Editing User:HarveyPekar/Differences between Tactician and Balanced

'''Tactician difficulty''' is the game's hardest difficulty option and carries with it a variety of changes from Balanced difficulty. Since the game's release, some of these changes have been changed across patches. These differences are occasionally marked by a "Difficulty: Tactician" tag in the game's combat log and/or examine feature, but this is sometimes not the case. This is a list of all currently known differences between Tactician and Balanced.

== Universal increases ==
These are changes that are consistently implemented across all enemies in the game.

=== Attack Rolls and Difficulty Class ===
Accuracy for opponents' spells and attacks are universally boosted. All of [[attack rolls]] and [[Difficulty Class]] rolls against the party are increased by a flat +2.

=== Camp Supplies ===
Full [[Long Rest|Long Rests]] require 80 [[camp supplies]] instead of 40.

=== Traders hate you ===
one weird trick!!!!

== Flat increases ==
These are clearly defined changes that are implemented across classes of enemies, or upon individual enemies.

=== Unique racial bonuses ===
These are bonuses implemented to every member of a specific playable or [[:Category:Non-playable races|non-playable race]]. Some specific creatures or characters encountered within those races may gain additional bonuses.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Racial Bonuses on Tactician
!Race
!Bonuses
|-
|[[Phase spiders]]
|{{Ability|Strength|24}} '''+1''', {{Ability|Dexterity|24}} '''+1'''.
|-
|[[Goblins]]
|{{SAI|Fury of the Small}}
|-
|[[Ogres]]
|{{Ability|Strength|24}} '''+1'''
|-
|[[Bugbears]]
|{{SAI|Savage Attacker}}
|-
|[[Minotaurs]]
|{{SAI|Savage Attacker}}, {{SAI|Brutal Critical}}
|-
|[[Kobolds]]
|{{Ability|Dexterity|24}} '''+2''', {{SAI|Evasion}}
|-
|[[Giant Eagles]]
|
|-
|[[Meenlocks]]
|
|-
|[[Githyanki]]
|{{SAI|Psionic Empowerment}}{{Note|Gith that already had this ability on Balanced or Explorer, such as [[Kith'rak Voss]], retain the ability.}}
|}
* Phase Spiders 
* Ogres +1 str
* Goblins: Fury of the small
* Bugbears: Savage attacker
* Minotaur: brutal critical, savage attacker
* all Gith get Psionic Empowerment if they didn't already have it
** gith archers get passives
** gish get passives
** etc
* Kobolds: +2 dex (and +1 initiative/ac), evasion
* Giant eagle: +2 str? possible +2 wis
* Meenlocks: the vast and important fey race of meenlocks gets dex+con bonus

==== Exception(s) ====
The enemies in one specific encounter, the goblin raiding party at the [[Druid Grove]] gate, are exempt from buffs. The goblins, led by [[Za'Krug]], and the [[bugbear]] are missing the passive bonuses that are found elsewhere on otherwise identical creatures on Tactician.

=== Unique individual bonuses ===
Act 1
*Commander Zhalk: extra attack, opportunity attack
*Redcap Blood Mage: +3 Wisdom DAMN, and War Caster: Concentration
*Gandrel: Scar of the Dunes
*Agile Guardian: Colossus Slayer
*Robust Guardian: Improved Critical Hit
*That One Hyena: DOUBLE ALERT
*Dror Ragzlin: extra attack
*Sarth Bareth: passives
*Gish for'reth: passives
*Raider Zastri: passives
*Raider Chost: passives
*Buthir: phys res when angry
*Bulette: phys rezzes, dual acid res? (or is this honour?)
*Mimic: phys rezzes
*merregon legionnaire: sentinel passives (possibly racial?)
*Death Shepherd: No Rest for the Wicked revived with full HP
Act 2

Act 3

* Viconia DeVir: Sentinel buffs + protector, Tenacity 5
* Houndmaster Pol, Zina, Rocky, and Gordis: Hunter's Camouflage. The dogs also get Evasion.

Cross-Act

* Voss: +2 str, +1 dex

== Variable increases ==
These are changes that are implemented to varying or uncertain degrees across enemies in the game.

=== Health ===
It's all over the place man it's just all over the place

=== Behavior Changes in AI ===
Is there any actual documentation on this or is it hearsay