She doesn't want to lose someone like that again.īut Uvwane lives on.
When young Shay first levelled, she'd just lost her brother Uvwane, so of course she took a first aid skill over better magic. There are always good choices mechanically, but frankly you're playing it wrong if you're not prioritising skills that suit their personality. When you level up, you choose one skill out of a random four from a far longer list. Think like a hero who helps their youngers, not a tosser who hogs all the best gear. Items you replace can't be redistributed, which seems illogical but means you differentiate everyone over being efficient, and give good items to weaker members who need them more. It's satisfying growing your fragile starters to champions, but it's using those old hands to protect and teach the young ones that's key. At its hardest it's a bloody, desperate war across multiple generations. The middle is a perfect blend of tactical and character-driven decisions. Lower difficulty levels are a robust roleplay with the drama in your hands. Wildermyth integrates all this wonderfully into its design. My latest retired to become a judge, imparting her wisdom to the daughter of the friend who died saving her life. A hero might fall in love, take up painting, or walk off one night, and return months later withdrawn and sad. Another group won fourteen years of peace between chapters. By the finale the world was saved, but permanently marred.
Adding them to a roster of legends allows you to call on them in later playthroughs, creating a metagame as you build their mythology and increase the renown of your pantheon.I was too slow in one chapter, and never unravelled the enemy plot. Pick and choose from a huge bank of combat abilities as your heroes level up in each playthrough, and decide whether you prefer offensive or defensive tactics, brute strength, stealth, or magically flinging fire from a nearby lamp into your enemies' faces.īuilding a Legacy: As time passes, heroes grow old and may retire, or may fall in combat. Multiple difficulty levels mean you can get as intense as you want to.Įndless Replayability: Procedural generation gives you new heroes, new enemies, new story events, and new maps every time you play. Walling and flanking provide conflicting incentives, and interfusion lets you remake the battlefield with explosive magic. Encounters and events have permanent, character-defining effects, letting you craft the arc of each character.Ī New Approach to Death: Got one-shotted by that tentacled horror-bear? Choose to let a hero "fall back" with a maiming that can open up opportunities for transformation later, or let them go down in a blaze of glory to be remembered for generations to come.įresh Tactical Combat: Combat in Wildermyth emphasizes teamwork and careful positioning. Or they may choose whether to pursue a romance with a fellow hero, giving each of them new advantages from fighting side by side. No orcs, elves, or goblins here-but watch out for the telepathic insect-dragons and the clockwork undead.Įxtreme Character Depth: Each of your heroes has their own unique generated history, personality, appearance, and relationships with the other heroes-all of which can change over the course of the game as they encounter mysteries and overcome challenges.Ĭhoices That Matter: A hero may choose to trust the enigmatic wolf god, leading to a particularly hair-raising change in their appearance and combat abilities.
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