A look at the best Avowed Background, along with the pre-set Attribute Points and starting weapon for each Background.

The best Backgrounds for new players are the Arcane Scholar and the Noble Scion. Both of these options provide a well-rounded ...

Your background in Avowed is the baseline on which you’ll role-play for the duration of the game. Each background has unique ...

As backgrounds in Avowed are merely lore-based, there is no right or wrong choice to make. You can choose whichever option you like and tweak your equipment and abilities however you please, even if ...

Avowed's Envoy and Pillars of Eternity's Watcher share certain characteristics as Obsidian protagonists, but there is a key difference.

And while there are some clear throughlines in each of Obsidian’s projects that show how they’ve evolved or iterated on their own ideas and interests, there’s also an essential secret to the studio’s ...

Intimidating Feline Codpiece is one of the vaguest treasure maps in Avowed, offering only a skyline and some rocks as clues ...

The only immediate consequences of your actions here are the (very minor) rewards you miss out on for sparing Pod, as you can ...

Yatzli is your fourth companion in Avowed, and makes up for her small size by dealing lots of Explosive damage. Here's the ...

Avowed is unlikely to be marked as a trailblazer, but everything it sets out to do it accomplishes with style and confidence.

The combat is purposely designed to encourage experimentation. As reliable as a sword-and-shield combination is, running with ...