Pathfinder: Kingmaker Best Companions Guide
Ranged Support: Linzi
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Linzi’s Bardic abilities round her out as a great support companion. The Inspire Competence/Courage abilities make for great buffs during the early game. Late-game ballads like the Dirge of Doom and Inspire Greatness can also turn the advantage back in your party’s favor.
Keep Linzi out of armor though. Because of her low carry weight, her skill checks suffer in nearly every armor set.
Tips:
- At around level 5, take the Ranger sub-class Freebooter. The Freebooter’s Bane ability lets Linzi mark vulnerable targets with a decent debuff.
- Prioritize learning ballads to buff allies before engagements. Summon Monster abilities similarly compliment Linzi’s role.
- Keep Linzi as far as possible from the engagement! Just close enough to keep her buffs in range of allies.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Best Companions Guide – Ranged Support: Octavia
Mages are a somewhat squishy lot in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Their lack of abilities makes using these fighters during the early-game tricky, to say the least.
However, Octavia’s the best magical bet of your companions. She starts the game with the ability to get some decent magic buffs. Enlarge/Reduce Person, Hasty Retreat, and Break Hold spells become beneficial buffs to grant close-ranged fighters.
Like Linzi, Octavia’s best kept out of armor entirely. Caster’s generally need distance from enemies to maximize their effectiveness.
Tips:
- Prioritizing Octavia’s support-based magic helps the party more than her offensive spells.
- Later levels allow Octavia to morph into an Arcane Trickster – an advanced class focusing on stealth.
- Take the Arcane Combat Specialist skill to reduce spell check failures.
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