Ultimately, the only thing that is really important about Background choices in Avowed, is what flavor you want your character to have. Read each of the background choices carefully, because you ...

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

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 ...

The Aedyr Empire will play something of a major role in Avowed, and players should keep an eye on the faction's leading ...

Avowed does allow you to reset your stats for a nominal fee, but your starting Attributes are still fairly important.

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

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

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 ...

Each oft the five backgrounds in Avowed begin with a different weapon. Here's the best choices for new players.

Choosing your Avowed Background and Attributes is one of the last things you'll do in character creation, but neither are particularly important to get right at first. Your Background is mainly ...

Avowed is not the Obsidian fantasy RPG I wanted, but the decently fun spell-slinging parkour FPS I didn't expect.