Pathfinder 2e: COMBAT & TACTICS Vol. 2 - More Advice to OPTIMIZE your COMBAT prowess!! 

One additional to the bonuses tip. It's nearly impossible to get all bonuses by yourself, so teamplay can be really rewarding

Hey we posted similar videos within 30 minutes of each other haha! Looking forward to watching this.

One thing to note with PF2e bonuses, they don't just improve your chance to hit - they improve your chance to crit too! In your example at the end, if you have a +3 to hit and the opponent has a -4 to AC, that's not just a +7 difference, that's 7/20 more chances that you could get a critical hit with all of the extra damage and bonuses effects that come with it. Edit: Oh and Curse of Lost TIme is a level 3 spell that can be cast on an item to give it the Shoddy condition, which incurs a -2 Item penalty. Of course, you could also cast it on the creature to give it Enfeebled 1 and Clumsy 1, but that's a -1 Status penalty. You could apply Shoddy to their armour for -2 to AC, or to their weapon for -2 to attack.

Why this channel isn't bigger is a mystery of the universe.

Standing up from prone can trigger an Attack of Opportunity to a Fighter or any Martial who has that Feat. So, although the target in question is already Flat Footed and being prone is still Flat Footed, standing up from prone could trigger an additional attack or two.

Just wanted to add re: recall knowledge/making sure you target the right save, it is especially important in pathfinder 2e since spellcasters are more balanced. In some other systems, spellcasters just do more damage than martials anyways so it won’t matter as much. However I believe spellcasters in pf2e are balanced around being able to target those lower saves, which I believe is why the designers made it so they don’t really get item bonuses to spell attacks and dc’s (they also just get legendary proficiency compared to most martials who don’t, but it is still below the +2/+3 item bonus weapons get). I do see some people complain about spellcaster damage, but if you can just use a different spell and target reflex instead of fortitude, the monster might have a modifier which is 3 or 4 less, which increases your chances of them crit failing by 15-20%.

12:15 A lot of GMs frown on using player knowledge if the character would have no idea about a creature.

Bon Mot, is "Good Word" in french, it is 'bon mo' (has in moe, the T is silent). Thank you, I had overlooked this skill feat. Keep up the great work, learned a lot of great things.

12:38 - using player knowledge of monster lore was something we always considered bad roleplay if they couldn't show that the character knew it.

Really enjoying your content! But one quibble -- Bon Mot is pronounced "bon MOE", not "bon MOT". :D

I like your vids! You are so chilled, polite, friendly and real, that makes listening and watching you very relaxing. Also you are teaching the audience, with separate videos and in actual plays which is awesome!

Great video! One minor expansion on Tim's comments re: Wild Shape. The Wild Shape Focus spell actually says that you can choose to use your own unarmed attack bonus rather than the static bonus granted by the battle form spell, and that if you do, you also get a +2 status bonus to attack rolls. So a druid who boosts STR can do this and use handwraps of mighty blows to get an item bonus to attack rolls (as well as a status bonus from Wild Shape). Common consensus seems to be that any striking runes on handwraps don't apply though.

Another note on tripping and flatfooted. Tripping maybe worth it because the enemy gets a penelty to attack while prone or take away an action in order to stand, thus triggering various kinds of reactions.

Don't forget assurance doesn't get penalties. So you can use assurance athletics without the attack penalties. I.e. move, attack, grapple.

Top-notch content, as usual, guys!

Best advice I could give is to minimize damage to your party and maximize damage to your enemies.

Bonn Mott :P Bon Mot is french for Good Word.. Like it's the good word for the situation I guess. Anyways, I just found this channel and started watching the combat & tactics, and as a new P2 GM who is running a beginner game, I find this very useful. :D

Stacking buff / debuff is why Occult's exclusive Synesthesia is the highest bang for your buck in the game. Also Bard (coincidentally i'm sure) can buff anywhere form +1 to +3 to hit...

AC is still something a caster could could get benefits from knowing. Plenty of spell attacks out there.

Guys, awesome stuff again! How about optimizing different skills for initiative? Typically your first round is you most important one, so to maximize the odds that you go first, AND to find creative means to roleplay encounters in different ways, this is a small tip that can roll 10-20% higher on those rolls. Example: I played an AP with a lot of doors, and we would breach rooms R6 Siege style, and use my barbarians athletics to roll initiative instead of perception. The flexibility of this is pretty empowering at the table

You’re wrong about druids not being able to get item bonuses… Mark Seifer came out in a video and very specifically said the druids do get item bonuses from their weapons even when they are wild shaped they get all the abilities from their weapons except for ones that specifically need to be activated but if it’s just plus one plus to the head that is always in effect even when wild shaped if it’s a flaming weapon and they have flaming claws or flaming teeth and he came out and said that very specifically

I'm so glad I found this channel.

Keep these coming. Just, keep em coming.

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Love the content guys, Can’t wait for the next one! I was running the numbers on the assurance feat last week to try and find out which skills it’s most useful for. IE: which skill actions have critical failures you can avoid, how many combat skill actions does each skill have, etc. I came to some interesting findings but you guys play ALOT more 2e than I do and I would love your take on this… Assurance; which skills is it good for in combat, and how much better does it get when you take assurance for a skill your good at that you have a bad (zero or negative) supporting ability score.

Handwraps of might blows apply for wild shape

Another good video. Keep up the good work. Almost caught up on the Rise of the Runelord game!

I am so impressed with this groups humbleness. You all are so calm, chill, and ready to learn. It is so encouraging! Thank you guys!

20:34 the problem is that it Bon Mot has a linguistic trait, so not all monsters would understand it

a melee class can help a non melee class make athletics checks. any character whom is at least an expert in a skill can grant a bonus to a check for another player who is not an expert in that same skill. also a circumstance penalty is determined by the GM ranging for -1/+1 to -4/+4 and flanked monster who is prone can have cumulative stacks of "flat footed" condition.

wotr made me never forget a demon's resistances, I'll make sure to always recall knowledge if my party fights against a demon

Here in Jan 2023 for the obvious reasons😫 ... and OOOOOF, the crunch is terrifying

Another great discussion. Keep up the awesome work Knights 👍

Really enjoying these tactics videos, keep em coming!

Go Knights!!

Circunstance bonus/malus stack. For exemple the crane style allow you to stack several of those. Frightened and sickened stack because sickened is untyped

Do you have advice for using True Strike? Like when and when not to use it.

This was great. I love videos of multiple people discussing mechanics

Great work everyone! Maybe do a video on favorite party composition synergies. Like go through some of your characters combos that you enjoy using (bard buffs fighter, monk trips enemy for barbarian, etc.)

Nice job, gents!

I really enjoyed this! thank you

I tend to think that you shouldn't use knowledge "you know" but your character doesn't about combat monsters. That to me is meta gaming and breaks the RP experience, and I think you should roll to learn that as the character.

Great video once more! Love these

Wait only two tips in this video right? Good stuff

Love these vids, great stuff guys.

Woooooh!!!

21:20 what gives a bonus to damage?

This is just amazing content

The best crit combination in the game. Is a fighter that takes druid dedication and wild shapes

I'm still unclear on how to use aid correctly, what can I do with aid and what can I not do? It costs and action and a reaction? I'm just confused lol

I know the idea of playing with RAW...but if one of my players, not seeing anything appropriate for their character to do, decides to use Aid in a cool and creative way to improve the chances of an ally at something...I won't be the GM who replies "oh, well, thing is they already had a circumstance bonus..." Is not only not fun, but also in some situations doesn't make any sense. Like the configuration of one enemy surrounded by 4 PCs, and still not flanked because no one is in actual opposite sides. This is just a friendly reminder that the rules are there as a guide...but don't ruin a cool scene or keep frustrating someone if even the rule seems rigid and unrealistic.

With these videos in mind I was wondering if anyone has seen or made a decent cheat sheet that I could share with some of my groups less seasoned members to help the remember how to affectively utilize all of their actions to benefit the party as a whole.

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Gj

Does the Plate penalty on movement not get nullified if you have the 18 STR?

If you "want to crit", play a fighter, not a barbarian. Fighters ALWAYS have a +10% chance more to hit/crit than ANY other martial class.

12:20 That's metagaming, that's not awesome, that's kinda lame tbh

One of the biggest problems with Pathfinder's 2e is that if you don't optimise yourself efficiently you are basically trying to loose in the eyes of the players around you. It's so mechanics heavy that the mechanics get in the way of just enjoying the game.

Great stuff especially the player remarks I hate players that use there experience to be assholes instead of sharing as a team!? 5e games seem to be just ego now, if your a PF2 fan these Dbags turn that up I just got attitudes from players? I'm only playing PF2 now. Thanks again, for your channel watching y'all play give me hope there's people out there who aren't jerks.😢

One of the things that I actually really do not like about second edition is the fact that it emphasizes movement so much… I always like my gaming to be a little bit realistic I was both a golden glove boxer and competed in Olympic style taekwondo… I have a lot of experience at fighting people at least unarmed… No let me tell you even though there might be some food work to help you cut angles on your opponent is no such thing as moving in and moving out OK that’s just doesn’t work in real fine if you expect to win… If you’re going to achieve a knock out a submission or carry this to the next logical conclusion if you expect to kill your opponent like you would in Pathfinder… You’re not going to do it at a distance you’re going to do it face-to-face… Mike Tyson was fantastic one of the very best… In his prime… Head movement avoiding getting hit in the head but every Single knockout was when he was face-to-face with his opponents because that’s the way it works in reality… And if you are thinking about a fantasy game where you’re trying to kill your opponent it’s going to be the same way you have to be face-to-face at least within range of your weapon… So much of the second edition is built on the premise of zipping in and zipping out after you do one attack… I personally prefer standing Toe to toe. But the game is no longer fun for me because I can’t do that and I resent the fact that I can’t do that because it’s a hell of a lot more realistic than the way the game is set up to be played right now… If you’re not using a weapon with reach or moving in attacking once and moving out attacking and moving out My referee goes out of his way of penalizing me every time I try to basically go to to toe with my opponent… He has an absolutely stuck in his head that you can’t play this game unless you’re dancing around like a goddamn ballerina… And I fucking hate it but it seems to be the way the game is set up and I hate that. Rant over This game was designed by people that I’ve never actually had a real fight in their life… And it shows