How important is morale?

[Redemyr]

I want to try the first archetype for my first walkthorugh. I saw though, that it had only 1 morale. Is that going to be a problem later? Or are there other ways to boost morale later on?

[JuLLe]

You lose the game if you go to 0 morale, if you're planning on staying at 1 you should always have some stuff that restores morale. You have a small some time to use it every time your morale hits zero

[Redemyr]

Are they common or rare?

[Du-Vu]

Common and cheap, but you can also just increase your Volition skill. It's one to one with Morale.

[JuLLe]

Pretty common, you can buy them from a shop as well. They're pretty cheap
Also what Du-Vu said

[Me]

The game bombards you with both health and morale healing, and you can buy more dirt cheap, so having 1 morale and health is of no consequence in this game.

[Redemyr]

Thank you very much for the replies! Off I go to play as my Sherlock wanna-be.

[Stabbey]

Be warned - save often, and I wouldn't advise trying to jump for any jackets until you have acquired at least 3 morale healing items. Just saying.

[SoundsOfNight]

Very. I would say if you have low Psyche to get at least 5 Composure so you can get the Magnesium-based Life Form Thought, which drastically helps your morale.

[Du-Vu]

I made it through my first playthrough with 2 Health, and I felt like I was taking a lot more Health damage without nearly as many Health healing items. You don't need the HP, but it's handy to have a little, since every day that's that many more HP you're starting out with, and Volition and Endurance do unlock some other checks that can be interesting.