Buffs and Debuffs

[cire87]

I know this game has alot of buffs but does is have debuffs u can cast to make enemies easier to deal with . sorry if the answer is obvious i just rarely play casters besides who i drag along with me as companions .

[MeldinX2]

Yes there are alot of debuffs you can cast. Usually the enemy can make a ability save to avoid it or take a reduced effect though.

[Dremall]

Most buffs and debuffs take concentration though so the person doing the buffing/debuffing will need to be protected.

[cire87]

last time i played in EA the hag and gith patrol and the spider queen gave me trouble , any debuff i throw at them to make the fight easier ? or would it just be better to focus on dps ?

[cire87]

last time i played like a year or so ago the spider queen wrecked me pretty hard

[Izuzul]

Originally posted by cire87:

last time i played like a year or so ago the spider queen wrecked me pretty hard

A slow approach helps in this fight. Try to bait out the smaller spiders first then send someone in with stealth and a bow to snipe the clusters of eggs so you don't have to deal with the babies. For the queen herself, you can set the web bridges on fire or just attack them while the queen is on one and you can get some extra damage from making her fall.

[cire87]

Originally posted by Reconciler:

Originally posted by cire87:

last time i played like a year or so ago the spider queen wrecked me pretty hard

A slow approach helps in this fight. Try to bait out the smaller spiders first then send someone in with stealth and a bow to snipe the clusters of eggs so you don't have to deal with the babies. For the queen herself, you can set the web bridges on fire or just attack them while the queen is on one and you can get some extra damage from making her fall.

ive seen the web bridge mentioned but unless its been updated , the damage from the fall was nearly nothing

[fulf]

Illusion and Enchantment are the schools you'll want to focus on for debuffs/disables. Necromancy and maybe Transmutation have a few too. Wizard instead of Sorc

[Riverdusk]

Originally posted by fulf:

Illusion and Enchantment are the schools you'll want to focus on for debuffs/disables. Necromancy and maybe Transmutation have a few too. Wizard instead of Sorc

Bard is also good for debuffing. Lore bard in particular gets one of the best debuffs you can get.

[nathan24]

there's a debuff I recommend, its called Hold Person, make the humanoid unable to move and act and any attacks that its at least in a range of 3m against the target its 100% critical hit! so you can send your fighter for the kill!

[Detective Costeau]

Yeah, Hold Person + Paladin Smite is a fun combo.

[fenixverloren]

I would say the spell command, Hold person, Hold Monster, you have Hex, you also have Bane. If Druid you can turn into a spider use web and then have another character cast a fire spell on the webbed enemies or just make your wizard learn the spell web, so many spells you can use.

[Clive Hawkins]

There are some very good non-concentration debuffs out there.
Sleep, Command, Blindness, and Glyph of Warding are excellent contenders.

Lore Bard is indeed the king of debuffs.
They can use their Reaction to use Cutting Words which lowers a creatures Saving Throw by 1d6/1d8/1d10 (increases with level ups) immediately upon casting their debuff spells. It's a more powerful Bane + Debuff combo that they can do every single turn.

Spider Queen is going to have a hard time saving against a Wisdom DC of 15 with a minus 1d8 to her roll.

[cire87]

would this stuff work against the enemies i mentioned ?