Undead as First Playthrough

[Pamparampampamparam]

I'm unsure whether or not I want my first playthrough to be undead or not. On the one hand I understand it to be very unique and interesting. On the other hand part of me thinks I should experiance a "normal" game to see how it contrasts to an undead one. I'm also afraid it will make the game too complicated for a newbie.

[Cutlass Jack]

If you played the first game and are familiar with the zombie trait, you wont have any trouble at all.

If you haven't, it will take some getting used to but its managable.

[BlazeRomulus]

You would be fairly surprised by the Undead, lore wise at least. It's fun playing as Fane.

[Fonglet]

You have a party of 4 so you can just use different characters for different parts. Undead doesn't make any difference to your playthrough really and gives you access to a lot of extra content. Fane has one of the most OP spells in game as his passive.

My recommendation is to do it, it doesn't drastically change your game at all.

[The Kid]

You just need to stay clear of fire in case you need to poison yourself, otherwise you're in for a world of hurt.

It doesn't change much from regular characters other than that, although being immune to deathfog can come in handy

[Cutlass Jack]

Here's some tips to make it easier:

1. Always keep gear equipped in your head/chest/legs to keep people from freaking out about your undead status. It doesn't matter if you can see skeleton parts or not. All the game cares about is you're wearing something in those slots. You can even use the helm hiding feature and be fine.

2. You can't heal your undead character with normal healing magic or food items. You can heal your undead with Necromancy spells, and poison from any source. You can also poison food using the crafting system and eat that. Poison is oddly plentiful in this game so this isn't as big a limitation as you think.

3. Get an Ooze Barrel (the poison barrels) and have one of your stronger characters carry it around for you. You can use the barrel infinately in the crafting system to poison food items so you can eat them, as well as make poison potions when combined with empty bottles. Use those as healing potions for your undead guy.

[Pamparampampamparam]

Is it worth actually playing as Thane or should you play your own character?

[Cutlass Jack]

Originally posted by BasileusMaximos:

Is it worth actually playing as Thane or should you play your own character?

Both good options. My first playthrough was a custom undead rogue and I had a great time.

You can also take Fane as a companion if you wanted to and see his story that way.