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Yeah, spellcasters have to be built in rather focused ways to be effective, same for the martials.

One of the companions, Nenio, for example has an Illusion focus. This isn't wasted on her. I've heard offhand that if you continue investing into that school tree with her feats and equipment, the save DC for her spells rockets to the level where she eventually starts becoming a one-shot machine with Phantasmal Killer despite that spell supposedly being bad by needing to get through two saving throws. The spell Weird has her doing this to an entire room of enemies.

Azata mythic path also augments spellcasting too, especially with Favorable Magic and Zippy Magic superpowers. The first forces enemies to roll twice and take the lower result when saving against your spells, allows you to roll twice and take the higher result for spell penetration checks, and enemies that somehow save against your spells take 75% of the spell's effect instead of 50%. The latter lets your single target spells bounce to the nearest target from the original target, and if it's a damaging spell, it also adds 2d6 force damage. It's also great for buffs like Greater Invisibility, affecting two party members for the price of one. Chain Lightning is considered a single target spell despite its bounce AoE nature since it originates from a single target you choose, and Zippy Magic basically allows it to hit an entire room twice. The mythic power Best Jokes, which allows Hideous Laughter to bounce to nearby enemies as long as each enemy fails the save, can be abused in this way with Zippy Magic as well, essentially forcing every enemy in the room to roll twice.

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The companion interactions are still some top tier stuff.


Another good one is when Wenduag backs up Ember when Camellia insults her, because Wenduag recognizes that Ember survived on her own while highly implying Camellia's bullshit is basically only enabled by her noble status.

Also it's amusing watching the community's opinions on Nenio start shifting towards the better.