Favorite Starting Location in Grimoire (Poll)

[Lady_Error]

"The Shrine" / Briarpatch Woods

• Owl Statue --> Leading to Secret Area in Shrine of the Raptor
• 9 Lore Entries (Thanatos, Gorgon, Scylla, Aurora, Arachne, Atropos, Megaera, Nemesis, Lachesis - Possibly Later Bosses?)
• ID Owl Statue
• Shrine that heals Disease and other negative Status Effects
• An Oracle with a limited amount of SuperID improved Identification of Items

"Sanctuary":

• Xenomorph Keycard for Endgame weapon
• 1000 Free XP (Bringing some characters to Lvl2)
• Terminal that lets you train “Iron Fist”, “Accuracy”, “Firearms” on all characters to +12
• Terminal that reveals the maps for Village of Crowl, Briarwood Forest, Gardens of Midknight
• Statue to Identify items
• Ranged Star Gauntlet Weapon with 99 Charges that is helpful in early tough fights

"Imprisoned" / Crowl Prison:

• Moravia Key
• 1 Hard Chest with 12 Items (Armor, Helmet, Random Weapons, Bow, Arrows)
• 5 Easy Early Chests with 7 Items Each in The Armory (Arrows, Scrolls, Sword, Axe, Maces, War Axe, Lance...)

"Wilderness" / Gardens of Midknight:

• Key of the Ancients

"Eerie Wastes":

• Skull of Hathor Sogg can be found only here (gives access to an area and a powerful weapon later on)
• Difficult starting area
• You need to survive long enough to get to the teleport which takes you to the Village of Crowl

 

[osefmarcher]

"Wilderness" / Gardens of Midknight:

• Key of the Ancients

Can you get to this area without it?

 

[Lady_Error]

I don't know what the Key of the Ancients is for, but Gardens of Midnight is right outside Crowl.

 

[King Crispy]

It's Gardens of Midknight! ffs!

 

[Lady_Error]

What is a Midknight?

 

[King Crispy]

Did you not even play the fucking game?

 

[buru5]

What is a Midknight?

Clearly a play on words on Cleve's part

 

[King Crispy]

It's explained right in the story.

 

[Kayerts]

The value of delayed-release starting bonuses:

Spoiler

Key of the Ancients: Unlocks a 4-level dungeon with the best weapons and some of the best armor in the game, as well as being the easiest place to grind levels . You eventually get a copy normally, but this lets you gain access before facing what might be the most difficult dungeon in the game. Slightly useful.

Moravia Key: Access to the interior of Moravia. Useless because by the time you can get to the outside of Moravia, you can also get to the inside.

Xenoform Passcard: Based on the description, it unlocks a door in the final dungeon which you can get access to anyway with high lockpicking. Seems useless.

Skull of Hathor Sogg: Gives access to a dungeon containing some high-level loot, a few good weapons, five arcana spellbooks, and fountains that raise three skills to +20. Is the only way to access this dungeon.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

"Wilderness" / Gardens of Midknight:

• Key of the Ancients

Can you get to this area without it?

Yes, which means this is sort of the puniest start of the game, not much except a raw start in the middle of nowhere with almost no help, just dropped into Gardens of Midnight with toothpick and bubble gum.