And that should be that, really.
But, god, what a devastatingly gorgeous open-zoned world this is.
What a triumphantly weird, sprawling playground of fantasynaturalia.
There is such a gulf of quality here it’s like playing two different games.
Why not play a wizard?
As an envoy to the emperor of Aedyr, you’re here to investigate.
It’s a tense situation for a few reasons besides the Big Shiitake.
Give ‘em the musket.
Adherents of ancient magical traditions?
Free trip to the pyre.
“How much is it worth to you?”.
“This much coin”.
“Thank you for your coin”.
“No, thankyoufor taking my coin from me”.
I made those last two bits up but that’s the vibe.
Everyone feels so easy to shake down, either for actual cash or just their resolve in general.
“Well, you better find some quarrel quick!”
Avowed is full of bits like this, unmarked encounters and conversations that add texture to the busy settlements.
In a back alley I find a grandiloquent moustache bastard named ‘Cutty Pete" who sells illicit goods.
Melee just isn’t interesting.
So, magic it is.
Spellbook in one hand, wand in the other.
They do talk to each other at camp though, which is nice.
Avowed bloody loves a good vine, and not for nothing either.
“Are those roots tearing the bridge apart, or holding it together?”
What a beautiful and perfect line that is.
My favourite one in a script of scant wit and scanter interest in brevity.
Its outside environments beg to be trundled through.
If you have Game Pass, it’s worth the download just to go rambling and vaulting.
Someone else okayed it.
A lovely little willy joke in my RPG!
Anyway, better be off.
I’ve got lighthouses to climb and horizons to dive toward.
Sometimes it really is the size.
This might be the most beautiful, intricately hand-crafted open-ish world in gaming.
I wish I was more excited to spend time in it.
