Morax

Does someone have a decent Dwarf Portrait for me ? I´m searching for something rather specific ........ The Portrait should show a (quite) young dwarf with a dark (brown) beard ;-) The pictured Dwarf should either have short hair, no hair (= bald head ) or wear some sort of Helmet. thanks !

Okay good to know ! I guess i´ll just do the Tutorial ( the ruins etc) with the Chanter and the Paladin to see which of these classes i like the most, after that i will make my decision ! Are there any special, remarkable dialogues for the Old Valia or the Living Lands Cultures ?

Okay thanks for the quick answer ! =) Is it possible to change the Order of my Paladin later on ? If not - would the Kind Wayfarer also work as a 2nd Tank ? What would be the prefered Weapon Style for my Char then ? Sword and Shield or Two - handed Weapons ( would look quite silly on my tiny orlan i think ) ? ah, just realised, that JerekKruger just answered some of my Questions before i wrote them here ^^ - thank you for your help !

After some thinking, i came to the conclusion, that i´ll definetly run a chanter in my group, but i´m still unsure if it will be my main char or just some kind of NPC Now what bothers me a little bit is the Paladin Class that i´m still interested in.. .... sure, as i said before, i don´t really care about min - maxing here, but i´d like to now if my idea (that i will describe here now) about the paladin could work in terms of Lore and Game Mechanics ! Let´s assume, that i want to use a Paladin as Main Char. It will be a male, Wild Orlan of course, thats a fact as far as my Character Concept goes. I find the following Paladin Orders the most appealing: "The Kind Wayfarers" and " The Shieldbearers of St. Elcga" (because of their favoured behavior). What i would like to know now (perhaps someone can help me with this problem) is: Is there a Culture, that would fit the my Character well - lorewise ? For the Shieldbearers, it would be the Aedyr Kingdom perhaps, but what about the Wayfarers ? Where´s their Homebase located etc ? The very last thing i would like to know is, how i should distribute the stats for my paladin to get a decent 2nd Tank / Buffer / DD Could someone just give me a rating for the attributes ? I think Might, Intelligence and Perception are my favourite Stats so far in Terms of Roleplay, but as a Tank, i would also need to invest in Resolve, right ? I thought about something like this: 16/10/10/16/16/10

Good to see so many different approaches, ideas and thoughts to help me solve my character creation problem =), thank you very much ! From what i´ve read so far about Chanters still appeal to my idea of playstile, since i can build this class as a sturdy, buff - providing Wild Orlan. But what still bothers me is the fact, that the chanter won´t be able to cast that much spells/abilities per Encounter. That´s what i thought of at the beginning of this thread - with the term "active role" : Able to cast different spells/abilities (buffs etc) per fight while still able to attack with weapons. Indeed, i also came to the conclusion, that the Paladin could be quite a nice class for me. So i have to decide between Paladin and Chanter now ( no more ciphers) Perhaps i could swap Pallegine for Kana Rua or a selfmade chanter and consider making a paladin myself. Let´s assume i would like to build a Paladin. What would be a lore - correct Order for an Wild Orlan from - Edyr Empire or from Ixamitl Plains ? ( my 1st thought would be either the shieldbearers or the wayfarers ) If i´d like to build the Paladin as a Offtank / DD - what would be a decent stat spread ? Any suggestions for talents / weapons etc as well ?

Any suggestions for stat distribution / talents etc ? i think i´ll stick with chanter now, just would like to know what would be the best approach to use this class if i go for pallegina and èder in the frontline too !

Alright, so if i stay with the companions noted above, it would be the best option to go with the chanter ? Which role would you suggest for the Frontline Partymembers then ? Who should be Tank ? Eder, Pallegina or the Chanter ? I´d also would like to know if i´ts possible to play a 2nd line Chanter ( perhaps with reach - weapons or gunpowder weapons) Also would a stat distribution like 16/10/8/16/18/10 or 16/10/10/16/18/8 work ?

Okay thanks for the advice i got so far, all of you gave me some nice information about the classes ! After some thinking i came to the conclusion, that i probably want to use Durance as Priest for my Party, so this class is out for my main char. I really think, that the Chanter could be a good choice for me, because this class seems to fit the support role really good, but i´m still unsure about the "passiveness" of this class ( if i go tank, my character would just stand in front of my foes - singing and soaking dmg, but he won´t do anything else, right ? ) The cipher indeed sounds interesting too, altough it seems to be a quite agressive class, i guess it would be the top DD in my group ? Nevertheless, i completely forgot, that Enemies give no XP in this Game, so i don´t have to kill everything in sight with the Cipher. Is it possible to build the Cipher torwards the more "talkative" Stats like INT and PER ? What about Wild Orlan for the Cipher class ? Is this it really contraproductive or just mediocre ? I´d like to ask a final question here, its about which Weapon the Cipher should use ! I ´d really like to use gunpowder weapons only for this class - would this be viable ? Let´s assume i tend to go with Cipher, would the following Party Concept work ? Tanks // Frontline : Èder and Pallegina (and the Pet perhaps) Caster: Aloth and Durance Ranged: MC and Sagani

Hey there, my name is Morax, i just bought Pillars of Eternity a few days ago and now, after reading the manual and searching for information about the copanions in this game, i would like to begin my journey to Eora. I ´m quite familiar with games like this one ( finished Baldur´s Gate Saga about 30 times - for example), but i´m at no means a powerplayer. I dont care for MINMAX attributes etc, but i don´t want to start over again and again because playing a certain class could become unpleasant for me after a couple of hours. So thats the reason, why i came to this forum ! I would really appreaciate it, if someone could give me advice on choosing my main character ! I ´d like to play on normal difficulty with a party that consists of 5 companions. From what i´ve read on the internet, i ´d definetly want to use the following companions, because they look most appealing to me: Èder (perhaps as Main Tank ? ) Sagani (should be ranged DD of course) Pallegina ( i´m unsure about her - could she be usefull as 2nd tank or can i give here a 2handed Weapon and build her as DD ? ) Aloth ( typical caster for CC and Damage) The last slot is free for either Durance, the Chanter Guy or the Chipher NPC In terms of strategy and general approach, i would like to play a class, that is rather active in battle ( multiple spells / abilities ), but it should be no killing machine or brainless slaughterer ! I´d rather prefer a more support orientated class, that helps my teammembers doing their tasks. Sounds quite oxymoronic to me, but perhaps someone experienced with this game could find a class and build that fits in this role ? Generally speaking, i thought about either Priest ( Eothas ) or Chanter. So what could be the best class for my main character if i´m playing with the companions above ? The 3rd and last Idea of mine would be a Wild Orlan Fighter, build as Tank to protect my Partymembers. But im unsure about this, because i´d definetly like to use Èder and Pallegina and i have no idea how to use them if not as tanks. Any advice here ? The last thing that concerns me is - of course - the coherence of my main character in terms of roleplay. I´d like to play as wild orlan, therefore i would like to know what would be a fitting background and culture for this race ! (There is just to little information about this avaiable for me, as i have no clue about the Dialogues in the game so far) PS: please don´t be concerned about my language skills - for english is not my mother tongue. If there is something that bothers you about this text - just tell me and i will try to change it. Many Thanks Morax