Originally Posted by Nyanko
Pathfinder Kingmaker, the very game which let you enter combat with swarms of creatures and then tells you you need to have some AoE damage to deal with them? This Pathfinder? No, thank you.


It tells you such beforehand. No idea what the issue was (at least a year and a half ago, they've reworked the entire area since for the swarms to be wholly optional), I made this on my first attempt. Admittedly a lot of so called RPGs nowadays can actually be finished without ever following any dialgue. But the only thing that was missing here was an instrusive "TUTORIAL MESSAGE" pop-up during the dialogue where you get the optional side-quest. Now in general, the game could have done with better documentation, which is an issue all faithful tabletop adaptations have nowadays in the digital market. Realms Of Arkania, BG et all shipped with fairly comprehensive manuals.

Swarms are another specific of the Pathfinder ruleset though. Larian seem more willing to adapt (for better and worse, see their nerfing of armor classes in favor of hitpoint bloat so that players wouldn't miss as much as in the tabletop), likely because they are on a much larger budget and can't afford to only appeal to D&D players.

Last edited by Sven_; 30/10/20 10:20 AM.