{"id":1107053,"date":"2026-01-28T12:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aP446QJWfE34wK6ZbXHdcK"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:07:01","slug":"avoweds-newly-revealed-character-creation-backgrounds-tripped-my-rpg-sicko-radar-offering-funky-fantasies-like-noble-scion-court-augur-and-vanguard-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/avoweds-newly-revealed-character-creation-backgrounds-tripped-my-rpg-sicko-radar-offering-funky-fantasies-like-noble-scion-court-augur-and-vanguard-scout\/","title":{"rendered":"Avowed&#8217;s newly-revealed character creation backgrounds tripped my RPG sicko radar, offering funky fantasies like &#8216;Noble Scion,&#8217; &#8216;Court Augur,&#8217; and &#8216;Vanguard Scout&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>First spotted by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/avowed-character-creator-envoys-options-obsidian\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheGamer<\/a>, in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AvowedtheGame\/status\/1882518769563512842\" target=\"_blank\">recent thread<\/a> on X, &#8220;The Everything App,&#8221; Obsidian showed off the character creator for its upcoming first person RPG, Avowed. In addition to demonstrating the gamut of appearance options like rainbow hair or mushroom frills, Obsidian also revealed all five potential character backgrounds coming to the game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arcane Scholar<\/li>\n<li>Court Augur<\/li>\n<li>Noble Scion<\/li>\n<li>Vanguard Scout<\/li>\n<li>War Hero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the shared screenshots, we can also see the full description for one of these backgrounds, the Noble Scion: &#8220;You were born to a noble house of great influence, middling wealth, and questionable morals,&#8221; the description reads. &#8220;When scandals and succession disputes saw your family cast down, you threw yourself on the emperor&#8217;s mercy, and he shielded you. Canny yet refined, you have become a formidable force at court and an invaluable ally to the emperor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"B2qQpG8hWR5gLrmAUwtZmW\" name=\"GiAM097XIAAqfen\" alt=\"Shot from Avowed's character creation screen, showing information for the \"Noble Scion\" background.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avoweds-newly-revealed-character-creation-backgrounds-tripped-my-rpg-sicko-radar-offering-funky-fantasies-like-noble-scion-court-augur-and-vanguard-scout.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Obsidian)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Avowed has a classless RPG system, meaning any character can invest into any combination of its Ranger, Fighter, and Wizard skill trees. But I dig the way these character backgrounds are sort of playing double duty to suggest a starting point for your character&#8217;s mechanical fantasy, in addition to shaping them from a story and roleplaying perspective\u2060\u2014sort of like how the Divinities: Original Sin gave you starting points like &#8220;Shadowblade&#8221; or &#8220;Wayfarer&#8221; for their similarly skill-agnostic systems. Going from top to bottom on Avowed&#8217;s list, the backgrounds are giving Mage, Cleric, Bard, Ranger, and Fighter respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The more flowery titles also help make it all feel more weird and fantasy\u2060\u2014sorry to the meatheads though, War Hero still strikes me as the most vanilla. Noble Scion or Vanguard Scout feel the most up my alley, but Court Augur seems like it could be deliciously devious: Some kind of Rasputin-like snake charmer or genuine oracle with the ear of an important head of state, now that&#8217;s what I call roleplaying.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a small detail, and there&#8217;s only so many ways to build a character creator, but I was also happy to see how the UI for Avowed&#8217;s closely resembles that of Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire. It&#8217;s a small, fun nod toward the underrated pirate RPG Avowed&#8217;s serving as a sort of sequel as well as spinoff too. We&#8217;ll be able to see it all in action and read the rest of those background descriptions when Avowed launches on February 18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"9edd80f5-ab88-4bf5-bc57-fbb5b60c4e09\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avoweds-newly-revealed-character-creation-backgrounds-tripped-my-rpg-sicko-radar-offering-funky-fantasies-like-noble-scion-court-augur-and-vanguard-scout-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"9edd80f5-ab88-4bf5-bc57-fbb5b60c4e09\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/avoweds-newly-revealed-character-creation-backgrounds-tripped-my-rpg-sicko-radar-offering-funky-fantasies-like-noble-scion-court-augur-and-vanguard-scout\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First spotted by TheGamer, in a recent thread on X, &#8220;The Everything App,&#8221; Obsidian showed off the character creator for its upcoming first person RPG, Avowed. In addition to demonstrating the gamut of appearance options like rainbow hair or mushroom frills, Obsidian also revealed all five potential character backgrounds coming to the game: Arcane Scholar Court Augur Noble Scion Vanguard Scout War Hero In the shared screenshots, we can also see the full description for one of these backgrounds, the Noble Scion: &#8220;You were born to a noble house of great influence, middling wealth, and questionable morals,&#8221; the description reads. &#8220;When scandals and succession disputes saw your family cast down, you threw yourself on the emperor&#8217;s mercy, and he shielded you. Canny yet refined, you&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/avoweds-newly-revealed-character-creation-backgrounds-tripped-my-rpg-sicko-radar-offering-funky-fantasies-like-noble-scion-court-augur-and-vanguard-scout\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1107054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1107053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Avowed&#039;s newly-revealed character creation backgrounds tripped my RPG sicko radar, offering funky fantasies like &#039;Noble Scion,&#039; &#039;Court Augur,&#039; and 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