After a few false starts while getting grips with the system, the Musk of Incline is strong!
They aren't terribly optimized because I am learning as I go.
Finished Act 1-1. I decided to wait until my warband had levelled, and I'm glad I did. the missiopn wasnt paticularly hard. But there was a lot of plot items that had to be carried around and a lot of precious warpstone to scavenge! The extra hands-paws came in useful.
Scrooge the Assassin Adept is our leader who leads her minions to glory. Mainly uses poisoned blades, but has warp-infused flintlocks as a backup. Maxes agility for dodge, Leadership because failing all alone sucks. Started out levelling weapon skill, but is dipping into accuracy now for extra crit.
Learned skills are:
Warp Poison (3SP) - Weapon attacks sap 2 offensive points from enemies
Sidestep (4SP) - Defensive stance that lets you dodge twice in a round
Defense breach - Bypass 10% dodge/parry
Quick Incision - Successful attacks lower melee resist in an enemy
Swarm - +5% hit and crit against targets an ally threatens
Poison Expert - Reduces enemy poison resist
Karwelas the nightrunner is our main marksman. Maxing Alertness, Agility and Ballistics skill. Once ballistics is capped, he'll start pumping precision. His main job is applying sweet, sweet warp poison to enemies, which keeps them from harming the rest of his furry friends.
Learned skills are:
Warp Poison (3SP) - Weapon attacks sap 2 offensive points from enemies
Crippling shot (3OP) - Short-range shot that saps 1 OP from enemies
Fleet Footed - Gains extra movement range after jumping or climbing
Quick Reload - Costs 1SP less to reload
Eagle Eyes - shots ignore 5% armor
Berekän is our latest addition. He hasn't gotten any skills yet and only has his startign spell.
I'll be pumping toughness, intelligence and ranged skill on him. He has a pair of warplock pistols to go with his staff.
Darth Roxor the nightrunner has been with us from the start, but lags behind in XP. The reason? He keeps getting injured.
so far, th eonly permanent wound he's gotten is one that reduces his melee skill and ballistics skill by 1. So I guess that's something. He uses fighting claws to snik-snik enemies. He's basically scrooge without cool poisons and heroic statline. hopefully it will get better soon. He gets a mix of strength/agility, alertness and melee/accuracy. Trying to get him to qualify for Art of silent Death, but ne needs 6 acc.
Learned skills are:
Fleet Footed - Gains extra movement range after jumping or climbing
Quick Incision - Successful attacks lower melee resist in an enemy
Swarm - +5% hit and crit against targets an ally threatens
Undead Phoenix is our wannabe stormvermin. Not much finesse to him. He's wearing the heaviest armour I can find and a halberd. Pumps Strength, Leadership and Melee skill. Like all Warpguards, he is immune to warp effects while gatherign warpstone
Learned skills are:
Strong Blow (see screenshot)
Armour proficiency - Reduces movement penalty for wearing heavy armour
Hellraiser is Undead Phoenix'es ratty twin. They get the same gear, stats and skills
Angthoron is similar to phoenix and hellraiser. but a bit more defensive-minded so far. (Also, I cant' afford to give him cool skills quite yet). He's got a masterwork sword and shield instead of halberd as well as armor proficiency.
Angthoron hit his head on a mace and as a result he has an injury that reduces his current/maximum alertness by 1
Night Goat is an even more ghetto version of Angthoron. Masterwork sword is swapped for a spear. Still same build philosophy. The nice thing about 4 high-strength warpguards is that we can get ALL THE WARPSTONE on a mission! >:3
Night Goat also has a confusion injury like angthoron. But he backs it up with a megalomania injury that makes him unwilling to use any ranged weapons at all.
Last in our merry little band is
Turisas. He's been... underhwelming so far. I meant to make him a backup marksman. But as luck would have it, he got (tastefully) gangraped by chaos and now suffers from megalomania. Those points in ballistics are wasted.
He has no skills andmostly runs around in the background and scavenges stuff for our fancy cart.