Pillars of Eternity 1, Part 34: End of Act 2 and Master Below

Animal news first before we get into the wonder that is Pillars of Eternity. First, Friendship 7 (https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/friendship-7s-fourth-orbit) and Otter Attacks (https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/13/otters-attack-swimmers-in-sierra-nevada-river-and-lake/). I like our AI otter sci-fi detective. Anyway, we do Act 2 and then suffer against The Master Below. We learn a lot about things here, but the biggest thing we learn is that resting at an inn doesn't trigger Camping Bonuses (I kept looking for ways to buff our Accuracy before learning we had to double rest.)

I don't know what a good choice is with animancy. Because, on one hand, yeah. Every instance of it ends in disaster, and probably would even without Leaden Key interference. I think the choice to allow it, but with guard rails and ethics boards. At least, that's what I meant by my answer. Who knows how the game will interpret it. I'm definitely sure that "keep things as is" and "unrestricted chaos" are both bad choices. Guys, maybe I really am Neutral Good. Either or, the riots are to be expected. It is not our fault.

I don't even know how we beat the Guardian of Caed Nua after the first failed attempt. I think it got Petrified and AoE spiked out of existence. But, whatever, we won. You can basically stop watching around 03:13:22 -- that's just us learning the Master Below fight. Don't worry. We'll get'em next time.

00:00 Elephants and Space Are cool
02:00 Spreading the Sadness
10:00 Meet Lady Webb
24:30 Crucible Knight Help
32:30 Lady Webb, Again
42:00 The Animancy Hearings
01:00:15 It's Not Our Fault -- Return to Lady Webb
01:10:30 Act 3 Crawl and Aloth Has (Another) Secret
01:19:00 Detour! (Lle a Rhemen)
01:50:00 Leaving Stormwall Gorge
02:03:03 Retreat to Caed Nua (White March 2 Introduction)
02:15:00 The Guardian of Caed Nua
02:22:45 Successful Attempt at Guardian
02:33:30 The Spirit of Od Nua
02:47:30 Clearing to the Master Below
02:55:00 Meeting the Master Below; Dragon Trickery!
03:08:00 Meeting Falanroed, the Dragon Slayer
03:13:22 Repeated Failures