Best skills to take for your main character?

[jasta85]

So, aside from the secret ending knowledge skill requirements, I'm wondering what skills are good your main character that can't be filled in by companions.

A couple of examples I've noticed is that you use your character's perception to find hidden items in cities/camps when your party is not with you (same with the act 4 arena I believe), and you also use your own trickery skill to try and open locked chests in those same locations.

Are there any other situations where having specific skills is important for your main character only?

[Conquista]

there are some textbook events, which can use only your main character skills for checks
the one i remember where mobility and i think stealth or magic device, but you also have the option to chose something else that uses your party skill check instead

[Cutlass Jack]

Cities and camps still let you use your companions skills. You'll see it in the combat log. I've had Lann find hidden things for me in the act 2 Crusade camp, for example.

Really the only skills they can't cover you is Stealth (when you're sneaking around), Persuasion when used in combat (i.e. Intimidation), Use Magic Device (when you need to use something yourself in combat.) Mobility in combat, etc.

[djinnxy]

I noticed that stealth is an issue, but only on world map. When my mc was basically a ghost I could skip every random encounter in the game that wasn't scripted. With camellia I never get the option.

[Planeforger]

Originally posted by djinnxy:

I noticed that stealth is an issue, but only on world map. When my mc was basically a ghost I could skip every random encounter in the game that wasn't scripted. With camellia I never get the option.

That's strange - my main character has about 2 stealth, and I frequently get the option to evade enemies on the world map. I'm pretty sure it uses team skills.

[djinnxy]

Originally posted by Planeforger:

Originally posted by djinnxy:

I noticed that stealth is an issue, but only on world map. When my mc was basically a ghost I could skip every random encounter in the game that wasn't scripted. With camellia I never get the option.

That's strange - my main character has about 2 stealth, and I frequently get the option to evade enemies on the world map. I'm pretty sure it uses team skills.

Well to be fair here my mc was stealth on steroids. It was entirely built on stealth. I think the checks are too high on core and above for Camellia to pass late in the game.

[jasta85]

Originally posted by Cutlass Jack:

Cities and camps still let you use your companions skills. You'll see it in the combat log. I've had Lann find hidden things for me in the act 2 Crusade camp, for example.

Really the only skills they can't cover you is Stealth (when you're sneaking around), Persuasion when used in combat (i.e. Intimidation), Use Magic Device (when you need to use something yourself in combat.) Mobility in combat, etc.

Ah, ok so team perception works then, but you do rely on your character's trickery since you are the only one who is able to access the chests when alone.

Also, I don't think world stealth checks are based off the main character. I played a mage with zero stealth points and was able to avoid quite a lot of world encounters. Pretty sure party members help with that.

[wendigo211]

Are you planning on going for Trickster? The Mobility, Persuasion and Athletics abilities they get are pretty insane if you have a strong investment in the skills.

For the purposes of getting extra XP (only skill user gets XP), I've been finding: Athletics, Mobility, Trickery, Lore: Religion and Knowledge: World seem to come up a lot. There haven't been as many persuasion checks as there were in Kingmaker.

[LArc7thHeaven]

World map relayed on the highest party member attribute. Pick bard for the skill monkey and the cleric/paladin for lore (religion). Get perception on 2 or more party member if possible because some place in map or hidden doors depend on perception check and if you only had 1 with high perception and fail the rolls then it's finished.