
If you’d rather have a mage do it or you don’t think you need this at all, then you can shuffle his points around.

My Alistair build has points to waste so I’d rather save the points on my mage(s) and sink Alistair’s points into his templar background. I use his templar skills (carefully in the presence of mages) to help with dread curses like Curse of Mortality which has no defense except by using a few spells or Cleanse Area. There’s some flexibility in how you build him. If you need a fast track to some of the things to say to him to start up a friendship or a romance, I have some tips over here. His constitution will go up, and this part can only be done by in-game conversation, gifts, etc. Kill! Stop the Blight!” That’s fun to a lot of gamers, but if you really want these fictional people to be as effective as possible, you need to go through their dialog and befriend them.Īs Alistair’s approval rate grows with the Warden, so does his ability to take a hit.

Yes, I understand that could be tedious for some players. If you want any of your companions to reach their full potential, you need to spend some time talking to them in camp. Here’s how he starts out after you meet him You can use this to make him a two handed fighter and console commands to turn him into a rogue, but I’ll be going on the assumption that we’re building him from the vanilla game as a sword and shield guy. If you want to redistribute his points, PC users can use the character respec mod to change him. He’s strongest with a shield, and his Templar abilities can come in handy against Emissaries and spell casters. Click on them to enlarge.Īlistair has the potential to be one of your party “tanks” if you like the character.


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