My new favorite weapon - Shattered Flail

[northernwater]

I always avoided it because of the chance to go Mad, but it is pretty easy to avoid this and it is a great weapon on a Barbarian. Th healing is like getting a second bonus action.

[northernwater]

引用自 Raz：

引用自 northernwater：

Karlach is not even the best Barbarian.

Eh? How is she not? She is the most damaging Barbarian, hard stop, and gains a resistance to the most prolific damage type in the game without needing to go Wild Heart.

A halfling or a half orc are better because of their race stats, and you can't change her background. A better background would be Soldier.

[northernwater]

引用自 Mr. House：

I did a whole solo-playthrough with the shattered flail, because its so damn good!
In combination with the amulet of healing, it gives you 6HP on every hit. I also bought the ring from Larokkan tower, which gives 1-4HP each round, so I was unkillable.

Do you mean the "Amulet of the Drunkard"?

[Le'vita]

引用自 Raz：

引用自 northernwater：

Karlach is not even the best Barbarian.

Eh? How is she not? She is the most damaging Barbarian, hard stop, and gains a resistance to the most prolific damage type in the game without needing to go Wild Heart.

Yeah, her fire resistance is also super good for if you need to keep her rage up by taking damage in the round, a spell caster can tap her with a single Scorching Ray and still laser another target.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Can you get rid of Mad with Lesser Resto?

[northernwater]

引用自 Pan Darius Cassandra：

Can you get rid of Mad with Lesser Resto?

I don't think so. Greater Restoration cures Charmed, but I don't think Mad is a Charmed condition.

[northernwater]

引用自 Raz：

引用自 northernwater：

How do you know it does not do damage on first turn after going mad.?

Same way Rage knows you've tried attacking or not if you apply Rage AFTER attacking that turn. Status checks your actions prior to applying its effect.

Karlach does damage on first turn after going Mad.

1) Karlach had Yeenoghus Gift but she ended her turn with out Yeenoghus Blessing
2) Shew went Mad the moment the round ended.
3) Then in the next round she used her turn to Throw Fire, Enraged Throw, Concussive Blast(which used the Shattered Flail). She then received Yeenoghus Blessing.

[jonnin]

if no one said, a certain item that gives max healing for any rolled heals + flail = 18 or so healing per round with it, 24 with haste. Not much, but more than zero. Its still the best vampire weapon in the game -- the gloves later are only 10 per turn, and the ring is only a d4 per turn, both together are still less than the max heal flail combo.

Going mad is bad news. Your controlled character will use up every consumable you have in your bag just to be as annoying as possible.

[northernwater]

引用自 jonnin：

if no one said, a certain item that gives max healing for any rolled heals + flail = 18 or so healing per round with it, 24 with haste. Not much, but more than zero. Its still the best vampire weapon in the game -- the gloves later are only 10 per turn, and the ring is only a d4 per turn, both together are still less than the max heal flail combo.

The Flail does work with The Periapt of Wound Closure. Pretty nice.

[northernwater]

It also fun to put "True Love's Embrace" on Karlach with the Shattered Fail and then put the "True Loves Caress" on another character and cast Warding Bond from Karlach.

[northernwater]

Okay, I now have another favorite weapon - Skinburster. I can't believe I have not used this before.

Force Conduit + Adamantine Armor + Heavy Armour Master + Warding Bond is out of this world. Who would have thought a simple uncommon weapon could be so fantastic.

[northernwater]

and to think this super power is available in act 1

[northernwater]

引用自 jonnin：

if no one said, a certain item that gives max healing for any rolled heals + flail = 18 or so healing per round with it, 24 with haste. Not much, but more than zero. Its still the best vampire weapon in the game -- the gloves later are only 10 per turn, and the ring is only a d4 per turn, both together are still less than the max heal flail combo.

Going mad is bad news. Your controlled character will use up every consumable you have in your bag just to be as annoying as possible.

So I'm on the moonrise rooftop and Karlach goes mad right at the end of the fight. She throws away all my smokeopowder bombs and then comes super close to killing Jahiera. LOL

I just stood back and let it run it's course. I don't care about Jaheira, but I want karlach.

[CBonduMiel2]

引用自 Raz：

引用自 northernwater：

Karlach is not even the best Barbarian.

Eh? How is she not? She is the most damaging Barbarian, hard stop, and gains a resistance to the most prolific damage type in the game without needing to go Wild Heart.

astarion gets a 1d10 bonus necrotic damage to his weapon attack if you make him an ascendant vampire. that's the best origins-based bonus for damage, aside than the dark-urge gimmicky feature like slayer form and power word kill. regardless, karlach does not have the best origins-based bonus to damage, ascendant vampire astarion does. Karlach would need a soul coin and that only adds a 1d4 fire damage and it makes her take burning damage too for the whole duration of the effect, so she loose hp while she uses it. Astarion is just a straight up bonus with no side effect.

So, no, a Barbarian Astarion would deal more damage than a barbarian karlach no question asked. In fact one of the highest damage a turn a character can do is only possible while being astarion and using a specific build that stack damage rider bonuses and that use arrow of X slaying to double its damage against a specific enemy type. If you use that as fighter with action surge you can even do 3 arrow of x slaying twice with all the damage rider and each shot would get the 1d10 from astarion ascendant vampire bonus damage. on top of everything which would get doubled by the arrow of slayings' effect and you can just shoot 6 of them. 1 Arrow can deal up to 1.5k damage in 1 hit if not more, if you stack enough modifier for bonus damage. You can literally one shot any boss with 1 arrow if you apply enough modifier to it bro.

So, you are wrong.

[northernwater]

引用自 CBonduMiel2：

引用自 Raz：

Eh? How is she not? She is the most damaging Barbarian, hard stop, and gains a resistance to the most prolific damage type in the game without needing to go Wild Heart.

astarion gets a 1d10 bonus necrotic damage to his weapon attack if you make him an ascendant vampire. that's the best origins-based bonus for damage, aside than the dark-urge gimmicky feature like slayer form and power word kill. regardless, karlach does not have the best origins-based bonus to damage, ascendant vampire astarion does. Karlach would need a soul coin and that only adds a 1d4 fire damage and it makes her take burning damage too for the whole duration of the effect, so she loose hp while she uses it. Astarion is just a straight up bonus with no side effect.

So, no, a Barbarian Astarion would deal more damage than a barbarian karlach no question asked. In fact one of the highest damage a turn a character can do is only possible while being astarion and using a specific build that stack damage rider bonuses and that use arrow of X slaying to double its damage against a specific enemy type. If you use that as fighter with action surge you can even do 3 arrow of x slaying twice with al the damage rider and each shot would get the 1d10 from astarion ascendant vampire bonus damage.

So, you are wrong.

You have to finish his quest, so I don't see an Ascendant Astarion to be very useful. By that time in the game you have so much gear and levels it does not matter. If you pick something with value from level 1 you get a greater benefit .