Captain Emery

[Mr.Android]

I try to defeat Emery in the inn where she ambushes my party. Is it possible to beat her? My party members are on level 5 and i can't kill anyone of them. In addition my fighters don't hit properly, mostly only grazes... I'm playing on POTD. I didn't had big problems yet.

Thank you for your help!

Monk, Eder, Pallegina, Durance, Sagani, Aloth

Normally Eder tanks everything and is never getting big damage. My monk and Pallegina are ripping enemies apart usually but this fight seems impossible. :-(

[Heresy]

Go level up a bit and try again.

[Mr.Android]

Ok so I guess this quest is more intended for higher levels? I'm just curious because since now I didn't had much problems on POTD. I just had to rest more often to replenish spells.

[Armanz]

It's a rather challenging fight, so not unusual you're having trouble there. I can't really give you solid advice though x)

[Mr.Android]

Ok good to know, thanks! I just beat Raedric in his castle... I had to send the pet of Sagani to trigger the conversation and lure a part of the group away... The poor fox just died instantly... But nice that the pet can trigger dialogues... xD

Against all of them together is also pretty hard because you are just surrounded and they have mages + priests xD

[ÄmJii]

I'd swap out Sagani for Kana, he's competent with a bow and the summons are just pivotal in PotD difficulty (they get the same +15 buff to all defenses & Acc as enemies). Grieving Mother, and Ciphers in general, are also great (bit OP even).

[Mr.Android]

I will try this!

Can someone please explain the damage calculation of this hit? The wiki doesn't help much or I just don't understand. :D

I don't get the part after the 133 Crit.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RHeEJnDkOLOjOV-mZiLXQfbcFkxnG3sg/view?usp=sharing

[Heresy]

I was able to do raedrics hold, 3 close bounties and all of defiance bay before i did that battle with that Lord. Even when he came demanding i held off till the last moment so i could level up and make any last allies essential for the main battle. Im playing on hard tho not Potd. Even on hard that was not an easy fight.

I also see crazy numbers sometimes like 150+ or even 200+ but i think they must be exadurated killing blows or something because if you look at your character stats no1 will have that high of a hit.

[ÄmJii]

Originally posted by Mr.Android:

I will try this!

Can someone please explain the damage calculation of this hit? The wiki doesn't help much or I just don't understand. :D

I don't get the part after the 133 Crit.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RHeEJnDkOLOjOV-mZiLXQfbcFkxnG3sg/view?usp=sharing

133 is the Hit Roll (which determines "how well your attack connected"), not damage roll:
https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Attack_Resolution

- Your damage roll was 44.5

- 44.5 damage got reduced by targets Damage Resistance (8.0)

- However, due to weapon type, Feats or effects on enemy, your attack had "DR Bypass" (6.0) which negates part of Damage Resistance (8.0 - 6.0).
Seeing that your attack dealt Piercing damage and had -6 "DR Bypass", I'm guessing the attacker was using Arquebus rifle.

- After calculating Damage Roll [44.5] - (Damage Resistance-DR Bypass) [8.0-6.0 = 2.0], your attack ended up dealing 44.5-2.0 = 42.5 Piercing damage.


tl;dr: You can never have too much Accuracy -> https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/File:AccuracyMinusDefenceChart.jpeg

[Mr.Android]

Thank you very much!

[Heresy]

Im curious what the 1500, 1900 , 2000 red numbers that pop up on killing blows are. I dont think they appear in the combat log either. Must be some finishing move mechanic and Edar with a big 2h sword.