When they die they are also gone for good so keep that in mind if you get unique pets. Just know you can't control them and the enemy like to target them.

You can get a shitload of animal followers in this game if you want and they are pretty good.

Sadly there is no way to respec a character and if you mess up you have to remake them from scratch, minus the quirks I mentioned earlier. I don't do melee but I've heard great things about it still being viable on the hardest difficulties.

This game is pretty combat heavy and it sounds like other than ammo problems in the tutorial anything is legit.

Do your best to roll with the punches and remember its ok to tell an NPC 'no' or just straight up murder them if you really want to. This game is good about moral gray areas and your decisions will come back to haunt you one way or the other.

Don't go looking for the most 'optimal path' in the story.

An example is I went from having around 2k-4k most of the game to having 48k after 1 transaction. If you get it to proc on the right item you get a lot of money and there will be a lot of chances for that.

If you need money the 7 Barter perk, Antiques Appraiser, will fix that problem.

That's not to say Intelligence is worthless since that's the crit skill now, just don't expect to have someone with 10 Intelligence being your non-combat jack of all trades character. Everyone gets 3 skill points a level regardless of Intelligence except for the people with the quirk that gives you +1 skill point on even levels.

On the topic of skill points the +1 skill point per 2 Intelligence is ONLY applied on character creation.

Additionally, selecting the option in dialog will give you the first round of Initiative.

Just attacking certain NPCs is considered a valid dialog option and can lead to different outcomes than attacking them through dialog. It's almost better for you to initiate a fight rather than allow an enemy to do it.

Positioning, especially on the harder difficulties is pretty important.

Like other games in this genre, is it beneficial to save the skill points from your last level up until you actually need to spend them something.

There are not a lot of ways to avoid combat and so you should get used to upgrading your weapons and armor frequently.

Unlike other games in this genre, this is a very combat focused game.

Almost every weapon Skill has an energy equivalent and it's wise to invest in those as an offhand against high armor enemies.

Animals and certain NPCs can join beyond this cap but they are not directly controllable. You can have to have 2-4 Rangers in your party at any time with a controllable party cap of 6.

You make two Rangers at the start, then you can make as many as you want after the prologue (their level will scale, but they do not gain the bonus exp from things that increase exp gain like Bookworm or Charisma).

As far as I can tell, no dialog checks factor in your Attributes.

You can only buy perks which you unlock by having sufficiently high skills in. You get an extra Attribute every level after 2nd, 3 skill points per level (higher skill levels require more skill points), and 1 perk point every other level after 4.When creating your character you get asked to choose Attributes first, then Skills, this is a bit of a trap, because Combat Skills tell you which Attributes you should prioritize for them, so it's best to select which Combat Skill you want to invest in, then go back and pump those attributes.

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