Pathfinder Kingmaker: Beginner's Guide

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[@jillymarshall4206]

AWESOME SSA😊💂‍♂️💯USE BABY!

[@ArchAngelThomas]

Great. Another isometric RPG I'm going to buy and never finish.

[@theredjester694]

You will finish or I am not the red jester

[@no_nameyouknow]

How long do you play them for. I don't care about finishing a game if I get a good amount of time and fun out of it.

[@theredjester694]

@@no_nameyouknow forever if the stuff I do is enjoyable. Hell I'm still playing gta and skyrim

[@ArchAngelThomas]

Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition - 90 hours Pillars of Eternity - 115 hours So a good amount of play time.

[@RJMacReady1]

Because you lose interest or what are you trying to say?

[@mastazajebfextralife1361]

UPDATE: Apologies for wrong info about critical hits. Here is the correct info. Critical Hits depend on Rolls and the attack that you are doing. Checking the weapon information will tell you what Roll you need to initiate a Critical Hit. If it says 19-20 (x2) then you need to roll 19 or 20 to initiate a Critical Hit Roll. This means that by rolling 19 or 20 and upon a successful hit you initiate another roll called Critical Roll. If the Critical Roll is higher than enemy AC then the attack does Critical Damage. If the Critical Roll is lower than enemy AC then the attack does standard damage. Rolling 20 is automatic hit, regardless of enemy AC. Critical Damage is displayed in brackets. If it says x2 then it means Critical Damage is double the normal damage. Any Spell that does an attack roll can crit upon scoring 20 on a dice roll. Spell Crit Damage is doubled unless there is some Feat that can increase it further.

[@Achiez-z]

Pin your comment, so it appears on top.

[@abhuyllongfellow4233]

Great guide, btw, you smart bastard! :D

[@TeMrN1]

Thanks for showing what he is saying at 2:00, I was having a mental breakdown trying to figure it out and understand/digest it

[@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash]

youre bad and you should feel bad

[@khoai_ryan]

This game is one of the most complicated RPG game I've ever played but once I understand the game's mechanic (only 60-80% of it), I enjoy every second of it. After 200 hours of playtime, still I can find lots of missing things from this clip, thanks.

[@absolutelyfookinnobody2843]

🫵. r. a, 🤖!

[@Wolfdorf]

Just finished the game, some tips: visit all map locations, for this, boost perception as much as you can, boost persuasion because a lot of exp comes out of it. For your main Character don't play anything crazy, play a barbarian or something like that. Make sure you have a cleric, everything that gives or offers passive or active freedom of movement get it. For the advisors use the right people, for example the warden should be someone with high constitution (look for the right Stat for each role) . On Kingdom mgmt try to rank up stats as a priority , then problems, then curses, then projects, then opportunities. For rank ups, after 40 level ups you will get a project to reduce the time to 7 days instead of 14. Don't stress over time, it's manageable. FINISH all companion quests and always pair Jaethal and Tristan on their companion quests. Hire mercenaries if you mess up level ups for your characters.

[@Visual_Writer]

Great summary! Use it during gaming; thx!

[@KingOfMadCows]

This game need much better documentation. New players are going to have a really hard time getting into it. Old cRPG's like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights had great manuals that explained all the rules and listed all the class abilities, feats, and spells. This game is missing so much basic things like a spell progression table, spell list, class abilities list, feats list, etc. It makes it so hard to actually plan out a build. The first character I made was an evocation wizard, but since there's no spell list, I didn't find out until very late that there are no level 9 evocation spells. Without such a basic feature, even if you're a D&D/Pathfinder veteran, you'll have trouble since it's such a hassle to find out what abilities/feats/spells are actually in the game.

[@deadlyjoz8761]

@KingOfMadCows "Old cRPG's like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights" when old RPG wiki and google were not the same than now ... you want info , you can easily find it .... manuals are not necesary .

[@KingOfMadCows]

@@deadlyjoz8761 Except a lot of that info haven't been written yet. Like the lists of class abilities, spells, feats, etc. in the game. Also, do you enjoy alt tabbing out of your game to read up on things the game doesn't explain?

[@deadlyjoz8761]

And how do you plan to read a manual without "tabbing" ? magic ? . The problem its not that the game doesnt explain , the problem is that player are becoming lazy and useless .

[@mastazajebfextralife1361]

Any game that does not explain everything in the game itself and requires players to alt tab and search for it online suffers from bad design decisions. Period.

[@ArantyrDarkhand]

Its kinda the same rules than neverwinter. With some new twists on it

[@blshouse]

Critical hits only require one roll to confirm, even if the multiplier is x3 or x4.

[@adriandale9026]

Beginners guide. "Here, look at all this shit that you'll never understand unless you've played D&D for about 6,000 hours".

[@nxamaya]

Eugene Boucher I’ve never played a D&D game yet this game shows up as a great crpg and so I’m playing it. Still getting used to the rng fiesta and wondering if my party knows how to hit an enemy at all.

[@CT--hb7hs]

Proficient weapons help with hitting the enemy but that's all I know. Doesn't take a lot of digging though, just look up something akin to "what makes my attacks more accurate". Something surely will pop up.

[@jazzyb3424]

nxamaya to be fair all the great classic rpgs are based off the D&D system though, like KOTOR is a big one.

[@shocktherapyhelpsjones6321]

@Eugene Boucher never played d&d a day in my 39 years of life and i want to play this game

[@zzxp1]

@@nxamaya Buff is the name, hit is the game. But yeah that are dice roll games for you, i remember min maxing my character so the bastard only needed a three or higher to hit most basic enemies and one time i kid you not i rolled two consecutives 1

[@sicknsaneofficial8646]

Best one of these games I ever played was the Modded version of Temple of Elemental Evil. This is the most pen and paper like game I've played since and I absolutely love it!

[@patrickaull]

Temple of Elemental Evil was such a difficult and great game.

[@AthynaNocturnia]

Anyone getting this 3 years later, or rather, now; There is, in fact, a respec option now.

[@necrocultist]

where is it if u're not talking about the mod?

[@horrido666]

There is one downside to multiclassing other than missing out on higher levels in your primary class. A character gets +1 hit points per level in his primary class, so if you go 18 fighter - 2 rogue, make sure you take fighter at first level or your 20th level toon will be 18 hit points lower.

[@rossedwardmiller]

Top tip: put all difficulty settings to as easy as possible

[@tardwrangler]

filthy casual

[@godspeedhero3671]

No, really, he's not joking. This is legitimately a pro tip.

[@nathan1507]

​@@tardwrangler I'm sorry that I haven't put hundreds of hours into tabletop and only having jumped from Divinity and Pillars.

[@quasxen]

I've gotten so addicted to this game. I come from many years of playing a hardcore D&D game and haven't encountered the issues I see reported. I run a balanced party, with mixed damage types and characters that compliment each other. The bear-like treant encounter I curb stomped without issue. The swarms were just a long, slow fight without me being in any danger of failing. I've only had one fight I've had to save for a later time. The enemy AC was higher than any of my characters could manage outside of a crit. I love this game for sticking to the pen and paper style I'm used to playing in. A crit was something to always be feared in the tabletop games I played and it wasn't unheard of to be one-shot at any level, shit happens. This game doesn't hold your hand and give you a cake walk. It makes you think, plan, balance, and tailor to the encounters. The perfect way to have encounters

[@kalenics123]

I think crits a little bit over the top. I mean +50% damage on crit is OK but x2 or 3x damage is a little bit too much. I know there is the option to reduce it but it only affects the enemies. I would like version where my party and the enemies do reduced crits.

[@quasxen]

If the game follows the standard Pathfinder rules (which I believe it does) a x2 for a critical hit doesn't mean double damage. If you get a crit with a weapon that is listed as 20 (x2) and it normally does 1d6 damage, then when you get a crit you roll your damage dice twice then add your bonuses twice. In this case it'd be 2d6 + damage bonuses. So there's only potential for double weapon damage, not total damage. And the x3 would mean 3d6 + bonuses. That's the damage from the tabletop rules. The video says with a natural 20 you gain an extra attack when the weapon is listed as x2. Not sure if that's this game's rules or a missinterpretation of the tabletop rules. Tabletop says if you roll a 20, you then make an additional roll to confirm the crit. If the second roll misses, it's a normal hit. If the second roll hits, then you got a crit.

[@kalenics123]

@@quasxen oh ok I didn't know this thanks for the info

[@Thalionization]

@@quasxen You're mistaken. Only things like sneak attack and precision strikes don't get multiplied by crit. Bonuses from strength, class abilities like fighters Weapon Training and from feats like Power Attack all get multiplied on crit.

[@ahmethamdiselcuker9601]

I am happy that they didnt make it easy to sell to masses and stay true to the core roles for us, fans

[@scottkrooksmer997]

I love your guides. Thank you for all your hard work and great explanations!

[@MatthewSchanuel]

Quick note on the saves: You say that bonuses to saves won't stack outside class abilities, but that isn't quite right. Any bonuses of the same type won't stack, but type isn't determined by effect. Many early bonuses to saves are Resistance bonuses, so the Resistance cantrip and a Cloak of Resistance won't stack, but spells that offer Morale or Luck bonuses to saves will absolutely stack with Resistance bonuses. Shake it Off will stack with all of the above, as it's an untyped bonus, and has a great affect on reducing the RNG feeling when debuff and shutdown spells start flying your way. Iron Will and Great Fortitude are also good spells for ensuring that those two saves (the most important two!) are strong on your characters.

[@cole9799]

Bought this a few days ago and you literally just confirmed my initial frustrations. I need more knowledge and will read more.

[@Fante247]

just so people know. There is a respec option now

[@greystone4050]

thanks for the video, i didn't realized about the spell book, i was selecting spell but i couldn't find them after leveling, and i thought i was doing something wrong, it makes sense that you have to prepare what spells you want to bring, but the game doesn't tell you to look there lol. thanks anyways.

[@brianleclaire5886]

A guide to kingdom management would be super handy as it’s the least explained feature in the game.

[@Venislovas]

Only reason I don't play it anymore, I don't know what and when to do kingdom stuff.

[@thetrustysidekick3013]

Regarding the spider swarms. Bokken actually gives you some flasks of Alchemist Fire you can use. They're enough to wipe out the swarms in the cave.

[@milliardopeacecraft6555]

Maybe in easy or story mode lol

[@milliardopeacecraft6555]

@@vedadtr3509 they're not strong enough to kill the swarms in the difficulty that i played on.

[@shanehudson3995]

@@milliardopeacecraft6555 I literally just stopped playing today because of those damnedable swarms. The acid and fire flasks do nothing when the characters miss every time.

[@michaelknight2897]

I just bought it. I'm trying to like it but damn. This game makes me loathe resting and camping. It's ridiculous, just incorporate it into map movement. Their are mobs scattered about in beginning areas that can wipe you without any chance of victory prior to level 3. Any RPG that seems to incorporate save games as a fundamental mechanism is broken. I'm trying.

[@umsfmercenary3910]

One setup early on to achieve would be to run a full team as fast as you can. Since you know the early starting stages are just going to be absolute trash loot and garbage level enemies (except the flying skull jerk) then you don't have to worry about gear, just nabbing levels. You can squander all kinds of days on the main quest once you have unlocked the Stag Lord's Fort location... So run that clock down to about 15 days within reach of his place hitting as many valid locations as you can and running loot sales back to Oleg. As far as characters are concerned, this is my setup I generally go for: 1.Main character with a rank or 3 in rogue but primaried in fighter or barbarian armored tank so I can be heavily armored, find traps and find loot stashes easier. 2. Amiri running fighter and kineticist. 3. Valerie or anyone else in her place using Charisma fear skills. 4. Custom character running a similar build to main character but without the rogue class, add cleric as a vanguard cleric. 5. Ranged rearguard cleric summoner mixed with ranger. 6. Ranged rearguard offensive damage output magic user of mixed classes, ranger added in.

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

THIS is the kindve information I've been looking for! Explaining how crits worked, was extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@lmadsen7118]

We need a respec option in this game - all rpg need that IMHO

[@imanoob8704]

YES!

[@thant0s]

As an option, definitely. Though perhaps lock it out for the absolute highest difficulty as far as achievements are concerned (since it is easily cheating to roll up a well-performing early game build, then radically shift into something like a Wizard at the final hour).

[@Bhallsmash1]

There is a way to respec already. Not official but possible. www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/9kfysx/savechanging_respec_tool/

[@lmadsen7118]

Ok - but I would like an official way :)

[@Bhallsmash1]

Dont keep your hopes up. The developer has their hands full fixing the countless bugs the left in the game upon release. Also i am not sure if it is something they want to include in their game. Is it possible to respec in the tabletop?

[@ronnyhasebola9550]

How do we break up octavia and the orc?

[@zaurhasanov5458]

Fuck the orc)

[@ronaldsanfran]

@@zaurhasanov5458 I tried that. Didn't work.

[@gabriellamm2776]

As someone who played pathfinder pen and paper with 5 person party it’s a lot easier and more enjoyable with multiple people to think about the situation and react accordingly. Regardless it ended up to be too much for a party of 5 and DM agreed but it was fun. Wish they made a starfinder rpg game

[@Idkwhtpsipto]

Thanks dude! I’m going to watch this 14 times and maybe figure out something ☺️☺️

[@kevinguiboche2359]

Bro i love your content, you always have guides on the games I play and your team is awesome

[@evilsdemise1287]

OMG I feel like I just sat through a college class. I'm going back to WoW where I can just mash a button and win!

[@Fextralife]

Well then you now owe me USD 50,000 for your credits.

[@evilsdemise1287]

Hahaha no shit! Good thing there wasn't a book required!

[@kookspookem1058]

Lol, he didn't even touch on Kingdom Management, you're gonna need a PhD for that.

[@TheDraco877]

You have the criticals misunderstood unless there is something different going on in the game versus the pnp version when it comes to the multiplier on things like axes and bows with the x3 or such. it is just one confirmation roll not two and they are not actual separate attacks but one that when confirmed do additional damage based on the roll and the multiplier.

[@4ksandknives]

This looks amazing. Feels like Divinity Original Sin 2 prepped us for this game, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, which is preparing us for the granddaddy of them all, Baldur's Gate 3. Can't wait!

[@michaelknight2897]

Pools of radiance was my favorite....yes I'm old. Don't even get me started on Questron.

[@blizzlichd1338]

I have to say I love your channel I don't even play this game yet but I'm watching the video

[@emmagetya]

Just getting into playing this and boy is a lot to learn lol. I play lots of table top such as warhammer 40k and marvel crisis protocol and this game is awesome cause it's that feel.

[@agnidas5816]

3:28 ... you get three free respecs and then it costs 10000 gold after. BUt you cannot change your level one choices. Maybe it wasn't there in the 2018 versions but it is there in the 2021 version. SO are all the bugs though. Also pick the largest character you can so it actually does damage. Pick a fighter for more attacks. With a rank in rogue for the back stab - or a rank in magus or anything else that gives an automatic bonus (though it often doesn't add the bonus because the game is buggy)

[@nineoclock171]

There're mods for respeccing now if you make mistakes, they're really easy to install

[@chillycorpse3230]

Love this game for the cross class option to make the sub classes ten times better and characters get alot more interesting to build

[@chillycorpse3230]

For instance starting out as a Inquisitor monster hunter i think its called to get a wolf companion for a 7th companion also letting me have magic for future multi class. I usually switch to Barbarian Hulk at second getting a tank with a extra companion.

[@Jasta85]

the encumbrance thing really hurt me on my first playthrough. I'm wired to completely fill up on loot whenever I play an RPG and wasted so much time resting as a result. Retooled my main character and am going in for another try.

[@Plant_Parenthood]

I believe there is a respec option in the game now. But I don't think it's available on every difficulty. Though, I guess you could just change difficulty, respec, and change back

[@radiac6818]

There is an NPC vendor named Anoriel Eight-Eyes who can respec your main character and/or other party members, for a fee which increases as you level up, also the NPC party members cannot be completely respecced from level 1. They each come with some number of set-in-stone early levels that cannot be changed. Anoriel also recruits mercenaries for you, which is how you can make additional custom party members, but those are pretty expensive as you level up. The cheapest custom mercenaries would be those you get as a level 1 main character, which Anoriel says she charges 500GP for, each. In reality, you only get charged 100GP when you make a merc as a level 1 main character, so you COULD make like 20 of them if you wanted to, but there's really no need to make any at all. You're allowed a maximum party of six characters in total, and there are about a dozen different potential party members you can recruit from among the prefab NPCs you meet in the story, and they're basically free. Also you need to recruit all of them anyway, to act as kingdom advisors once you get your barony set up in Act 2.

[@Maidiac]

I just bought this game and came here for tips. What the F have I just gotten myself into

[@SemperSalam]

For real.

[@communitypoopsock79]

Same

[@vand1780]

When he played there wasn’t even turned based combat! I would have rage quit.

[@nameinvalid69]

same. Feels like a person need some serious knowledge in table top games to even play this... I was like "what the heck are these 1d8 and shits?"...

[@Clueless_One098]

Attack with sword miss! Attacked with dagger miss! Attack with sword miss! Thats pretty much what happens when I played.this shit its a.good game.nevertheless loved the dialogues

[@deusexmachina314]

So glad you're covering this game! Looking forward to new guides videos :)

[@badejong]

Great video! Thank you for creating.

[@tmacdonald4006]

Helpful. Thanks, man!

[@Theri4444]

my biggest problem is the kingdom management, I lost the game twice because of my horrible management of the kingdom lol. I do like both side's of the game equally but there should be like a tutorial with better documentation of the kingdom creation part

[@TheGlock30owner]

There a major bugs in kingdom management, unless you put it on auto, you will lose the game.

[@Theri4444]

that's unforunate I like having manual control of the kingdom instead of using auto and I like the part where you control the kingdom or can if you want. Hopefully they will fix the kingdom part soon-ish so that you can manual control it. Till then I'll just use Auto till they fix it

[@TheGlock30owner]

I did too, until my kingdom was destroyed in or before act 3. EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. when fully completing everything.

[@Theri4444]

their is this, not sure if the hotfix is out yet but here in hotfix 1.0.6 an option for "invincible kingdom" steamcommunity.com/games/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/announcements/detail/1708445194413594388 I will just wait until they fix things (hopefully) so that way I can manually control the barony/kingdom without using auto

[@randomsouthern3919]

This game brings back bad memories of trying to figure kotor's d20 dice system during my first play through.

[@kristiannicholson5893]

Character creation in this game is true faithful to the pen and paper, best since Temple of Elemental Evil. Dwarf Ranger gets Dwarven War axe proficiency for free, stack strength and take melee ranger skill for free Two Weapon Fighting feat even without the 17 dex requirement. I named him Grim and he's badass.

[@hasianmanik8689]

ToEE was the shit mann

[@BrodieBr0]

@@hasianmanik8689 Tuuk bang ning non keck ! Rou ra roolie rahe robess !!!!!!

[@jch8376]

Oh , I was looking for the super newbie Beginner's guide. This is too advanced for me.

[@nish970137]

Best beginner guide I've seen posted.

[@aRandomFox00]

"Rush ancient tomb, temple of the elk, and the encampment as soon as possible" he said. All of them destroy you at lvl 2. What then?

[@Astalonte2]

Game is complex but not impossible. You just need to know and understand the system

[@aRandomFox00]

@@Astalonte2 The game is definitely NOT newbie-friendly. That much is certain.

[@zzxp1]

@@bcount1 Nah i don't really like the divinity system, can't stand the "armor" mechanic. D&D ruleset is much better but it can be daunting at first and the game does a poor job explaining it.

[@texus835]

I always try to learn, but sometimes you just don't want to study what happens, but that is probably only the chase because you may not understand what's going on anyway. Somtimes I feel like it in the beginning. In that game at least I try to apply some fear effects sometimes, but I'm not quite sure when it actually works or if it worked yet.

[@kensleylewis]

Do we have the ability to pick up bounty hunters in our party who can set traps? Or a monk that fights with with feet and hands?

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

OK good I'm going for it alongside divinity original sin 1

[@riteousbrowne6987]

Thank you! I read how 1 rogue level gives the sneak ability and is quite powerful, so I went to far and gave my whole party a rogue level at level 2, I am grateful that I didn't waste more time only to find out I wouldn't be able to level their main class further. Also, I really gimped my party by splitting at level 2 I think. My first player had all 4 party members at level 2 for Oleg's and won the bandit fight and ancient tomb rather easily. My 2nd try with split level took about 20 attempts to win the bandit fight and is getting wiped by Tartuccio's mercs without killing 1 of them. Also, I persuaded Bokken to assist against the bandit raid at Oleg's and regretted that decision. You probably won't have fire resistance for Valerie yet and Bokken just throws alchemists fire and sometimes kills your own party. There wasn't an achievement for it as far as I could tell and keeping Bokken alive is also terribly difficult. I am playing on challenging level just because I didn't want an advantage and it is perfectly tuned for someone who wants to fight correctly to win. I have to reload saves constantly and fine tune tactics for everything outside random encounters. Definitely play an easier mode if you'd like to enjoy the game without a lot of reloads.

[@potatoboy6094]

Game was making me very upset and I was worried I was playing it wrong, good to know that stepping into a random area in the first part of the game and getting beaten to a pulp because my fighter (who’s literal only gimmic is that they FIGHT, therefore should be GOOD AT IT BECAUSE THATS LITERALLY ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO FUCKINY DO) missed all her attacks while under like four different spells that buff attack roles yet the enemy hasn’t missed a single shot, is the game working as intended. I’m gonna go lie facedown on the floor now

[@chrisgibson2321]

The more reloads I have on a big fight the more I enjoy the game. Most of the time

[@Terron29]

god i love these crpgs, pathfinder, pillars 1 and 2 (especially pillars 1 ) and even dos 1 and 2 are all great :D cant wait for baldurs gate 3 and the new pathfinder, overall I do prefer the real time with pause style but love me some dos combat too. I am spoiled lol!

[@Terron29]

@@GAEULsbn I havent but I am glad the option is there, I prefer real time overall in thse type of games but have no issue with turn based at all either, I loved Dos 1 and especialy Dos 2 and I am aware Baldurs gate 3 is turn based and that wrath of the righteous will have both battle systems built in from the get go so hopefully all are happy :)

[@norfemignissius4936]

[Insert insult] the spiders swarms ! Though I did manage to clear the whole cave when I noticed an exploit in their IA so they deal no damage. Took me 30+ round to burn them with torchs in exchange.

[@CaecoAequitas1]

anyone care to let me know how this compares to divinity OS2? it has respec which ALL rpg's need since no one knows what is good or bad when starting or what they really want each char to do. maybe a mod will come out to do just that

[@TheGlock30owner]

I have never played a dnd based game is hat had any respec option (nor can I recall ever hearing of one). If one is added, it should be limited to story mode only.

[@texus835]

ohhh man, I think I'm at level 3 and I'm not sure if I messed already up or not. I got some tips but I wanted to try my luck with my own choices. I just like to know when I'm not messing up my character. I did what I wanted but then restarted once, after I saw how that little gnome was skilled. I thought that was more how a warlock or how the class was calles, was meant to be. I choosed the wood warlock.

[@TeamCGS2005]

Thanks for the video. I've decided that I'm too thick to play it.

[@shadowsnake3867]

These kinds of games are not for everyone. A lot of people would buy these kinds of games then gets overwhelmed or get bored as it's slow and some of them require reading which a lot of people prefer voiced. I personally prefer a ton of text as it engages me to participate in imagining the scenarios. Besides me seeing words that I don't usually see or use.

[@MrPyro6000]

A very nice guide thank you

[@trugamer8489]

I turn on turn base makes it easier for me I love this game very worth

[@emptyforrest]

dice rule is what i have a hard time getting behind. i get why dice rule excists on pen and paper. but this is a video game, the reason we use dice in pen and paper is becaus its the best way to introduce chance and damage ranges. but on a computer you can get the exact same result without using dice rolls. all dice rolls do is making it needlessly complicated for people not used to it. why not just say "this attack deals 2-7 damage with a 15% chance to miss and 10% to crit"? it makes it super easy to understand what the fuck your stuff does.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

RNG is literally the computer selecting a random number, totally identical to a man throwing a die. If anything, 'dice roll' is more meaningful to people in general than 'RNG' is

[@specrtre]

Im so over my head in this game lol so many terms and stuff I cant wrap my head around x)

[@octaviustyree8899]

You say in game spell attacks use dex (minus touch), but on ur wiki page it says intelligence determines spellcasting ability

[@thant0s]

Ranged touch and projectile spells, such as the various Rays, count as "Ranged Attacks" and therefore scale your ability to strike an enemy with them based on Dexterity, just like firing a Crossbow. That's just for these types of attacks, though; when it comes to the enemy saves to *resist the effects* of spells, that is determined by the caster's governing stat for the spell, i.e. Charisma for (most) Sorcerers, Wisdom for (most) faith-based spellcasters, and Intelligence for (most) scholarly spellcasters such as Wizards. In the end, though, if you intend to directly attack enemies through magic, having some investment in Dexterity is necessary to keep your Ranged Attack modifier high enough to actually connect with them.

[@Lorddacenshadowind]

intelligence determines dc(difficulty class) of spells, this is for resisting mind spells, avoiding aoe spells, and resisting body spells

[@Sharran2000]

The primary spellcasting ability depends on the class, actually Alchemists, Magus (Except the Eldritch Scion archetype, which uses Charisma), the Sage Sorcerer archetype, and Wizard uses Intelligence Clerics, Druids, Rangers, and Inquisitors use Wisdom (I think the Empyreal Sorcerer archetype also does, but I haven't actually tested this) Sorcerers, Bards and Paladins uses Charisma Not sure what the spellcasting rogue archetype uses, but I assume it is Intelligence (Could be totally wrong though) Not sure if Kingmaker has the standard Pathfinder rule regarding minimum ability score/stat requirement for spellcasting, but if it does, you'll need 10+Spell Level to cast spells (So, for example, you would need at least 17 Wisdom to get access to 7th level cleric spells) - In either case, it is seldom a bad idea to have a high primary spellcasting stat, so better safe than sorry (Of course, this can easily be tested by making for example a wizard with 8 intelligence - Check if you actually have 1st level spell slots)

[@procrastinatinggamer]

The others seem to have covered it, but a class’ spellcasting stat (Int for Wizards and Magi, Cha for Bards and Sorcerers, or Wis for Clerics and Druids) only determines how many spells they have and how hard they are for the target to resist if the spell calls for a saving throw. Spells that don’t have a saving throw associated with it typically require an attack roll, which is calculated the same way as an attack with a weapon, you’re just rolling against the target’s lower Touch AC rather than their full AC.

[@Venislovas]

Unless you are Sorcerer or Bard, then Charisma is for Spells.

[@JoeJ33]

Thanks for the great tips.

[@flaggju]

Will you please do a Kingdom management guide?

[@petco605]

Im interested in what difficulty was the gameplay shown played at ?

[@LordoftheDice]

Oh fuck, I forgot about swarm enemies. Thanks for reminding me.

[@Shingo_AI_Art]

That's how i screwed up my first game, i used everything i had on a swarm, then another came out, no more fire or acid potions, only physical dmg in the party, oh well, game over, time to reroll a wizard

[@johnmckinley6839]

Lol 😂 I re-did the beginning 5 times until I figured out wizard and other magic user's in beginning sucked I finally figured that warriors are better starting the and don't spend money on weapons in the beginning buy healing potions and camping item to start invest perception to help looking for hidden items lol 😂 took a few days to figure this out

[@sydneyguillermand4763]

Why I didn't see some classic characters from pathfinder? Where is Seoni, and that elf rogue (I forgot the name). I recognize that barbarian but that's it

[@TheBoxingCannabyte]

Im making an elven barb/2h fighter to try and an elven or half elven adori swordlord/rogue duelist dual weild build using char editor aby advice? I have a lot of xp with bg2, nwn, planescape....pillars, arcanum, love crpgs!

[@temudjin1155]

When I change my weapons, the bar in the middle doesn't show up anymore. How do I recall it please ? Is there any shortcut ? Using linux version

[@esse7301]

I like your voice. And how you talk. Its... calming... are you actually a Bard ??? Coz i think i fall in love to your voice... im gonna subscribe 🥰

[@nicodimus2222]

Got this game yesterday. Still haven't made it out of the character creator. My god, is this confusing.

[@anapolloguize8294]

I love never winter nights and I really wanted to love pathfinder but It is just so unforgiving, even on easy difficulties I'm just struggling to get behind it :-(

[@SaberKittyZero]

I bash my head on the desk every time I play the video game. I DM the tabletop, it's my favorite adventure. I hate how they did a lot things in this version.

[@royriley6282]

This. It's as if they never playtested it. Just one example: When you finally get your kingdom, you're hit with like a hundred events in the first moments. This tide never lets up, so you're never able to relax and immerse yourself in the experience. Instead you're just rushing to complete the events before their timers run down. A simple and obvious design error that completely ruins the experience.

[@alanm8253]

Need help. I cant use any of my lv7+ spells even right after I rest. Do I require certain int or wisdom?

[@kyleshark1332]

Alan M yes, to cast spells you need a spellcasting modifier of 10 + the level of the spell So for level 7 spells you’ll need 17 int or wis

[@seacucumberable]

Reminds me why I switched to 5e

[@BuzzKirill3D]

Why did you switch to 5e?

[@lololol924]

@@BuzzKirill3D Cus Pathfinder is waaaaay too in depth

[@adrianjuarez1162]

Hey are you gonna do this guide again with the definitive edition is out and coming for consoles so much has and would love to see this video remade.

[@avoidkit]

My sisters is playing this. There are so many bugs screwing everything up. I will play once they fix the bugs.

[@Levirax]

I was waiting for you on this game mr!

[@Raidboss89]

Well this explains alot haha...Im over hear playing on challenging with 4 members in my party and im damn this game is hard as hell. I mean for my first play through I did pretty well, but when I ran into the man eating troll and hit him for like 1 dmg I was pretty screwed haha. Then there was those damn spiders that are immune unless you use fire, mainly the fire pots for the quest. But man I have been struggling hard with this game. Gonna try a new character and make it on normal, maybe this time around ill actually stand a chance.

[@angelo6647]

what is the point of such rng mechanics if you can always save to negate this randomness.. its just annoying to make the encounters so rng based if you cant make up with your strategies

[@mahnitov7675]

even if u lose fight and u go back to load , it will do the same , but the thing with saving is that u will do something different next time , like your position , spells , who you attack and when

[@jessyruel3006]

it can't get even more rng than d20 mate...everything is based around it, hello ?!

[@taurohkea2169]

i really like the game. but everytime i try to create a new character it takes half an hour. i dont know what stat to pick. then i decide to make an all round character but i regret and restart...

[@XxKidnoffxX]

Hello Fextralife!!

[@madock345]

I don't think you got critical hits right, crits are a potential multiplier to the damage of a single attack, not multiple attacks.

[@smokescreen100]

It was quite a shock to me as a pf2e player learning it uses pf1e rules

[@semitope]

Does the game have a way to show enemy stats? if not, how does that make sense? All the complexity in the fighting is pointless if you can't apply it to enemies.

[@JoonKimDMD]

How do I increase the number of times I can use spells per day?

[@TheRorsach]

thanks for making this, was considering getting the game, but savescumming is not my cup of tea

[@gakkieNL]

What encampment for the companions?

[@lastchance9341]

I got nothing in my inventory and i cant not travel and it wont let me auto level up

[@thiagosalgado9938]

I'm waiting tour companion build class!!!

[@stevenparker9911]

6:20 use everburn torch

[@justinbavuso7706]

Why doesn't my INSPECT button do anything???

[@Tywyll]

Your description of Critical hits isn't quite correct. If the weapon does x2 damage, you don't 'hit again', but instead roll the damage dice + modifiers twice and add them together. This is important because there are bonus sources of damage (like Sneak Attack) that do not get increased by criticals, which they would if you literally hit the target multiple times. Otherwise, great vid!

[@williammorris249]

I grew up and still play Baldurs gate and Icewind Dale, can anyone tell me if I will enjoy this game based off that information?

[@juliantheapostate8295]

Yes, 100%

[@BlazeTube626]

Planning to do a half orc magus when I tlget this game

[@juliantheapostate8295]

You meet a Half-Orc Magus in the game, called Regongar

[@BlazeTube626]

@Julian The Apostate I know but wanna make my first pathfinder character a half orc to commemorate paizo orc game license

[@fgarza]

Everything is cool and all, but how the hell do you revive a downed teammate?? I managed to revive one once (don't know how) and I can't do it again.