managed to pass the tutorial, and the fort with oleg. but, the techincian encounter or rescue, and temple of elk monsters(manged to kill main boss there), the monsters have 25 ac, and my rolls are so low, I even got amiri to hit 45 crit, and get the boar below zero, and he wouldn't go down!

I hope once i get a magic user and a healer i'll be able to perform better on bard.

the challenging setting was too easy to finish. the monsters ac there is lower by 4 than the hard. barely a reload.

I'm with vlakire, amiri and linzi the mega unessential bard.

any tips that you manage to tackle either of these instances?(technicians or temple)

i was inspired by that coh dude on youtube which played the whole game on hard.

but i'm stuck, and i'm too unchallenged by the "challenging" setting.

p.s.
I'm playing a monk, which i think (and hope) will kick ass later, but now he also suck big balls like a c%$t.
I'm only level2 because i cant waste no more time on this weak party. i rested too much already and time is against me. 66 days left

web. seriously. just web everything, easy hard difficulty for you. and take outflank on anything that goes anywhere near melee. inspire courage+heroism/good hope as well. basically you survive early-game by web spamming and then amass a lot of bonuses. main char should easily go to 60-ish AC if you are doing it right and about 40 AB when it counts

how do i web without a magic user on level 2? can you buy that?

go save octavia. it's not that hard. just kite guards one by one and kill the wizard alone after.

fight in the woods is a lot harder than the camp fight itself tbh.
just in case:
what I usually do: I complete oleg fight without leveling my main so I can hire lvl1 merc for 500 gold. hire sylvan sorc transmuter with smilodon and faceroll through the 1st act with it. you get entangle rather fast as a bloodline spell. then you get web and everything is fine. and extra fighter with a billion attacks on the field is amazing value.

couldn't make it, they all wake up after i kill the first guard.
I managed to sneak past the main guards and wizard, but even after managing to kill the guard that guards the prisoners, all the camp woke up and totally ripped me. the wizard made some wolves that killed even himself and everyone else.

you have to be careful to only aggro one at a time. then another. it is doable jsut takes some practice. grab em at the longest points of patrol.

managed it. but by drinking vanish potion and releasing all prisoners in the right order.
now to tackle those wolves...

now than you have arcane caster - load her up with color sprays. it solves most encounters till you get web

yes it worked.
but now tuskgutter the boar. for "prove your worth" quest, how the hell can amiri solo him on hard?
My group can hardly keep up, haven't even beat him. did you avoid this quest?

I usually do him after stag lord, that should set you at level5. amiri can not handle it no matter how many buffs you throw her way on hard. what you should do is buff her as much as you can and rush in when she asks for help. while hoping she won't be flat out dead from some random 30-ish damage crit.

maybe if you turn her into an off-tank through Freebooter with shield bash and all that she would be able to solo it at lvl5... It's not lore-friendly, so I would not recommend it, but it works.

tuskgutter and ratnook hill are way beyond what you should be able to do before level5. same with wisp in Old Sycamore.

wow i think that i'm screwed then because i'm on mid level 2 only, and with 54 days left.
I did lots of traveling because of the stupid ghost bug with the cleric at the bandit camp. not sure if should waste time continuing to play on this, or start over again, now that i am more knowledgable.

54 days is plenty. I usually finish with 30-ish days left, and I'm derping around a lot. so you can do everything in 54.

ahh you are the saviout InEffect, hope you're right. thanks!!!!