DOS2:Character creation

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Character creation occurs at the beginning of each new save. The player can select one of six origin characters or create a custom character.

Origins

Main article:Origins

Origins have unique backstories and quests.

• Beast
• Fane
• Ifan ben-Mezd
• Lohse
• Sebille
• The Red Prince

Presets

The preset tab suggests 14 different builds with recommended abilities, attributes, and skills. These builds are suggestions, not classes. Divinity: Original Sin II is a class-less system, so characters are not locked to mechanics. For example, the player can select the 'Ranger' preset and swap out ranged abilities with sneaking and thievery, which are abilities characteristic of a 'Rogue'.

Attributes

Main article: Attributes

Characters have six attributes. In general, strength and finesse affect physical damage while intelligence affects magic damage. Attributes have an initial base value of 10. During character creation, 3 points can be distributed across attributes, with each subsequent level up granting 2 additional points.

• Strength increases damage with strength-based weapons and skills, and increases maximum carry capacity.
• Finesse increases damage with finesse-based weapons and skills.
• Intelligence increases intelligence-based damage.
• Constitution determines character vitality, which is maximum health.
• Memory increases maximum memory slots, which are needed to learn skills. Characters gain maximum memory slots as they level even if no points are added. Increasing memory will increase the number of maximum slots they gain per level.
• Wits determine critical chance, initiative, and ability to detect traps and hidden treasures.

Abilities

Main article: Abilities

Abilities are categorized as combat or civil, which each have 3 additional sub-categories.

Name	Description	Category	Sub-category
Aerotheurge	Increases all air damage dealt	Combat	Skills
Geomancer	Increases all poison and earth damage dealt, and any physical armour restoration caused	Combat	Skills
Huntsman	Increases damage bonus when attacking from high ground	Combat	Skills
Hydrosophist	Increases all water damage dealt, and any vitality healing or magic armour restoration caused	Combat	Skills
Necromancer	Heals the user whenever damage is dealt directly to vitality	Combat	Skills
Polymorph	Provides 1 free attribute point per point invested	Combat	Skills
Pyrokinetic	Increases all fire damage dealt	Combat	Skills
Scoundrel	Increases movement speed and critical modifier	Combat	Skills
Summoning	Increases vitality, damage, physical armour and magic armour of summons and totems	Combat	Skills
Warfare	Increases all physical damage dealt	Combat	Skills
Ranged	Increases damage and critical chance when using bows and crossbows	Combat	Weapons
Single-Handed	Increases damage and accuracy when using a single-handed weapon with a shield or empty off-hand	Combat	Weapons
Two-Handed	Increases damage and critical multiplier when using two-handed melee weapons	Combat	Weapons
Leadership	Grants dodging and resistance bonuses to all allies within 8m radius	Combat	Defence
Perseverance	Restores magic armour after recovering from frozen or stunned, and restores physical armour after knocked down or petrified	Combat	Defence
Retribution	Reflects received damage to attacker	Combat	Defence
Loremaster	Identifies enemies and items by examining them or using an identifying glass	Civil	Craftsmanship
Telekinesis	Moves items telepathically regardless of weight	Civil	Craftsmanship
File:Ability DOS2 Sneaking (ability) Icon.png Sneaking	Reduces others' sight cones and increases character movement speed while sneaking	Civil	Nasty deeds
Thievery	Improves lockpicking and pickpocketing skills	Civil	Nasty deeds
Bartering	For each point invested, traders reduce their prices while paying more for character items	Civil	Personality
Lucky Charm	Increases likelihood of finding extra treasure wherever loot is stashed	Civil	Personality
Persuasion	Increases likelihood of convincing others in dialogues, and increases how much characters like you	Civil	Personality

Talents

Main article: Talents