Character Creation in Greedfall contains information regarding the game's mechanic of customizing a character. This provides a unique level of freedom to players, allowing customizing their character to their desired look and starting class.
Meters Stats
- Health: Health status of the character, this value decreases with attacks suffered and regenerates using heals and potions. The character dies when this value reaches 0.
- Magic: Amount of magic energy of a character. This value decreases when casting spells, and regenerates slowly over time, or quickly using magic potions.
- Fury: This value increases in combat by inflicting damage to an enemy or successfully at least one notch, the character becomes furious and can perform a critical attack that inflicts significant damage.
- Experience: Experience increases as the player wins fights or completes quests. When the bar is filled completely, the player gains a level. Each new level requires a little more experience than the previous one.
Attack Stats
Physical Damage: Amount of damage inflicted by each physical attack to the enemy's health. If they wear armour, this damage will be reduced.
Armour Damage: Amount of damage inflicted by each hit to the enemy's armour. If the enemy has no armour, this has no effect.
Magic Damage: Amount of damage inflicted by each magic attack to the enemy's health. Magic damage ignores armour, but can be reduced by magic resistance.
Elemental Damage: Amount of damage inflicted by each elemental attack to the enemy's health. Elemental damage ignores armour, but can be reduced by elemental resistance.
Instability: Force with each enemy is shaken by an attack. The higher the value, the more likely the enemy will be to be severely interrupted in their action, or even knocked to the ground.
Fury Generation: Fury generated from each attack on the enemy.
Defence Stats
Armour: Measures the protection of your amour. Each armour point reduces by a certain amount the physical damage received from an attack. An attack will always deal at least 1 point of damage after armour absorption.
Magic Resistance: Ability to resist magic damage. Each point of magic resistance reduces by a certain amount the magic damage taken from an attack.
Stability: Ability to resist being destabilized by an attack. The higher the resistance, the less the character is shaken and interrupted by the shock of an attack.
Poison Resistance: Ability to resist poison by eliminating it from the body. The higher the value, the less the poison effect will last.
Elemental Resistance: Ability to resist elemental attacks. Each point of elemental resistance reduces the elemental damage received from an attack.
Character Customization in Greedfall
Character Appearance
In Greedfall, players will take control of De Sardet. You will be given the chance to customize what your character will look like. From choosing the gender between a man and a woman, and by selecting a variety of facial structures such as face shape, hairstyle, skin color, eye color, and more. There will also be preset available for you to choose if you prefer to quickly create your character.
Starting Class, Talent, & Attribute
After creating your character, players will dive right into selecting a starting class, each starting class will include a set of skills, and a guide for choosing a talent and ability that is recommended for the desired class. From there, you can also choose a starting attribute and talent that will benefit your starting playstyle. Of course, as the game progresses, you will level up, gain points, and have the total freedom to invest in unlocking various skills in a skill tree, attributes, and talents.
Classes
Warrior
The Warrior profile focuses on melee combat. Its starting Skills include: Firearms, One Handed Blades, and One Handed Heavy Weapons.
Technical
The Technical profile allows the player to control the battlefield by using traps. The starting Skills are: Set Trap, Firearms, and One Handed Blades.
Magic
The Magic profile grants the player to use use of offensive spells from a distance. This profile starts with the following Skills: Stasis, Divine Magic Ring, and One Handed Heavy Weapons.
Attributes
Strength
Focuses on increasing the power of all Melee Attacks, as well as adding a variety of effects.
Talents
Charisma
Charisma Level 1
Slightly reduces merchants' prices and slightly improves your companions' combat abilities. Slightly increases the chance of success of some dialogue choices.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point
Charisma Level 2
Further reduces merchants' prices and further improves your companions' combat abilities. Further increases the chance of success of some dialogue choices.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Charisma Level 1
Charisma Level 3
Significantly reduces merchants' prices and further improves your companions' combat abilities even further. Significantly increases the chance of success of some dialogue choices.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Charisma Level 2
Science
Science Level 1
Allows you to make simple potions. Allows you to destroy weak walls with the help of explosive phials.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point
Science Level 2
Allows you to craft bullets and alchemical preparations. Crafting potions will allow you to use fewer ingredients.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Science Level 1
Science Level 3
Allows you to craft complex potions. Crafting bullets and alchemical preparations allow you to use fewer ingredients.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Science Level 2
Lockpicking
Lockpicking Level 1
Lets you pick simple locks. Enemy traps are easier to see.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point
Lockpicking Level 2
Lets you pick advanced locks. Lets you disarm and recover enemy traps.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Lockpicking Level 1
Lockpicking Level 3
Lets you pick complex locks. Enemy traps are no longer sprung when you pass over them.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Lockpicking Level 2
Intuition
Intuition Level 1
Gathering sites become easier to see. Slightly increases the number of ingredients and objects obtained through gathering and looting. Unlock contextual dialogue options.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point
Intuition Level 2
Increases the map discovery radius. Further increases the number of ingredients and objects obtained through gathering and looting. Unlock more contextual dialogue options.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Intuition Level 1
Intuition Level 3
Maximum number of ingredients and objects obtained through gathering and looting. Increases the number of ingredients obtained through recycling. Unlock all contextual dialogue options.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Intuition Level 2
Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship Level 1
Allows you to craft basic weapon and armour upgrades.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point
Craftsmanship Level 2
Allows you to craft advanced weapon and armour upgrades. Allows you to recycle pieces of equipment to create ingredients, even without a Crafting Table.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Craftsmanship Level 1
Craftsmanship Level 3
Allows you to craft master weapon and armour upgrades. Increases the number of ingredients obtained through recycling.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Craftsmanship Level 2
Vigor
Vigor Level 1
Lets you pass through certain difficult passages that require balance. Increases the maximum ammo capacity and lets you slightly recover HP and magic outside combat.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point
Vigor Level 2
Lets you pass through certain difficult passages that require a jump. Increases the maximum ammo capacity and allows for slightly faster HP and magic regeneration outside combat.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Vigor Level 1
Vigor Level 3
Lets you climb certain difficult passages that require a jump. Increases maximum carrying capacity and allows for significantly faster HP and magic regeneration outside combat.
Prerequisite/s: 1 Talent Point, Vigor Level 2
AnonymousAre you able to change your appearance after the initial starting choice?
Hello, when I pick my characters race, will the family be the same race as the character I created?
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