarding @@zgraca3jr

[@Gm004an]

Love the content! I’ve recently started my journey and im loving the game. BG3 was my first introduction to D&D and that felt overwhelming at first. But, I feel all of that was the perfect starting point to not be overwhelmed by this game. It feels like a natural progression for people like me who discovered this universe through BG3. So for me, the barrier to entry feels non existent and I hope other people who need to scratch that BG3 itch find this well.

[@MortismalGaming]

Glad its helpful, worth mentioning that this is not the same universe as DnD though. Pathfinder uses a different ruleset and setting. This game uses Pathfinder 1e specfically.

[@Gm004an]

@@MortismalGaming very good to know!! I appreciate your knowledge on all of this. Having that context really does make the experience better.

[@MikeColley]

Wow, what an amazing piece of work! Thank you for this sir!

[@lavenderwyvern]

Thank you for this! I've not had great luck getting into the Pathfinder games but maybe I should give this one a try again.

[@sanraal]

I already sunk 300+ hours into the game, so there was not too much new information. Still concise, interesting, and I still learned a few new things. Always a pleasure.

[@johnstallone4807]

I've seen you mention this game so many times that I'm now buying it, I loved BG3 even though I don't like turn based stuff that much so I'm giving this a chance.

[@raginasiangaming910]

So glad i found this game. BG3 was great, but i really love the enhanced depth and complexity of Pathfinder.

[@ravenfeeder1892]

Finished my first game an hour ago. Paladin/Aeon. Very bittersweet ending for true Aeon. Awesome game!

[@lloydy272]

Great timing. I bought PF WOTR at the last Steam sale but been scared to try it as I’ve only play D&D 5e so far. After this I’ll finally give it a go. Thanks.

[@lucasmarquesdecamargos4298]

It would be interesting a video on what is the strenghts and weaknesses of turn-based vs real time combats in this game, particularly when using a controller (due to the console releases).

[@SirCanuckelhead]

Real time with pause - faster combat with more need for micro and quick play. Turn base is a lot slower and can break some immersion for some but gives a lot more control.

[@SirCanuckelhead]

@Regill Derenge sorry I meant immersion of combat, not in the RP part of the game. Many better words to use, could even sub in the word "fun" for some. There is a reason FF games now have action based combat. I prefer turn base and personally only want turn base in FF games however I get others that want full action.

[@Meta_Mage]

Great Timing for this with the console release / enhanced edition coming out. Already have 250 hours myself on PC but this isnt exactly the most easy game to get into.

[@Eogard]

So I came from Rogue Trader and since I really love that game, I wanted to see owlcat previous games. And I'm glad of the work they made to make Rogue Trader more comprehensible. It truly is a blessing. Pwotr seems absolutely insane to understand and to just get into which is a big problem for a crpg, it's a genre that need to survive. You can make a deep game without being very hard to understand and appreciate. So thank you Mortismal for this video that helps a lot

[@itsnotbloodborne1237]

Wotr is an amazing experience, definitely worthy of one of the best crpgs ever.

[@jima6545]

I've been playing some form of D&D since '82. Playing Pathfinder since it came out. Long-term WoW player as well. Hoping this is the intersection of the two. Thanks for the guide. The game will be here Friday

[@caspar9662]

I bought the game on steam’s spring sale and I don’t know if I should regret it or not. I’m 6 hours into the game and it’s just too much. The only CRPGs I played and finished are Divinity: OS 1&2. And compared to them, WotR is needlessly complex. Even with the custom difficulty settings, it’s still doesn’t feel fun if you don’t understand how anything works. I wanted an immersive experience to get lost in for a few hours after long hard day and I don’t think this game is doing it for me. At least not right now. But I won’t give up on it just yet. Thanks for the video, Mort!

[@Mystra]

I have played Kingmaker but never felt like I mastered the game. And this game seems to have alot of new things. It's perfect to have this for console release :)

[@frasler1]

Thank you so much for this! WoTR has been the next game I'll be playing and this is super helpful.

[@qaztim11]

jumping into this game after beating baldurs gate 3, thankfully this guide is here to help

[@brinklight0074]

Having played for over three hundred hours, and still not understanding 50% of builds, i can definitely say that playing on easy/normal is advisable for a new player. Story mode might be a bit too easy, since it nerfs enemies so hard that learning game mechanics can be unecessary, which can hurt if you try to up the difficulty later. Selective metamagic is great, and spell penetration + greater spell penetration are important for magic users. I didn't even know spell resistance was a thing until my third playthrough, and I had already played Kingmaker once over too. Teamwork feats are also pretty solid, especially back-to-back and outflank for melee characters, provided you get them for all/most of your frontline partymembers. This is a good guide, tho if im prefectly honest i haven't watched the full video yet. Regardless its good for newbies to have such good resources to go to learn, especially because of pathfinder's difficulty.

[@warriorjar4215]

ok so i had a character from core difficulty i thought id learn the game.... 239 hours later im still in act three and hit a wall so this video is gonna save me thank you so much! this is so well done! I do think im gonna restart the game on a lower difficulty to learn

[@Marcinex]

This game is ruthless on higher diffs, even the normal diff is quite a challenge. On the highest diff the game becomes pure mathematics, where I did feel there is only one right way to build a char, one right spell setup etc

[@ls91gmc]

Great video! I've been following you since the game's release last year so I've watched most of your WOTR videos already, but I think this is a great resource for new players. Hopefully this will become the definitive new player's guide for the game (and get your channel some more much deserved exposure).

[@Monsteretrope]

Im never gonna get past that character creation screen, Deadfire suddenly doesnt seem that intimidating anymore xD

[@Dutchwheelchair]

I enjoyed the couple hours i played. im happy my tobii eyetracker works on this game. i never played ttrpg until i couldn't use my arms. But i love them now

[@lize-marieswan8466]

This game’s UI is BEAUTIFUL!

[@lionelt.9124]

Yes but unfortunately the UI is illegible on the Steam Deck. 😢

[@darklime191]

I ve been searching for a reason to buy this game as it seems a bit daunting at first, now i ve got a reason thanks mate

[@ryanstewart2289]

My first inkling that the harder difficulties wouldn't be screwing around was when a normal difficulty fight sent three shadows who killed my character in two hits. I was like "huh, so that's how it's going to be."

[@witchersteve1918]

Thank you this is helping my brother get into the game and it’s a great refresher for me and makes me wana go give kingmaker another try

[@jeremymalepeai10]

watching your video thinking of getting this game for my birthday thank u for putting out content likr this for us all.

[@jbones1453]

Wow. This is a great video. But I truly don’t understand how anyone has fun playing on a difficulty that comes down to rng (aka luck). Having to keep reloading the same fight until I just get lucky enough to win, doesn’t sound fun to me. Nothing against anyone who enjoys it because you paid for the game and I’m glad you are enjoying it your way. It’s more that I don’t get it. All that said, the devs giving us so many options to play this game however we want is awesome! I’ll pick this up some day and know I’ll thoroughly enjoy it.

[@disturbancecontrol]

I hope you do videos like this for more games… Pathfinder:KM Divinity: OS Divinity: OS2 Heck most epic CRPGs please! I really enjoyed this video!

[@Omega068]

Hey I have been trying to get WotR lately and this has been super helpful. Thanks!

[@Landmassorussia]

I do love the fact that even with moderately weaker enemies, they're still going to be stronger than the pen and paper version of the system.

[@hirdbarding3399]

because pen and paper not designed for 6 persons, with each possibly having a pet...

[@Landmassorussia]

@@hirdbarding3399 I mean, I agree to some degree, but when you get to the point that demon lords have stats that'd curbstomp their pnp counterpart, there is such a thing as overcompensation for the fact that this is a six person party.

[@daroe2340]

I love this game completely. I felt the same about kingmaker. And I mean that, unlike so many people, I actually really really love crusade mode in this and the kingdom management stuff in kingmaker, which puts me in a serious minority, I think.

[@shaunthemighty]

Fantastic. I've been waiting for you to put out a console video tip. You've easily become my favourite RPG channel. Thanks again for a console dedicated video. I know I'm going to be completely lost at the start and your videos are all saved.

[@Zathurious]

I will freely admit that if it wasn't for this game's incredibly flexible difficulty options, I would not have sunk so many hours into it. I want fun, not a homework assignment. I watched this video incase I missed something in my playthroughs, which has happened a lot.

[@digitalshoes5520]

"So you want to play PF:WotR?" me who just finished my third run as a NE Lich Wizard: why yes, I do

[@bonclay5059]

Thank you for your amazing guide, just bought the game and this video comes pop into my mind first

[@possiblyfatal]

I go to play the video and it said “No stream Tap to retry”, I like the video anyway because You’re a cool guy and I like your vids

[@MortismalGaming]

KZbin was angry about processing a long video, should be fine now

[@dracul74]

Gonna try this game again. I’m probably in the minority in that I was charmed in a way by the first one that hasn’t happened 20 hrs in on this one. For some reason it almost feels to me like there are too many species, powers, spells to make anything feel uniquely magical. Probably will have a different opinion next time I play… we’ll see.

[@kamata066]

Great video. Its obvious that you put a lot of effort just so you can help and get new people into the game.

[@PhantomRemmy]

I honestly wished I used a guide going into this game because I geniuenly did not expect it to overwhelm me so much especially the crusade mechanics, luckily I managed to completely grasp it after slowly heading to drezen which took me a day of playing. The biggest hit is the romance guides, as a rpg player it was foolish of me to not look up a guide for whatever characters I wanted to romance because by the time I see they put any interest in me I realised I messed up a bunch of times and chose wrong options and im almost 60 hours into the game so you can imagine restarting is not an option. Anyone looking to get into this game use a guide, especially this video or you will end up like me regretting alot or things and thinking about restarting.

[@erylaria398]

I'm an experienced tabletop rpg player (17 years) with experience in many different systems but man. Kingmaker and wrath of the righteous are hard to get into. Because it's just so much to READ. I watched this video just to confirm that i did okay through the first few hours because especially the whole feat thing is a little daunting. And I'm super scared of missing mythic paths or locking myself out of them, especially since i play chaotic neutral. So this video was very helpful. I have to say though. I play these games on story/custom. I have neither the time nor patience for perma death or encumerance mechanics. And i set crusade to auto because i didn't enjoy kingdom management in pillars of eternity or Kingmaker, and i don't think I'll enjoy iy here. I'm in it for the roleplaying and story. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that these games let me go as deep or shallow as i want. I would not be able/willing to play them otherwise, so yay for accessibility!

[@pcdruid3707]

Hey, can you make a follow up video on sneak attacks and all the other features you left out in this video? This was really helpful for me! or maybe share some reliable resources to go over.

[@beastrace81]

I never finished this game. I plan on going back to it once I have had my fill of BG3. Gonna watch this vid to get a refresher on everything. :)

[@Suikojunkie]

Thank you for thinking about us console players. This game and Tactics Ogre Reborn are my most anticipated RPGs this year.