I started the game. The ship has fallen. I have 2 characters in my squad.

[NeitMeit]

I started the game. The ship has fallen. I have 2 characters in my squad. Did I accidentally lose my companion somewhere? Which one did you create at the beginning of the game ?

What should I do? It's difficult, I die often.

[Dizzy Ladybug]

You lose 2 starting companions you got on the ship but you find one immediately after you land. You can find some more companions soon after. You can skip the very first fight against the brains if you want, but after that you find some other companions without really fighting.

[BaronCappuccino]

You either practically tripped over, or came across a hundred or so feet away, Shadowheart, the cleric you likely rescued on board the nautiloid. Lae'zel, the fighter with the frog skin and corpse face, you'll come across shortly, but you'll likely come across two other origin characters beforehand, then another in short order. The remaining origin isn't terribly long after that.

[Cutlass Jack]

Search the area around the crash site thoroughly. You'll find a few more friends.

[Gaius]

You will find all companions soon, 4 at that starting area, then soon 1 more and not much further the last one.

Assuming you are playing on normal, you're probably not used to D&D 5e ruleset, it can be a bit confusing, I know I had to learn it to play. Just take your time and if you predict trouble stealth your group (shift+C) , find the enemies, plan on hot to attack and surprise attack them, it makes a world of diference.

[alanc9]

Don't go barging into any ancient buildings until you're up to four party members.

The "Guardian" you created at the beginning is not a companion. Although she(?) has already helped you once, and will help you again in the future.

[Wraith]

There are two other party members you can get without any combat, and another with either minimal combat or successful dialog rolls, before you get to any settlements or dungeons. Explore the trails around the crash site. As others mentioned the Guardian you created isn't one of these party members - you'll learn more about them a bit further into the game.

[Jarsonne]

dizzy ladybug님이 먼저 게시:

You lose 2 starting companions you got on the ship but you find one immediately after you land. You can find some more companions soon after. You can skip the very first fight against the brains if you want,

Woo and how you can skip it?

You can simplify it by sneaking to higher platform to right, and starting the combat from here, but dodge it, I failed quote how.

[Mike Garrison]

Jarsonne님이 먼저 게시:

dizzy ladybug님이 먼저 게시:

You lose 2 starting companions you got on the ship but you find one immediately after you land. You can find some more companions soon after. You can skip the very first fight against the brains if you want,

Woo and how you can skip it?

You can simplify it by sneaking to higher platform to right, and starting the combat from here, but dodge it, I failed quote how.

You know where you first see them? If you turn to the right before you enter the ship wreckage, you can climb up the rocks and bypass that whole area.

[Jarsonne]

Mike Garrison님이 먼저 게시:

Jarsonne님이 먼저 게시:

Woo and how you can skip it?

You can simplify it by sneaking to higher platform to right, and starting the combat from here, but dodge it, I failed quote how.

You know where you first see them? If you turn to the right before you enter the ship wreckage, you can climb up the rocks and bypass that whole area.

Woo I tried a bit, clearly not enough, that's cool.

So I imagine you fall upon Astarion rather fast then can grab Gale or Lae'zel or both and you already has Shadowheart.

Perhaps it requires a minimal STR? Last time I started with 8 but got bored and changed later for 10.

[StrangestEcho]

Jarsonne님이 먼저 게시:

Mike Garrison님이 먼저 게시:

You know where you first see them? If you turn to the right before you enter the ship wreckage, you can climb up the rocks and bypass that whole area.

Woo I tried a bit, clearly not enough, that's cool.

So I imagine you fall upon Astarion rather fast then can grab Gale or Lae'zel or both and you already has Shadowheart.

Perhaps it requires a minimal STR? Last time I started with 8 but got bored and changed later for 10.

You can make the jump with 8 strength. It's a good idea to pickup Gale before doing the brain fight on tactician/honor mode. With only two party members it's possible to get wiped if you get unlucky with the dice rolls.

[Mike Garrison]

StrangestEcho님이 먼저 게시:

Jarsonne님이 먼저 게시:

Woo I tried a bit, clearly not enough, that's cool.

So I imagine you fall upon Astarion rather fast then can grab Gale or Lae'zel or both and you already has Shadowheart.

Perhaps it requires a minimal STR? Last time I started with 8 but got bored and changed later for 10.

You can make the jump with 8 strength. It's a good idea to pickup Gale before doing the brain fight on tactician/honor mode. With only two party members it's possible to get wiped if you get unlucky with the dice rolls.

It's also important if you only have one party member. (For example, playing Shadowheart origin. Or if you don't add Shadowheart to your party.) In that case you will only have to face two intellect devourers rather than three, but 2-1 is worse odds than 3-2.

[Jarsonne]

Woo yeah one character only couldn't work, I tried check quickly and failed found clear paths but the path I quoted and thought I couldn't sneak to, but jump doesn't broke stealth it's perhaps why last time I thought it wasn't possible, I was believing that jump was stopping stealth.

[Mike Garrison]

No need for stealth. Until you go into the crashed ship area, they don't aggro onto you. You can just make the jump onto the rocks and bypass those little guys without ever getting into combat, if you want.

[AnonymousWizard]

That combat with the Intellect Devourers is nasty, and I believe supposed to teach you not to rush headlong into fights. It's also a fight that really shouldn't happen at your current level unless you've got a killer GM, Intellect Devourers were massively depowered compared to RAW 5e.

There's some ways to do it with just you and Shadowheart, but bad rolls can kill even the best strategy (and Shadowheart needs new dice). The best I've found is to activate it from as far away as possible, try to lure the IDs into the fire, and then kite as much as you can. It also very much helps to get the extra XP on the Nautiloid so you can go in at Level 2.

So in addition to Shadowheart (the terribly built Cleric from the Nautaloid) the starting area also includes Gale (a decent wizard) just a short hop from the Intellect Devourer encounter, Astarion (a serviceable rogue) on the other side of the ship, and Lae'zel (that space elf fighter who barged her way into your party) a little distance from the ship. They can be quite easy to miss, so if you're interested in picking them up then search around.

[Mike Garrison]

AnonymousWizard님이 먼저 게시:

That combat with the Intellect Devourers is nasty, and I believe supposed to teach you not to rush headlong into fights.

It's not really that bad, at least at balanced difficulty or below. It gets really tough at tactical, when the IDs have a ranged attack that can pretty much one-shot you if it hits, as well as melee that can kill you as well.

If you aren't on Honor Mode, save just before the fight. Then try to stay out of melee with them, if you can. Hit them with a ranged attack and then back away. They will usually waste their action dashing toward you, at which point hit them with ranged again and back away again.

At Tactical difficulty they will use their ranged attack, so just hope that it misses.

Also, if you worked at it, you should have about half a dozen health potions at the start of the fight. Don't try to save them for later ... use them to keep topped up every time you take damage, so that one hit won't take you down.