Oil of Diminution

[northernwater]

This works on Steel Watchers. It is comical to see midget watchers.

[darinbob]

Oh, that's what it does. I rarely use any of those items, and they're not really described in game without actually experimenting.

[Chaosolous]

Literally never used it.

[Raz]

... I never put two-and-two together that this reads like Reduce and would actually turn them tiny.

[northernwater]

I love weapon coatings I use them all the time and in every fight. They are awesome. It is like free actions on every turn.

[darinbob]

Use the coatings before fights start, or during the fight? Most fights I'm in are a complete surprise, or I'm dumped into a fight when conversation ends, etc. I assume the majority of honour mode is about finding the best way to surprise the enemy before you cross the line where forced dialogue happens.

[northernwater]

You can do it before the fight but timing sometimes is tough to get right especially if you are in a conversation.

I usually do it during a fight. They are all bonus actions so an unused bonus action is often on the table.

Surprise is key. It often makes a tough fight trivial. A good example is the meenlock fight. A cleric casting Calm Emotions and taking them by surprise makes that fight much easier..

[Raz]

Originally posted by darinbob:

Use the coatings before fights start, or during the fight? Most fights I'm in are a complete surprise, or I'm dumped into a fight when conversation ends, etc. I assume the majority of honour mode is about finding the best way to surprise the enemy before you cross the line where forced dialogue happens.

You can switch to a different character during a conversation. So when you know this is the last line of dialogue, you can swap to someone else, start the buffing train, swap back, finish the chat. There are very few conversations that do not allow for this.

[northernwater]

Works on Myrmidons too. You get tiny ones.