Godlikes can actually be any race so I went with Orlan for a short and spunky look. You can fudge a little bit and use a human portrait for an elf, but you really can’t replicate the crazy glowing blue hair and horns of the moon-gods or the insanely creepy eyeless masks of the death-gods.Īnyway, this female nature-godlike’s portrait is easily the best, and it fits a druid perfectly. They are a mixed bag in the character creator – the actual figure looks amazing with super unique head ornamentations, but the character portraits are horribly sparse. The godlike race are like the aasamir and tieflings from D&D, only these are more tied to elementals instead of good/evil (like the gensai from later editions). Nuala is proud and serious, but in combat she becomes enters a terrifying rage-filled frenzy. I couldn’t find a decent male picture but the standard female Aumauan portrait is fantastic. They look kinda like the Na’vi from Avatar, and I love the exotic combination of blue skin and dreadlocks. I’ve heard there’s no rogue companion in Pillars of Eternity so I could definitely see myself hiring her if I don’t pick her.Īumaua are the large, orc/viking/nordic folk that are all about the sea. She’s a sassy, hedonistic pirate and obviously based on the character from Dragon Age II. ![]() Here’s Isabella, a Savannah Human Rogue hailing from the Deadfire Archipelago. I still haven’t narrowed down whom I’ll be playing first, but thankfully Obsidian included the ability to hire your own party members (in addition to the story-based companions) so more than likely I’ll see them all at some point in a single playthrough. Chanters are like song-twisting bards from Everquest (my favorite bard implementation ever), Ciphers manipulate souls in an intriguing psychic warrior way and Druids can shapeshift into monstrous were-beasts and still cast spells. I’m familiar with standard Dungeons and Dragons classes and archetypes, but Pillars of Eternity offers some new twists and concepts. I’ve purposefully kept myself mostly in the dark about the game, so I’ve also been looking up some basic information about class structure. I fell into the trap of finding an excellent file containing more excellent fantasy portraits, so now my options number in the hundreds! It’s so much fun making characters! Six races with 2-4 subraces each, 11 classes, half a dozen cultural backgrounds and dozens of portraits. ![]() ![]() Steam says I’ve already logged about three hours in the game, and I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that I’ve barely made it out of the character creator. I was a Kickstarter backer from back in 2012 and have very much been looking forward to this spiritual successor to the wonderful isometric ‘Infinity Engine’ games of the late 90s and early 2000s (Read my Final Thoughts on Baldur’s Gate II). Pillars of Eternity released yesterday after two and a half years of development.
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