What stats to give family?

[Targa]

Noob here, playing the campaign. Rescued kid brother and sister from bandits, and the game is asking me to allocate points and perks to the kids. What should I concentrate on? I need some suggestion rather than a simple, "Whatever you want to do", since I have no clue what these family members are good for or how they fit into the later game.

Also, is it better to select "auto allocate clan member points" when starting a new game, or is that a bad idea? Thanks!

[Blessed Heretic]

Your children are the ones that matter most for their up bringing, but your kin make VERY good governers and can be raised to be army leaders, especially if you are planning to start a kingdom or joining the one you picked as your starting culture.

Your eldest brother is best at being used in your party until you are a noble and can field armies, in which case he's best off going to become a secondary party.

In my runs, the children have 0 experience in their stats even if they have you pick preferences for them. - Since you can't play them and they can't build particular stats naturally within your party (Charm, Leadership, Trade, Steward) they'll be too vulnerable to join big fights, and are best used as in non combat capacities, or married off for political points.

Only your direct heirs matter for stats, because when you die, you play'em. If you give them a good array of starter skills you can easily speed level them, especially with your superior loot and other things. Not to mention, children have insanely better stats than you can start with, so it's something to look forward to.

Never auto allocate because It may screw up how you wanna play your heirs later.

[Snow]

Originally posted by Targa:

Noob here, playing the campaign. Rescued kid brother and sister from bandits, and the game is asking me to allocate points and perks to the kids. What should I concentrate on? I need some suggestion rather than a simple, "Whatever you want to do", since I have no clue what these family members are good for or how they fit into the later game.

Also, is it better to select "auto allocate clan member points" when starting a new game, or is that a bad idea? Thanks!

Do you play on 170 or 171 or on an earlier patch? Wheneven I try to rescue the brother the execution scene repeats then CTD. (no mods)

[Targa]

Originally posted by JustAnotherName:

Do you play on 170 or 171 or on an earlier patch? Wheneven I try to rescue the brother the execution scene repeats then CTD. (no mods)

I'm playing the latest Steam patch. The launcher says e170 298189. I would check your graphics options. Perhaps there's something you can turn off in there that will prevent the CTD. At a guess, it has something to do with your video card/drivers and whatever format or codec the execution video is in. Maybe also see if there's an update for your video drivers.

@Blessed Heretic: Thanks a bunch for the concise answer!