It is apparent that Lizardmen make the best rogues. One additional skill point for a human hardly seems to offset the difference in attributes.

Awesome, awesome.

Now I know in broad strokes how I'm going to flesh out my all-Minotaur group.

My Minotaur Warrior is definitely going for Fist Fighter/Headhunter, and my Minotaur Rogue is going straight for Agile/Evasive.

The Mage is probably best off as Strong Mind/Skilled, but Strong Mind/Aura may also be a solid option.

And I still have no idea what to make the 4th character. I want to have the Rogue and my Warrior in the front-line, so it'd make the most sense in my mind for another Mage, but I worry that with the spellcasting system, it'll be hectic to manage two spellbooks at once.

Suggestions?

I think, given that you want a rogue on the front line with your warrior and do not want another mage, that another rogue in the back with a bow, as a range fighting rogue might be a good plan.. actually I think that is exactly what I will do! :)

Might not be a bad idea at all, and I did consider it, but seeing as I am going for an all-Minotaur party, I'm just not so sure. A second-row Warrior might be interesting - but there doesn't actually seem to be any skills dedicated to spears and the like.

Oh, it's clearly not a good idea. :D Not only are minotaurs skill-starved, but they receive their net +2 Statpoints at the cost of 3 Skillpoints and the +20% food consumption, and make horrible Rogues & Mages.

I'll be consuming enough food for a 5-man party.

If the idea wasn't novel, I wouldn't be doing it. Min/maxing unfortunately appears to be fairly easy in this game (Minotaur Warrior, Lizardman Rogue, Insectoid Mage). When I first heard of the game, I was hoping for something more along the lines of Wizardry 8, with it's 15 Classes, 11 Races, and cross-classing to boot.

Hell, even my idea of my main warrior being an unarmed PUNCH AND KICK MY WAY TO VICTORY Minotaur sounds like a terrible idea in a game where there appears to be no unarmed-class of weapons and "Unarmed" just means unarmed.

But I'm still totally going to do it. :D

I'm assuming that's Skillpoints per Level, not Skillpoints in total. I hope.

Anyway. Human Evasion/Assasination/Dagger Rogue and a Lizard Board&Sword-Fighter are going to be my frontliners, while a human Earth/Life-mage and an Insectoid Ice/Spellcraft-Mage will make up my rear.

Pretty much what I used in Blodwych, only without Mr Flay Sepulcrast.

Which ones?

Usually you'd need to carry a rogue/thief with you in case of spotting traps, pickpocketing or lockpicking that epic chest with uber loot - is there none of that in LoG?

Don't get me wrong, I'm really looking forward to LoG!
I suppose we all have our own picture of what a rogue class should be like, I just want it to be about more than high dps and evade. :(

Oh and thanks for the great info Lexor!

As far I know there are no lockpicking nor pickpocketing in LoG.

I don't understand why the pre-generated party does only contain one mino and three humans. A lizardman rogue would have made more sense, as had an insectoid mage.

Lexor, I am putting my trust in you to update the information you (thankfully) collected and placed here with the maximum points for each attribute for each race when during character creation. Note: there is no cap for attributes increased by skills enhancements.

You can add max 6 points to single attribute if I remember correctly from videos.

Skillpoints total. Everyone gets 4 Skillpoints on levelup, no matter the race. Otherwise nothing would be a Human, ever.

At least that's how it worked in the games I saw on the 'tube.

Does Accuracy have any effect on ranged weapons? The description specifically says melee weapons, but it seems like a silly name if that's the case.

Is it strength I should be spending points on for my archer character?