Originally Posted by Brir
Since you have relatively bad wisdom saves how do you handle enemies casting control spells? I mean when you have no companions even something simple like hold person sounds like a death sentence to me if you fail your save for two rounds.

I actually have quite a bit more Wisdom than your average Fighter (iirc base is at 10, I went ahead with 14) and include the Helldusk Helmet later on, and you get several reactions as you go on to either give you extra saving throws (Lucky, Indomitable) or Illithid Powers that either help you snipe low HP casters (Psyonic Backlash coupled with Cull the Weak) or straight up being a Counterspell (Psionic Disturbance (hopefully I got the names right)), and of course, the constant Invis from the cloak. But other than that, pre-fight knowledge helps you with certain packs of NPCs to snipe dangerous targets. But yes, if a Hold Person connects its generally a GG and you have to reload. Minthara early on is very dangerous as she's high on mobility and significantly outlevels you, so its very difficult to be outside her Line of Sight, but with a proper ranged pull, positioning and shoving off high elevation, Hold Person will never connect. Other CC effects are nowhere near as bad though, Slow for example is not a biggie, you just need to suck it up and retreat, and against many movement CCs you are immune to thanks to our Boots.