Rule 1: Save. Your. Game. Before everything, after everything, in the middle of everything, and if you haven't saved in the last 20 minutes, Save. Your. Game. Rule 2: Take that stupid scimitar away from Tris and give him a crossbow. He won't hit anything, but it'll keep him in back where he can do his one job - healing the party.

30 hrs into this game and I still have no idea what I’m doing, enjoying it tho’ 😅

swarms are probably the biggest thing I hated as a new player, literally unkillable with normal attacks, and me with 0 aoe had to sit there spamming flasks to kill them.

Yeah the Inspect facility and the fact that your characters get to know more and more about the monsters the more they encounter them (through the various Knowledge and Lore checks for different types of monsters) - that's HUGE. (Cool tip: in the Turn-Based mod you can Right-click on enemy names in the list and it brings up their inspect panel.) Particularly, it's huge for tailoring the kinds of spells you use against an enemy - for example an enemy that has low Will saves compared to Fort, use a spell that has a Will check instead of a spell that has a Fort check. Just generally, while playing Pathfinder, you can get a lot of a sense of how the game works just by occasionally reviewing the combat panel bottom right, to see exactly what's been going on when your character has hit or fired off a spell - you can see in detail how all the buffs accumulate to push a roll just over the edge against something with high AC, for example. It can get quite interesting, and you understand the game better and better. Great channel man, keep up the good work!

109 hours, 80 of those were probably spent n character creation

The biggest tip I wish I had known before playing is haste. That spell is utterly broken, made every fight so much easier. I had to bump the difficulty from challenging to hard when I started casting it before every fight.

Those teleport circles/mage towers are a major time saver, and reminded me that when I set up new villages in my domain to really try and spread them out, so I save the maximum time by teleporting.

I cannot believe you have so few views and comments. I've been playing the game for a while now. This is very practical. Some people get thousands of views for pretty basic playthroughs and it's obvious they don't understand the basic principles of pathfinder character generation let alone game mechanics. Thanks heaps mate

Give each guy druid as second class and mammoth pet, you will get LARGE inventory space and 6 meatbags to tank for you

Thanks for the CTRL! I was so annoyed by the snap-to!

2:15 Holy crap thank you for this! Very helpful video overall, well done.

Things I wish I knew: 1. AC IS GOD 2. Boost your AC 3. Keep 4. That 5. AC 6. UP 7. SON

I feel bad for people who haven't played 3.5 or pathfinder pen and paper before playing this game. Its just so much to take in.

Set Kingdom Management setting to effortless if you don't like it being a pain in the ass. It doesn't change the difficulty to custom either, it stays normal, hard or whatever you got it at. Don't set it to automatic, it removes any ability for you to make choices with your Kingdom.

As a sidenote: there is a mod that changes the fightmode to a round base system. Like a tabletop round. EDIT/UPDATE: Since a few patches ago the option to play with the round base system is already in the game, you don't need a mod anymore!!. You can toggle it with the little hourglass symbol near the bottom of the screen (should be on the left side). Personally I suggest to alter the speed the characters move and act because it is very clunky and sluggish on default setting in my opinion.

Great tips! Especially the one @2:15. Thanks!

If you make valerie a monk with crane style early on and a vissectimist alchemist she can have alot of AC and generate great damage. She's easily a tier 1 character. Amiri turned into an inquisitor with Gorrum as her patron and Smilodon as an animal companion is insane. She easily the hardest hitter in the game.

Thank you for the tutorial of this interesting game here. I will take what I have learned and use it on the battlefield.

a few things about the unfair difficulty, it is almost broken: Enemies will kill(not going unconscious) in one hit if they ever crit and dropping(going unconscious) your character in two hits if they don't. Early on there will be enemies that have ac and attack bonus so high that you can't hit them without getting a 20 and they won't miss you unless they roll 1. good thing, the game now has coup de grace(something that I didn't have when I started playing it) that makes the early game incredibly easier by putting enemies to sleep or prone and then using coup de grace on them + proccing a lot of attacks of opportunity, very rarely I don't play on the hardest difficulty and if you are like me prepare to reload a lot and be extremely frustrated early on by the encounters but it gets easier the more levels you get. Currently I don't know if it is possible to do last azlanti(only 1 save) + unfair because of the high amount of luck that you need to have on the encounters early on, the only way I did get past the early game was with mods(the most important one is turn based, that helps a lot because you can play optimally it is really good especially with caster classes that can do almost anything in their turn).

Really good tips here! I have a good amount of hours into the game now but didn't know some of these! Thanks!

Absolute lad, thanks. Got PF:Kingmaker couple months ago free from the Epic store, good to have people like you handing out QOL stuff like that.

Thanks for the info. Definitely going to give this game a try.

Great video! I found this one at random and I like it! Gonna see if you have any more video's on pathfinder...I would like to see your build on Valerie. And maybe on some other standard chars.. All I find are total respecs and that is something I do not like

This video is pure gold... just subscribed!!

Thanks for this info. I love this game and I am constantly learning new things as I play it. It amazes me as to how much content is in this game.

I love Your channel name, the concept is brilliant!

Some things I like to add. If you want to do a player made party without mods here's how. When you get to Oleg's at the very beginning of chapter 2 DO NOT level your main character to level 2. After you you fight the Bandit raid off and sell off all of the trash loot. you can hire 5 mercenaries and outfit them if you like. That way you can devote you companions skill points into what ever advisor roles you assign them. IMO this gives you a better party overall as well as more effective advisors. Edit: I also highly suggest a Charisma centric ability score class for the main charactor as your persuasion skill will make parts of the game go much easier. IE Cleric Pali Bard Magus ect ect.

Having a good party layout is more than just OCD, because some enemy units have AoE spells and abilities... so if your party stands close together, that is bad.

omg, I love the intro. On Summer sale now 50% off.

Difficulty : as many have noted on the Internet, and as you do also but more vaguely, Challenging is the closest to the core PF rules and I recommend it for those with experience or who like to play slowly or tactical. Of course, it depends how much time and suffering you are willing to invest in the game :P, but being close to the core rules means the game will be more balanced, but Normal difficulty is fine and can speed up the playthrough a bit. nb: One thing I do not want from the core rules though are the Critical Hits: they do waaaay too much damage, making luck/bad luck too extreme (though they require more than just a 20). So I would suggest Challenging, but toning down Critical Hits.

I've been playing for roughly 15 hours and just learning about the inspect key lol. Thank you

I'm currently downloading the game - this video helped me greatly, thank you very much :)

So Valerie is a character type i like to call the "Spook n' Smash" Melee build. she's based around using intimidate in combat to demoralize foes and give them a -2 to many important stats, or outright cause them to flee. it's a good beginner build which can (with some feats on the actual tabletop) be made to be incredibly useful.

Can't wait for this on PS4 big fan of isometric Western rpg's.... Ever since BG 1-2 on PC back in good ol days of 98'.

CTRL key tip for spells is the best one!

I hope you do a let's play I know the game is long but seeing your tips in action would be fantastic

I have owned this game for a while but i am just now about to dive in to it :D ( ima noob tho )

I know I'm late to this video and owning this game. But thank you for this.

Most excellent ! A really really useful video. Kinda thing I would do if I was less "lazy" (I do it more in Steam reviews).

Blind fight on everyone by level 14. It won't make sense until it does, but it'll save hours of reloading+respec gold.

Just stumbled on to your channel, thanks for the info!

Omg, alignment to the grid in the custom formation menu...

I just got the game, I loved playing both Divinity Orginal Sin games...But this just seems like a whole different beast. I'm curious how it will play, any solid build names I should research ?

This is such a hard game if you’re a noob like me. Level 2 and everything team wipes lol. This is gonna take a while to figure out 😅. Thanks for the great tips.

Totally hitting like for teaching me how to set up a custom formation and appease my OCD at the same time

One of the best things I've found as far as _P:KM_ goes is taking Valerie and Amiri and respecing them at the start.

Clerics are freaking crazy. I have tanky cleric with positive channeling. And another negative channel cleric who does nothing but summon monsters and undead. I'm actually considering an all cleric party

On my first playthrough I choosed hard, after I beat somoothly through lvl 1 crazy ass looking armoured assassins in intro, my whole gang got mauled by lvl 3 deer I accidentally attacked (shouldnt do that) :D But amazing game though. One of the best iso RPGs I ever played

bloody CTRL!!!!!!!!!!! omg thanks so much, ithe aoe was driving me up the bloody wall!!! you're a gift!

the undead elf is kinda like a half cleric and i found that have just her is an ok substitute.

Omg the ctrl tip gonna be so helpgul ... not only for aoe , but also helpbif youbjoust want to flank some monsters too

I just barely started, and Ive spent way more timr creating my character and three npcs lol first time playing a dnd style gamd like this and man I'm having a blast

i appreciate the seminar.

And here I am playing on Normal with heavier enemy damage, getting my ass kicked... Thanks for this video, I find none of the important shit is ever covered in walkthough or tutorial sections.

I really recommend turn based mod for this game.

I had no troubles running my party on Normal without cleric 80% of the time (the other 20 were either for sale of damaging undead or RP reasons too). The game throws enough money, healing potions and spell scrolls, plus opportunities to rest

Very useful info for have all on it place

Oh, there is a monster info key! Thanks 😀

Great video, thanks man.

guys. in spell bar, there are number like 5/6 etc. like magic missile 4. when i use that spell the number goes to 3. what was that mean? and if that number go to 0. i cant use it anymore??

Natural Armor ACs also stack, but NOT Natural Armor Enhancement (from like Barkskin or the Natural Armor Enhancement necklace).

Do spells share usage? I used grease and it took away 1 point of my Laughter spell too

160 hours in game. Y-key whaaaat? 😱

Here's my like! You deserve this just after the first tip about AOE effects!

4:35 I actually tried a run with an almost full cleric party xD (2paladins and 4 crusaders, you get what I'm trying to do here). the survivability is ridiculous with that party comp and I rest way less often. I didn't finish the game with this party yet I had 2 previous run so I'm currently on another game but I'll definitively get back to it to see if I can manage to finish the game with that comp.

Val my top tip with her get her to lvl 10 as a fighter then turn her into a storm bard she becomes insanely powerful this way

I was wondering if you could do a companion guide for Tristan? I prefer him over Harrim, although I see your point with Harrim, but other than playing a MC cleric I like Tristan better.

7:48 I do agree with other points. This one though was kind of vague. Personally i didn't care about this side of the game, but i didn't want to auto-resolve it. Kingdom Resolution mod makes handling your kingdom really easy. I hated spendng weeks to level my advisors so i made it a 3-day task. I set other activitiest at 50% duration and didn't bother with this aspect of the game at all.

I'm not getting those yellow and red AOE preview circles at all. How to enable them?

1) After Pathfinder: Kingmaker AND Divinity: Original Sin 2 I will NEVER AGAIN play a CRPG without watching first a "Things I wish I knew before playing..." video on KZfaq! Screwed those two games just by not knowing some basic stuff. 2) Your channel has the best name and the best logo of any RPG channel. Congrats!

Very Useful Video!!!

Very nice thanks.

I love that its RTWP and not turn base

Kingmaker was the game that finally convinced me that alignment was stupid, when my Paladin's alignment shifted for making too many "good" choices and not enough lawful ones.

Kingdom management can be set to auto??? I know what I am doing thank you

I love this game. Hard is actually hard. If you don't build your character/s right from level 1 (with knowledge from level 17) you need to restart. You can't respec builds, so hit restart. Your companions aren't min/maxed in a game which requires min/maxing, restart. If you mess up the kingdom management, restart. If you take too long, restart. And I haven't got space for the reload list.

whats the name of the hability that he makes a wall of water and then a cone of water pushing the enemies?

This game should transform to turn based combat like pillars of eternity 2 or divinity original sin series

THis video is nothing to laugh at these are some SUPERB tips for playing this game! +1 sub

@ 5:06 Okay fine i hear ya'. Does it *have* to be "Eeyore the specialty Priest of Depression" though?

my biggest question was how do I enroll in this prestigious institution but gladly you answered that at the very end.

who is the third companion ? couldnt find her on wiki

This version of Pathfinder Kingmaker, taking it as a Pillars Of Eternity type video game, I like it a lot... but I as a player and game master who was meet the role-playing manuals of this Adventure Path the truth is I was somewhat disappointed by the limitations and simplifications. But, ok. One question: Can the Alchemists here create healing potions? I would like to try to run the campaign without any clergy, and then deal with his absence with an Alchemist. The only thing that worries me is the issue of the death of a character... although that would give more drama and importance or tension to situations. But just in case, can the Druids here resurrect dead allies or reincarnate them? Haha, the Reincarnation spell is my favorite spell of all Pathfinder (followed by Dominate Person and Wish spells).

thanks for this

love your channel name! lmao

That Inspect feature I actually didn't realize till just the other day. LOL I just assumed it was some ability to discover hidden cache or doors..... like most other RPGs. I had no idea that was what it did till I saw someone else's build video and saw that they moused over an enemy and all those stats popped up. I was like "What the Hell is that?! Where is that in the options? Is that a mod?" LMAO Didn't know about the holding CTRL key for aiming.... learning stuff every damn day still.

My frontline thanks you.

Oof I noticed one of the achievements are beating the game on Azlanti mode lol Cmon I do not recommend the auto mode of Kingdom Management, there are some decisions you definitely want to make on your own. If you put it on auto, you'll have no say the default choice will be made.

I also would like to see what type of character you would build in your second or third playthrough to maximize checks challenges and persuasion rolls

i have a stupid question!!! why when some players are making builds the start at 12 base stats? instead of 10 all over ? is this a mod ?

Ok, I played through the entire game, and never knew anything about any identify mode on y-key. Can confirm, I do wish I'd known about that before playing

Holding Ctrl is not working for me now. It's driving me nuts! None of the aoe spells, or flasks, will allow it. It's only allowing me to target. I can see the cursor turn upside down, but it won't cast

Why isn't auto-pause on start of combat/trap detected default? KOTOR already did this

name the background music?

I’m a D&D 5e player and haven’t really ever been a fan of the real time with pause combat but this game has gripped me! Learning the 3.5 system is still a work in progress but I’m really enjoying the challenge and building my party. Just took down the Stag Lord last night! Thanks for the helpful tips!!

Welp, I'd been hearing about dazzling display over and over on forums and the like but I never got how you were going to set it up on Valerie, because I never play tanks myself. I should have known multiclass splashing was the way to go, this is Pathfinder after all!

If I love pillars of eternity 1 and 2, will I be able to play this?

There is some story stuff that massively affects the game based on certain choices. There are also certain bugs to avoid. These are flaws to the game, but barring these issues the list you made is pretty good.

the have turn based mode now, which you can switch in and out anytime ,

Bahahaha I just had the greatest 15 seconds seeing that intro. What a great channel name. Consider me subscribed before I even hear a word of you speak!