ZorroDragonslayer

Yes. Both Rhakkus and Easss were dead at that point. The text then was very misleading about joining a group. Later I did join a group and nobody complained that I already was pledged elsewhere. Thanks for the details Slarzahl !

I went to Zhass-Uss for the first time and it was hostile and I was to told that since I joined a group they were going to kill me. I’ve been very vigilant the whole game about not allying myself with any faction. How is that possible and how do I check which faction “drafted” me without consent?

Another tip is getting the hint book. Its very useful in so many ways.

Singleton on torment works too.

With any strategy its a tough battle because the usual methods you've been playing with aren't as effective and you have to react to each turn and see how effective the last strategy was and adjust your thinking to meet the needs of the next turn.

Not that we have discovered.

Look at it as a learning curve that improves with each playthrough.

On a future playthrough you can look at the links here to see which resources are available where and how to get them. That will help with planning. It will also show you where the "easy money" is so that you get the most for the least effort or least battle challenges. When you get ahead on resources its less stressfull. Also you can determine which buildings mean the most to you and your selected crew at the beginning and ignore the low-return buildings until you have an overload of resources later in the game. You can choose to only have a few building types and still do well in the game. Every new game can be totally different so that you can play for years without a duplicate. You set your own goals and strategy at each start. So manu options, so many choices, just like the dialogues and their outcomes.

Interesting....and bizarre. Thanks for sharing!!

Delia could be the wild card here. Her story line has kept her mostly unnoticeable in the major events of the kingdom, playing the role mostly of social support for her family. Secretly she is using her position of head spy and information gathering for the queen to rise to power and is biding her time and garnering support from the lords and maneuvering into a position where she can obtain the throne if the rest of her family all meet their demise. Mom is on the edge and likely to be gone soon and Sutter is quick to spark a fight if he isn't coddled as the favorite one. He expects the throne no matter what and won't let anything get in the way. Every version of QW shows this behavior on his part. This all supports Mechcalibur's comment on Oct 18: "I guess it would have to be Delia after Sutter and I kill each other."

The down side on some of the special weapons is that there is a speed penalty. This makes me think twice about picking them up. The Dhagan Defender has a 35% speed penalty which is hard to ignore.

I want to back but don't like being forced into opening an account with another privacy black hole to learn about.....

They are all fantastic. It is money well spent. Many of the games can be played nearly infinitely. After you play through completely, try a new one with a different character. Try signing on for each of the philosophies and complete a game with that philosophy. Try the game backwards, like go to the forge first and work your way back. Make friends or enemies and complete a game with their support or anger. Skip visiting certain characters. Play at a harder or easier level. Try with no companions or a few or the max. Try cross-combinations of skills and weapons, more magic or more brute strength or both. After you know where to get certain hot weapons or hot spells go there first or as early as you can. After a few dozen complete play throughs invent some new weapons by making a mod. Also reuse your saved games. I have one right before going into a very hot battle and when I want a class brawl I load it and fight for an hour. Revisit the battles and try different strategies. I saved the dock battle and tried many different strategies. I also discovered a major secret there that I did not notice the first 15 playthoughs. Doh! All these reasons, and many many others, add up to a five star game rating in my book. The decades of joy have been great!! Thanks to Jeff Vogel 😍

I've used a group of three of them in some battles. You have to get them as early as possible. I started a new game with that specific goal in mind in order to get them. I started w one and as I got stronger kept adding and stopped at three. Having a group makes up for the weaknesses of a single cockatrice. When they are near each other the combined effects of their passive abilities can be quite effective. I frequently used essence shields and first aid, especially spores, when in challenging situations. They are also good as a lure so when one gets surrounded the rest are free to wreak havoc on the enemies. That was an awesome play-through for me. Brilliant colors all round.

The next best thing I have found is to assign the closest button to a spell that you want to use the most. Then it is right there when you need it.