Best trait combos? (spoilers probably)

[Knight Captain Otaku]

What have yall found to be the best trait combos during your playthroughs? So far Strength and intelligence have been super useful throughout the game. Rn im doing mystical and talking to animals, gonna see how it goes.

[SlothBear]

My personal favorite is book smart and mystical but I think it's definitely much more a matter of personal preference and taste than any being inherently better than the others. Also keep in mind the chapters where traits give a special option for some haven't come out yet.

That being said, Speak with Animals is probably the one that makes the game the most different. With Mystic you can understand ditchlings which is really cool.

[Knight Captain Otaku]

That is really cool. Strength and intel comboed in the first episode so I was sable to save Bo and gretchen, thats why I kinda assumed they both would live no matter what I did. But then in this replay I was shocked when I couldnt save him without sacrificing the pug! Really cool that thats a thing.

[SlothBear]

Yeah each "big choice" in the chapter has an ability that lets you avoid picking a bad outcome. So far:


Part 1 : Strength
Part 2 : Perception
Part 3 : Book Smart
Part 4 : Hot

[MekaDovah]

I like Street Smart for letting me avoid drinking Sybil's tea without her being aware.. I suspect Book Smart and dodging the Episode 3 choice may pay off down the road as well, but that's mere suspicion. Remains to be seen what the next few episodes will throw at us.

[Napoleon Wilson]

wait....how did "hot" help in chapter 4? it has been a while since I played but I slept with Stella without it.

[SlothBear]

Originally posted by Napoleon Wilson:

wait....how did "hot" help in chapter 4? it has been a while since I played but I slept with Stella without it.

You can convince Reese to not kill the doctor. Without Hot one of them has to die or Reese ends up locked up. edit: fixed, thanks stone.fire.smoke

[stone.fire.smoke]

Originally posted by SlothBear:

Originally posted by Napoleon Wilson:

wait....how did "hot" help in chapter 4? it has been a while since I played but I slept with Stella without it.

You can convince Reese to not kill the doctor. Without Hot one of them has to die.

Not necessarily, both can live, but without HOT as a trait, Reese will be kept as a prisoner by his mother to protect the town from him, and him from the town.

[Napoleon Wilson]

Not necessarily, both can live, but without HOT as a trait, Reese will be kept as a prisoner by his mother to protect the town from him, and him from the town.

wow...that's it? Kinda lackluster decision for Hot trait. Keep one guy from blowing his head off and saving the sweet dog, prevent a girl from losing her foot and the lives of 2 other kids, prevent yourself and your cousin from being unjustly aged, or...protect a sickly emo monster. Guess trait is not the one to take. You just get to sleep with Stella, but not have sex with her. Meh.
Thanks for the info though, I appreciate it.

[Knight Captain Otaku]

So you can sleep with stella eventually anyway? I havent taken hot as a trait and still did that. As for book smart, it helps you not get aged while Im assuming that empathetic can save rosalina. Havent tried it yet tho.

[Knight Captain Otaku]

...unless you mean you can sleep with her that first night, in which case thats kinda neat lol.

[MekaDovah]

Originally posted by Napoleon Wilson:

Not necessarily, both can live, but without HOT as a trait, Reese will be kept as a prisoner by his mother to protect the town from him, and him from the town.

wow...that's it? Kinda lackluster decision for Hot trait. Keep one guy from blowing his head off and saving the sweet dog, prevent a girl from losing her foot and the lives of 2 other kids, prevent yourself and your cousin from being unjustly aged, or...protect a sickly emo monster. Guess trait is not the one to take. You just get to sleep with Stella, but not have sex with her. Meh.
Thanks for the info though, I appreciate it.

Doesn't it make some other conversations and dialogue options easier? All the traits have uses outside of the critical decisions.

[Knight Captain Otaku]

Originally posted by MekaDovah:

I like Street Smart for letting me avoid drinking Sybil's tea without her being aware.. I suspect Book Smart and dodging the Episode 3 choice may pay off down the road as well, but that's mere suspicion. Remains to be seen what the next few episodes will throw at us.

Outa curiosity, is there a reason you wouldn't wanna drink the tea? Curious to see if its worth a playthrough for street smart xD

[Knight Captain Otaku]

been doing a mystic, talk to animals combo which is pretty fun but definitely not great so far in terms of avoiding disasters during critical decisions.

[stone.fire.smoke]

Originally posted by Knight Captain Otaku:

Originally posted by MekaDovah:

I like Street Smart for letting me avoid drinking Sybil's tea without her being aware.. I suspect Book Smart and dodging the Episode 3 choice may pay off down the road as well, but that's mere suspicion. Remains to be seen what the next few episodes will throw at us.

Outa curiosity, is there a reason you wouldn't wanna drink the tea? Curious to see if its worth a playthrough for street smart xD

Yes drinking ANY tea in the hollow appears to prevent your character from realizing certain facts and information, especially around Sybil. you can still refuse tea at the various points, as so far the info you get any of the times is pretty minimal to useless. its just easier to resist or get rid of it with various traits.

The HOT trait makes any romance option easier., its just "most" useful in the last chapter, as each chapter has a trait that solves the critical choice for that part of the story.

[stone.fire.smoke]

Originally posted by Napoleon Wilson:

Not necessarily, both can live, but without HOT as a trait, Reese will be kept as a prisoner by his mother to protect the town from him, and him from the town.

wow...that's it? Kinda lackluster decision for Hot trait. Keep one guy from blowing his head off and saving the sweet dog, prevent a girl from losing her foot and the lives of 2 other kids, prevent yourself and your cousin from being unjustly aged, or...protect a sickly emo monster. Guess trait is not the one to take. You just get to sleep with Stella, but not have sex with her. Meh.
Thanks for the info though, I appreciate it.

you can escape the library and prevent either you or Tabitha from being aged, but the specter will remain in the library and the family will have to move to the old maxwell place. there are plenty of options in the game's story but the "best" resolutions are typically due to a trait.

except for the first chapter there seems to be a way to get the "second best" outcome without the use of a trait, at least so far anyway.