They are highly customizable and will compliment your play style or work in tandem with you.

What time is it, Arisen?

Part of this customization includes your pawn’s inclination.

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What Are Inclinations?

Pawns areyour go-to ally and companionas you pursue your destiny as the Arisen.

There are four inclinations:calm, kindhearted, simple, and straightforward.

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Each serves a different vocation well, but all can bemixed and matchedto curate the best experience for you.

Calm Inclination

Recommended Vocation

Archer or Mage

Pawns that are calm willprioritize safety and survivalwhen in combat.

They keep a level head and willlook after themselves, as well astaking the defensive or favoring ranged attacks.

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If food spoils in their inventory, they’ll get rid of it.

Kindhearted Inclination

Mage

If you’redesigning your pawn to provide support, being kindhearted is essential.

A kindhearted pawn willprioritize healing and buffsto protect the Arisen at all costs.

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While not necessarily a healer, it does bode well for your pawn to pair the two together.

Buffs include imbuing your weapons with magic, so it’s worth bringing a kindhearted pawn with you!

Simple Inclination

Any

The simple inclination isbest for finding loot and exploringthe world.

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These pawns arecurious by nature and will grab everythingin sight.

Some will evenbreak boxes and other destructible itemsthey come across in their insatiable search for resources.

Itworks well with most vocationsand is a good place to start if youdon’t have any preferences.

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Straightforward Inclination

Fighter

Pawns that are straightforward can be blunt, but they’re worthy allies.

Even still, they’re quite useful and can help you take down powerful foes.

Straightforward pawns will draw the attention to themselves in combat.

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While adventuring, your straightforward pawn may take off to find (or start) a fight.

Regardless of what awaits them,they’ll embrace a challenge.

You canpurchase Rift Incense from the merchantnear the Grand Riftstone of Vermund.

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There arefive types of Rift Incenseyou can purchase, which will change your pawn’s inclination.

Incense Name

Description

Cost

Kindhearted Rift Incense

Usable by the main pawn at camp.

Changes the pawn’s inclination to a kindhearted with a voice to match.

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2000 Rift Crystals

Calm Rift Incense

Usable by the main pawn at camp.

Changes the pawn’s inclination to calm with a voice to match.

Simple Rift Incense

Usable by the main pawn at camp.

Triple-A Games

Changes the pawn’s inclination to simple with a voice to match.

Straightforward Rift Incense

Usable by the main pawn at camp.

Changes the pawn’s inclination to straightforward with a voice to match.

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Ambivalent Rift Incense

Usable by the main pawn at camp.

Changes the pawn’s inclination to a different one (random) with a voice to match.

500 Rift Crystals

Additionally, it’s possible for you to alsopurchase the Art of Metomorphosistome.

This allows you tochange your pawn’s appearance, but you could alsocustomize their inclination and voice!

So you better revive an entire town because of what your pawn did?

We’ve got you covered.