Force multiplier with friendly buffs and enemy debuffs, plus lots of summoning abilities. Incredibly versatile caster with fairly significant ramp up time due to their song mechanic. Make a non player Barbarian if you want to play around with it. Having to always be in melee range to do damage might not be something you want to force on your group. Should I start with this class? Probably not.
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Note that there is no pre-generated Barbarian class to find in the game so if you do want to play with one it is either your PC or a created one. Very good melee aoe, good melee damage, pretty fragile when built for damage. Let's look at a brief description of the classes, combat roles, and non-combat utility. They also will be responsible for all conversation checks, and can be used for non-combat utility abilities. They are also a character you have open from the very beginning, without having to find or create someone to fill a need. Totally viable.Ĭhoice 2) If choice one isn't enough for you, then you want a class that can play an effective role in any group, as your player character will always be active. If you can't deal with that then why are you reading about a game you are interested in?Ĭhoice 1) Do you want to play a specific class? Then play it. There might be slight slight spoilers along the lines of "You get a pre-generated companion of class _ fairly early". If you are ready for that you are way past anything this guide will help with. No Chanter Riposte tanks or other high end gimmicky weirdness. It's also more from a beginner perspective. It's not from a hardcore theorycrafter, it's from someone who has been trying to figure out the answer to that question for himself. The following is a guide and some advice. So you are making your player character in Pillars of Eternity.