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For a warrior i play...
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:42 pm
by BananaFish
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?
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:35 am
by GawainBS
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:50 pm
by BananaFish
well...
i want dexterity and extra Melee/ranged capabilities
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:10 pm
by lucian862703
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
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:20 pm
by BananaFish
meh
no magical dwarf lol, i actually use my peoples like Virgil and mostly Magnus, so yeah, little help?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:45 am
by GawainBS
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.
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:10 am
by lucian862703
BananaFish wrote: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
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:22 pm
by BananaFish
huh?
why not virgil, i don't see a problem with him...
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:54 pm
by GawainBS
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.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:53 am
by Brf1
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:38 pm
by wonsymbol
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.