Selecting these background skills will provide you with the highest skill in one-handed weapons and their associated attributes and skills at the beginning of the game. You may wish to select different skills to balance other areas of development in trade, crafting, social, and leadership abilities depending on your preferences. These background skills are recommended based on the core improvements to this specific combat type. Story Background - ’You subdued a raider:’ +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to One-Handed weapons and Athletics. Young Adulthood - ’You defeated an enemy in battle:’ +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to One-Handed weapons and Two-Handed weapons. Youth - ’Trained with the infantry:’ +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to Polearm and One-Handed weapons. 1 Attribute Point to Control.Īdolescence - ’With the alley gangs:’ +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to Roguery and One-Handed weapons.

1 Attribute Point to Vigor.Įarly Childhood - ’Your attention to detail:’ +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to Athletics and One-Handed weapons. If a shield build is what you want to work toward, you will benefit from selecting the following background skills during character creation (for a full breakdown of background skills, see Defining Background Skills):įamily - ’Urban Blacksmith:’ +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to Smithing and Two-Handed weapons. Without a shield, you will need to constantly alter your position to avoid incoming projectiles, but with a shield you will be able to edge your way forward, toward the gates and walls, while remaining in a tight formation. For example, when besieging a settlement you will be the target of numerous archer, crossbow, and thrown weapon units firing from battlements. While you will deal less damage than you would by using a two-handed build or even a powerful ranged based build, you will generally find it much easier to hold your ground in larger battles.

One of the main advantages of focusing on a one-handed weapon build in Bannerlord, is the ability to wield a shield.

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