ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Thuggery seems like a particularly good tree with this build, as well. 50% stun/confusion resist, attack speed buff, etc. Maxing Bloodbath is pretty much imperative there, though, so you get enough stamina regen as to negate the 6 per turn drain of Total Thuggery.

Shouldn't "Arkul's Siege Arrows" read "Garkul's Siege Arrows", to keep with the rest of the lore? I always assumed that one was a typo.

One trick I've discovered with Saw Wheels is that you can charge up Saw Wheels by moving and then stand next to an enemy and unleash it by doing any instant action (notably Osmotic Shield). This gives you a free action attack, potentially procs a bunch of Demon Seed stuff, and triggers Tempest of M...

It's a bit disconcerting being yanked around by Blindside, but it hasn't killed me yet. :lol: If anything, it's a good gap-closer against ranged enemies, especially when Rush can't be used. I'd rather not allow them the opportunity to fill me full of arrows, bullets, set me on fire, etc. any more th...

So, I decided to take Tinkers on an ogre 'zerker, and found a nice T4 artifact steamsaw- Grinder- in a Dreadfell vault. Lifesteal, gloom on hit, and- my personal favorite- blindside the attacker on taking damage. Just for my own personal amusement, I'm ogrewielding it. :lol: Now, obviously I don't h...

I haven't tried it on gunslinger, but I noticed on a Psyshot-style adventurer that the Explosives tinkers with AoEs (Explosive Shot, Flare, Botanical Shot) hit everyone in their radius of effect with the full damage of your shot. Saw Shell is probably going to underperform in most situations compar...

I rather like the music, but I often play with the sound off, usually listening to classical music. Occasionally metal.

A variant of this build has already, before even going East, allowed me to accomplish one of my ToME goals, and that's one-shotting Worm That Walks. 'Cause I hate that guy.

Are there any plans- to the best of anyone's knowledge- to implement tinkers on shields in future versions? Are there any lore-based reasons not to? One could argue that since none of the EoR classes use shields, there wouldn't be any need for shield tinkers... But none of the EoR classes are staff ...

The weakest/strongest classes for Insane are the same as the weakest/strongest classes for Normal. So probably alchemist or maybe bulwark. I thought alchemist was ridiculously easy on normal/adventure- basically a free win. It's Archmage For Dummies: just spam bombs; there's little to it. On insane...

Duly noted. Thank you very much! I've never played EoR as a non-tinker class, so I don't remember it ever coming up. Could be fun...

Dumb question, as per the title. Playing the Embers campaign, is it possible to unlock tinkering on a non-tinker class like it is in the base campaign? If so, are the requirements the same? (500 gold and a cat point?)

Having recently taken tinkers on a Cornac Brawler just out of curiosity, I wouldn't mind seeing this. I know nothing of coding, but presumably it would be easy enough to allow tinkers to attach to the main/offhand slots without an equipped weapon? Alternately, allowing weapon tinkers to attach to ha...

Oooh, this sounds like a good time.

It occurs to me: a sword-and-gun Steam Cavalier class has the potential to be interesting.

I would think Tinkers would be necessary as a Skeleton, as the Medical Injector and salves can adequately substitute for Healing and Wild infusions, plus bonus healing from Fungal Web. You'd need to boost Cunning and drop some generic points into Steampower to get the most out of that, though. Focus...