Pillars of Eternity - Interview & Preview Roundup

Alright lets get started with the roundup as a Twitch streamer called Arvan Eleron interviewed Josh Sawyer, the Project Director of Pillars of Eternity.

I had a great turnout for this one, an interview conducted with the Project Lead for one of the most highly anticipated RPGs in recent memory. Josh was both gracious and thoughtful in his answers, and for my part I somehow managed not to die to a bunch of beetles during the interview, so on the whole I think this worked out. :)

He also streamed over three hours of game footage afterwords. You can watch the first video here, the second video here, and the third video here.

The full broadcast of my interview with Josh Sawyer and subsequent playthrough of the beta version of Pillars of Eternity. There was a long pause right after the interview (had to attend to my dog, so wasn't able to get back as fast as I had hoped), so you will probably want to fast forward through that section

Moving on MMORPG posted a two part preview of the games classes in Pillars of Eternity. The first part can be read here, and the second part can be read here.

The ruleset being used by Obsidian is not your traditional D&D. Instead, Obsidian built their own rulebook for Pillars of Eternity. As they put it themselves:

“Players will recognize many familiar elements -- six attribute scores, many classic races and classes, discrete character levels, a roll-to-hit combat system, strength-based personal character inventories -- but the systems use seconds (and fractions of seconds) instead of rounds, a virtual "100-sided die" for more transparent combat mechanics, and the use of easily-understood formulas that would be difficult to calculate in a tabletop environment.”

To that end, expect to see quite a few familiar classes, but with their own unique Pillars-y twists. Without further ado, here comes the first batch of 11 possible classes!