Original Sin uses a classless system, so any character can learn skills from any class, and you have various ways you can put characters together. Skills are categorized into eight classes, including Man-at-Arms, Expert Marksman, Scoundrel, and five spellcasting schools (one each for the four elements plus Witchcraft). For example, Strength increases your melee damage, your carrying capacity, and how far you can throw things, while Intelligence improves the effectiveness of your spells. Attributes include Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Constitution, Speed and Perception, which all do roughly what you'd expect. Conveniently, having two main characters makes it easier to deal with co-op mode, since each player can control one of the two hunters.Įach character is defined by a series of attributes, skills, abilities, talents and traits. This decision might seem a little odd - in all other RPGs you either create just one character or an entire party of four or more - but Original Sin like the other Divinity titles uses the concept of 'soul forging,' which requires two people to form the link. The first thing you do in Original Sin is create your two Source Hunters. That leaves it up to you to end her machinations and save the day. Someone calling herself the Conduit is behind everything - and also has evil plans for all of Rivellon.

Of course, when you arrive in Cyseal you discover that it is also being plagued by orcs and the undead, and as you solve these local problems you become aware of a greater threat. Your job is normally to track down and kill 'sourcerors,' but in this case you've been sent to the town of Cyseal to investigate the murder of a local councilman because it appears that the Source was involved. Instead, it deals with the Source, a tainted magical force most commonly used by necromancers and demonologists.Īs Original Sin opens up, you take control of a pair of Source Hunters. It takes place before the events of Divine Divinity, and it doesn't have anything to do with Dragon Knights, the Black Ring, or even Damian the Lord of Chaos.

Divinity: Original Sin is the latest title in Larian Studios' Divinity franchise, which began way back in 2002 with the oddly- but memorably-named Divine Divinity.

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