• ampersandrew@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t started playing yet, but this sounds like the solution is to not position your party near instadeath falls.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately for quite a few of the fights it’s not possible due to the shove distances being 6+ metres, when in regular DnD the shove (which is an action not a bonus action) is only 5ft.

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      1 year ago

      Trying to be spoiler free

      There is at least one fight where it starts after a cut scene so you do not have an opportunity to adjust position. The character who started the scene gets placed such that they are easy to push and instakill. There are multiple enemies that have the opportunity to do so. If you don’t have a good initiative/athletics you’re pretty boned. It feels really cheap.

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        1 year ago

        Assuming you mean a boss at the end of act 2 / beginning of act 3, Balthazar

        I got pushed off the ledge a few times. What worked for me was, while the first character was stuck in dialogue, the rest of my party would sneak in and position advantageously before starting the fight mid-dialogue on my own terms. It was indeed bullshit, but not nearly as bullshit as me reloading for 20 mins convincing a boss to kill themselves, so I think the game and I can call it even.

        I also completed a few tough early fights with 2 mage hands and a cliff, so really, I’m pro-shoving all the way.

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          Not the one I was thinking.

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          I was talking about the boat trip in the underdark. My main character is a rogue and depending on the dialog choices the enemy seems to just goes first. The first time I got to it, my rogue and mage were both pushed overboard before I even got a tern. I got around it by having a tanky fighter activate the boat so she was the one in the conversation and resisted the shove. It’s not horrible, but it felt really cheap.