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Empire Protagonist: Open idea project

Update: New screenshots show new skill tree :) Updated porthole. Feedback is always welcome/necessary :)

Update: now he can unlock 3 variants: Spear/Shield, Swords/Shield, Sword/Pistol.
Each variant has their own army buff. BUT if you choose one variant, the other two will become locked.
Pistol variant army buff is a bit OP in comparison with the two others so I'll probably delete outriders and pistoliers from buffed units in the future.



Here's the deal, I played a lot of POE a while back and one thing I like is the skill tree. So I want to bring some of that fun into this game by creating a protagonist. (You'll notice that the naming in this mod is still primitive to keep everything clear until it's acceptable). At the moment, our hero can be recruited in Barracks level 1 as a level 5 so I can keep testing it in a quick way. He starts as a simple spearman. At level 2 he gets the option to invest a skill point to become a swordsman. At level 4, he can become a swordsman with shield (but only if you unlock swordsman first). All two 'skills' are linked to a different variant (with own visuals and animation/weapon). So in that sense I'll try to add stuff like becoming a necromancer or wielding 2 one-handed axes etc. There is also the future option to (to be very blund) have a skill called 'helmet' which would gives our hero +4 armour and change his visual to a fully helmeted hero. Our a skill called "cape" which gives +4 magical ward and makes the character wear a cape etc. So here I am. I want YOUR ideas about how that skill tree should look like. Can a swordsman become a greatswordsman at a high level without being a shielded swordsman first? Will choosing to wield a greatsword lock the option to become a magician with a staff? Can we become a battle magician that wields a 2-handed axe while using lighting spells? Do you want to buff your character with stuff like helmet +4 armour, plated armour +6, metal shield +10 defense before choosing a new class or are they prerequisites before you can choose a certain class? etc etc

Special thanks to Calm&NormalTime who made the "Bruisers" mod. If I didn't get to reverse engineer it, this mod would most probably not exist.