All the stat, skill and background checks (spoilers)

[Lurker King]

So how to get this Eagle eye implant everybody is showing to get?

You can buy the eye at Maadoran, the temple. The eye has nothing to do with eagle eye, which is the most potent neurostimulant.

 

[Lurker King]

Woah. Can you do that?

Spoiler

Talking to Carrinas as an IG makes him tell you to stop plotting and just follow Paullus' orders. I didn't know Carrinas could survive in any way other than going full IG or turning to the IG at some point in Teron.

You need high persuasion and streetwise to convince him.

 

[Irenaeus II]

You can buy the eye at Maadoran, the temple.

Inside the Temple? The Thief Guild won't let me in

 

[Tigranes]

Outside. Just... use your eyes. And mouse.

 

[Irenaeus II]

I figured you for a Moor and now look at this.

It's called roleplaying. The char in question is an ignorant assassin who gives no fucks about killing and maiming, not a holy crusader. (he's loyal to the guild tho (nevermind, forgot he killed that scarry woman in Maadoran for some easy gain for Lady Lorenza)

He's the kind of guy who takes a scimitar because it's the heaviest sword around without asking a question whether he's approprating some goat-fucker's culture.

 

[Ninjerk]

100% white (robe)

 

[Lurker King]

Inside the Temple? The Thief Guild won't let me in

No, I'm talking about the location named "the temple", not the actual building.

 

[Ninjerk]

Really triggered by this first assassin quest in Maadoran. I have a black powder bomb but I can't open the secret passage with it because LUL

 

[Goral]

Really triggered by this first assassin quest in Maadoran. I have a black powder bomb but I can't open the secret passage with it because LUL

Black powder in this amount is just too weak to destroy a sturdy door. But if it really bothers you ask Vince and co. to add such option.

 

[Ninjerk]

Black powder in this amount is just too weak to destroy a sturdy door. But if it really bothers you ask Vince and co. to add such option.

How many raw black powders were required there?

 

[Goral]

How many raw black powders were required there?

I'm not sure it's even possible. I'm just being IT apologist .

 

[Ninjerk]

I'm not sure it's even possible. I'm just being IT apologist .

I thought on another character I managed to

Spoiler

blow up the wall in Darius tomb using an alchemy check without having any black powder, but it's possible I had some and just didn't remember.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Ninjerk]

 

[Lurker King]

Really triggered by this first assassin quest in Maadoran. I have a black powder bomb but I can't open the secret passage with it because LUL

Yep, it doesn't make sense.

 

[Magnificate]

Is there any hope of this being updated and finished?

 

[Lurker King]

Magnificate,

the purpose of this thread is to provide an incentive to players that are too frustrated by the harsh skill checks and are still getting used to AoD. I stop updating it because it can be detrimental to the experience that the game tries to offer. Please have in mind that the process of reloading and making different builds to unlock a certain content is part of the fun and makes your feeling of achievement and reward multiplied tenfold. In any case, the skill checks of the core locations are all here. You can find more information goggling it since Vince is always eager to provide some information on the Steam community or the ITS forum.

 

[Magnificate]

Yeah, the point is I've already completed the game several times and I've wanted to gear up for the perfect playthrough. However, it would take too much time to map all the branches by myself, thus I can't prepare my XP budget, thus I can't begin.

 

[Lurker King]

If you earned all the achievements and is still curious about what you are missing, go through the dialogue files to find out. You can even make your own thread about these obscure parts later.

 

[Black Angel]

It looks like the requirement to insta-kill the mercenary guarding Gracius during Assassin's starting quest is DEX+CS >= 14. Isn't that a bit too high? Sure the 'minimum' requirement to simply wound him is fine, but still.... a hybrid assassin would most likely have to deal with him in a follow-up combat.

 

[Vault Dweller]

The requirements are Dex 9 or higher and CS 4 or higher. If you have no defense, you can pull it off, otherwise you have to fight.

 

[Black Angel]

I see. The Dex 9 is fine, I guess. But I still think CS 4 for exactly the first CS check in the whole game for assassin is a bit too high. Probably gonna reroll a better hybrid character.

 

[Parabalus]

I see. The Dex 9 is fine, I guess. But I still think CS 4 for exactly the first CS check in the whole game for assassin is a bit too high. Probably gonna reroll a better hybrid character.

I think the check is so high to impart upon new players the possibility and acceptability of partial successes, don't think I have every outright killed the guy ever, very unlikely unless you know the precise check even with no defenses on CC.

 

[Jason Liang]

Or it's an "easter egg" you discover by trying different/ weird/ extreme builds.

Spoiler

It also foreshadows the requirements to cs Antidas outright.

Nearly every hard CS check requires 9 Dex, so it's default for Assassin builds.

 

[Whisper]

Wow, i never heard that you could kill him outright.