User:HarveyPekar/Differences between Tactician and Balanced: Difference between revisions

'''Tactician difficulty,''' as a harder [[difficulty]] option, carries with it many differences gameplay. Chief among these are enhanced statistics and abilities for [[creatures]]. These can be increased [[ability scores]], new [[Passive feature|passives]], permanently applied [[conditions]], or even new or improved [[actions]]. This is a list of all such noted differences.

== Flat increases ==

These are clearly defined changes that are implemented across races of creatures, subsets within those races, or upon individual creatures.

|{{SAI|Synaptic Discharge}}

|{{Ability|Strength|24}} '''+1'''

{{Ability|Dexterity|24}} '''+1'''

|{{SAI|Fury of the Small}}

|{{Ability|Strength|24}} '''+1'''

|{{SAI|Savage Attacker}}

|{{SAI|Savage Attacker}}{{SAI|Brutal Critical}}

|{{Ability|Dexterity|24}} '''+2'''

{{SAI|Evasion}}

|{{SAI|Sentinel: Vengeance}}{{SAI|Sentinel: Opportunity Advantage}}{{SAI|Sentinel: Snare}}

|{{Ability|Dexterity|24}} '''+1'''

{{Ability|Constitution|24}} '''+4'''

|[[Githyanki]]

|{{SAI|Psionic Empowerment}}{{Note|Gith that already had this ability on Balanced or Explorer, such as [[Kith'rak Voss]], retain the ability. Playable gith such as [[Lae'zel]] do not gain this ability.}}

 

=== Group Bonuses ===

Some bonuses are applied to subsets of creatures within a race. This can include named NPC's, as long as the group they belong to can be easily generalized. For example, githyanki NPC's who wield a crossbow - generically called a "Githyanki Raider" even if their name is Hi'So'Ka or Ki'Lua - in [[Act One]] can expect to get the same Tactician bonuses. These apply in addition to any other racial or individual bonuses.

|Githyanki Raiders (Level 5)

|{{SAI|Archery}}

|Githyanki Gish (Level 5)

|{{SAI|War Caster: Concentration}}{{SAI|War Caster: Opportunity Spell}}

|Githyanki Warriors (Level 5)

|{{SAI|Great Weapon Fighting}}

|Githyanki Ardent (Level 5)

|{{SAI|Potent Cantrip}}

|{{Ability|Wisdom}} '''+3'''

{{SAI|War Caster: Concentration}}

|{{SAI|Colossus Slayer}}

|{{SAI|Improved Critical Hit}}

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=== Unique individual bonuses ===

For any uniquely named NPC that gets their own bonuses. If a named NPC doesn't neatly fit into a generic group, as described above, they'll be included here.

! colspan="2" |Group Bonuses on Tactician

!Group

|{{SAI|Extra Attack}}{{SAI|Opportunity Attack}}

|{{SAI|Scar of the Dunes}}

|[[Hyena]]{{Note|Literally just one hyena. Just this one.}}

|{{SAI|Alert}} '''x2''', for a total '''+11 Initiative'''

|{{SAI|Extra Attack}}

|{{SAI|Buthir's Wrath}} provides physical resistances

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|{{Ability|Strength|24}} '''+2'''

{{Ability|Wisdom|24}} '''+2'''

 

{{SAI|Signalling Cry}} summons 5 [[Giant Eagle|Giant Eagles]], instead of 3

|{{SAI|War Caster: Concentration}}{{SAI|War Caster: Opportunity Spell}}

|{{SAI|Extra Attack}}

|Affected by {{SAI|Mage Armour}}  

{{SAI|Crossbow Expert: Point-Blank}}

{{SAI|Crossbow Expert: Wounding}}

|{{SAI|Archery}}

|Affected by {{SAI|Mage Armour}}

|[[Death Shepherd]]

|{{SAI|No Rest for the Wicked}} revives targets with full HP

|}Act 1

*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 3

 

=== 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.

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

=== Behavior Changes in AI ===