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See I feel that the interactions with souls that haven't returned to the cycle, and the memories of souls is a key element of the unique storytelling ability of POE, and the closest any class even gets to that is the cipher, but I just think from a storytelling perspective it is an extremely useful tool for storytelling and world building/expansion. And I don't think it outright takes you out of being a blank slate either, you could wake up at the start of the game after the event that turned you into a watcher and have to learn to deal with it. And as for the past lives stuff who you are in a past life doesn't determine who you are in your current life which is shown in many questlines.

Was just thinking about a core mechanic of the Poe world is the protagonist is a watcher, and thus is able to interact with the spirit realm. I feel that if the PC of Avowed isn't one, or doesn't become one early, a pretty big and interesting part of the world will be missed out on, and it's another way to distinguish itself from games like Skyrim.