User:HarveyPekar/Differences between Tactician and Balanced

Tactician difficulty is the game's hardest difficulty option and carries with it a variety of changes from Balanced difficulty. Since the game's release, some of these changes have been changed across patches. These differences are occasionally marked by a "Difficulty: Tactician" tag in the game's combat log and/or examine feature, but this is sometimes not the case. This is a list of all currently known differences between Tactician and Balanced.

Universal increases

These are changes that are consistently implemented across all enemies in the game.

Attack Rolls and Difficulty Class

Accuracy for opponents' spells and attacks are universally boosted. All of attack rolls and Difficulty Class rolls against the party are increased by a flat +2.

Camp Supplies

Full Long Rests require 80 camp supplies instead of 40.

Traders hate you

one weird trick!!!!

Flat increases

These are clearly defined changes that are implemented across classes of enemies, or upon individual enemies.

Racial bonuses

These are bonuses implemented to every member of a specific playable or non-playable race. Some specific creatures or characters encountered within those races may gain additional bonuses, as detailed later.

Racial Bonuses on Tactician

Race	Bonuses
Intellect Devourers	Synaptic Discharge
Phase spiders	24 +1,  24 +1.
Goblins	Fury of the Small
Ogres	24 +1
Bugbears	Savage Attacker
Minotaurs	Savage Attacker,  Brutal Critical
Kobolds	24 +2,  Evasion
Giant Eagles
Meenlocks	24 +1,  24 +4
Githyanki	Psionic Empowerment

Giant eagle: +2 str? possible +2 wis

Group Bonuses

Some subsets of enemies within a race get bonuses applied to multiple individuals within a group. For example, all githyanki NPC's who wield a crossbow - generically called a "Githyanki Raider" - in Act One can expect to get the same Tactician bonuses. These apply in addition to any other racial or individual bonuses.

Group Bonuses on Tactician
Group	Bonuses
Githyanki Raiders (Level 5)	Archery
Githyanki Gish (Level 5)	War Caster: Concentration,  War Caster: Opportunity Spell
Githyanki Warriors (Level 5)	Great Weapon Fighting
Githyanki Ardent (Level 5)	Potent Cantrip
Redcap Blood Sage	Wisdom +3,  War Caster: Concentration
Agile Guardian	Colossus Slayer
Robust Guardian	Improved Critical Hit

Unique individual bonuses

For any uniquely named NPC that gets their own bonuses.

Group Bonuses on Tactician
Group	Bonuses
Commander Zhalk	Extra Attack Opportunity Attack
Gandrel	Scar of the Dunes
Hyena	Alert x2, for a total +11 Initiative
Dror Ragzlin	Extra Attack
Buthir	Buthir's Wrath provides physical resistances
Varsh Ko'kuu	Mage Armour  Crossbow Expert: Point-Blank  Crossbow Expert: Wounding
Sa'varsh Kethk	Archery
Death Shepherd	No Rest for the Wicked revives targets with full HP

Act 1

• Commander Zhalk: extra attack, opportunity attack
• Redcap Blood Mage: +3 Wisdom DAMN, and War Caster: Concentration (affects BOOOOOAL)
• Gandrel: Scar of the Dunes
• Agile Guardian: Colossus Slayer
• Robust Guardian: Improved Critical Hit
• That One Hyena: DOUBLE ALERT
• Dror Ragzlin: extra attack
• Buthir: phys res when angry
• Bulette: phys rezzes, dual acid res? (or is this honour?)
• Mimic: phys rezzes
• merregon legionnaire: sentinel passives (possibly racial?)
• Death Shepherd: No Rest for the Wicked revived with full HP

Act 2

Act 3

• Viconia DeVir: Sentinel buffs + protector, Tenacity 5
• Houndmaster Pol, Zina, Rocky, and Gordis: Hunter's Camouflage. The dogs also get Evasion.

Cross-Act

• Voss: +2 str, +1 dex

Exception(s)

The enemies in one specific encounter, the goblin raiding party at the Druid Grove gate, are exempt from buffs. The goblins, led by Za'Krug, and the bugbear are missing the passive bonuses that are found elsewhere on otherwise identical creatures on Tactician. They retain, however, the Tactician HP bonus.

Variable increases

These are changes that are implemented to varying or uncertain degrees across enemies in the game.

Health

It's all over the place man it's just all over the place

Behavior Changes in AI

Is there any actual documentation on this or is it hearsay