With their bonus in Leadership and their ability Encourage they make for good front or middle line supports/fighters/tanks. Humans are an all around balanced race like in any game, they don't excel at anything, but are also good at everything. If you choose to play as one of the pre-made characters the remaining pre-mades will show up in your world as party members to recruit.Ĭhoosing a race to play Main article: Races (Original Sin 2) Humans The custom character acts more like a make your own adventure and allows you choices that the pre-made characters may not have, it also allows for more customization than you'll get with a pre-made. Many of their stories will collide with each other's at certain points, like when interacting with an NPC they may debate on who will speak to the person first and sometimes depending on who talked to them first there may be consequences for the following speakers, so knowing their motives beforehand could be vital. The first thing you'll do when you start up a new game is choose who you'll play as these character options come down to Sebille a female Elf, The Red Prince a male Lizard, Ifan ben-Mezd a male human, Lohse a female human, Beast a Male Dwarf, Fane a Human Male Undead (The use of human and undead is to say he is an undead that has the body of a human, undeads can also be the other races too.) and finally a blank slate character that is completely custom.Įach of them has their own unique backgrounds, stories, history and interactions with the world and it's inhabitants. Abilities that inflict damage over multiple turns or buffs that buff over several turns.Ĭharacter Creation Selecting a Character Hotbar = The bar at the bottom of your screen that has all the skills and items on it.Caster = The character using an ability, also can refer to mage characters.

Tank = Character whose main focus is to absorb damage.

Anything using this term is relating to damage taken or dealt. If you are new to RPGs or games in general really, here are some terms you may see used and what they mean if you don't know. 4 Combat and using the environment to your advantage.

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