Arcanum Arcanum builds

[Lilura]

(something like 5 or 6 i believe)

Max 7.

 

[gunman]

yup, the dog is a real beast!

Sogg is even more ridiculous than Dog because he can also wear bronzed plate + shield + rest of armor pieces with no encumbrance for excellent protection. Give him a katana at start and a heavy barbarian blade later and he destroys everything in one round. Actually just Dog + Sogg are enough to win all the fights, the rest of your followers will stand watching.

Tip: use potion of agility on Sogg to destroy boss enemies way above your level in one round.

 

[Carceri]

Bros, have anyone tried to complete the game with a talker/CHA build? is it possible/viable? Any tips?

It's absolutely fine, I completed the game with character like that without any problem. You can have a shitload of characters (something like 5 or 6 i believe) and game gets ridiculously easy because of that. You can just stand there and let your goons do the fighting. Maybe level up guns a little bit so you don't feel bad... IRC, I was able to max CHAR/Persuasion and still be a decent gunslinger.

You can go techie with Herbalism and Therapeutics still following the Charisma + Persuasion route. Doing this you will steamroll every fight, the buffs you provide to your party are ridiculously OP. Try to gather some tech chars and made them do various useful items to further equip the whole party. With previously knowledge of the game you can abuse this like there is no tomorrow. You will basically have a mini-army of juggernauts.

 

[oscar]

If you're bored of techie, don't forget to pick up the spell that lets you speak to the dead (though it will force you to have to avoid the temptation of Harm).

 

[StaticSpine]

If you're bored of techie, don't forget to pick up the spell that lets you speak to the dead (though it will force you to have to avoid the temptation of Harm).

Nah, bro. I won't be bored by tech, I just dislike magic in games in general

Wow, I read the thread and the game appears to be even more awesome than I remember

The sequel is necessary

 

[StaticSpine]

So I started a high CHA gunslinger. I'm now in Tarant after discovering P. Schuyler & Sons.

My party is Virgil, Sogg and Magnus (he replaced Jayna Stiles). They're all p. useless in combat. Even being a half-assed marksman my character kills 90% of mobs. How could this be helped?

 

[Jagged Appliance]

So I started a high CHA gunslinger. I'm now in Tarant after discovering P. Schuyler & Sons.

My party is Virgil, Sogg and Magnus (he replaced Jayna Stiles). They're all p. useless in combat. Even being a half-assed marksman my character kills 90% of mobs. How could this be helped?

Spoiler

Balanced swords.

 

[Carceri]

So I started a high CHA gunslinger. I'm now in Tarant after discovering P. Schuyler & Sons.

My party is Virgil, Sogg and Magnus (he replaced Jayna Stiles). They're all p. useless in combat. Even being a half-assed marksman my character kills 90% of mobs. How could this be helped?

Spoiler

Balanced swords.

Spoiler

Pyrotechnic axes

 

[Perkel]

Biggest crime developers made was giving handful of NPC short stories and only few of them voice. Because for most new people it feels like Vergil and Magnus are important.
Where by the end of game you realize that there is literally no reason beside small arc that you need to stick with them.

So pro advice if you are playing it first time. Shit on NPC story arcs and focus on getting NPCs who would complete your team in good way.

 

[StaticSpine]

Biggest crime developers made was giving handful of NPC short stories and only few of them voice. Because for most new people it feels like Vergil and Magnus are important.
Where by the end of game you realize that there is literally no reason beside small arc that you need to stick with them.

So pro advice if you are playing it first time. Shit on NPC story arcs and focus on getting NPCs who would complete your team in good way.

It's my fifth time IRC, I just didn't bother collecting party/raising CHA on my previous walkthroughs. I know the NPCs are mostly nonessential in Arcanum, I just wanted to have fun making a mob this time.

 

[Sergiu64]

I remember just walking around... my ogres and orc, hasted by Tempus Fugit, just laying waste to everything and everyone around me.

 

[t]

Sogg (...) p. useless in combat

Does not compute. Also what Carceri said. You should have one for every child by Tarant.

 

[StaticSpine]

Sogg (...) p. useless in combat

Does not compute. Also what Carceri said. You should have one for every child by Tarant.

 

[t]

Oh shit, I meant what Jagged Appliance said :D Balanced swords, that is. Sorry

 

[StaticSpine]

Oh shit, I meant what Jagged Appliance said :D Balanced swords, that is. Sorry

I'll use both