Yeah, it is a brief-ish window for sure. I am not FULLY settled on the length of the events, but each trip to and from the locations out of town at least take a night or two. Whispering Brook is the span of a week-ish in total for instance. Travelling to Osh'to's tribe takes a while, like a few weeks at least. Scylla's recovery time being about 14 days would be about in line and accurate!I think dialogue in government district w mage explains pretty neatly why you dont encounter mages on the battlefield. Well, 1 shaman in demonstration excluding))
the [not yet implimented] does a toll on skills, anything that seems to be even theoretical useful has this mark. Not to mention that redic`s 1st skill + thrust + MAYBE str skill bonus w speed does the trick w samara and scylla in party.
Also looting that pain jacket from chief rat or buying them somewhere mid-late game or idk, some more protection gear? i mean even leather jackets would do better for characters. Thought ours seems to be agility-related, so to say. And quest-befriended smith to get some bit better weapons.
On other hands give or take, game seems to cover what, 3 month time tops? Only blank is Scylla and Hino Recovery time, for like....idk, 2-3 weeks? Too short for them in getting used to new weapons...
We might have a couple of them learning some new tools, but you are 100% right that they won't be just randomly picking up whole new "platforms" and learning them haha. Osh'to would be pretty versatile, she's a mercenary who'd have to have used quite a few different weapons. REdic did his schooling at an Einadian military academy so he'll know your common weapons and some uncommon ones.
Scylla... knows it all. Ohmes is basically an "ethical child soldiers" situation, lol. So she knows how to man a pike line, wield two and one-handed swords, maces, hammers, arbalests, crossbows, firearms etc. Anythign that Ohmes employs. Since she was royalty there and expected to be active service she had to have a familiarity on everything, whereas the garrison/militias focus their training on specific roles and equipment. So a bowman would have train on the bow constantly, but might learn how to use a pike/spear.
So there should be 3 paths atm but I think only 2 are available. There is;Hi, love this game.
I am replaying this after 1,5 or two years and am about to finish Whispering Brook. Immaculate atmosphere by the way.
There is just one question:
What happens if I accept Mara's bargain?
I know there is a h-scene, but is there a difference mechanically and narratively to just killing Mara?
This question has surely been asked before, but I couldn't find a direct answer over the search-function.
Redemption
- Talk her down, accept her gift
- Talk her down, reject the gift
Corruption
- Accept her actions, accept her gift
Killing Mara obviously... well, kills Mara. All her future appearances will not happen, her talks with LW, her at the Senate, future content in whispering brook showing the aftermath, her showing up in town, and her life after the game are done. She's dead. The gift gives you a small change, but rejecting her gift... will have other effects that I won't be spoiling.