Does harming a companion indirectly with Warding Bond affect their approval?

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Does harming a companion indirectly with Warding Bond affect their approval?
Posted On: March 14, 2024

If one of my companions casts.


Warding Bond.


on my main character, and therefore takes damage whenever "I" do, does.


harming them in that way cause their approval to decrease?


I would think not, since the caster should understand how their own.


spell works, but Shadowheart often (maybe half the time?) complains.


about the redirected damage as if it was intentional, asking for.


example, "Did you do that on purpose?!".


Example screenshot of the combat log (Tav is my main character):.


Is her approval dropping because of that?


I can't tell from the in-game approval display because it.


is just a meter with no number, making it very hard to notice small.


changes.


I've done some searching but it's been difficult to avoid spoilers. For.


example, I haven't read the entire Warding Bond article linked above.


because it quickly descends into "OP strats", etc., which I don't want.


to see.


Question from user Scott McPeak at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

After some experimentation, I conclude that no, harming companions.


indirectly with Warding Bond does not affect their approval. They.


complain, but the complaints are inconsequential.


First, I'll note that the approval is available as a number, just in a.


different part of the UI than where I was looking. Specifically, in the.


"details" tab, it's near the bottom:.


Checking this number after each action, I discovered:.


Direct damage does affect approval. If my main character hits.


Shadowheart with three melee attacks (even fists), she will lower her.


approval by 10, and a message "Shadowheart disapproves" appears.


briefly in the center of the screen (not in the corner like for.


dialogue). Missed attacks have no effect on approval.


Complaint dialogue lines ("Watch it, oaf!") have no connection to.


approval. Any time she takes damage or is attacked (even on a miss).


and attributes the source of damage to my character, she has about a.


25% chance to speak a complaint line. (I didn't test with other.


companions doing damage.).


Damaging her indirectly with Warding Bond never affects approval,.


regardless of whether the damage is environmental or from an attack, and.


regardless of whether the damage incapacitates her.


Answer from user Scott McPeak at gaming.stackexchange.com.


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Does harming a companion indirectly with Warding Bond affect their approval?
Posted On: March 14, 2024

If one of my companions casts.


Warding Bond.


on my main character, and therefore takes damage whenever "I" do, does.


harming them in that way cause their approval to decrease?


I would think not, since the caster should understand how their own.


spell works, but Shadowheart often (maybe half the time?) complains.


about the redirected damage as if it was intentional, asking for.


example, "Did you do that on purpose?!".


Example screenshot of the combat log (Tav is my main character):.


Is her approval dropping because of that?


I can't tell from the in-game approval display because it.


is just a meter with no number, making it very hard to notice small.


changes.


I've done some searching but it's been difficult to avoid spoilers. For.


example, I haven't read the entire Warding Bond article linked above.


because it quickly descends into "OP strats", etc., which I don't want.


to see.


Question from user Scott McPeak at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

After some experimentation, I conclude that no, harming companions.


indirectly with Warding Bond does not affect their approval. They.


complain, but the complaints are inconsequential.


First, I'll note that the approval is available as a number, just in a.


different part of the UI than where I was looking. Specifically, in the.


"details" tab, it's near the bottom:.


Checking this number after each action, I discovered:.


Direct damage does affect approval. If my main character hits.


Shadowheart with three melee attacks (even fists), she will lower her.


approval by 10, and a message "Shadowheart disapproves" appears.


briefly in the center of the screen (not in the corner like for.


dialogue). Missed attacks have no effect on approval.


Complaint dialogue lines ("Watch it, oaf!") have no connection to.


approval. Any time she takes damage or is attacked (even on a miss).


and attributes the source of damage to my character, she has about a.


25% chance to speak a complaint line. (I didn't test with other.


companions doing damage.).


Damaging her indirectly with Warding Bond never affects approval,.


regardless of whether the damage is environmental or from an attack, and.


regardless of whether the damage incapacitates her.


Answer from user Scott McPeak at gaming.stackexchange.com.


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