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I started a game of Pathfinder Kingmaker, and I have a question for people familiar with the Pathfinder table-top role-playing game: is a party of 4 level 2 characters equipped with 6 Alchemist's Fire supposed to run at the sight of a couple spider swarms also in the pen and paper game?

In the video game, alchemist's fires are more miss than hit, and they will tear my party apart if I don't roll high on the fire damage in the first place. Feels OP?

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matsuzine
matsuzine  
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As far as I know, the crpg is built on an engine that self-consciously follows the trrpg mechanics. That being said, I used the settings to dial down the threat level a couple of times when it seemed too punishing.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@matsuzine Thank you for the reply! I'm playing on Normal difficulty, which means enemies are slightly easier (the game's words, not sure what it means). There are times where a bad outcome is logical. 4 wolves aggro 1 character, they all hit, he died. That makes sense to me. But a single swarm of spiders doing consistent AoE damage while being immune to almost anything my characters have, it feels slightly lopsided.
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Simon Hain
Simon Hain  
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you are not the first with this issue, there are numerous posts about it, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/sflyl5/i_cant_kill_the_spider_swarms/

I this case, using spells like burning hands should work well, or just not fighting the swarms

The Pathfinder1e rule system can be opaque, and there is a massive difference between just using the characters and optimizing them, neoseeker.com has very good guides about that.
Applying heightened stinking cloud kind of auto-wins all later encounters.

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Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Simon Hain Thank you for the elaborate answer! Yeah, no sorcerer in the party yet, so it’ll have to wait. Noted for the stinking cloud!
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