Triple Crown SOLO (TCS) - Rogue (Pillars of Eternity) - Part 1/6

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My successfull Triple Crown SOLO run with a Crit/Damage/Sneak Attack focused Rogue. Endurance 3 for the win. :) TCS stands for an achievement on Steam: "Complete the game on Expert, Trial of Iron, and Path of the Damned modes without taking any companions after Cilant Lis.", representing the most difficult settings you can use in the game. Total game time is around 5h 55m, I reach LVL 12 in Sun in Shadow. It's not a Speedrun, but I try to play quickly and the first half of the run is pretty well optimized. If you wish to see my Speedrun instead, please follow this link: https://youtu.be/ZtGppK4gWkE No voice commentary, might try that in a future run. Here are the documents I had created to guide me in my own run Beginning.pdf - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B14vMgkklrnva092Sm5Cd0xJWFE&authuser;=0 Mid-Endgame.pdf - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B14vMgkklrnvVVl3SDQ3TUQxTmc&authuser;=0 Build.pdf - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B14vMgkklrnvVTZNNDFXSWlQdGs&authuser;=0 Ingredients.pdf - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B14vMgkklrnvMTNyTGRDdUdHc2c&authuser;=0 The whole thing as an Open Office file - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B14vMgkklrnveGlCb3dyNGg0WFU&authuser;=0 I advise to download them, the Google Drive preview quality isn't very good, and it obviously kills the Open Office document a bit. I hope that most things are self-explanatory. Just ask if there are any questions. This run is my 7th attempt, no Alt+F4 or save game cheating involved, or I wouldn't have bothered with all the preperations. Featuring real Maerwald combat, I don't like the "pull him into the spiders" strategy. Reasons why previous runs failed: - Maerwald (twice, there is a reason the spider strategy has been developed :P) - Sneak 4 insufficient for Act 1 (twice, does anybody know of a way past the Caed Nua Spectres without Sneak 5?) - Overconfidence vs Assassins - Trapped altar in Noonfrost. While I knew about the trap, I didn't wait long enough for it to be detected... Feel free to ask questions if you need help with your run or if you can't figure out what I am doing. Build Moon Godlike, Rogue, Deadfire, Merchant Stat distribution: 18 3 17 3 18 18 Abilities - Crippling Strike, Reckless Assault, Blinding Strike, Dirty Fighting, Withering Strike, Deathblows Talents - Dual Wielding, Shadowing Beyond, Deflecting Assault, Vicious Fighting, Savage Attack (replacing Bloody Slaughter), Quick Item Slots Talent Rewards - The Merciless Hand (Doemenel route) - Dungeon Delver (Twin Elms, Girl in the inn, Help the adventurers) Skills - Stealth 5 (Required to sneak past Caed Nua throne room Spectres), Lore 10 (8 if you find Glanfathan Adraswen), Mechanics 7 (Requires two or three +1 inn rests throughout the game), Spare points into Survival. Very important items - Shod in Faith (Smith, Knights Castle in Defiance Bay) - Rotfinger Gloves (Merchant, Ondra's Gift) - Minion summoning figurines Good items to have - Azureith's Stiletto (Smith, Gilded Vale) - Gaun's Share (Temple of Eothas, Gilded Vale, Dangerious to get early on) - Äru-Brekr (From the group trying to steal the Foge Knight research, can later be replaced by a plate armor of choice) - Blunting Belt (Smith, Gilded Vale) - Ring of Protection (Random loot, Merchant in Copperlane) - Ring of Deflection (Random loot, Merchant in Copperlane) - Glanfathan Adraswen (Random loot) Endgame weapons - Starcaller (Market, Hearthsong) - We Toki (Larha in Galawain's Maw, Oldsong)