^ THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I DIED MY FIRST RUN.
Lol. Almost word for word what happen to me during that encounter. Oh. Oliver. I know this just put up the spirit guardians, cast a fire ball and . . .
Nope, nope, nope. Worst thing I could have done. The shadow copies were spread out across the battlefield and I couldn't misty step or dash my way out of the wasting quiet.
With cazador I was expecting sleet storm and sunlight to do more than it did. My Tav got initiative but Cazador was second and he used his boss power to take down my wizard. Gale (life cleric) used sunlight but Cazador just flew to the edge of the map ans started casting spells again. Jaheria was supposed to cast a second sunlight spell but she was paralyzed. Next time everyone had potions of guileful movement and I was fine.
I did metaknowledge House of Hope so who knows if I would have found it more difficult if I didn't know the boss powers.
Looking forward to more success stories but hard to beat "died by vampire bite"
Adding: On hording inspiration points. The sage background gives you inspiration from books so I carry inspiring books with me so I'm always at 4 before one of the moments. The book of dead gods, the secrets of shadow druids, the illithid book that Omelleum sells, druid diary and the final diary of the spider matriarch all give you inspiration points. If I'm lower than 4 before a difficult check I take a moment to read a book. Also means that Gale has points to spare.
