For a warrior i play...

BananaFish · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2008, 07:42 PM

I like to play Dwarves in this game, but what do you think is the best background for them, so i can make my gunman/melee guy/weaponsmith or gunsmith...help?

GawainBS · #2 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 05:35 AM

Depends wether you want a lot of companions or not.
Trollblooded/Raised by Orcs isn't bad. Or Beath with an Ugly Stick. IIRC, Mad Docter is ok for a technologist or gunman.

BananaFish · #3 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 12:50 PM

i want dexterity and extra Melee/ranged capabilities

lucian862703 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 04:10 PM

i'm currently playing with a "stuffy mage"... more exactly one that knows all the spells in 5 colleges of magic... air, earth, fire, water and force..... because of this.. i don't think that I actually need any followers... virgil is the only exception... because when he becomes Zen Virgil he will know all the spells of necromantic black and white

I know that playing with a mage might seem easy and boring... but its the best way to finish the game without followers

BananaFish · #5 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 06:20 PM

no magical dwarf lol, i actually use my peoples like Virgil and mostly Magnus, so yeah, little help?

GawainBS · #6 (**permalink**) 11-23-2008, 07:45 AM

You can read, so check out the Backgrounds I suggested. All of them, apart from Mad Doctor IIRC, give DEX, STR, CON & Melee, but most reduce your CHA and hence your followers.

lucian862703 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-23-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BananaFish

no magical dwarf lol, i actually use my peoples like Virgil and mostly Magnus, so yeah, little help?

i seriously don't recommend virgil if you're a tech character.. or at least ditch him later.. because you might find Sebastian, Franlkin Payne, Vollingr and Jayna Stiles more useful if you're a tech character

BananaFish · #8 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008, 02:22 PM

why not virgil, i don't see a problem with him...

GawainBS · #9 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008, 02:54 PM

Because of the way Magick & Technology work. Too much tech-skills (like you want), and you're immune to Magick, while Virgil will spend all his fatigue trying to heal you, which will fail.

Brf1 · #10 (**permalink**) 12-05-2008, 06:53 AM

Ya.
Once your tech rating gets too high -- I am thinking it was around 30 -- Virgil will not even try to heal you in combat. He is less useful to a tech character.

wonsymbol · #11 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 11:38 PM

I agree with ditching Virgil if you go Tech, unless you go master of persuasion route and gather a million followers. Best background I enjoy for melee/firearms is Raised by Monks. It's the only background that gives you a point without taking away an attribute. You just sacrifice money in the beginning, but you can make that up if you know how to steal/make money. Also going tech is great because if you go through the electrical discipline you'll be able to get +4 dex with the rings and route to the Telsa Gun. That with the mysterious dwarven gauntlets, velorien's blessing, therapeutics, and trapmaker spectacles and you have a dwarf you never spent any points for dexterity.